Job Description

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL launches the External recruitment of a MEAL Officer.

(Qualified Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply)

PRESENTATION OF THE ORGANIZATION

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian NGO which, for more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their vital needs for food, water and shelter. Particularly involved in the fight against diseases linked to unsafe water, the first cause of death in the world, SI's interventions provide expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, but also in the essential area of food security and livelihoods. Present in around twenty countries, SI's teams - 2000 people in total made up of expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at headquarters, and a few volunteers - work with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultures.

Solidarités International (SI) is determined to prevent and fight all type of abuse – all act of exploitation, abuse and/or sexual harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or collaborators, fraud, corruption, violation of persons and/or property, funding of activities harmful to human rights – that could be perpetrated in the frame of its interventions. SI implements a zero-tolerance policy regarding acts of SEAH.

Solidarités International is an equitable employer committed to find all forms of discrimination. SI will ever ask for any remuneration to take part in a recruitment process.

DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION 

Goal/Purpose of the Position:

Goal / Purpose:

Under the supervision of the MEAL supervisor, the MEAL Officer is in charge of the monitoring of the activities’ implementation and participate to the implementation of the CRM. 

He/she collects data and provides evidences of the program’s progress and achievements.

List of principal activities:

Monitoring and evaluation (M&E)

• Under the responsibility of the MEAL Supervisor, participate in the logistics and administrative organization, planning and preparation of M&E activities:
  • Contribute to the creation of monitoring tools and to the preparation of database frames based on questionnaires.
  • Support the MEAL Supervisor in centralizing and organizing data collection for activities and outputs as defined in the M&E plan.
• Collect monitoring data using SI tools:
  • Contribute to data collection at field level (overseeing surveys etc.) and make sure that all available aspects are covered.
  • Ensure that all data is entered on time and check their consistency and quality. Contribute to maintain the database following a standard format allowing aggregation of data to produce routine or periodic monitoring reports.
• Identify potential negative impacts of the activities.
• Monitor that crosscutting aspects like gender and “do no harm” are taken into account in the activities.
• Formulate preliminary recommendations on how to improve the activities.
• Monitor humanitarian situation.
• With the support of the PM and MEAL team, prepare and implement trainings on monitoring tools to field officers.
• Assist in external M&E mission.
• Ensure that contractual soft & hard MEAL data is easily available upon request.
• Apply the security procedures in the context of monitoring & evaluation missions.
• Any other tasks as requested by the line manager

 Management of complaint response mechanism (CRM)

• Ensure that all information related to complaints is properly recorded and that the logbook is clean
• Follow proper implementation of CRM standard operating procedures
• Ensure follow-up of all cases referred to the management team until the closure of the case
• Ensure proper archiving for future reference.
• Participate in training field teams on CRM information plan

Reporting / communication  

• Draft M&E reports and provide project updates and recommendations as necessary.
• Participate in seminars and training workshops which may be useful to the accomplishment of monitoring & evaluation activities and the attainment of the project’s objectives and in restitution workshops.
• Keep monitoring tools and files archived and secured
• Update regularly the monitoring & evaluation tools & methodology considering the donors indicators, gender, disable persons, protection & « Do No Harm » approaches
• Make regular reports to the team lead on the evolution of activities and specific tasks confided to him/her, problems encountered, and the quality of relations with beneficiaries  
• Bring to light any difficulty linked to his or her activities, to the programs of Solidarités or security concerns
• Collaborate with the administration and the local authorities 

HR Management

• Take part in recruitment of the monitoring team (enumerators / DW) when needed 
• Train and build the capacity of the team (enumerators /DW)
• Supervise the monitoring team (enumerators / DW)  

ORG CHART POSITION (reporting and functional relationships)

• Line manager:  MEAL Supervisor
• Line report(s) on base: -
• Functional manager: -
• Functional report(s): -

Profile requirements:-

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Statistics, or any related filed.
• 1-2  years experience in monitoring, evaluation, data management with NGO/INGO.
• Candidates specially female who are residing in Marib are encouraged to apply for this position based on their relevant skills and qualifications.
• Report writing skills, proficiency in English (good writing and speaking skills) appreciated.
• Previous experience in supervising DWs/enumerators at the field.
• Comfortable working with datasets, analysis and written reports.
• Ability to handle with stress workload.
• Ability to communicate clearly with MEAL and project team at the bases.
• Excellent knowledge of Office software (Excel, Word, Outlook) and mobile data collection tools (ODK) is a must.