Temporary START Network MEAL Officer – Mogadishu, Somalia

TITLE:  Temporary START Network MEAL Officer – Somalia

TEAM/PROGRAMME:

LOCATION: Mogadishu

GRADE: 4

CONTRACT LENGTH: 6 months contract with Possible extension

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 4:  the post 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 country programs; or are visiting the country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

Start Network is made up of more than 50 aid agencies across five continents, ranging from large international to national NGOs. Together, our aim is to transform humanitarian action through innovation, fast funding, early action, and localization.  Somalia as approximately 20 other INGO as well as local and national organisations.

We’re tackling what we believe are the biggest systemic problems that the sector faces. Problems including slow and reactive funding, centralized decision-making, and an aversion to change mean that people affected by crises around the world do not receive the best help fast enough, and needless suffering results. Our work focuses on three areas to change the system: localization, new forms of financing, and collective innovation.

As Start Network MEAL officer, you will work closely with colleagues across Start Network to ensure that Start Network’s DRF work and processes are monitored, accurately recorded, and communicated to all key stakeholders. The MEAL Officer will report to the Start Network DRF Coordinator/ Advisor. The position sits within Save the Children as Programme Host to the Start Network in Somalia.

The role holder will be responsible for monitoring the delivery of ARC Replica activities and other DRF-related activities at the country level, coordinating with implementing partners, and liaising with Start Network members on ARC Replica and Start Ready to communicate monthly reporting updates and other data requests as needed.  The role holder will also support with additional learning and evaluation elements of the ARC Replica/DRF projects as needed.

The purpose of the MEAL role is to strengthen the DRF strategy in Somalia through coordinating information management and reporting, and by leading internal learning among Start Network’s members in Somalia – leading to the improvement of the quality and growth of Start Network’s program in Somalia, to reduce and mitigate harm and loss of forecastable crises.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Start Network DRF Coordinator    

·         Supporting and building the capacity of Start Network staff and partners in MEAL issues including taking ownership of required data collection tools/formats from implementing teams, and translating that into donor reporting templates.

• Undertake routine data quality verification and quality program monitoring using program quality checklists, compiling findings and sharing them with respective program teams
• Participating in the development of tools and guidelines for data collection, collation, and reporting; managing a project-level data compilation for donor and country office reporting specifically indicator performance tracking for individual projects; systemically checking this data for quality, accuracy, and consistency, and providing feedback as necessary.
• Coordinate the sharing of learning related to M&E practices.

·         Supporting and collaborating on situation analysis, needs, and baseline/end-line assessments, and providing support when internal/external reviews, evaluations, and lessons learned exercises have to be conducted.

• Maintaining a tracking spreadsheet for M&E activities and events – baselines, assessments, reviews, evaluations – tracking trends and recommendations, progressing their implementation where appropriate

·         Maintain a Monthly Action Plan Tracker to follow up on action points agreed in monitoring reports.

·         Capacity to conduct data analysis on large datasets, statistically analysing the change in indicator scores using suitable software.

·         Support the Start Network MEAL team to develop an end-project report that should clearly spell out recurrent issues, findings, and successes from evaluations.

·         Provide a monthly summary of key findings and recommendations to the Start Network.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

·         holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, and achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.

·         holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

·         sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, take responsibility for their own personal development, and encourage their team to do the same.

·         widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children and engages and motivates others.

·         future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

·         builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners, and supporters.

·         values diversity and sees it as a source of competitive strength.

·         approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

·         develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.

·         willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

·         honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.