Overview
The Senior MEAL Officer is responsible for technical oversight of monitoring and evaluation of the emergency response program, contributing to situational analysis and supporting learning and adaptation of interventions.
Key Responsibilities
- Set up and manage M&E framework of assigned program.
- Monitor implementation, maintain, and analyze data and produce information on project impact and progress.
- Provide technical oversight and capacity building to IRC staff and partner organizations' staffs.
- Support in setting up and manage M&E framework of the program.
- Support to develop a list of data collected during program implementation for reporting progress, data collection methodologies and data quality control tools and responsible agencies.
- Support in revising and re-adjusting the respective program M&E framework as needed.
- Support in developing detailed program log frames, work plans, and monitoring tools.
- Design methodology and administer process of relevant data flow mechanism.
- Oversight process of data flow mechanism and routinely visit the project sites.
- Monitor the management of program database and project data quality control processes.
- Ensure systematic data collection along with the project implementation.
- Update the beneficiaries reached and situation of coverage area/locations.
- Provide technical support to program staff on implementing data flow mechanisms and project data quality control tools.
- Lead in preparation of respective cluster reports or government shared reports.
- Assist in organizing and managing the project impact assessment, survey, operational research and field testing of MEAL tools and systems.
- Data Quality Auditing (DQA) in the project sites and making ensure that project database is safely stored and backed up.
- Coordinate with Accountability Officer to support collection of beneficiary feedback.
- Coordinate with MEAL Manager and Project Manager to support response and follow up of complaints.
- Assist MEAL Manager for overall technical oversight and quality control of the respective program.
- Organize the capacity building plan by collaborating with Project Manager and actions for program staff.
- Train all key IRC and partner staff to be standard M&E system.
- Provide capacity-building support to all team members.
- Assist Project Manager and MEAL Manager in donor reporting.
- Regular and timely reporting to Program Manager and MEAL Manager.
- Participate in emergency response activities.
Required Experience
- Technical oversight of monitoring and evaluation of the emergency response program (Dry Zone).
- Making accurate, reliable, and timely data and information available.
- Contributing to the comprehensive situational analysis in the IDP camps and communities.
- Supporting learning, design, and adaptation of interventions.
- Data quality auditing.
- Operational research.
- Program impact assessment.
- M&E capacity building.
- Program reporting.
- Working in close collaboration with the Cluster Co-Lead Coordinators.
- Direct supervision and capacity building of data assistant/MEAL officer and project staff.
- Monitoring and evaluation of program quality and services.
- Working closely with the filed Project Coordinator and Project Managers for data quality control of the program.
- General Support to set up and manage M&E framework of assigned program.
- Monitor implementation, maintain, and analyze data and produce information on project impact and progress of respective programs.
- Technical oversight and capacity building to IRC staff and partner organizations' staffs of respective program.
- Reporting.
- Support in setting up and manage M&E framework of the program.
- Support to set up respective program frameworks and identify data collection requirements and methodologies for log frame indicators in line with database, donor requirement and IRC global MEAL system.
- Support to develop a list of data collected during program implementation for reporting progress, data collection methodologies and data quality control tools and responsible agencies.
- Support in revising and re-adjusting the respective program M&E framework as needed.
- Support in developing detailed program log frames, work plans, and monitoring tools to ensure high quality program implementation throughout the project cycle and ensure the program is achieving expected outputs and that activities are relevant for the specific program.
- Design methodology and administer process of relevant data flow mechanism at the respective program in close collaboration with the field program staff.
- Oversight process of data flow mechanism and routinely visit the project sites and monitor implementation of data flow mechanism at the respective program.
- In coordination with MEAL Manager and Project Manager, monitor the management of program database and project data quality control processes for the respective program.
- Ensure systematic data collection along with the project implementation at respective Townships and inform Project Manager for timely decision making.
- Update the beneficiaries reached and situation of coverage area/locations for respective grants.
- Provide technical support to program staff on implementing data flow mechanisms and project data quality control tools.
- Lead in preparation of respective cluster reports or government shared reports in a timely manner.
- Assist in organizing and managing the project impact assessment, survey, operational research and field testing of MEAL tools and systems as needed.
- Data Quality Auditing (DQA) in the project sites and making ensure that project database is safely stored and backed up at respective program level.
- Coordinate with Accountability Officer to support collection of beneficiary feedback through launched feedback mechanisms at targeted sites.
- Coordinate with MEAL Manager and Project Manager to support response and follow up of complaints related to the IRC program provided by INGOs, NGOs and other agencies of clusters.
- Assist MEAL Manager for overall technical oversight and quality control of the respective program.
- Organize the capacity building plan by collaborating with Project Manager and actions for program staff as needed.
- Train all key IRC and partner staff to be standard M&E system such as Data collection mechanism, Data compilation and cleaning mechanism, Data verification mechanism, Data analyzing mechanism, Data utilization mechanism, Data collection time frame, Data reporting time frame, Reporting framework.
- Provide capacity-building support to all team members, including training on basic M&E concepts, assessment surveys collection etc when needed.
- Assist Project Manager and MEAL Manager in donor reporting to ensure all M&E reports are produced with highest quality in a timely manner.
- Regular and timely reporting to Program Manager and MEAL Manager for respective programs.
- In the event of a natural disaster or renewal of conflict in the program area, the Senior MEAL Officer will be expected to participate in emergency response activities.
- Depending on capacity and workload, the Senior MEAL Officer will be encouraged to attend relevant training and meetings in Myitkyina, Yangon, and the Asia region to enhance the ability to support the project.
