MEAL Officer Full Time

Job Summery 

The position holder will be responsible to ensure monitoring, evaluation, accountability, research and learning activities of humedica are implemented based on MERL strategy, standard and program quality policy. This would be demonstrated in undertaking responsibilities which includes providing technical and supportive supervision of project implementation, review research/study reports and evaluation terms of references.

Accountabilities and Main Work Activities

Provide Technical Support – Program & Projects

• Provide technical support in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and Learning of all programs and projects
• Participate in proposal development and ensure that all proposals have clear goal, objectives and indicators illustrated by a clear log frame.
• Provide overall technical support and implementation of project’s Monitoring and Evaluation activities at program area level
•  Review development of standard TORs and provide feedback to consultants and evaluation partners
• Develop MEAL strategy, guidelines and frameworks and follow quality assurance through closely monitoring and evaluation
• Conduct technical supervision to project areas
• Be involved in the design, data collection and report writing of baseline/follow up assessments in the regions
• Provide technical support for program area and project level M&E staff.
• Ensure adequate M&E tools and techniques are in place at country office, program area and project level.

Documentation and dissemination of lessons learned and good practices:

• Implement routine data collection system and support the implementation of all humedica projects
• Analysis, synthesis and dissemination of evaluation findings, including maintaining a database of evaluation findings and responses.
• Closely follow implementation of the Knowledge Management strategy
• Document lessons learned and good practices, lessons, success
• Facilitate regular project implementation and performance review sessions and learning events.

Provide Support in preparing quarterly & annual Reports:

• Provide information or data input for quarterly and annual reports
• Assist in assuring quality of data or reports from program areas
• Ensure audit report is prepared timely and submitted to the office

Representation, partnership, advocacy and coordination: 

• Provide capacity building to program area level M&E staff and program staff
• Represent MEAL and program quality related networks, platforms and workshops.
• Communicate effectively with humedica staff, donors and relevant government bodies

Accountability to affected population 

• Building capacity of all staff, partners and project participants as appropriate  with special emphasis on accountability standards,
• Ensure all beneficiaries are aware of the key elements of humedica’s accountability policy and procedures and the expectations and standards required of humedica staff and partner staff, based on core humanitarian standard on quality and accountability
• Establishing a sustainable Complaints Response Mechanism (CRM) in each project which ensures all beneficiaries can make confidential complaints and be confident in response processes
• Ensure humedica’s active participation in national and subnational AAP working groups

Reports to: Program Director

Location: Addis Ababa

Salary: according to the organization scale