MEAL Head of Department
Country Office: Ethiopia
Work Base: Addis Ababa
Availability: As Soon As Possible
Salary Scale: EMS10
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 MEAL HoD is responsible for effective planning and implementation of a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning system for the Action Against Hunger Ethiopia mission in line with Action Against Hunger's M&E Minimum Standards and MEAL Strategy. S/he will provide technical support to needs assessments, baseline/end-line studies, post-distribution monitoring, and other routine monitoring and surveys. S/he will oversee the mission’s accountability and feedback mechanisms, ensuring sensitization of Action Against Hunger staff and communities as well as timely follow-up on all feedback. S/he will supervise program knowledge management of the mission.
The MEAL HoD role’s purpose, engagement, and delivery are:
Purpose (The substantive focus of the job encompassing scope, depth, and difficulty of work both conceptual and applied)
Objective 1: Strengthen the MEAL system of the mission including human resources, tools, and knowledge management Lead the development of MEAL country strategy, structure, staffing, and financing
Objective 2: Ensure proper and timely implementation of MEAL activities, including program monitoring, reporting, and accountability mechanisms
Objective 3: Ensure quality and efficiency of data collected through the mission’s MEAL teams
Objective 4: Capitalization / Knowledge management
Additional responsibilities
Ensure gender mainstreaming in the MEAL department
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and the employee will also perform other related tasks as required and is responsible for reporting and communicating of progress and achievement of the specific assigned task
Engagement: (The focus of interaction both internally and externally needed to deliver a service seek collaboration and build effective partnerships)
Internal relation
External relation
Delivery: (The focus on the execution of the work and the role of the team for supporting business/operational functions in terms of timeliness and quality)
Reporting responsibilities
Supervisory Responsibilities
Gender Equality Commitments
Fiscal Responsibility
Physical Demands
Working Conditions, Travel, and Environment
Required Qualifications and Professional Experience
Required Skills & Competencies