Advisor - MEAL (0326)
- Salary:
€35,981 - €39,979
- Based
in Country:
Sudan
- Job
Title:
Advisor - MEAL
- Contract
Type:
Unaccompanied Fixed Term International Contract
- Annual
Allowance:
e5,000
- Benefits:
Accomodation; Health and Business Travel Insurance
- Closing
Date:
31 January 2018
MEAL Advisor - Republic of Sudan
About the role: This is a 24 months, replacement
with new responsibilities with unaccompanied terms based in El Geneina, capital
of West Darfur State with frequent travel to other field locations in West
Darfur, West and South Kordofan states. The position is with a salary Band of 4
ranging from €35,981- €39,979.
You will report to the Country Director with dotted line to
PDs and will technically line manage National MEAL Advisors and mainstreaming
and partnership Advisors in West Darfur and Kordofan states.
You will be supervised by Programme Directors while in
Darfur and Kordofan States, regularly liaise and work with Country Financial
Controller, Programme Accountant, Area Managers, BRICS Consortium Coordination
Unit, Desk Officer and MEAL Technical Advisors based in Dublin.
Your purpose: You will ensure high quality
programme planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning across the Sudan
country programme by establishing relevant M&E systems to keep track and
report on programme progress and by providing training and capacity building to
programme staff at all levels. You will also provide high quality technical
support during project design and implementation. You will take a lead on
research activities, liaising with external consultants and Dublin technical experts.
You will be the focal person for all mainstreaming and accountability issues,
both internally and as part of our programme activities. You will also ensure
that appropriate programme documentation, reporting and filing processes are in
place.
You will be responsible for:
Programme Development:
- Support
Programme Directors in developing quality programme proposals by providing
technical support in situational analyses for programme development and
reviewing secondary data relevant to the programme, in developing theory
of change, log frames, M&E plan, mainstreaming analysis tools,
communication and visibility protocols.
- Conduct
partners and other stakeholder’s consultative meetings and guiding Concern
staff and partners involved in programme development process. Provides
technical inputs based on the consultative meetings with partners, staff
and stakeholders in the areas of surveys, assessments, data base,
documentation and knowledge management, theory of change, log frame and
results framework .
- Participate
in proposal writing in line with donor and Concern guidelines relating to
MEAL stream line
- Lead
in ensuring adherence to the Concern Programme Cycle Management Systems
(PCMS) approach in all programme development processes.
- Work
together with Senior Managers in Sudan Country Programme and technically
contribute to country wide plan for new developments including strategic
planning processes, sector strategies, and Preparing for Effective
Emergency Response (PEER) action plans by providing technical
inputs, analysis, feedbacks, documenting processes and lessons learnt
Programme implementation and monitoring:
- Contribute
to the overall programme quality assurance in line with the relevant
program commitments and organizational policies.
- Lead
in reviewing contextual analyses and other assessments to contribute to
data required for programme design and proposal writing.
- Continually
monitor the external environment and internal developments to see what is
changing, both internally and externally and propose adjustments to
programme plans or new interventions as necessary based on its impacts in
achieving committed targets.
- Encourage
innovation and learning and help ensure that lessons learned are
documented and shared and applied where appropriate (within and outside of
Concern)
- Support
the program teams in the States in producing and reviewing annual,
quarterly and monthly work plans and budgets based on log and result
frameworks and respond to indicators as per the planning and budgeting cycles
to improve performance against targets.
- In
consultation with the Programme Directors and Dublin based MEAL technical
Advisors lead the development of a systematic M&E system and tools,
for all programmes in working with all stakeholders to ensure the
availability of timely, accurate, disaggregated information on
impact of Concern’s and its partners work in West Darfur, West and
South Kordofan States..
Mainstreaming and Learning Management
- Support
the Programme Directors in mainstreaming Equality, gender, Disaster Risk
Response (DRR), climate change and HIV & AIDS across the Sudan
programmes. Also contribute to ensuring the integration of
accountability throughout the programme and workplace and the Preparation
of Effective Emergency Response (PEER) action plans.
- Take
lead and contribute to the design and use of necessary tools to ensure
compliance with international humanitarian standards (e.g. CHS,
SPHERE, Do No Harm) and responding to mainstreaming critical cross cutting
issues required by donors, Concern WW and the government to deliver
quality service across all our programmes and program areas.
- Lead
and support teams in meeting accountability commitments and best practice
especially in relation to Complaints Response Mechanism (CRM)
- Support
in fostering a culture of learning from programme implementation and
incorporate learning elements guide and refine programme design,
implementation strategy and detail plans.
- Support
program teams in producing quality and timely narrative reports that are
submitted to donors, Concern HQ and HAC/Sudan government/ based on
commitments and targets in the M&E plan.
- Lead
in the development of key communication documents such as case studies,
flyers and study reports ensuring quality products and contribution to
learning and dissemination to stakeholders and wider humanitarian
community.
- Encourage
program teams in all locations to document and share success stories and
innovations in Concern’s work in Sudan with Dublin, Concern US Office,
Concern UK Office and Donors using appropriate communication channels,
policies (including protection of information), conformity to consent and
hierarchy of communication and regulatory protocols.
- Lead
in design and direction and implementation of evaluations (external and
internal) in line with accountability commitments and programme plans.
- Coordinating
and taking part in donor visits to programme areas.
Concern Representation:
- Participate
in coordination meetings and give formal and informal presentations about
Concern’s work in West Darfur, West and South Kordofan States in
consultation with the PDs and CD
- Present
a professional image of the organisation at all times through effective
and professional communication with stakeholders, ensuring high quality of
documentations that are shared with stakeholders including letters
portraying both ethical and professional conducts at all times.
- Undertaking
any other related duties as may be assigned by the PDs and CD.
Your skills and experience will include:
Education & Qualifications:
Essential:
Third Level qualification in a relevant discipline
(Development Management, International Development, Rural Development, Community
Development, Engineering, Agriculture, Health, Education, etc.)
Desirable:
High level qualification in monitoring & evaluation,
project design and management, or relevant discipline
Experience:
Essential:
- At
least 2 years overseas experience worked with a NGO, in a resilience,
early-recovery or development context
- Strong
skills in, and ability to advise on and build capacity in MEAL aspects of
programming and proposal development
- Strong
planning, monitoring and learning skills
- Experience
in designing and conducting assessments, post-distribution monitoring
(PDM), surveys and evaluations based on set quality methods, international
humanitarian quality standards, and donor’s compliance mechanisms
- Strong
skills in monitoring programme performance and able to advise, support and
adjust to reach set goals, objectives and strategic aims
- Good
knowledge of project cycle management, Equality, HIV and AIDS, and
Mainstreaming approaches, preferably in protracted humanitarian and
early-recovery context
- Knowledge
of key institutional donors and their MEAL requirements (eg DFID, EU,
ECHO, OFDA, UN)
- Knowledge
and experience in a range of participatory and gender sensitive approaches
and their application in MEAL processes
- Strong
skills and knowledge in data analysis processes and interpretation,
linking to technical adjustments to improve program performance and
quality.
- Experience
in proposal development related to indicator design, development of MEAL
tools and technical methods and excellent proposal and report writing
skills, with close attention to detail
- Excellent
communication, networking and persuasion skills, very good mentoring and
capacity building experience.
- Strong
understanding of budgeting, monitoring, and reporting expenditure with the
use of management accounts and other tools, to support teams to develop
proposals and adjust planning for full expenditure.
Desirable:
- Experience
of working in an emergency and/or post conflict environment, particularly
in Africa.
- Previous
overseas Concern experience
- Experience
of working with partners
- Experience
working in Sudan
Special Skills, Aptitude or Personality Requirements
- Cross
cultural awareness and sensitivity.
- Empathy
with Concern’s goals
- Good
communication, training, facilitation and capacity building skills.
- Good
organisation and advisory skills (programme planning, M&E)
- Knowledge
of computer applications i.e. Microsoft word, Excel, including data
analysis programs e.g.
SPSS)
- Willingness
to live in and contribution to a team accommodation setting
Any Other Special Requirements
- Familiarity
with the principles of humanitarian action (international code of conduct
and humanitarian charter), familiar with recovery and resilience programming
- Familiarity
with Sphere guidelines and people in aid, code of best practice
- Knowledge
of the Core Humanitarian Standard for Accountability
All applications should be submitted through our website
at https://jobs.concern.net by
closing date. CV’s should be no more than 4 pages in length. Due to the
urgency of this position, applications will be short listed on a regular basis
and we may offer posts before the closing date.
Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental,
international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of
suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in
the world’s poorest countries.
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