MEAL Officer (Dadaab) at Terre des hommes (TDH)

Main responsibilities:

Monitoring plans.

• Helps develop project monitoring plans and adapt and roll out monitoring tools to meet project and programme requirements. Helps design databases in coordination with the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager and Project Manager
• Support the development of workplan with budget for M&E department including all M&E activities to be implemented in Dadaab as per reporting schedule.
• Support the coordination of accountability framework development at the Dadaab base
• Support the development of database for the TDH Projects beneficiaries
• Checks that collection tools are consistent with M&E plans, working in coordination with the M&E Officer while reporting any technical or methodological issues.

Monitoring activities

• If necessary, assists the Project Manager and MEAL officer collect data identified in the M&E plan in coordination with the Data clerks.
• Supervises and/or supports collection activities in the field while respecting ethical and methodological standards.
• If necessary, helps enter monitoring data provided by project teams using the appropriate tools.
• Informs the Project Manager and/or MEAL Manager of any unmet targets, contextual changes (risks and opportunities) and negative effects on beneficiaries.
• Helps manage and 2organize M&E information while ensuring that confidential data is protected, in coordination with the information management (IM) team if necessary.
• Helps recruit, train and supervise any team members involved in occasional data collection activities (investigators, data clerks, data interns, data casuals).
• Support comprehensive data analysis processes and assists in drafting qualitative reports for effective programme management for Dadaab projects.
• Support the process of developing, testing and updating appropriate methodologies and tools based on program requirements and contextual changes at Dadaab level.
• To support the Data Clerk in form distribution, data entry and analysis
• To perform Activity monitoring activities and generate reports
• Create a monthly Data Dashboard and present to the project team to inform programming
• Participate in surveys as per donor requirements
• To Provide coordinated training to Tdh Program staff and Community on the CPIMS tools and Tdh Tools and follow up on proper implementation
• Conduct activity monitoring of activities and generating reports of the same.
• To submit a monthly report on the Data and support programming activities

Communication and reporting

• Helps the Project Leader and/or Programme Coordinator develop presentations adapted to different target audiences. Provides the M&E information required to write reports for use by Tdh and by donors, working with the IM team if necessary.
• Support by ensuring that the Dadaab field base delivers on all internal M&E requirements in a timely manner and with high quality information, including reporting to DAH global indicators and monthly sitreps.
• Support the compilation of TDH annual reporting tools entry of data at the Dadaab level

Evaluation

• Support the compliance with donor and program requirements regarding data collection, analysis and reporting against indicators and means of verification at the Dadaab level.
• Any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Abuse Prevention Policy – Operational Risk Management

• Commit to respect Tdh Risk Management Policies including: Child Safeguarding Policy, Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption Policy, Code of Conduct, Whistle Blowing Policy.
• Commit to ensure the best implementation possible of the Tdh Risk Management Policies.
• Commit to inform supervisors and to deal with any cases, allegations, or possibility of transgression, even potential, of the Tdh Risk Management Policies.

Competencies:

• This position requires personal, social and leadership competencies (PSLC) and technical and methodological competencies (TMC)

In particular:

• Ability to communicate clearly and constructively on negative and positive points
• Team spirit: ability to work closely with project teams and consultants
• Analytical skills
• Discipline, precision, transparency and intellectual honesty
• Results-oriented focus and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to learn from positive and negative experiences and capitalize on errors

Other professional skills required:

• Basic knowledge of project cycle management
• Experience in developing and implementing monitoring tools in the humanitarian aid and development sector
• Experience in supporting internal and external M&E projects: baselines/endlines, routine monitoring, proposal writing, report writing etc.
• Familiarity with quantitative and qualitative collection methods in the humanitarian aid and development sector
• Command of IT tools and experience in using databases
• Is Knowledgeable on the CPIMS tools
• Ideally, experience with some or all of the following tools: Advanced Excel (including pivot tables), CPIMS, SPSS, ODK/KoBo tool box, Ona, etc.
• Experience of at-least 3 years in Non-governmental organization
• Experience working in Refugee set up
• BA Degree in Project Management or Information Systems
• Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation/ Project Management

Languages: Fluency in English and Kiswahili. Ability to communicate in Somali is a plus