MEAL Officer (MIRT)

• Country: Ukraine
• Organization: IRC
• Deadline: N/A
• No of Vacancies: N/A

Responsibilities: 
Leadership and Partnership
– Support all technical aspects and actions of MEAL regarding the MIRT programming; respond to program needs; foster high standards and practices for quality data collection, analysis, and reports. Enable accountability to clients, partners, and donors;
– Implement and support MEAL system and approaches in your areas of expertise and foster learning;
– Represent MEAL at technical meetings, forums, and other events & build partnerships within IRC and area of expertise;
– Champion access and use of data for shared learning, sound decision-making, and data-informed programmatic adaptations.
Technical Oversight 
– Run the MEAL system and processes for MIRT programming in harmony with the MEAL Country and Global Strategies throughout the project cycle which include:
– Collaborate with MEAL and non-MEAL staff to ensure that data is collected, compiled, checked for its quality and completeness in compliance with IRC and donors’ standards for data quality;
– Document and share learning, evidence, and data from previous projects to inform project proposal design;
– Implement M&E/MEAL plans, revise (digital) data collection tools, follow-up on processes for online data management, quality checks, and audits, and updating of data visualization.
– Undertake regular analysis of monitoring data and work closely with program officers and managers to facilitate decision-making for real-time program adaptation;
– Produce quality reports and updating dashboards with key findings that foster learning and decision-making and share in project cycle management meetings and team meetings;
– Identify, document, and share client feedback to improve services and results for our clients.
– Support deployment of surveys such as baseline and end line, and the commission of evaluations in coordination with colleagues and partners;
– Support the use of standard mobile data technology and online dashboard to enhance timeliness and quality of data collection, analysis and visualization;
– Join and contribute to IRC’s effort in meeting its internal and external accountability commitments through the implementation of sound accountability, client feedback, and response mechanisms.
Human Resources  
– Coordinate, lead, mentor MEAL Assistant(s); foster timely and high-quality achievement, and an inclusive and respectful team climate;
– Promote the growth and development of others in IRC teams and partners: present high-quality technical training and learning material for partners, colleagues, and junior staff;
– Participate in the recruitment and onboarding of MEAL Assistant, field incentive workers and enumerators.
Key Working Relationships:
– Position Reports directly to or in Management in Partnership to: MIRT Coordinator and MEAL Coordinator.
– Position directly supervises: Assistants and/or enumerators.
Other Internal and/or external contacts:
-Internal: Program Manager and Officers, Database Officer, ICT Officer, Partnerships Manager, HR, Field Coordinator and MEAL team.
-External: Beneficiaries, program partner organisations, local and national government.
Requirements:
– A technical degree or equivalent – additional relevant work experience may substitute for education;
– A minimum 1 years of working experience in a related field;
– Possess basic technical knowledge of M&E approaches and techniques in some or all of the following areas: Outputs, Outcome monitoring; Theories of Change, Logical frameworks, Data collection, Basic data analysis, Accountability, Client feedback mechanisms;
– Experience in conducting primary quantitative data collection and data entry;
– Basic proficiency and experience with mobile data collection such as Kobo, CommCare, ODK Collect is required, knowledge of Tableau, PowerBi, or GIS software tools are additional assets;
– Good computer skills in MS Office, especially Excel; and Word – with experience in writing reports;
– Self-motivated and pro-active attitude with good organization, planning, and analytic skills, including prioritizing work, multi-tasking and attention to detail;
– Flexibility and ability to work under pressure and in constantly evolving work environments;
– Experience of analyzing and presenting data in a way that facilitates effective decision making.
– Demonstrated analytical, systematic-thinking, and problem-solving skills are definite assets;
– A strong understanding of accountability and proven ability to build Client Feedback Systems
– Willingness to travel to various locations in Ukraine including newly liberated area [60%] [DT1]

Educational Requirements:
BA/MA/MSc in Monitoring and Evaluation, Economics, Anthropology, Sociology, Statistics, Development or related social science field. Postgraduate degree preferred.

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