Are you an experienced and qualified Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Officer? Tearfund South Sudan has an exciting opportunity for a professional and qualified Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (SMEAL)Officer*
The Senior Roving Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer (SMO - R) reports to the MEAL Manager and is responsible for providing technical support to and builds capacities of the field based MEAL Officers to enable the Area Coordinators and Project Managers deliver on the MEAL components of the approved grants in their specific locations. S/he is responsible for ensuring that field based MEAL Officers attain the donor and Tearfund’s threshold for quality assurance and Accountability to the Affected Populations (AAP) . The Se
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nior MEAL Officer works closely with the Technical Advisors, the MEAL Advisor/Manager and the project managers to ensure quality and effectiveness of project activities throughout the project cycle. with the view to supporting the country program to realise quality project outcomes and to document and present the same in a manner that is impactful and of high quality. To this end, he/she will provide technical assistance, advice and training on key aspects of MEAL that would shape the country MEAL framework and ensure that all project outcomes are achieved.
The Senior MEAL Officer also supports the MEAL Advisor in ensuring that project reviews, post-distribution monitoring exercises and evaluations are planned for and executed in a timely manner and are fully aligned with the project designs. The SMO will support the MEAL Advisor in ensuring staff and Partner teams maintain an effective monitoring system across all sectors, including the use of beneficiary feedback data, to assure the quality of interventions
We are looking for someone who has:
- Bachelor’s degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Development Economics or related discipline.
- Minimum Four (4) extensive hands-on experience managing MEAL in both emergency and development contexts preferably in – FSL, Nutrition, health, WASH, Protection/GBV and Peacebuilding.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
- Cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
- Results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
Skills/Abilities required:
- Exceptional ability to analyse data and translate it into relevant information for project actors.
- Mastery of mobile data collection tools and methods e.g. Kobo, CommCare, OD Collect as well as proficiency with Microsoft Excel, SPSS, STATA, Epi Info, etc
- Ability to identify information needs and evidence gaps and integrating evidence from a variety of sources.
- Ability to oversee or lead project baseline, endline, post-distribution monitoring surveys and related studies
- Training and mentoring skills
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
- Computer literate
- Organisational and administrative skills
- Negotiation and representation skills
- Ability to lead, participate and facilitate in collective staff prayer and bible studies
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency.
Personal qualities required
- Committed Christian who recognises Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour
- Committed to Tearfund’s Mission, Values and Beliefs.
If the above describes you then please have a look at the attached and do apply!
The position is based in Juba – Central Equatoria
Applicants must be committed to Tearfund’s Christian beliefs. The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding issues. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter terror-terror measure.
Documents
East and Central Africa
- Job Category:
International Relief & Development (Outside UK)
- Contract Type:
Fixed Term
- Closing Date:
22 January 2023
- Potential Interview Date:
30 January 2023