Consortium MEAL Coordinator

Position:                            Consortium MEAL Coordinator                                

Contract duration:          12 months

Location:                           Ramallah

Starting Date:                   ASAP

I-Background on ACTED

ACTED is an international NGO registered in France. ACTED’s vocation is to support vulnerable populations affected by wars, natural disasters and/or economic and social crises, and to accompany them in building a better future. ACTED started its activities in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) in May 2007. ACTED is currently implementing projects covering multiple humanitarian / development sectors, funded by of a variety of international donors, which aim at protecting vulnerable households and strengthening civil society actors across the oPt. ACTED oPt offers a dynamic, rigorous and knowledge-orientated working environment.

II-Country Profile

In the occupied Palestinian territory, ACTED is both committed to humanitarian assistance and long-term development. ACTED strives to strengthen the economic capacities of cooperatives in rural areas, consolidate civil society organisations, and provide emergency assistance to the most vulnerable, rural communities in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. As part of this work, ACTED is a member of the West Bank Protection Consortium (WBPC).

The Consortium MEAL Coordinator position is placed within ACTED and serves all 5 West Bank Protection Consortium partners in an equal manner. The Consortium MEAL Coordinator is a member of the Secretariat of the WBPC and under the direct line management of the WBPC’s Chief of Party. Consortium partners aim at strengthening their analytical capacity and deliverables. In close collaboration with the partners, the Consortium Secretariat (CS), the Consortium Management Unit (CMU) and the Consortium Advocacy Working Group (AWG), the MEAL Coordinator looks at the information generated by agencies individually and/or collectively in order to determine how to best shape this information in a way that is useful to all.

ACTED has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) and ensures that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited. All candidates will be subject to satisfactory references and screening checks in line with legal requirements. Any candidate offered a job will sign ACTED’s Code of Conduct and related policies as part of their work contract. All staff are expected to abide by the standards of behaviour outlined in those documents.

III- Responsibilities

1. Chair and coordinate the MEAL Task Force of the Consortium

• Organize and chair the MEAL Task Force
• Provide overall direction to the management of a robust, sustainable, and effective MEAL system across all sectors of interventions
• Provide strategic and technical support to both program and MEAL staff of consortium partners 
• Work with the MEAL TF to develop, test and deploy analyses of dataset in the frame of the IMS of the Consortium to reinforce Policy and Strategic objectives of the Consortium
• Liaise with M&E, GIS and program Focal Points of Partners – share information as appropriate and identify analyses and develop maps which can inform programmatic decisions
• Work with the Secretariat to establish the systems and processes needed for effective information sharing with CMU, AWG and SC
• Manage and improve the Consortium SharePoint as an effective and appropriate way of sharing information within the Consortium and serving as a focal point of all relevant documents generated by Consortium Partners or other relevant documentation
• Work with the MEAL TF to organize and establish a harmonized accountability system at Consortium level
• Oversee and provide dedicated support to partners in strengthening beneficiary accountability systems, and then consolidating at consortium level
• Ensure coordination between the MEAL TF and the other key groups of the Consortium

2. Lead on the consortium’s Information management and support reporting

• to set up a robust and well functional monitoring and evaluation system, SOPs, tools and guidelines including beneficiary counting system
• Improve the storage and dissemination of information within the consortium
• Advise on appropriate data collection technologies, including database storage and management and contribute to its development and improvements
• Organize and ensure regular updates to the consortium’s information management system.
• In charge of the development and managing the implementation of internal and donor-level Consortium reporting

3. Work with each key group in the Consortium (AWG, CMU, CS and Steering Committee) to identify, extract and formalize the information they need from the available data

• Engage regularly with each group to identify their needs in terms of data and analysis
• Support each group in developing a narrative based on the data available and evidence-based analysis
• Provide partners with an integrated analysis of all the relevant data
• Analyze the consolidated consortium outputs (all components) to respond to reporting need and specific request from partners.
• Support partners willing to produce analytical maps/reports for advocacy and representation purpose (i.e. not maps related directly to interventions such as fact sheet or community profiling) 

4. Contribute to Consortium strategic thinking notably by substantiating relevant information in close collaboration with Consortium Head of Programs

• Support CTC and CREP in managing and visualizing data (such as Power BI or other relevant software) that can help improve the Consortium practices and its reporting to donors and other stakeholders 

5. Engaging with external stakeholders generating data such as OCHA, Clusters, etc.

• Monitor data generated by other organizations and identify what can be of use for the Consortium
• In collaboration with Consortium Head of Programs, liaise with other stakeholders to develop synergies for data collection and analysis (e.g. get shape files from OCHA for mapping)

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IV- Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor degree in Social and Human Sciences or Statistics, and a background in research methods.
• Previous experience in data management, data analysis and Information Management System
• Experience in program design and M&E plan development (Ability to design M&E tools, surveys, surveillance systems, and evaluations)
• Excellent command in writing and speaking English
• Strong practical knowledge of the following computer packages: Word, Excel (advanced), Outlook, Powerpoint, and Statistical packages (SPSS, Stata, R or alike) along with GIS software (QGIS, ArcGIS or alike)
• Demonstrated communication and organizational skills
• Ability to train, mobilize, and manage both international and national staff
• Flexibility and ability to multi-task under pressure
• Proven ability to work creatively and independently both in the field and in the office.

V-Submission of applications:

Interested candidates are invited to send a cover letter, CV, and three references (in English) no later than 5th April , 2023 to: [email protected]  indicating the position (Consortium MEAL Coordinator) in the subject line.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview and written exam.