MEAL Officer

Background/IRC Summary:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

IRC has been working in Pakistan for over 30 years, and manages and delivers large, complex programs to meet the needs in health, education, protection, environmental health, and livelihoods for displaced, poor and disaster affected communities. IRC works in partnership with local government and non-governmental organizations and currently works in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Baluchistan, and Sindh provinces.

Job Overview/Summary:

IRC is implementing GAC funded project on “Women and Adolescents Access to Integrated SRH and Protection Interventions in Refugees and Flood Response Emergency (WOMEN - ASPIRE)” in 3 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa i.e., District Peshawar, Swat and Di Khan. IRC is seeking a dynamic and self-motivated individual for the position of MEAL Officer for this project. The MEAL officer will report to MEAL Manager.

Major Responsibilities:

•  Support MEAL Manger in establishing and make functional an efficient and action-oriented MEAL system for the project.
•  Help the program leads and partners in taking data-informed decisions based on monitoring data and findings.
•  Support the MEAL Manager to implement the MEAL plan and ensure real time analytics to guide the quality of the program and implementation
•  Ensure that data is collected and entered data management system on a regular basis.
•  Validate data for completeness, correctness, consistency and follow up on any data quality issues.
•  Review and develop appropriate formats, data collection tools and systems for monitoring and evaluating programs, assuring quality and managing data according to internal and international standards.
•  In collaboration with the MEAL Manager and program teams, carry out regular participatory project monitoring as well as activities according to agreed systems, procedures and standards.
•  Extend needful support to program teams to track progress of the project activities in line with the agreed output and outcome level performance indicators and beneficiary numbers using standardized formats and systems, to establish/maintain data storage and dissemination systems.
•  Assist in the design, collection and analysis of data and information for assessments, surveys and evaluations as required by the MEAL unit and the program teams as per project requirements.
•  Conduct data quality assessments, audits and support relevant teams in improved data management practices.
•  Will represent MEAL during program review meetings and other events to share M&E updates and/or making presentations if required.
•  Facilitate program team to develop and adopt quality standards for their program interventions and ensure the placement of these standards.
•  Ensure robust mechanism for process, output and joint outcome monitoring of project interventions.
•  Lead surveys and studies under the project to assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and impacts of interventions over the project life.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: MEAL Manager Position directly supervises: None

Coordination: Program leads, Provincial Management, MEAL/MIS team of Partners

Job Requirements:

A. Education

•  At least Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences, Economics, Statistics, Computer, or related field

B. Work experience

•  At least three-year experience in role of Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning.
•  Proven skills in data analysis, interpretation and report writing.
•  Ability to manage a large and varied workload, work under pressure and meet deadlines

a) Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

•  Basic understanding of monitoring, evaluation.
•  Field Monitoring and field data collection skills
•  Data analysis, dashboarding, interpretation and analytical report writing skills.
•  Computer skills
•  Good communication and coordination skills

Language Skills: English, Urdu, and Pashto

The IRC Core Values and Commitments.

•  The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.
•  IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff is suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy.
•  Level of interaction with children: Less contact with children
•  IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have competencies to solicits and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback.
•  IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment.
• Women candidates and differently abled persons are highly encouraged to apply.