Street Child is a UK charity working to protect vulnerable children and improve access to education in some of the poorest communities in the world. We work in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nepal and since November 2016, Street Child has been involved in the Humanitarian response in North East Nigeria.
Street Child works in the fields of education, child protection and
livelihoods, working to deliver sustainable solutions and create maximum
impact. Our work combines counselling, family mediation, business support,
school building, teacher training and child protection. We were a key
player in the Ebola crisis and led the global response for children orphaned by
Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia. We deliver all our programmes through local
partners and, since 2008, together we have built/renovated over 200 schools and
are now helping to educate over 40,000 young people.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)
Senior Officer
Locations: Maiduguri, Borno (including frequent field visits)
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Category: Policy & Development
Reports To: Country office MEAL Manager
Contract Term: 1-year fixed term with possibility of extension
Working Hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30am - 5:15pm, Friday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Role Purpose
The Monitoring, Evaluation,
Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Senior Officer is responsible for
supporting MEAL planning, implementation, and the follow up on projects as part
of the implementation team.
The post holder is responsible
for providing support in the development and execution of annual MEAL plans;
development and/or adaption of MEAL tools; training of staff, communities and
partners in key MEAL concepts and skills; documentation and dissemination of
key learnings from MEAL and research results in support of the project
objectives and outcomes; and ensuring that all projects are accountable to
beneficiaries and other stakeholders in line with Street Child Nigeria and
donor policies and practices.
The Senior MEAL Officer
undertakes this role in close collaboration with the Programmes staff and key
stakeholders and partners in consultation with the MEAL Manager.
In the event of a major
humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the
normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
Key Areas of
Accountabilities
Key Area 1 - Set Up of MEAL Systems:
Provide Monitoring Evaluation,
Accountability, and Learning related support to downstream partners in the
projects.
This includes coordinating
routine monitoring and training of relevant partners in MEAL methodologies and
tools (including sampling techniques, data collection tools and techniques,
data analysis and reporting).
Participate in the initiation and conduct of the baseline, and end term
evaluation of the project.
Support in updating.
Management Information System
(data base) and relevant tools for the project.
Make sure that all projects are connected to the newly digitalized MEAL system.
Key Area 2: Ongoing Monitoring and Evaluation:
Contribute to the quarterly
output performance reports.
Implement and execute the MEAL
frameworks for the projects.
Develop and implement quarterly
and annual Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Plans for
projects.
Provide ongoing support in
reviewing the MEAL framework, plans and tools for projects.
Provide feedback for field-based
partner project staff in the project impact areas through regular contact,
field visits and meetings; and undertaking data quality assurance (DQA) and the
use of the Quality Benchmarks.
Key Area 3: Accountability and Learning:
Provide support in regular
documentation and sharing/dissemination of lessons learned, case studies, and
best practices (through monthly, quarterly and annual reports, presentations
etc.) to inform on-going implementation, advocacy and future programming.
Promote accountability in general
and to children in particular, among all staff, community, and district levels
in the project impact areas, through: training, coaching, and follow up,
facilitating establishment and utilisation of appropriate feedback mechanisms
to improve programming and enhance accountability.
Support consistent and systematic
integration of MEAL issues into the WB projects (identification of gaps in the
implementation and facilitation in of the process of identifying solutions to
enhance quality implementation.)
Maintain coordination and effective relationships with the team, colleagues,
external partners and supporters, relevant Government departments, and other
NGOs.
Follow up on the implementation
status of project activities based on review recommendations.
Facilitate downward and upward
accountability of downstream partners by compiling monthly, quarterly, and
annual output performance reports including best practices stories for project
learning.
Provide ongoing technical
assistance to programmes to ensure that these systems are optimally utilized.
Key Area 4: Development and Reporting:
Contribute to the various data
reporting systems, tools, and templates to:
Generate quality evidence
throughout the various programme levels (monitoring of inputs, outputs,
outcomes, etc.)
Enable and enhance regular
monitoring of outputs and programme quality in emergency response,
Ensure use of data for decision
making processes, etc. Responsible for the implementation of MEAL plans,
including working with projects teams and partners to support tools and data
for the plans.
Key Area 5: Child Safeguarding:
In relation to receiving child
safeguarding concerns and complaints:
Attend all local strategy
meetings / discussions held under these procedures.
Discuss subsequent action
required, to ensure the safety and welfare of individual children (in cases of
internal abuse); and to the extent that is appropriate and practical, for cases
of external abuse (as outlined in Local Procedures).
Monitor the progress of all child
safeguarding cases, with the possible exception of those of internal abuse
(where the need for confidentiality may require this task to be undertaken by
the Country Director or designate.
Attend or initiate regular e.g.
monthly, review meetings with Country Director/ national level as Child
Safeguarding Focal Point for WB Field office, to examine all open cases.
In relation to providing overall
support to the wider implementation of the Child Safeguarding Policy:
Facilitate regular opportunities
to discuss concerns about practice within teams or with other colleagues to
help develop a safe working environment and an open and supportive management
culture.
Support Quality and Compliance
manager to work with programme managers and staff to ensure that programmes at
operational sites are integrating child safeguarding into all activities so as
to prevent (or address) a situation where children may be put at risk of harm,
abuse or exploitation due to the way the project/programme is designed or
implemented.
Co-arrange for ongoing capacity
building of staff in general child safeguarding issues, through formal
training, discussion of case studies, refresher sessions, etc.
Co-work with programme managers
to ensure that awareness is regularly raised amongst beneficiaries including
children, about the Child Safeguarding Policy, Code of Conduct, complaints
mechanisms, etc.
Work with programme managers in
their operational area to ensure that M&E activities are incorporating a
specific child safeguarding component, for example monitoring for:
Child safeguarding risks
associated with the design and implementation of the project
Beneficiary (especially
children's) knowledge of the Child Safeguarding Policy and mechanisms for
raising concerns/complaints about staff or safeguarding risks
Staff conduct with beneficiaries.
Provide child safeguarding advice
locally.
Gross Salary
NGN 738,009.79 / Month
Application
Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
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