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  • Posted: Jan 10, 2025
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    The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organisation founded in 1956 that works in more than 30 countries throughout the world.
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    Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer

    Overall purpose of the role: 

    • The overall purpose of the role: Monitoring Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Officer will conduct field level M&E activities and provide technical support to MEL Lead in ensuring timely and quality learning as well as implementation reporting with a specific focus on peacebuilding, enhancing stability as well as gender and social inclusion engagements. 
    • Assist project teams in collecting data against indicators, lead data collection based on data-collection tools and methodologies designed by the MEL team. The MEL Officer will also lead project assessments and project compliance audits in all cross border locations covering the Mandera Triangle region and down to Kiunga/Raskamboni in Lamu. 
    • The MEL Officer will collaborate closely with the MEL Lead, Field Research Officer and wider Borderlands Research team and field programme team to ensure compliance with the projects MEL requirements and best practices. The role will also ensure programme data and other protected data is accurately and ethically collected, stored, analysed and shared in strict adherence to the projects data protection policy and MEL Plan.

    Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

    • Support MEL Lead in ensuring that MEL approaches adhere to project Conflict Sensitivity, Do No Harm, and GESI strategies; 
    • Work closely with project field team, local organisations, and other actors to conduct MEL activities, including monitoring visits, project assessments, and targeted research;
    • Support the establishment of Borderlands/Deris Wanaag MEL systems and reporting structures, including user-friendly templates, to contribute to quarterly reporting and learning products/events;
    • Conduct MEL training for downstream partners in response to capacity assessments, including research methods, reporting needs, and other data collection requirements; 
    • Review and translate data collection tools into Swahili and Somali, in addition to training enumerators and piloting tools in relevant field locations;
    • Develop and manage data collection work plans in coordination with MEL Lead and Field Research Manager;
    • Develop plans for GESI self-assessment for all partners together with the field GESI advisor and Senior GESI advisor;
    • Develop sector-specific data and support timely and appropriate deployment by implementation teams, in alignment with ethical research and data security policies;
    • Conduct field-level assessments, including baseline, mid-term, end-line and other monitoring surveys, including the cleaning, translation, and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data;
    • Contribute to monthly implementation updates, to share with Area Leads, flagging key achievements, areas of concern, lessons learned, and recommendations for corrective actions;
    • Facilitate field-level learning events, collaboratively with the MEL Lead, to capture, document and disseminate lessons learned for internal and external purposes;
    • Conducted internal data quality assessments to ensure that all reported observations and indicators are supported by verified data sources, including activity-level monitoring forms, participant lists, and geo-tagged photos;
    • Gather, analyse, and report community and stakeholder feedback through the design and management of feedback mechanisms, including complaints hotlines, community forums, and other sources.

    Experience and technical competencies:  

    • A minimum of 4 years of MEL experience within the peacebuilding, stabilization or development field.  
    • Demonstrated field experience in working on conflict resolution, peacebuilding and stability programmes.
    • Demonstrated experience in leading GESI related M&E and capacity building.
    • Experience in training and supporting local partners to conduct comprehensive M&E.
    • Proven technical skills in monitoring, evaluation and experience with both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. 
    • Strong background in the use of computers including the use of software applications such as Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and software such as SPSS and STATA.
    • Previous experience with electronic or mobile data collection such as Kobo is a requirement.
    • Experience in working in cross border and conflict prone areas. 
    • Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.

    Education

    • A bachelor’s degree in the Social Sciences, Economics, Statistics or Information Management Sciences.

    Language: 

    • Fluency in written and spoken English and Swahili is essential  
    • Fluency in Somali is a great advantage

    Key stakeholders: 
    Internal 

    • Programme implementation teams in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia and MEL staff in Nairobi. 
    • Enumerators in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.

    External

    • National and county government authorities
    • Implementing partners

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    Regional Emergency Coordinator

    About the job

    The Regional Emergency Coordinator for East Africa facilitates the development and strengthening of emergency preparedness and declared emergency responses within the region through the provision of technical support, sectors guidance, troubleshooting and quality assurance to all emergency programmes within the East Africa sub-region as per DRC emergency systems. This position represents an excellent opportunity to provide technical leadership and capacity building in an exciting and challenging context, and to strategically develop the quality, impact and accountability of DRC’s emergency responses. Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

    Emergency Preparedness and Response

    • Ensure preparedness by facilitating quality and relevant Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPP) across East Africa;
    • Lead the Regional Emergency Preparedness Working Group in order to prioritise and plan for timely and quality emergency responses and remain up to date on contextual and operational concerns across the region
    • Support the delivery of declared emergency responses through the Emergency Task Force and DRC emergency processes

    Quality Assurance

    • Ensure countries are using and able to use correct emergency response tools in line with global guidance
    • Support the development of new tools and processes with HQ emergency team where relevant
    • Work with RO and CO technical staff to ensure integration of emergency response into Strategic Plans, promote sector integration in emergencies, and ensure response activities are appropriate and high quality across all sectors;
    • Provide support and advice to strategies to transition emergency operations to recovery, resilience and Durable Solutions approaches;
    • Ensure all emergency response actions are adhering to standards and best practices including HAP/CHS standards, relevant Minimum Standards and SPHERE etc.

    Regional Leadership and Coordination

    • Lead and coordinate regionally-led multi-country emergency responses as/where needed in EA, provide support in GL as relevant;
    • Provide technical support and quality assurance for emergency response business development opportunities in EA countries where needed
    • Participate as relevant in coordination mechanisms throughout the region and represent DRC as requested, including building relationships with other regional Emergency Coordinators (or equivalent) in NGOs, CSOs, donor agencies, UN etc.;
    • Identification and prioritization (continuous) of geographical areas for assessment and response, both new and existing

    About you

    To be successful in this role we expect you to have at least 5 years of INGO or other agency emergency response experience in insecure environments, including at least three years of management experience. Moreover, we also expect the following:

    Required

    • Experience working in relevant DRC sectors of humanitarian programming such as WASH, Food Security, CCCM or Protection.
    • Strong analytical, organizational, leadership and coordination skills;
    • Proven commitment to accountable practices and knowledge of quality assurance systems in an emergency response;
    • Experience working in multi-cultural environments and extensive engagement with senior colleagues
    • Excellent communicator and proven diplomacy with all types of stakeholders;
    • Experience of overseeing or engaging with budgets and multiple donor contracts, particularly with BHA, OFDA, ECHO, SIDA and UN agencies;
    • Experience in delivering training and other capacity development initiatives
    • Fluent and articulate in spoken and written English
    • Ability to work independently, but also coordinate effectively as part of a team;
    • Strong computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point); and
    • Ability and willingness to work in diverse, challenging and potentially unstable environments.

    Desirable

    • Relevant technical experience in delivering emergency response in complex conflict contexts
    • Previous experience the East Africa and Great Lakes region or similar context with conflict and drought and flood responses

    Method of Application

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