MEAL Officer

at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)
Location Kampala, Uganda
Date Posted July 12, 2023
Category Monitoring and Evaluation
Job Type FULL_TIME
Currency UGX

Description

Support capacity building, training and support for programme and sectors and field staff to improve the field monitoring or any other MEAL needs.
Apply accountability and ethical frameworks and principles, including CHS, in line with DRC guidance in the areas of responsibility.
Results Monitoring and programme quality support

Support quality throughout Project Cycle Management, in line with DRC guidance and division of labour, accommodating external requirements and internal evidence needs. Specifically, support development and implementation of MEAL plans, indicator tracking tools and other relevant tools for the area of responsibility.
Participate in and contribute to (as appropriate) project Kick-off meetings, Quarterly Review meetings and Close-out meetings in order to highlight cross-project components aimed at replicating good practices and strengthening synergies between projects or programmes.
Support the implementation and data collection for results frameworks and monitoring processes and tools at the right level.
Support and carry our field level data collection and field monitoring.
Apply ethical principles in the field work, including with regards to DRC Code of Conduct and in line with Protection referral protocols and SOPs.
Implement protocols for data protection, storage, sharing, and security in the areas of responsibility.
Support the analysis and ensure reporting of MEAL qualitative and quantitative data collected in line with internal information needs and external reporting obligations.
Support the Project Manager, programme teams and grants management in line with the MEAL plans.
Accountability

Support implementation of the different mechanisms for community engagement and feedback in monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning in the areas of responsibility.
Support the implementation of DRC’s Community Feedback Mechanism.
Register and follow up to complaints as assigned by the managers and process complaints in a timely, safe and accountable manner.
Evaluation, analysis and learning

Support data gathering as relevant.
Support sharing MEAL findings, feedback and learning.
Regularly present the key MEAL findings and feedback to the supervisors, and when relevant to the Senior Management Team for further development.
Participate in and assist in the internal or external evaluation processes as required.
Support analysis, interpretation and communication of the MEAL findings externally, in the areas of responsibility.
Perform other duties as directed by the Head of Programmes or the managers.

Experience and technical competencies:

Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience – preferably in social work, community development, non-governmental organizations, or civil society.
Experience working with NGOs and/or the humanitarian sector and use of data collection tools.
Experience with DRC Core Sectors.
Understanding of qualitative and quantitative methods, the use of findings and evidence, including participatory methodologies.
Good understanding of Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) and ability to apply accountability and ethical standards in everyday work.
Understanding of and ability to work with data collection software, preferably Kobo Toolkbox, Commcare, ODK, and other as relevant.
Basic knowledge of data analysis practices and tools and perform data quality control.