Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer (m/f)

Description

• Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. We are looking for a Meal Officer
• Location – Macomia – Cabo Delgado
• Contract: 7months -upon grand donor confirmation
• Job Purpose: Advises technical teams and implements MEAL activities and MEAL Plan for the Humanitarian response in Macomia and Cabo Delgado province

Duties

MEAL System development and implementation

• Implement the MEAL framework, and gather information for reporting
• Support the Response Team and implementing partners’ M&E staff in implementing the MEAL framework and tools

Data gathering, Information management and reporting

• In collaboration with the MEAL Coordinator support the design/updating of data collection tools for the response
• Collect M&E information periodically including through site visits and write monitoring reports
• Ensure all data collection at project level
• Collect M&E information and learning for project reports, case studies and publications
• Assist to strengthen the accountability mechanisms at project level
• Implement complaints and feedback mechanism
• Conducting post distribution monitoring for food and non-food items

Capacity building for Oxfam and Partner staff

• Support the MEAL Coordinator with capacity building of Oxfam Humanitarian Staff and Implementing Partners on use of MEAL tools and concepts
• Undertake periodic monitoring and technical support visits to project sites to assess progress against agreed MEAL system and recommend corrective actions as appropriate

Review, reflection and learning

• Support MEAL Coordinator to organize project learning events to promote learning and to reflect and capture project outcomes and learning, including the Real Time Review
• Document lessons learned
• Support the collection of best practices and case studies which demonstrate qualitative and quantitative changes over the period
• Connect to MEAL resources available across the Oxfam confederation to support innovation and best practices
• Ensuring project compliance
• Ensuring complaints and feedback mechanisms are in place in project sites and at partner level
• Monitoring and supporting partners and project teams on adherence to standard operating procedures in Oxfam
• Ensuring commodity sign offs for goods received
• Beneficiary registration and verification
• Managing project enumerators
• Program reporting

Leadership Management

• Line manage MEAL assistant and any enumerators

Requisites

• Secondary High School Education
• At least 2 years’ experience of work in Development or Humanitarian context projects with Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning skills
• Good knowledge of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning tools and systems
• Experience working with various partners (government, INGOs, civil society organizations and private sector)
• Experience in humanitarian programming an advantage
• Fluent in written and spoken Portuguese and English
• Experience of working in a multicultural team is desirable

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted