Overview
The MEAL Officer will support the effective monitoring, accountability, and evaluation of DRC Syria's programme in Dar'a, ensuring achievement of MEAL standards and program quality.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate in the development of M&E tools and guidelines for data collection, collation and reporting.
- Support programme teams in data collection using various tools such as surveys, focus group discussions, and interviews.
- Recruit and train data collectors.
- Carry out 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.
- 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.
- Report/alert project team on project issues, risks, opportunities and threats.
- Co-ordinate with the MEAL Officer in Dar’a for holistic analysis.
- Provide ad-hoc support to partners.
- Support in the roll out of CHS accountability findings/recommendations.
- Support collection of beneficiary data through DRC FCRM mechanism.
- Uphold professional standards related to humanitarian assistance and DRC's Code of Conduct.
- Support in the roll out of trainings on accountability standards.
- Support the MEAL Manager in developing materials for accountability.
- Carry out training to identified focal points on DRC Code of Conduct.
- Share relevant MEAL findings with programme team.
- Assist programme team in documenting lessons learnt.
- Collect best practices and case studies.
- Support monitoring reviews and learning events.
- Draft monitoring reports.
- Participate in analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.
- Support the MEAL Manager in presenting analysis results.
- Contribute requested inputs towards donor reports.
- Work closely with grants, program, and information management team.
- Complete necessary operations support tasks.
- Work closely with enumerators on service contract.
- Proactively participate in programme coordination meetings.
- Work closely with programme teams to implement MEAL and reporting.
- 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.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree preferred in a related field of social science, such as anthropology, humanitarian, or development studies.
