MEAL officer

Terre des hommes - Lausanne (Tdh) is a leading Swiss child relief agency with a strong global mandate in restorative juvenile justice, boasting over 40 years of experience in Palestine. Tdh is a well-recognized actor in Palestine, having established a long and fruitful collaboration with justice stakeholders and national institutions in the areas of policy, capacity building, and specialized service provision.

Working within the framework established by the organization, the Meal Officer role involves ensuring the consistency and quality of the MEAL strategies and activities at projects level. He/she ensures the MEAL system is in place for each project, operating in coordination with the project teams. Specifically:

The MEAL Officer will ensure the application of the Tdh Q&A standards and systems to all ongoing and new projects in Jerusalem and West Bank, Palestine.

She/ he will be responsible for capacity building of the Programs / Project team, and partners on MEAL topics.

S/he supports an institutional culture that encourages discussion, critical thinking, collective learning and teamwork.

Technical support

Identification

• Supports the teams in conducting needs assessments for new projects and programs. Ensures the development of research frameworks and instruments, data gathering, timely analysis and dissemination. Contributes to the updating of the context analysis.

Design

• Supports in conducting pre-action learning events, which reflects back on key lessons from similar previous projects & programming, (based on previous evaluations, capitalization processes, monitoring and management decisions). 
• Develops problem tree analysis, Theory of change, logframes, indicator, and MEAL narratives for new project designs.
• Develops the project level M&E plan / matrix, Indicator tracking table, and supports the establishment of the detailed work plan (including MEAL deliverables & timelines). Orients all project staff and management on these tools.
• Support the programs team in assessing partner capacities, especially focused on MEAL aspects, develop capacity building plans and support in developing partner organization competencies and systems on MEAL in alignment to the Tdh MCD and HQ guidelines.

Monitoring (during implementation)

• Supports the project team to develop a project profile and the intervention selection criteria in simple language that is understandable by partners and beneficiaries, ensures this information is shared throughout the life of the project.
• Ensures project baselines are conducted as per donor regulations / Tdh M&E minimum standards.
• Rolls out the project M&E plan in the PFU, and tracks progress of indicators and activities throughout the life of the project, while supporting the programs team with tools and capacity building to monitor and report on the implementation (activity & output level).
• Develops project associated MEAL tools and guidelines for the use of partners, ensures that the relevant partner staff are trained and coached on the use of these material throughout the life of a project.
• Ensures the monitoring of program quality independently of the programs team, with the support of the technical team, with the use of methods and instruments such as quality check lists, process monitoring, post implementation monitoring and KAP.
• Ensures regular field visits to Tdh & partner programming locations to verify implementation and to conduct data quality audits, also to meet beneficiaries and get their feedback.
• Applies Mobile data collection instruments where applicable, and supports the programs team in developing databases, and simple information management process to track and report implementation.
• Ensures data needed for Activity Info reporting, donor reporting, project reviews and evaluations is made available in complete, accurate and timely manner.
• Ensures Complaints Feedback and Response Mechanisms (CFRM) are put in place; beneficiaries and staff are made aware of the process; and the timely and appropriate response to complaints in coordination with programs.

Learning & Reflections

• Contributes to periodical project level reflection meetings, writing digestible reflection and lessons learning reports.

Closeout

• Ensures project end-lines and evaluations are conducted on time, in coordination with the programs team.
• Ensures all MEAL data, reports, and records are clearly organized archived in a central location for future reference by the delegation and donors.

Ethics

• Ensures ethical principles related to Core Humanitarian Standards are respected within all MEAL processes and programs.
• Mainstream gender equality, fairness and “do no harm”, data protection protocols throughout all programming processes.
• Ensures that any violation to the code of conduct, safeguarding policy, staff mismanagement, corruption, exploitation, observed in program, with partner or even Tdh office, is escalated to management immediately.

Security and child safety

Understands and applies security policies, the Child Safeguarding Policy and fraud prevention policies. 

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• This role requires a mastery of Personal, Social and Leadership Competencies (PSLC), Technical and Methodological Competencies (TMC) and Management and Strategic Competencies (MSC):
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• Adopts a collaborative attitude both inside and outside the department
• Command of support and advice roles and competencies
• Excellent conceptual and strategic analysis skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; active listening skills
• Flexibility, availability, and adaptability

Qualification:

• Education: University (Bachelor) degree in social sciences, statistics,
• Language: Excellent oral and writing skills in English, Arabic

Previous experience:

• At least 3 years of experience on a junior MEAL role (M&E assistant)

Knowledge and skills:

• Expertise in project cycle management, detailed knowledge of concepts, processes and tools, and experience in leading participative processes.
• Expertise in designing, planning and implementing MEAL initiatives (needs assessments, developing a theory of change, planning, monitoring, evaluation, capitalizing on lessons learned, community participation, communication, information management);
• Awareness and knowledge of ethical issues related to project management: gender equality, fairness and do no harm.
• Knowledge of and professional experience in the children’s rights field (Child protection), and SGBV, MHPSS in the humanitarian aid/development context.
• Ability to travel to the field operational areas on a regular basis.
• Very good understanding in Accountability towards affected populations associated systems and business process.
• Advance excel skills, and ODK / KoBo,

Tdh Global Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies:

Fully complies with Tdh’s Global Code of Conduct and systematically reports any breach to the Code through the whistleblowing procedure: raises awareness within the Foundation on abuse and violence and the rights deriving therefrom, respecting the rights and dignity of children, members of the communities and our own Staff

Commits to respecting Risk Management Policies including: Safeguarding Policies (Child Safeguarding Policy, Policy on the Protection against Sexual Exploitation and the Directive on Staff Misconduct at the Workplace), Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption and Prevention of the Financing of Criminal Activities Policies

Commits to reducing the risk of abuse and harm by developing a culture of open and informed leadership within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we intervene in.

Interested candidates should send their resume with motivation letter on or before Sunday 11th of August 2024 to [email protected] indicating your name, surname and the job title ( MEAL officer) in the subject line of your e-mail application. Incomplete applications or applications received after the deadline will be disregarded.

Please note that while Tdh values every application, the recruitment process may be concluded ahead of schedule should Tdh identifies a candidate who meets all the requirements. Tdh encourages interested applicants to submit their applications promptly.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply and those shortlisted will be contacted.