MEAL Officer At Social Development International

Social Development International SDI is a non-profit NGO established in 2015 and daily registered in Turkey, which provides humanitarian assistance to affected people in Syria. SDI services are covering northern Syria areas through its programs which are SNFIs, health, nutrition, education, WASH, protection, FSL, and CCCM. Currently looking for a qualified MEAL Officer.

SDI is seeking a qualified and highly motivated individual who can ensure that SDI’s programs in Turkey/ Syria maximizes local community participation and capabilities. The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer will support the MEAL Coordinator in development of effective systems to analyze trends, monitor and evaluate programming. The MEAL Officer will raise initiatives among all sectors to ensure high quality of SDI’s programs implementation.

Tasks and Responsibilities

· Develop and/or update M&E tools, databases and monthly reporting formats in close collaboration with the MEAL focal points/sectoral managers.

· Conduct data audits and analysis to ensure high quality data, compile a report with relevant indicator data per grant, showing targets versus actuals and an action plan and send this to the Field Coordinator, MEAL Coordinator, and Technical Managers and Coordinators on a monthly basis.

· Advise staff on data management and storage to field staff, in collaboration with MEAL Coordinator.

· Ensure relevant, timely, and quality support to the Field team on assessments and evaluations; i.e. support in developing the survey tools, data analysis and report writing.

· Attend and participate in meetings with program Managers and Officers on project monitoring and learning updates, achievements, challenges.

· Provide documentation and dissemination of key findings stemming from monitoring, assessment, and other learning activities.

· Track and ensure organized, comprehensive electronic filing of documented findings/analyses.

· Support programs planning processes, particularly on intervention and contribute to ensuring adherence to international quality standards.

· Support the development of logical frameworks and MEAL plans in project proposals, in consultation with the MEAL Coordinator.

· Support MEAL and project staff in timely development and implementation of monitoring framework and tools.

· Keep up-to-date feedback files of beneficiaries’ feedback and complaints.

· Translation of data to the required language of the reports.

· Working with the MEAL team in Syria to brief them on upcoming activities, methodologies, and research tools for MEAL activities.

· Coordinate with other departments especially with programs team to ensure all potential data collection needs are addressed.

Respect and apply all the PSEA principles, and show high commitment to report any SEA action

Related or additional tasks:

Under direct supervision of MEAL coordinator, the MEAL officer will be working in close collaboration mainly with MEAL team and in some cases with program teams. S/he will be responsible to support in various tasks including the following activities; data entry, database review, data cleaning, documentation & archiving, coding tools and reports translation.

Contacts and coordination:

1- MEAL coordinator.

2- Project Managers.

3- Program Manager.

4- MEAL field coordinator.

5- Beneficiaries.

6- Stockholders

Position Qualifications:

1- At least two years’ work experience in the humanitarian sector preferred.

2- At least on-year work experience in M&E preferred.

3- Database operation highly preferred

4- Proficiency in excel and word

5- Good computer skills.

6- The ability to use statistical programs and analyze data, draw conclusions, and high skills in reporting.

7- Fluency in written and oral Arabic, advanced proficiency in written and oral English

Professional and personal skills and abilities:

1- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Patient and excellent listener.

2- Culturally aware, respectful and humble.

3- Trustworthy, with a high sense of confidentiality.

4- Ability to plan, and conduct training in all areas of MEAL.

5- Team worker. Ability to mobilize people and to develop and promote good relationships with staff and communities to ensure their participation in SDI’s activities.

6- Able to meet deadlines and work under pressure.

7- This position will require to permanently engage with male and female community members through phone calls.

Safeguarding:

· The position holder is required to commit to SDI’s safeguarding policy, as we will do rigorous background checks to ensure that children are protected from any kind of abuse.

· The position holder is also required to carry out his duties in accordance with SDI anti-harassment policy.

SDI Commitment on Child Safeguarding – CPS

Actions of Child abuse and exportation violate the universally recognized international legal norms and standards, thus, SDI considers such actions as serious misconduct, which will constitute grounds for major measures, including summary dismissal and criminal prosecution. SDI prohibits sexual exploitation and abuse of Children and proved cases of such will be meet with Zero tolerance by SDI management.

SDI is an organization working with vulnerable population, including children both directly or indirectly, thus, SDI has a moral responsibility and a duty to protect children within the population that we serve from both intentional and unintentional harm. SDI understand that all staff need to be aware of this policy even though many of staff may never have unaccompanied contact with children or young people through their work. It is not possible to eliminate risk entirely, but we are obliged to develop strategies and mechanisms to reduce the risk.

SDI Commitment on Protection of Sexual exportation and Abuse – PSEA

Actions of SEA violate the universally recognized international legal norms and standards, thus, SDI considers such actions as serious misconduct, which will constitute grounds for major measures, including summary dismissal and criminal prosecution. SDI prohibits sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and proved cases of such will be meet with Zero tolerance by SDI management.

To the end of meeting with the fundamental values of SDI, this policy is designed to address the behavior of SDI staff and its collaborators towards the served population and to protect vulnerable populations within the communities served by SDI from any acts of sexual exploitation and abuse which is considered as an element of the accountability that SDI holds towards the served communities.

SDI Commitment on Protection of Sexual Harassments and discrimination – PSHH

Actions of SHH violate the ethical norms and the damages the team spirit, thus, SDI considers such actions as serious misconduct, which will constitute grounds for major measures, including summary dismissal and criminal prosecution if relevant. SDI prohibits SHH and proved cases of such will be meet with Zero tolerance by SDI management.

To the end of meeting with the fundamental values of SDI, this policy is designed to address the behavior of SDI staff and its collaborators towards one another and to protect staff within the environment of SDI from any acts of sexual harassment and harassment which is considered as an element of the accountability that SDI holds towards its staff.