MEL Technical Officer (Consortium) Jordan Amman Country Office

1.  Roles and Responsibilities 

This position is part of the Consortium Coordinating Unit (CCU) hosted by NRC, which has been working in Jordan since 2012. The MEL Technical Officer’s role is to support the MEL coordinator in implementing MEL activities among all partner organizations. With support from the MEL coordinator, the MEL Technical Officer will work with the M&E technical leads of each partner organization, to ensure M&E activities are implemented in a standardized and timely manner and high-quality data and evidence are generated as well as used for programming. Moreover, the Technical Officer serves as the technical focal point for all analysis and reporting for the consortium activities including adherence of NRC policies and donor reporting.  Generic responsibilities 

• Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures. 
• Coordinate and contribute to the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems, including monitoring and evaluation standard operation procedures, guidance and tools. 
• Participate in programme design and proposal discussions, including theory of change development, log frame design and budgeting for M&E.
• Provide technical support to Consortium members in planning for and executing M&E, including, data collection methodology and tools and data management, analysis and use and ensure quality control of all monitoring activities throughout the project cycle.
• Support the implementation, dissemination and use of evaluations, assessments and monitoring data in programme development, adjustment or review. 
• Contribute to consortium learning by undertaking specific analysis and/or providing support for implementation of any analysis, documenting lessons learned and preparing reports. 
• Strengthen capacities of Consortium members’ programme and M&E support staff on M&E technical and conceptual areas.
• Lead in managing a platform that encourages collaboration with other M&E staff to exchange best practices, learnings on M&E and learning activities. 
• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards & principles within NRC and amongst beneficiaries served by NRC. Specific responsibilities 
  • Support and coordinate with the partner organisations MEAL/M&E technical leads to support the development, review and adaptation of the consortium’s MEL systems, SOPs and other guiding frameworks and tools ensuring standardized implementation of M&E activities across partner organizations.
  • Ensure the documentation and sharing of M&E reports that facilitate evidence-based decision-making, both internally within NRC Jordan and externally with partners and donors. 
  • Work with technical M&E leads across partners to ensure coherent M&E activities are being implemented, including monitoring and reporting tools.
  • Undertake quantitative and qualitative analysis for assessments and write up reports for consortium’s MEL exercises.
  • Ensure high quality output and outcome data reporting by mainstreaming and managing digital technology across the program implementation, in addition to supporting MEAL/M&E leads with the necessary guidance regarding project performance. 
  • Support in developing appropriate guidelines, tools, protocols/agreements, and frameworks to ensure standardized implementation of M&E activities across partner organizations and bring coherence in consortium data management systems supporting improved effectiveness and usability of data. 
  • Assist in developing sampling strategies, questionnaires, data collection, research protocols.
  • Conduct field support and monitoring missions to consortium targeted locations.
  • Other activities as agreed and discussed with the line manager. Critical Interfaces 

    By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are: 

    • Consortium staff
    • NRC MEAL unit 
    • Program Support Unit
    • Communications staff 
    • Support teams, Finance, HR, Admin and Logistics 
    • ICLA Project Manager and Specialist 
    • Consortium Implementing partners Scale and scope of position 

      Staff: Internal staff

      Stakeholders: NRC Consortium Staff, Consortium Implementing partners 

      Budgets: N/A 

      Information: GORS and Consortium Partner Database 

      Legal or Compliance: Context specific regulations for Jordan, Data protection policy, Terms of Employment, Code of Conduct, PSEA, SIP guidelines etc

        2.  Competencies 

      📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐

      ⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐖!

      Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories: 

      2.1 Professional Competencies

      Generic professional competencies for this position:

    • Qualification requirement: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent 
  • 2-3 years of experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning.
• Training, capacity building and presentation skills.

Context/specific experience:

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioural competencies, the following are essential for this position:

  3.  Performance Management 

The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews: 

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