MEAL Manager

ABOUT ACTED PAKISTAN:

ACTED is a non-governmental organization with headquarters in Paris, founded in 1993. Independent, private and not-for-profit, ACTED respects a strict political and religious impartiality and operates according to principles of non-discrimination and transparency. ACTED has been present in Pakistan since 1993 and currently supports communities in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Azad Jammu Kashmir. ACTED Pakistan programmes range from short-term emergency responses to recovery and rehabilitation, as well as longer-term development initiatives. ACTED strategy is to target vulnerable communities affected by natural and conflict-related disasters as well as lack of socio-economic development.

Responsibilities

A. Tracking and oversight of all MEAL requirements related to Project Cycle Management

• Ensure the development of MEAL frameworks for all ACTED projects, in close coordination with programme teams and coordination to ensure that these frameworks are integrated in the project cycle management.
• Oversee and support the development of necessary tools for monitoring and evaluation of all ongoing ACTED activities, in coordination with technical teams and coordination.
• Ensure the timely and effective implementation of all MEAL exercises, in coordination with MEAL field teams.
• Provide adequate reports to coordination and programme teams on the findings of these MEAL exercises, both to improve the quality of ACTED programming and to ensure that its contractual obligations are met.
• Provide adapted and flexible information gathering support to meet the needs of programme teams and coordination regarding ACTED’s activities.
• For consortium and alliance projects, as well as all relevant partnerships, liaise with counterparts within ACTED’s partner organizations to ensure the harmonization and quality of M&E frameworks implemented.
• Ensure that sensitive or key issues related to transparency and accountability revealed through M&E exercises are treated confidentially and referred to coordination in an appropriate and timely manner.

B. Support the strengthening and development of ACTED internal practices and processes

• Develop, implement and draw regular lessons from an effective accountability and complaints management mechanism to support coordination on ensuring transparency and accountability.
• Draw lessons learnt and recommendations from MEAL exercises in the field to ensure and improve the quality and relevance of ACTED programming.
• Liaise closely with MIS and project development/reporting teams to ensure the capitalization of data collected by MEAL, as well as to support the analysis of this data.
• Strengthen and implement internal processes and guidelines to ensure the effective implementation of and capitalization on MEAL’s work in Pakistan, in close contact with coordination.
• Ensure the timely submission of all internal reporting documents regarding MEAL’s work.

C. Support ACTED’s institutional positioning and project development

• Conduct fact-finding missions and field assessments in line with the priorities identified jointly with project development teams and coordination.
• Produce high quality reports on the information collected through these assessments and M&E exercises, for external dissemination purposes.
• Contribute to the development of ACTED’s understanding of the local context for project implementation, through data collection and analysis, as well as participatory and desk research.
• Provide recommendations and guidance on the development of innovative AME tools relevant to ACTED’s work in Pakistan, notably through self-learning and follow up of best practices in country.

D. Coordination and management of AME country teams and department follow up

• Management and oversight of the work of all MEAL staff in country in cooperation with field-level coordination and HR/Admin department.
• Follow up on work plans, activities, and output quality.
• Ensure that administrative procedures are respected and implemented throughout the Department.
• Solve problems and provide professional guidance to staff.
• Provide technical support, training and backstopping to MEAL country teams to ensure the provision of quality and timely outputs.       

Note: “ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries and staff within our programs from sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). ACTED has a Code of Conduct and organizational policies, which outline the expected behavior of all staff, consultants and other stakeholders and reminds ACTED’s zero-tolerance approach. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will sign those documents as part of their work contract and is expected to abide by them.” “ACTED is commitment to zero tolerance to all forms of violence against children, beneficiaries and staff. ACTED is equal opportunity employers. Females and minorities are encouraged to apply. Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Final selection will be based on security clearance of the candidate.”