Job Description

Job Title: MEARL Officer
Status: Full-time
Duty Station: Roving, Yemen
Duration: 1 year
No. of Staff Required: 1

An Overview about ADO
Abs Development Organization for Woman and Child (ADO) is a well-established national, humanitarian, developmental, non-profit, and non-governmental organization, founded in August 1996 by a group of Yemeni girls to provide a better life for women, children, and youths. ADO has been operating in Yemen for more than 27 years with outstanding coverage to the deprived rural areas located on the coast of Tehama and other various areas in Yemen aiming to get rid of poverty and infectious diseases. Since its inception, ADO has implemented over 213 developmental and humanitarian projects. According to ADO latest cumulative statistics, by the end of the year 2021, a total of 6,695,412 people were benefited from these interventions. Consequently, the organization has established itself among the most effective civil society organizations in Yemen that are working on issues related to livelihood, health, education, and WASH supporting women, children, and youth. Operating from its Headquarter office in Sana’a, and through its branch offices in Al Hodeida, Hajjah, Abs, Raymah Taiz, and Aden, ADO provides educational, health, livelihood, and WASH services to urban and rural communities. As ADO believes that women are the essence of life, it has devoted all its activities and programs to empower and educate women who will lead to a modern and just state. ADO also believes that protecting and caring for children will result in a prosperous future; free from crime and terrorism. Furthermore, ADO believes that youth are the potential and driving force of any modern civil society.

Job Objectives/Scope
As a MEAL Officer for the multisectoral project encompassing Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Health, Nutrition, and Protection, under the direct supervision of the field Manager and technical guidance from the MEAL Manager, the MEAL Officer will be based in the ADO’s Sana’a office. The MEAL officer will work closely with all program staff in the field and Partner MEAL staff to implement the MEAL commitments and improve program quality through enhanced data management systems and processes play a crucial role in ensuring the effective implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of project activities. The primary focus will be on establishing robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks, promoting accountability mechanisms, fostering a culture of learning, and ensuring data-driven decision-making to achieve project goals in all the locations in the North.

Reports to: MEARL Coordinator
Supervisor on: MEARL assistants.

Duties & Responsibilities

Development of Projects MEAL Plans and Tools:

• Participate and support in identification, development of new and/or revision of existing data collection tools/templates (questionnaire, checklist, other tools where necessary).
• Facilitate orientation (technical support and training) of project team on agreed tools, methodologies, tasks, and data or project quality requirements.
• Participate and support in the projects log-frame update, follow up of projects plans, monitor projects outputs/ outcomes indicators and assess progress made against targets while considering projects quality, and provide timely feedback.

Monitoring:

• Support in continual review of narrative reports and project appraisal tool, and ensure indicators are collected, calculated and reported properly and timely using right methodologies.
• Support project managers and technical sector leads as needed to analyze project progress data and developing quality indicators/checklist and conducting program quality monitoring.
• Plan for and conduct regular field monitoring visits to different field locations to validate information and provide monitoring support (Backstopping) to different projects and field teams whenever necessary in coordination with other MEAL staff, PMs or Activity Coordinators.
• Support in drafting, writing, and data analysis of monitoring and evaluation reports (both internal and external).

Data Management:

• Provide technical support to data entry officers and work closely with them to ensure MEAL reporting and data sets are consistent with mission-wide reporting requirements, of high quality and on time.
• Support program team regarding the preparation of database frames based on questionnaires and other data collection tools.
• Conduct data quality assessment-DQA (review databases, reports and data collection tools and processes of collection).
• Lead in creating interactive, user-friendly visualizations by collecting, analyzing, and producing graphics using Power Bi and/or Excel pivot tables.

Assessments and Evaluations:

• Carry out quantitative and qualitative data collection activities at field level through surveys, interviews, questionnaires, focus group discussions with beneficiaries, etc., as defined in the weekly/monthly MEAL work plan and required by programs.
• Participate in planning and undertaking surveys, rapid assessments, post-distribution monitoring (PDMs), BNFs satisfaction & feedback surveys. This will include ToR, development, and revision of data collection tools, creating surveys and uploading them into KOBO, training of data collectors, data collection supervision, data analysis, and reporting.
• Support the MEAL Officer during internal and external evaluation planning and implementation (development/review of evaluation ToR, plans/scope of work, data collection tools, supervising data collection, analysis, drafting reports).
• Support dissemination of evaluation findings and other M&E data or research products in coordination with Grants Manager and MEAL coordinator.

Accountability:

• Actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation during planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Ensure all assessments (PDM, Satisfaction survey, Evaluation, FGD/KII) include questions to assess ADO's community accountability mechanism.
• Support the project team with strategies development that improve and promote a high level of community participation.

Learning and Knowledge Management:

• Support orientation of field staff on selected MEAL methodology, tools, processes, and plan, priorities, and quality standards and/or requirements.
• Review reports, identify or extract and compile lessons, validate and timely share the lessons with relevant team members using the most appropriate means to promote learning and improvement.
• Where necessary, perform any other duty as and when called upon or in the absence of technical supervisor.

Overall, these tasks require:

• Adherence to Humanitarian principles of Humanity, Neutrality, Impartiality, and Independence.
• Always ensure confidentiality and conduct all activities with sensitivity and respect toward beneficiaries and staff.
• Clear and timely communications to line management.
• Fully comply with ADO internal rules and guidelines and the ADO Charter of Values and Code of Ethics.

Required Personal Characteristics

• Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze complex data sets and derive meaningful insights for decision-making.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to convey technical information to diverse audiences.
• Team Player: Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Adaptability: Flexibility to adapt to changing project requirements and able to work in dynamic environments.
• Problem Solver: Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to addressing challenges.
• Integrity: Commitment to upholding ethical standards, transparency, and accountability in project activities.

Part (2) Person Specification for This Job

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A postgraduate or bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Information Technology, Development Studies, Statistics, or a related field.
• Minimum of three years of working experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning or research at field level.
• Experience in conducting surveys or evaluations e.g., post-distribution monitoring, DDM, Baseline and endline surveys, and KAP surveys will be a distinct advantage.
• Experience in data collection using mobile data collection systems such as KoBo Collect, or ODK.
• Experience in data analysis using Excel, PowerBI, and SPSS.
• Good technical skills in writing surveys and assessment reports.
• Strong skills in written and spoken English; Knowledge of the local language is preferred.
• Required Travel: Willingness to travel 50% of the time to remote areas of the country.
• Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.