MEAL Officer

CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND

Secours Islamique France (SIF) is a Non-Governmental Organization of international solidarity based in France. Founded in 1991, SIF is a non-profit and non-political organization that intends to help, to bring relief and to protect the lives of those threatened by natural disasters, armed conflicts or by economic collapse. SIF provides its help with respect to cultural diversity, without any distinction of origin, religion or gender. SIF Palestine Mission was established in 2008 and since then, it has set up many concrete activities in order to help in a large scale and developed a comprehensive knowledge of the local context and understanding of local needs.

ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION

The MEAL Officer, under the supervision of Head of Mission , is responsible for carrying out and developing, monitoring, evaluating, accountability and learning activities in the organization. S/he will work in close cooperation with SIF programs’ teams consisting of food security and livelihoods, WASH, shelter, protection and seasonal and emergency. The MEAL Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

MEAL System Development:

• Participate in the definition of the M&E Plans and ensuring its implementation in compliance with MEAL strategy.
• Prepare the MEAL framework and tools and participate to the development of the databases.
• Set up a monitoring system and design the proper tools in order to collect feedback from SIF participants and the targeted communities.
• Plan all the field activities related to M&E (field visits to SIF beneficiaries, meeting with the community or other project stakeholders, etc.).
• Participate in developing MEAL Standard Operation Procedures and assist in staff training.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Keep accurate records of data, activities, and community/beneficiaries’ participation in monitoring activities.
• Ensure that data is collected and recorded ethically and within the remits of SIF policy on confidentiality and consent.
• Coordinate all collection, reporting and validation of data (qualitative and quantitative).
• Ensure data quality measures implemented during data flow process and meeting the standards.
• Conduct regular field visits as key task of the MEAL-Department to all running activities and develop the required field reports.
• Integrate protection and gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women, men, boys and girls, and people with disabilities in data collection processes.
• Participate in projects’ specific assessments (baseline, end line) and a multi-sectorial needs assessment and support in beneficiary selection process.
• Contribute to mid-term and final evaluations and all other activity related to MEAL such as developing ToR, supporting external evaluators, etc.
• Provide feedbacks and recommendations for timely improvement.

Accountability: 

• Support in developing the information materials for complaint and feedback mechanisms.
• Support in training staff on internal feedback guidelines and relevant protocols.
• Follow up the beneficiary feedback mechanism by receiving and filing complaints based on the pre-established protocols.
• Keep complaints records confidential and only accessible to relevant staff according to the internal feedback mechanism guidelines.
• Contribute to develop, with the support of the Program team, appropriate accountability strategies respectful of the local context.
• Collect and document notes from the meetings with the beneficiaries and/or community members.
• Gather feedback on project implementation from SIF beneficiaries by collecting and documenting their satisfaction and end-line data.

Learning:

• Support in training other team members on M & E tools and skills as appropriate including needs analysis of team. 
• Participate and/or facilitate internal and external project evaluations and learning exercises.
• Support internal improvement processes (theory of changes, Log Frames and strategies); 
• Identify and document lessons learned, generate best practices in cooperation with Field Officers, Heads of Projects, and on request by the Program Managers.
• Participate/facilitate in internal projects evaluations and learning reviews that are intended for lessons learned and operational decision making.

Reporting:

• Prepare regular monitoring reports including ongoing data analysis with status of implementation progress.
• Prepare clear data analysis reports including best practices and case studies, assessment/survey reports.
• Participate in the preparation of Indicators & Beneficiaries Progress Report (IBPR) and International Strategic Plan (ISP) report.
• Support in writing mid-term, final or other reports required by SIF HQ, local government, donors, etc.
• Assist the  programs in data collection, analysis, and reporting, and identify areas for improvement.                                                                                                            
• Prepare weekly plan and reports and share them with the supervisor.
• Perform any other duties related as may be assigned.

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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCES

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or its equivalent in business administration or related fields and equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience relevant to monitoring and evaluation work and experience; two of them in INGO
• Experience in project’s proposal & report writings; planning; implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience in developing links with NGOs; INGOs, government agencies & other stakeholders.
• Ability to build, manage and motivate teams and individuals to achieve set objectives and targets.
• Experience in and commitment to participatory management and maintaining a supportive, open environment to ensure the transferring of knowledge & development of all staff.
• Very good written and spoken English (essential).
• Very good communication skills and flexibility.
• Computer skills (Word, Excel, internet, and e-mail).
• Ability to travel frequently and under the particular travel requirements of the assignment.
• Flexibility and capacity to work effectively beyond working hours.

PERSONAL QUALITIES   

Taking initiative, capacity to prioritize, sense of responsibility and coordination skills, good interpersonal skills, patient and ready to listen to people, open-minded and have collective approach and strong humanitarian motivation.

WORKING CONDITIONS  

• Location: Ramallah – West Bank
• Duration: 1 year (renewable)
• Starting Date: As Soon As Possible
• MEAL Officer : (Ref. #:2024/04/ WB - MO)

Application Instructions

Interested candidates are requested to send the followings:

• Their CV.
• Letter of Motivation with the Ref # of the post (as indicated above).
• Two professional references for the last two employees with their contacts’ information.

All the above documents should be sent not later than 02:00 p.m. on 20.11.2024 to the following e-mail address:

[email protected]

Faxed CV’s or emails without the Post Title & Ref # will be neglected. Only candidates possessing relevant experiences will be shortlisted.

Secours Islamique France is an equal opportunity employer

SIF commits to respect the “Do no harm” humanitarian principle and ensure child safety is paramount in all its activities. SIF implements a Child Safeguarding Policy (CSP) at headquarters and in every mission. We do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with vulnerable people, in particular with children, join our organization.

This position is subject to a range of vetting checks including criminal records disclosure and reference checks. We have zero tolerance for harmful practices and will take any allegation or report of child abuse very seriously.