MEAL MANAGER

Areas

Responsibilities

System Design, Planning and Promoting MEAL system across PIN program

• Lead on the development and oversee the roll-out of an organizational MEAL system (both for emergency and developmental projects), ensuring accountability to donors and beneficiaries.
• Build strong relationship and Work closely with the program team to ensure that MEAL becomes an integral element of project implementation leading to enhanced quality, accountability, management and impact.
• Plan and supports for quality data collection including baseline, end line, PDM, target verification and promote updated, safe and organized data collection and storage.
• Manage Program survey questionnaires in KOBO and provide KOBO training to data collectors.
• Provides technical support in activity and conduct result-based monitoring (Surveys, FGDs, KIIs, etc.) in the field, including ensuring that project teams and MEAL officers and enumerators follow the instructions/agreed methodology.

Regular Implementation Monitoring, progress tracking

• Supports project teams in preparation for regular project review meetings, including regular update of Indicator Tracking Table (ITT) and meaningful tracking of indicators.
• Initiate independent field monitoring visits of projects with the aim of receiving or validating data/information on specific projects and strengthening accountability (activity monitoring, distribution monitoring, post-distribution monitoring, Beneficiary Feedback Mechanisms, etc.).
• Regularly inform line manager about findings and other related any affairs arising from findings (present data in concise reports and fact sheets using PIN templates and share these with line manager for reporting and circulation
• clusters, communities, etc. - as appropriate).

Internal and External Reporting, donor compliance and MEAL requirements

• Conducts data analysis or support project teams in data analysis, interpretation of findings, formulating recommendations and quality reporting including baseline, end line, PDM and other reports.
• Engage in donor specific, midterm, biannual, annual and final reports and provide relevant supportive documents and assessments.

Staff Management, Mentorship, and Capacity Development

• Manage field-based MEAL team to ensure that the MEAL system operates effectively with the support and resources required and assure there are clear links and reporting lines between field and coordination level.
• Define expectations, provide leadership and technical support as needed so that MEAL staff are able to perform their roles as required.
• Provide technical support to the MEAL officers in evaluations and other research activities.
• Assure bi-annual performance evaluations of assigned MEAL team members; define and follow with their Capacity Development plans 
• To fill HR MEAL team gaps at field as well as coordination level when necessary (based on request from MEAL Unit Coordinator or Deputy CD).

Accountability, learning, dissemination and use of findings

• Support project teams, CFR unit in assuring effective Community Feedback and Response Mechanism (CFRM) providing opportunity for beneficiaries to receive information about PIN commitment and standards, raise suggestions and recommendations for improvements, and understand protocols for action to be taken in response.

Capture, document and disseminate lessons learned and best practices

• In collaboration with PIN program team, regularly assess, track and document lessons learned and best practices and prepare discussion sessions.
• Proactively seek and promote best practices as part of monitoring, evaluation and program effectiveness practices.
• Facilitate discussion on the most important findings and recommendations from MEAL activities and reports.

Cooperation and Working relationships

• Collaborate with other PIN teams/ departments such as HR, Finance, Logistics, Security and Procurement.
• Assuring good relationships with PIN program and support teams and effective troubleshooting (under supervision of MEAL Unit Coordinator).

Qualifications

• MA / BA degree in an area of social science, sociology, statistics, development studies, or related field of study. 
• At least 3 years’ experience in International NGOs working in humanitarian programs with experience of developing M&E plans, training staff, capacity building, quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis and reporting, and/or other aspects of M&E in developmental and emergency contexts.

Skills & experience

Essential

• Substantial experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning in emergency and developmental project context.
• Good understanding of emergency and development projects context and experience working with different donors, including ECHO, BHA, EU, USAID, UN agencies and others.
• Experience in data collection, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and handling of electronic data collection tools.
• Ability to manage databases including KoBo toolbox, ODK and other software for PIN MEAL tasks.
• Ability and willingness to travel to PIN field sites and work in remote locations, often for prolonged periods of time.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation, and coaching.
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mind-sets.
• Experience in the area of development and/or humanitarian aid work is an advantage
• Fluent in written and spoken English (knowledge of local languages is an asset).
• High ethical standards and ability to endorse principals of confidentiality.
• Commitment to and understanding of PIN’s objectives, values and principles.
• Ability to use MS Office.
• Good report writing skills.
• Willingness and eagerness to learn new things.
• 3 strong references (will be crosschecked).

Preferred

•  Ability to work as part of a team and flexibility.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines.
• Ability to assess problems and recommend solutions.