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Deputy MEAL Technical Advisor
Country Office: Ethiopia
Work Base: Addis Ababa
Availability: As Soon As Possible
Salary Scale: EMS09
Reports to: MEAL Technical Advisor
Salary and other benefits: Gross Salary (ETB 42,600 - ETB 48,772.80) with other organization benefits
Insurance - (Life, Group Personal Accident and Medical Insurances are covered upon the organization policies).
Seniority Allowance – paid depending up the years of service.
Contract Duration: Six months with high possibility of extension
Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this position.
About Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger-USA is a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger. We save the lives of malnourished children and we enable entire communities to be free from hunger. With more than 8,000 staff in over 50 countries, our programs reached 17 million people in 2019.
About the Country Program in Ethiopia
Action Against Hunger has been operational in Ethiopia since 1984 responding to both chronic and acute needs through a multi-sectoral strategy where Nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support activities are integrated to have a meaningful impact on people’s resilience.
Action Against Hunger currently operates in 5 different regions (Oromia, Somali, Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz and Gambella) with a portfolio of 20m USD/year of emergency, resilience building, research and innovation programs. We have a country team of around 600 staff in 17 regional and satellite offices. Our main donors in Ethiopia in 2020/2021 are: BHA, ECHO, Europaid, UNHCR, UNICEF, GFFO, BPRM, SIDA, EHF, WFP, CIAA and others.
Summary of position
The Deputy MEAL TA will be supervising the country MEAL team to provide technical assistance in all monitoring, evaluation, accountability, documentation and knowledge management for all projects, which are implemented by Action Against Hunger Ethiopian Mission. The Deputy MEAL TA will coordinate the regular implementation and reporting of both narrative and quantitative Activity Progress Reporting (APR) for all projects. S/he will be responsible for all monthly APR follow up and compilation. S/he will track Action Against Hunger key indicators and report on the progress to relevant program Technical advisors and MEAL TA. S/he will work closely with field program staffs and MEAL Specialists to ensure success stories, best practice and experiences from all projects are carried out into the monitoring systems, shared for the wider Action Against Hunger community and documented on No Hunger Forum. With support from the MEAL TA, the Deputy MEAL TA will support the timely initiation of assessment/surveys/PDMs, data collectors training, data collection and submission of reports as well as collection of pictures, success stories and lesson learned of projects. The Deputy MEAL TA will also support in designing mobile data collection forms using Kobo; train data collectors; ensure quality of field data collection; data analysis; and conduct regular field monitoring visit to provide onsite support for data collectors, program staffs and MEAL specialists. The Deputy MEAL TA will support roll outing of the MEAL and Accountability guideline, SoPs and standard tools. The Deputy MEAL TA will capacitate the MEAL specialists in data management, analysis and report writing. S/he will spent 30-40% of her/his time in the field offices supporting the MEAL specialists, assessments and surveys.
The Deputy MEAL TA role’s purpose, engagement and delivery is:
Purpose: The position is aiming to strengthen the monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning system of the mission. Roll out of the MEAL system across all implementation areas of the organization is the primary focus of the position
Engagement: The deputy MEAL TA will work firmly with all staff at base and capital level. S/he will work in synergize with staff, partners and stakeholders to function the MEAL system at all levels. S/he will be responsible to motivate and enable a proactive communication with base MEAL staffs in a way to plan and implement MEAL deliverables. S/he will lead and/or participate in workshops, meetings and other networked platforms, which supports the overall outcome of the MEAL system in the mission.
Delivery: Deputy MEAL TA is responsible to ensure all reports including APR, evaluation, assessment, accountability and learning reports are produced with high standard quality and follow all evidences are disseminated before and/or the standard lead time.
Essential job duties
Objective 1: Planning
Objective 2: Establishing MEAL System (10%)
Objective 3 : Monitoring (25%)
Objective 4: Capacity Building (10%)
Objective 5 : Evaluation Activities (25%)
Objective 6: Knowledge Management (15%)
Engagement: (The focus of interaction both internally and externally needed to deliver a service seek collaboration and build effective partnerships)
Objective 7: Meeting and Networking (5%)
Delivery: (The focus on the execution of the work and the role on the team for supporting business/operational functions in terms of timeliness and quality)
Objective 8: Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality & Accountability (10%)
I. Supervisory Responsibilities
N/A
II. Gender Equality Commitments
III. Fiscal Responsibility
N/A
IV. Physical Demands
V. Working Conditions, Travel and Environment
Required Qualifications and Professional Experience
Required Skills & Competencies
Language: (indicate fluency level)
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