Overview
The MEAL Officer will support the effective monitoring, accountability, and evaluation of DRC Syria's programme, ensuring achievement of MEAL standards and program quality. The role involves conducting monitoring visits, supporting data collection and analysis, and managing information for accountability and reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate in the development of M&E tools and guidelines for data collection, collation and reporting.
- Support programme teams in carrying out data collection using various monitoring and assessment tools.
- Recruit and train data collectors, and supervise field data collection and data entry.
- Gather feedback from beneficiaries and community stakeholders.
- Undertake periodic monitoring visits to project sites.
- Update programme indicator performance tracker monthly.
- Ensure monitoring schedule, data collection targets, and reporting deadlines are adhered to.
- Draft and share daily/weekly/monthly work plans.
- Systematically check data for quality, accuracy and consistency.
- Provide area-specific analysis on findings and communicate back to program teams.
- Report/alert project team on anticipated project issues, risks, opportunities and threats.
- Support in the roll out of CHS accountability findings/recommendations.
- Support collection of beneficiary data through DRC FCRM mechanism.
- Support in the roll out of trainings on accountability standards.
- Assist programme teams in documenting lessons learnt and support internal/external reviews.
- Collect best practices and case studies.
- Draft monitoring reports recording results of monitoring activities.
- Participate in analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.
- Support the MEAL Manager in presenting analysis results.
- Contribute requested inputs towards monthly or quarterly donor reports.
- Ensure all MEAL-related data and files are properly organized and stored.
- Assist with other duties as required by the MEAL Manager.
Required Experience
- At least 2-3 years of experience related to humanitarian assistance, international development, M&E, or social science research.
- Demonstrable experience in project/program planning, implementation, reporting, monitoring and evaluation.
- Demonstrable experience in producing analytical information products from primary and secondary data sources.
- Sufficient knowledge and understanding with humanitarian principles, especially Core Humanitarian Standards and Do No Harm Framework.
- Demonstrable experience in training and facilitation skills.
- Strong analytical skills, especially in Microsoft Office Suite (good Word and Excel skills essential).
- Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, creativity and flexibility.
- Self-motivated and organized with a demonstrated capacity to manage time and personal work plan.
- Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well.
- Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive issues with discretion and confidentiality along with attention to detail.
- Willingness to travel and visit field.
- Potential and flexibility of attitude to learn.
- Experience using survey and/or database software and tools - statistical package such as SPSS, Stata, or PSPP preferred.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferred in a related field of social science, such as anthropology, humanitarian, or development studies.
- Statistical or computer certificates
