MEAL Coordinator - Mekelle

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  • Added Date: Thursday, 30 November 2023
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ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender equality, youth, research, technology, communication, and social marketing โ€” creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development and humanitarian challenges in more than 60 countries. FHI 360โ€™s Crisis Response team is responding to the humanitarian emergency in the Northern Ethiopia through an integrated health, nutrition, WASH, and Protection program focused on decreasing morbidity and mortality among the conflict-affected population.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Under the responsibility of the Deputy Response Coordinator, the MEAL Coordinator is responsible for establishing and implementing strong MEAL processes and practices for FHI 360โ€™s humanitarian programming in Ethiopia. The MEAL Coordinator will design and make use of an electronic database to capture program data and to produce relevant reports for internal and external purposes; ensure data quality using different data quality assurance mechanisms; archive all MEAL related files; train program staff and assist all FHI 360 technical teams in establishing their respective proper documentation systems.

Based in Mekelle, the Coordinator is responsible in leading and managing the MEAL works in Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions where the Crises Response Team has operational offices at Mekelle, Adigrat and Axum in Tigray, Abala in Afar and Woldia in Amhara.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DELIVERABLES

  • Establishes, leads, and manages the Country-level MEAL system.

  • Develop and oversee country-level MEAL SOPs (e.g. monitoring plan, data quality assurance procedures, assessments, distribution SOPs, etc.)

  • In coordination with Deputy Response Coordinator, develop project implementation plans with strong monitoring and reporting components.

  • Coordinate and oversee the development and maintenance of appropriate databases to accurately track data collected from various interventions across program activities. Ensure maintenance of data back-up and retrieval systems.

  • Lead, supervise, manage and administer baseline/endline survey studies, PDMs, case studies, review workshops, and any other needs assessments.

  • Advise and guide staff members on MEAL issues for better implementation and sharing of good practices; provide technical leadership for all MEAL activities of the project.

  • Prepare monitoring checklists and guidelines to measure the performance and track progress.

  • Lead the development of project/annual MEAL workplan, consistent with the annual work plan.

  • Review and update the MEAL workplan on a regular basis.

  • Conduct data analysis and prepare reports; design, supervise and/or conduct special studies and inquiries; design and implementation of project led operations research.

  • Undertake regular field visits to monitor and supervise MEAL activities.

  • Oversee the collection of different reports regularly (monthly, quarterly, and annually) from operational/field locations, check for consistency between the narrative and quantitative parts, compile the quantitative part and make data entry in the Program database.

  • Ensure M&E indicators in database match donor reporting requirements.

  • In collaboration with the project team, identify and document programmatic successes and impact, best practices, challenges and lessons learned.

  • Ensure program feedback loop so external findings results in improve quality of project.

  • Ensure that MEAL data is incorporated into programs planning and review processes; oversee data collection to ensure high quality results for learning and donor reporting.

  • Oversee the implementation of the Complaints and Feedback Mechanism.

  • Manage, train and mentor MEAL team of local staff working in field sites.

  • Represent the MEAL department at Technical Working Groups, Cluster meetings, etc. as relevant.

  • Oversee all MEAL actions in accordance with both the organizationโ€™s and donor policies.

  • Strengthen the capacity of the MEAL team by identifying training opportunities and increasing the teamโ€™s knowledge of MEAL protocols and practice.

  • Coordinate with other departments to provide strong support to sub-offices.

  • Assist with proposal and grant modification development and design as needed.

    Applied Knowledge & Skills

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