MEAL ManagerRe-advertisement - Amman, الأردن - Danish Refugee Council / Dansk Flygtningehjælp

وصف

The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity for a brighter future.

We work in conflict-affected areas, along the displacement routes, and in the countries where refugees settle. In cooperation with local communities, we strive for responsible and sustainable solutions. We work toward successful integration and – whenever possible – for the fulfilment of the wish to return home.

The Danish Refugee Council was founded in Denmark in 1956, and has since grown to become an international humanitarian organization with more than 7,000 staff and 8,000 volunteers.

Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced.

All of our efforts are based on our value compass:
humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation.

DRC is looking for an experienced MEAL Manager who will be responsible for leading the monitoring and evaluation (M&E), information management (IM), and accountability department and ensuring that country-wide MEAL activities and strategy are in place in order to support quality programming and a strong evidence-base for the relevance and impact of DRC Jordan's work.

The position is responsible for feeding into strategic decisions and program design based on the evidence and outcomes of ongoing monitoring and evaluation work.

The MEAL Manager will also provide technical guidance and capacity building to implementing partners.

The MEAL Manager will work closely with the Head of Programmes (HoP) to strengthen DRC Jordan's quality of programs and monitoring, evaluation, learning, accountability systems.

Ensuring that the Jordan country office is compliant with Core Humanitarian standards in particular with Standard 4 (Humanitarian response is based on communication, participation and feedback), 5 (Complaints are welcomed and addressed) and 7 (Humanitarian actors continuously learn and improve).

Under the management of the Head of Programmes, the MEAL Manager will work closely with Area Managers, Base Managers and Technical Managers to improve program quality and performance and ensure adoption of best practices and lessons learned across 7 Governorates in Jordan.

The individual will report directly to Head of Programmes.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

• Act as the lead for DRC Jordan's Monitoring Evaluation and Learning activities in line with the DRC's global Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Minimum Operating Procedures (MEL MOPs);
• Develop and oversee the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation methodologies, M&E plans and workplans, tool development, data collection, data cleaning, analysis, and report writing and output production.
• Contribute to the proactive dissemination and to the use of knowledge gained through MEAL activities among project teams and other relevant departments throughout life of the program.
• Manage budget requirements, development and spending for M&E/IM and project assessment activities, and set direction by prioritizing and organizing resources to achieve objectives;
• In coordination with program and technical managers, support design and implemention of needs assessments within the areas of intervention to support the evidence-based design of programming.;
• Lead the facilitation of regular project or activity learning events and after action reviews in close coordination with project managers and technical coordinators to produce lessons learned reports and other related documentations capturing key internal learnings from program/project interventions;
• Participate in country-level strategic planning sessions and assist project managers, techncial coordinators and senior management in the development of annual plans, strategies, and program design using strong evidence from program M&E and other research initiatives;
• Participate in project kick-off meetings, review meetings and close-out meetings in order to highlight cross-project components aimed at replicating good practices and strengthening synergies between projects or programs.
• Assist the Grants department in developing strong indicators and logical frameworks for new projects.
• Participate/lead on the procurement process and management of external assessment and evaluation consultancies. Information Management
• Lead the continued development and maintenance of the comprehensive country programme 'Gamma' database and potential rollout of an upgraded IM system. Ensure utilization of the DRC Jordan IM system to support timely program management decision making, monitoring and verification, data quality and validation - this will include managing relations and engagement with the regional IM process, whilst leading efforts to centralise database development at the Jordan-level