MEAL Officer (Emergency Response)

Disclaimer: The position is advertised for emergency roster pool generation only.

• Shortlisted candidates will be kept in the pool and will be contacted for the role in case of any emergency project.
• Management will update the list every three months.

Position Objective

• The MEAL Officer Emergency Response is responsible for implementing and strengthening of the MEAL systems for the Emergency Response in Pakistan

Mission 1: Data Collection

The MEAL Officer Emergency is responsible for:

• Regula field monitoring visits
• Support in developing and amending the needed tools for MEAL (Observations, PDMs, Baseline/Endline, Studies, surveys…etc.)
• Support partners to effectively complete tool for measuring quality benchmarks.
• Support consistent and systematic integration of MEAL issues into the project (identification of gaps in the implementation and facilitating identification of solutions to enhance quality implementation
• Support MEAL & IM Manager partners’ training on remote monitoring tools and quality benchmarks.

Mission 2: Data Analysis and Visualization/ Reporting

The MEAL Officer Emergency is responsible for:

• Be the primary focal point with partners for data management, developing and maintaining information databases in addition to the conducted Monitoring and Evaluation tools.
• Become the primary analyst for weekly data, monitoring trends and highlighting concerns.
• Support coordination, analysis and draft findings for the project technical surveys as well as multi sector assessments, generic surveys and evaluations as needed.
• Coordinate with SPM and MEAL & IM Manager to review weekly/monthly data submissions from partner team, including MEAL plans per partner as well as project achievement tools.
• In collaboration with MEAL & IM Manager, provide monthly analysis and reporting against the needed regular requirements with appropriate set of recommendations to the project/program management as a part of the Learning process.
• Support the sector team(s) in donor reporting with accurate figures

Mission 3: Evaluation and Assessment

The MEAL Officer Emergency is responsible for:

• Support MEAL & IM Manager, in conducting baseline, end-line, PDM surveys for ACF.
• In coordination with MEAL unit support partners in situation analysis (study methodology, tools and approaches) and need assessment for the new project/program development.

Mission 4: Coordination/Support to Partners

The MEAL Officer Emergency is responsible for:

• Contribute to the improvement of effective system for complaints handling and response mechanisms at the projects level for partners.
• Support partner in maintaining effective information sharing mechanisms as per information sharing protocol
• Support training on beneficiary accountability and feedback mechanism
• Contribute to improvements in partner’s accountability system and procedure

Mission 5: Learning Activities

The MEAL Officer Emergency is responsible for:

• Assist ongoing learning activities e.g. consolidated routine learnings/findings.
• After Lesson Learnt Review workshops, prepare lessons learnt reports
•  Support generating quality learning through evaluations reports, monitoring report, researches, partner’s visits, accountability system and document
• Collect relevant data, information documents (reports, project plans and proposals, M&E plans, data and information) information and ensure proper and systematic storage and filing.

Mission  6-: Ensure compliance with ACFs gender equality, child protection sensitivity and Safeguarding policies

The MEAL Officer is responsible for:

• Read and ensure a full understanding of ACFs Gender, Child Protection and other safeguarding policies  
• Implement all work related activities with a gender, inclusion and child protection lens
• Help build an inclusive office environment where people do not feel disadvantaged or judged according to their gender or limited due to manageable disability.

Mission 7 : To ensure inclusion accoss programming and within/by the team

The MEAL Officer responsible for:

•  Support mission level qualification of gender marker indicators;
• Encourage inclusion within recruitment, training and promotion;
• Ensure inclusion within programme planning, implementation and reporting;

Skills and resources needed to perform the function

• Good knowledge of technical principles and concepts in MEAL in emergencies.
• Strong data collection and research skills and ability to interpret and analyze data
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances
• Good oral and written communication skills in English language, and regional language(s) is mandatory.

 Relationship

Internal

• Senior MEAL & IM Manager
• Senior Project Managers
• MEAL & IM Manager
•  IM Associates

External

• Partner Organizations

Travel Required  60%

• Action against Hunger is committed to the prevention of risks related to abuse, sexual exploitation, and the promotion of gender equality and its diversity.
• The Pakistan Mission encourages the application of women/men/transgender/ disabled workers.
•  Action Against Hunger's recruitment process is free of charge, no compensation of any form shall be requested from a candidate. 
• It reflects the major policies and its charter through its professionalism and impartiality.
• If you observe behavior in opposition to these values during this process, please report it to the appropriate teams. 
• All persons hired by Action Against Hunger will also be checked for compliance with the "anti-terrorist" lists while respecting the rights of employees and the confidentiality of personal data.