Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer – Damal Cafimad Project (3 Positions) – National Position – Beletweyne, Hudur, Garowe, Jowhar & Baidoa

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Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer – Damal Cafimad Project (3 Positions) – National Position

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.

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We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.

Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with 15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.

Contract Duration: TBD

The Application will close on 8th December ,2021

Please apply in English saving your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role. To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.

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TITLE: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer – Damal Cafimad Project (3 Positions)

TEAM/PROGRAMME: PDQ (MEAL Team)	LOCATION: Beletweyne,
	Hudur, Garowe, Jowhar &
	Baidoa
SCI GRADE:  TBD	Job Type: Somali National

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; ore because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

Save the children international Somalia country office is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer for the anticipating Damal Caafimad Health Project.

To support the delivery of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) strategy, policy and practice by helping design programme monitoring systems, build the capacity of staff in their analysis and dissemination of data, manage the complaints database and coordinate information management and reporting systems of Damal caafimaad project. You will also support the Area MEAL Manager in implementing the MEAL strategy in southern states and Puntland plus other assigned field offices.

Your support in the delivery of an effective MEAL function will play a key role in the expansion of Damal caafimaad project in your assigned area to increase impact and enable positive change for children.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Hierarchically Reports to: Area MEAL manager

Functionally Reports to: TBD

Dimensions: Save the Children works in several regions in Somalia/Somaliland with a current staff complement of approximately 600 staff

Staff directly reporting to this post: – TBD

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Support the delivery of effective Programmes, in both development and humanitarian contexts, by:

Program Quality Monitoring

• Support project team design a monitoring framework/plans to report activities according to appropriate framework(s)
• Develop Indicator Performance Tracking Tables (IPTTs) for specific projects in coordination with Area Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability Manager and program staff
• Compile the output tracker report

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• Systemically check the IPTT data for quality, accuracy, and consistency and undertake data quality checks field visits and provide feedback to project staffs as necessary
• Maintain a tracking spreadsheet/schedule for field monitoring and undertake monthly field visits accordingly to monitor whether activities are implemented in line with the quality benchmarks
• Produce quality field monitoring reports on quality of service provision
• Assist in designing and implementing qualitative and quantitative assessments as appropriate
• Conduct quarterly program data assessment
• GPS mapping of project supported health facilities
• Conduct monthly trend analysis of project routine data and communicate with respective information users using appropriate visualizations

Evaluations and Studies

• Participate the development of tools and guidelines for data collection, collation analysis and reporting for internally-conducted studies and needs assessment
• Provide support to internal/external reviews, evaluations, and lessons learned exercises
• Manage the specialised data management and analysis platforms
• Build the capacity of the fieldworkers and other project staffs on digital data collection and management
• Conduct quarterly data quality assessment and communicate with respective project stakeholders
• Conduct quarterly routine data analysis to document emerging trends

Accountability and Learning

• Ensure that accountability to beneficiaries and transparency become integral part of all program interventions
• Receive and register complaints and their responses in complaint database in the assigned area and make sure that complaints are logged in a professional and timely manner
• Respond and communicate with the beneficiaries in a dignified manner regarding their complaints/feedback
• Keep regular follow up of complaints, update complaint database on daily basis, handle them as per the accountability guidelines and shares the information with the relevant staff members
• Provide support in ensuring that all SC interventions have accountability panaflexes/banners
• Ensure display of program standards (panaflexes) at each of program delivery site
• Maintain an action plan tracker and keep a regular follow up on actions and resolutions agreed, and undertake verification visits
• Conduct quarterly client satisfaction survey in your respective region

Other Duties

• Representing the principles and work of Save the Children to donors, United Nations, NGOs and INGOs, government, media and other stakeholders when required
• Complying with and promoting all Save the Children Global policies such as Child Safeguarding, Whistle blowing, Fraud, and Health and Safety
• Any other tasks of an equivalent nature as assigned by the line manager

COMPETENCIES AND BEHAVIOURS

Delivering Results:

• Maintains a broad strategic perspective at the same time as an awareness of the detail of a situation

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• Establishes clear and compelling objectives with teams and individuals and monitors progress and performance
• Creates and applies measures and metrics to track performance
• Holds others accountable for achieving results and challenges underperformance
• Demonstrates financial awareness and a concern for cost effectiveness

Working Effectively with Others:

• Enables people from a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives to contribute to positive outcomes
• Breaks down silo working and challenges behaviors that are not collaborative
• Actively listens to new and different perspectives and experiences of those they work with
• Proactively supports team members and trusts their capabilities
• Knows when to follow and lend leadership to strengthen other leaders
• Recognises when trust is broken and seeks to resolve conflict and re-establish trust

Problem Solving and Decision Making:

• Gathers the right information and uses critical thinking to make effective and timely decisions
• Knows when to involve others in a decision
• Demonstrates awareness of the wider external influences that impact on decision making
• Analyses and exercises judgment in challenging situations in the absence of specific guidance or knowledge of the full facts
• Evaluates the opportunities and risks of each idea and solution to make informed strategic decisions

Develop Self and Others:

• Gives regular positive and constructive feedback to others
• Identifies clear development needs and development plans through regular constructive reviews of their own performance (and their team’s where appropriate)
• Creates space for others to learn and provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments when people are ready for them
• Coaches others to learn from their experiences on the job and to use the resources available to them

Innovating and Adapting:

• Openly talks about doing things differently, pushing the boundaries and ways of working to drive improvements
• Demonstrates flexibility in following processes and procedures, while remaining true to the organisation’s values
• Anticipates change and adapts their (and team’s) plans and priorities accordingly
• Builds the confidence of others in their own ability to develop new ideas and embrace change
• Generates learning for the organisation and evidence for the impact and quality of our work

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

• An advance degree in public health, statistics, or related field is required
• A minimum of seven years HMIS management experience

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• Excellent quantitative skills
• Experience training others in HMIS is required
• Substantial health sector experience is required
• Experience developing HMIS quality assurance systems
• Experience analyzing health data
• Experience supporting use of data for decision making
• Experience in HMIS capacity development, with a focus on coaching and mentorship, is required
• Willingness to be based in a remote, rural area

Additional job responsibilities.

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Adult Safeguarding.

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy, all employees are also expected to carry out their duties in accordance with SCI protection from sexual exploitation abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.

Female qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Interested and qualified applicants can share their CVs and motivation letter through below email quoting the subject of the position and location that they are applying for.

somalia.vacancies@savethechildren.org

NB: this position is subjected to the fund approval and offers will not be extended until fund has been granted.

 

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