MEAL Coordinator

LOCATION:  Dollo  Field Office.

GRADE:  3B

Vacant Position: 1

POST TYPE: National

Child Safeguarding:

Level 3:  The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The MEAL coordinator role will provide essential support to Save the Children’s programs by supporting leadership and management, the roll-out of the MEAL system and building capacity at the field level to deliver against SCI’s Minimum Operating Standards in his/her respective Field office. He/She will build systems and staff capacity to ensure that SCI programs are of high quality to beneficiaries and donors and learning is institutionalized for program improvements. This position will be responsible for a specific geographic location/s under the Field office, as per the CO structure.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to:  Dollo Field Office Manager  with Direct Report & dotted line management with Area MEAL Manager East.

Location: Dollo  with frequent travel to the project implementation areas.

Staff directly reporting to this post: None

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Management and Leadership

• Provide overall supervision and leadership on the MEAL functions and strategy delivery at Field office level
• Prove supervision, mentorship and professional development to MEAL staff in the field office so that staffs have the required capacity and enthusiasm to undertake their responsibilities
• Be the key link among the MEAL team & Field office-level operations team.
• Ensure MEAL evidences (IPTT, project performance/action trackers, etc) are used for management decision-making and continuous performance improvement and be part of the field office level management team members/

MEAL System Development and Management

• Undertake responsibilities for the roll-out of the MEAL system in specified field office.
• Ensure that MEAL Team, field operations and project staff understand the various steps and tools for the MEAL system and that this is used consistently across projects/areas.
• Ensure programs/projects are using Quality Benchmarks as part of their day-to-day implementation and quality monitoring practices
• Support on the roll-out of standardized monitoring tools and methodologies as required by the MEAL and field level teams.
• Ensure every project has at least 30% engagement (level of effort- LoE) by respective MEAL personnel.
• Ensure functional accountability mechanisms are in place as the four pillar of accountability (Information sharing, participation, establishing and implementing Compliant and Feedback Mechanisms (CFM), and staff capacity building.
• Ensure that regular monitoring/MEAL reports are received and communicated effectively to Area MEAL Manager, FOM and other relevant bodies in the national office.
• Ensure periodic report are as per the standard quality, standard template, time frame and communicated accordingly
• Ensure communities and children know their rights and entitlements, have access to project information and participate in decisions that affect them
• Ensure communities and children have access to safe and responsive mechanisms to handle their complaints and feedback.

Learning and Knowledge Management

• Lead the implementation of LKM framework in the field office and support there is a functional LKM system and capacity in the FO.
• Support programs in the identification of learning objectives and evidence gaps.
• In close collaboration with the program team facilitate in generating, storing and sharing of knowledge (most significant change story, meta-analysis, research/evaluation summary reports, etc).
• Ensure utilization of learning and knowledge generated in decision-making and program improvement (maintain up-to-date Field office action tracker and monitor the utilization and application)

Technical Support and Capacity Building

• Undertake continuous staff capacity assessment and develop capacity-building plans
• Provide training and capacity building for staff as required
• Ensure relevant staff received proper orientations, inductions, and training to help them deliver their MEAL responsibilities
• Sets standard and agreed performance objectives for all direct reports
• Conducts  at least 6 One-to-ones on monitoring meetings in a year and have documents as evidence
• Conducts midterm performance review at midyear for direct reports
• Conducts end-line performance evaluation for direct reports, and documents and submits to HR

Program design, research, evaluations, assessments and other studies

• Follow up FO/Themes periodically assess and update changes in children’s needs (especially deprived children)
• Ensure evaluations are undertaken as per the threshold and FO maintains up-to-date evaluation trackers to monitor delivery and action planning
• Lead/participate in project/program baseline, evaluations, research and assessment activities in his/her areas of jurisdiction

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, 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 capacity to improve performance and applying appropriate measures when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for himself/herself (and their team).
• Takes responsibility for his/her own personal actions and encourages others to do the same.
• Widely shares his/her personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future-orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, his/her team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, 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 risk

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency.