Roving MEARL Coordinator at Save the Children

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Capacity Development and Humanitarian Surge Support.

• Core Technical Competency Development to strengthen staff capacity in MEARL Components across the field offices ie indicator design and IPTTs, data collection and management, and field data analysis for decision-making.
• Rapid MEARL Surge Deployment to provide timely technical support to new project start-ups, underperforming/high-risk projects, and during staffing gaps.
• Start-Up and Stabilization Support to ensure strong MEARL system set-up and stabilization during early project phases or recovery periods.
• Embedded Capacity Strengthening through delivery of hands-on support through on-the-job coaching and direct technical engagement with project teams.
• Structured Mentorship & Skills Transfer to field MEARL Staff, implementing mentorship approaches that build sustainable MEARL competencies within teams.

Quality Uplift Initiative & Monitoring Systems Strengthening.

• Lead Quality Uplift Implementation driving the rollout of Quality Uplift Initiatives across projects to enhance overall MEARL performance.
• Strengthen Monitoring Systems, improve indicator tracking, monitoring frameworks, and routine data review processes.
• Institutionalize Quality Benchmarking through establishment of regular (monthly/quarterly) quality review mechanisms across projects.
• Ensure Action-Oriented Follow-Up, track and enforce implementation of corrective actions from quality reviews.
• Identify and Address Systemic Gaps by diagnosing cross-project weaknesses and implement targeted improvement plans to standardize quality monitoring.

Institutionalize and Operationalize a Real-Time Needs Assessment and Data Collection (Evidence Generation).

• Lead Real-Time Needs Assessments (RTNA) Roll-out & Institutionalization through adoption and integration of RTNA methodologies across projects and program cycles across the field locations.
• Strengthen Rapid Assessment Design supporting field teams to develop fit-for-purpose, context-specific rapid assessment tools aligned to program needs.
• Promote and support use of digital platforms (eg, Kobo, ODK) for efficient real-time data capture and build field team capacity to analyze and translate real-time data into actionable insights.
• Promote and ensure RTNA findings directly inform program design, targeting, prioritization, and ongoing adaptation.

Community Engagement and Accountability System Strengthening.

• Support the review of the country office accountability function and implement the accountability priority actions and improvement plan in line with the 10-Point Accountability Systems Uplift plan.
• Support development and dissemination of information products (briefs, policy summaries, evidence snapshots) tailored to diverse audiences and community.
• Facilitate the establishment of context-specific feedback and complaints mechanisms, ensuring feedback informs advocacy and program adaptation.
• Manage the complaints and feedback database, ensuring timely, quality responses and analysis that strengthens the program.

Systematize Data Quality Assessments (Audits).

• Standardize DQA Frameworks and Processes and lead the implementation of consistent Data Quality Assessment methodologies and tools across all projects across the field locations.
• Strengthen Core Data Quality Dimensions, enhancing systems and processes to ensure data accuracy, consistency, completeness, and timeliness.
• Mitigate Data Quality Risks through identification and resolution of systemic issues including indicator inconsistencies, weak validation processes, and reporting discrepancies.
• Institutionalize Data Validation and Verification across the field locations, embedding routine data verification, cleaning, and validation protocols within project monitoring systems.
• Strengthen documentation and data management practices to meet donor requirements and support internal and external audits.

MEARL Engagements and Coordination.

• Represent Save the Children in relevant MEARL coordination platforms to share evidence and strengthen key systems focused on MEARL as required.
• Facilitate key strategic monitoring initiatives across the field locations as required and support field locations on delegated engagements with stakeholders.
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BEHAVIORS (Values ​​in Practice )

Accountability:

• Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values ​​diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in a Relevant Sector; Statistics, Development Studies or Social Sciences preferably with Post Graduate training in M&E or Project planning and Management.
• Minimum of 5 years working experience in monitoring and evaluation working experience (preferably within a humanitarian and development focused organization). 
• Proficient in both quantitative and qualitative data management methodologies with a focus on data systems strengthening and capacity building.
• Skills in data analysis and visualization principles and software (STATA, SPSS, Advanced Ms Excel, NVivo, ATLAS.ti, Power Bi etc.).
• Experience promoting participation of children, community members and leaders and/or facilitating focus group discussions (especially with beneficiaries including children).
• Familiarity with mobile data collection platforms (ie CommCare, Kobo Collect, ODK etc).
• Experience with monitoring and evaluation techniques to assess the quality and effectiveness of program strategies for program learning.
• Child Rights: Promotes an enabling environment for participation, and accountability to children 
• Excellent communication skills, results oriented and self-driven.
• Proficient in speaking and writing English