The MEAL Officer will also lead project assessments and project compliance audits in all cross-border locations covering Kenya Urban Program, Kakuma and Greater Kampala City regions. The MEAL Officer will collaborate closely with the MEAL Lead and field programme team to ensure compliance with the projects MEAL requirements and best practices. The role will also ensure programme data and other protected data is accurately and ethically collected, stored, analysed, and shared in strict adherence to the projects data protection policy and MEAL Plan.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for all projects databases. She/he will work in designing databases on project activities/beneficiaries and assist in updating regularly the database according to the project requirements.
Support project staff and partners in planning for and executing MEAL activities, including data collection methodology and tools and data management, analysis and use.
Support and contribute to the development and implementation of MEAL systems for DRC and partners, including SOPs, guidance and tools.
In collaboration with the MEAL Coordinator, make recommendations about the methods the projects should use to collect, analyze and manage data to improve data quality and the efficiency of data systems.
Support DRC local partners in all MEAL requirements including capacity building, assessments, and reporting
Ensure accurate data entry of new information into the beneficiary database and regularly update, maintain existing database system records
Strengthen and maintain networks with other partners by attending relevant M&E working group meetings to help analyze trends, findings and best practices.
Ensure all project data (Distribution data, persons reached in various activities among others) is AGD (Age, Gender and Diversity) disaggregated.
Support in conducting assessments and community visits as needed, facilitate focus groups and other qualitative data collection exercises.
Conduct all field data collection through mobile data collection for quantitative data and paper forms for qualitative data.
Ensure tablets and phones to be used for assessments are charged before commencement of assessment exercises.
Conduct data analysis and providing input, information and statistics for monthly, quarterly, annual and other reports for the project.
Requirements:
Minimum of 4 years of work experience within the field of monitoring and evaluation.
Working knowledge in Turkana, Urban- Nairobi and Uganda.
Working experience in the field of Economic Recovery/Self- reliance, Protection, SGBV, Social Work, Child Protection preferred.
Experience in working in Sustainable Waste Management ecosystems.
Experience in working with protection information management systems.
Experience in participatory assessments and community-based monitoring approaches.
Clear understanding of Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS).
Experience with capacity building of staff, and in convening and facilitating training and workshops.
Excellent knowledge of MS Office Word, Excel Power Point, and other Statistical software.
Excellent analytical and report writing skills (English).
Time management and organizational skills.
Previous work experience in hardship areas or emergency setting.
