SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL launches the internal /and external recruitment of MEAL Officer.

BASE: Aden
POSITION: MEAL Officer 

PRESENTATION OF THE ORGANIZATION

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian NGO which, for more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their vital needs for food, water and shelter. Particularly involved in the fight against diseases linked to unsafe water, the first cause of death in the world, SI's interventions provide expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, but also in the essential area of food security and livelihoods. Present in around twenty countries, SI's teams - 2000 people in total made up of expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at headquarters, and a few volunteers - work with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultures.

Solidarités International (SI) is determined to prevent and fight all type of abuse – all act of exploitation, abuse and/or sexual harassment (SEAH) against members of beneficiary communities or collaborators, fraud, corruption, violation of persons and/or property, funding of activities harmful to human rights – that could be perpetrated in the frame of its interventions. SI implements a zero-tolerance policy regarding acts of SEAH.

Solidarités International is an equitable employer committed to find all forms of discrimination. SI will ever ask for any remuneration to take part in a recruitment process.

DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION 

Goal/Purpose of the Position:

Under the supervision of the Program Coordinator, the MEAL Officer is in charge of the monitoring of the activities’ implementation and participate to the implementation of the CRM. 
He/she collects data and provides evidences of the program’s progress and achievements.

List of main activities:

Monitoring, evaluation and data management

• Under the responsibility of the program coordinator, participate in the logistics and administrative organization, planning and preparation of M&E activities:
  • Contribute to the creation of monitoring tools and to the preparation of database frames based on questionnaires.
  • Support the MEAL Supervisors / Managers in centralizing and organizing data collection for activities and outputs as defined in the M&E plan.
• Contribute to the data and tools management for program monitoring:
  • Contribute to the design and management of operational and M&E databases.
  • Maintain updated program databases and ensure data is entered into the appropriate software in a timely manner.
  • Review and clean entered data to ensure consistency, accuracy, and quality.
  • Contribute to mapping and information visualization.
• Identify potential negative impacts of the activities.
• Monitor that crosscutting aspects like gender and “do no harm” are taken into account in the activities.
• Formulate preliminary recommendations on how to improve the activities.
• Monitor humanitarian situation.
• With the support of the program coordinator, prepare and implement trainings on monitoring tools to field officers.
• Assist in external M&E mission.
  • Ensure that contractual soft & hard MEAL data is easily available upon request.
• Apply the security procedures in the context of monitoring & evaluation missions.
• Any other tasks as requested by the line manager

Management of complaint response mechanism (CRM)

• Ensure that all information related to complaints is properly recorded and archived for future reference.
• Follow proper implementation of CRM standard operating procedures.
• Ensure the review and consolidation of databases, and the preparation and sharing of external FCRM reports.
• Participate in training field teams on CRM information plan.

Reporting / communication  

• Review M&E, program narrative reports, IBTT and APUs and provide project updates and recommendations as necessary.
• Participate in seminars and training workshops which may be useful to the accomplishment of monitoring & evaluation activities and the attainment of the project’s objectives and in restitution workshops.
• Keep monitoring tools, databases and files archived and secured
• Update regularly the monitoring & evaluation tools & methodology considering the donors indicators, gender, disable persons, protection & « Do No Harm » approaches
• Make regular reports to the team lead on the evolution of activities and specific tasks confided to him/her, problems encountered, and the quality of relations with beneficiaries  
• Bring to light any difficulty linked to his or her activities, to the programs of Solidarités or security concerns
• Collaborate with the administration and the local authorities 

ORG CHART POSITION (reporting and functional relationships)
Line manager:  Program Coordinator
Line report(s) on base: -
Functional manager: -
Functional report(s): -

Profile required

• University degree preferred graduate with bachelors in social sciences, business management, information technology or statistics science.
• Strong analytical skills using Excel.
• At least two years’ work experience in MEAL preferred.
• Training and capacity building experience especially in accountability.
• Fluency in written and oral Arabic, advanced proficiency in written and oral English
• Strong reporting and communication skills.
• Strong skills in organization and prioritization to manage important workload. 
• Good knowledge of Office software: Excel, Word, AI, Power Point, Outlook and familiarity with mobile devices
• Willingness and flexibility to travel regularly to the field.