New Job Opportunity at Save the Children Tanzania – MEAL Officer | Deadline: 27th August, 2020
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MEAL Officer
TITLE: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer
TEAM/PROGRAMME: SCI Tanzania
LOCATION: – Dar es Salaam
GRADE:
CONTRACT LENGTH: 1 year, renewable
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level
3: √ the post holder will have contact with children and/or young
people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g.
four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country
programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are
responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
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ROLE PURPOSE:
The
Save the Children in Tanzania MEAL Officer takes a coordination
responsibility of operationalizing the SCI MEAL system and approach for
SCI programmes. The post-holder will be expected to coordinate MEAL
system implementation including monitoring of program quality; rolling
out accountability initiatives, supporting program evaluations and on
MEAL budgeting. The MEAL Officer will support project research works for
innovative programming to achieve the project-desired change. The
post-holder will support MEAL teams based in Mainland and Zanzibar
Offices, partner’s staffs in data consolidation and management and
quality management of project implementation; The MEAL Officer will be
expected to coordinate MEAL capacity building of SCI project staff and
partners for successful delivery and attainment of project objectives.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Save
the Children has been operational in Tanzania since 1986 providing
support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief
programmes delivered in support of Government of Tanzania priorities and
policies both directly and through local partners. Current programming
focuses on child protection, child rights governance, education,
nutrition, HIV/TB and emergency response. In 2012, as part of a global
reorganization process, Save the Children combined programmes of SCUK,
SCUS, SC Sweden to create a single operation in Tanzania. We currently
have an operational presence in Dodoma, Singida, Iringa, Rukwa,
Morogoro, Shinyanga, Zanzibar, Songwe and Kigoma as well as Dar es
Salaam and we work through partners in other parts of the country. We
employ nearly 100 staff and have an annual operating budget of
approximately $10 million.
Reports to: MEAL Specialist
Dimensions: Maintains
strong linkages with the Technical Specialists for Education, Child
Protection, Child Rights Governance and Proposal Development Officer
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Together
with the MEAL team and in collaboration with Program Development and
Quality team and partners, the MEAL Officer will be responsible for
establishing and promoting the use of MEAL systems to ensure that the
SCI team and partners:
- Receive regular, timely and
context specific, meaningful feedback from program beneficiaries,
partners and project staff. The feedback should effectively inform and
signal areas where SCI strategic attention and improvement is required. - Generate
evidence-based knowledge on the positive and negative impacts SCI
programme interventions are realized over the communities during SCI’s
work. - Collate information that demonstrates the significant
value of innovative programming to achieve the programme intended
results and influence policy change.
Program Monitoring, Assessments, Evaluations and Reporting
- In
collaboration with the PDQ Team under the guidance of MEAL Specialist
establish and ensure implementation of a strong MEAL system for the SCI
programmes (MEAL plans, Indicators, Terformance Tracking Tables,
monitoring tools and Quality Benchmarks) - Coordinate programme
Baseline studies, Formative/Summative Assessments, Evaluations, final
and other research studies as well as learning events as part of annual
SCI Tanzania program DIPs. - Under the supervision of MEAL
Specialist and in Collaboration with program MEAL units, develop
process, output and outcome level Quality Benchmarks and regularly
review progress on indicators/achievement of targets - Review
MEAL reports to highlight key project strengths and areas of
improvement, and use learning from monitoring reports for project
planning and implementation. - Review accountability to program
beneficiaries’ data and reports and provide technical support to
implementation team using key learning from accountability system for
program development, planning, improvement and implementation. - I
collaboration with MEAL Specialist, identify programme staff MEAL
capacity needs, inform Program Managers and MEAL unit, and set aside
MEAL capacity building plan for programme staff and partners. - Provide
technical support to the MEAL Teams in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar
offices in measuring achievement and progress toward program objectives
and results as well as development of MEAL systems for SCI Tanzania
programmes - Support the development and maintenances of
Indicator Performance Tracking Tools for SCI Tanzania programmes that
guide preparation of programme progress updates on a monthly basis. - Lead
roll out programme MEAL systems and processes to measure achievement
and progress towards achieving project objectives/outcomes and
results/outputs against indicators (indicator performance tracking
tables and quality checklists). - Lead monitoring of program
quality using quality benchmarks and ensure that findings are shared
with relevant stakeholders and explicitly fed back into programme
decision-making, incorporating accountability and learning. - Contribute
to child-focused and child-led programme implementation, by ensuring
children’s participation, reporting to children, and child-led M&E
for programmes. - Lead compilation of data and reporting on SCI
program in relation to SCI global indicators and total beneficiaries
reach reports.
Partner Management
- Contribute
to identify the capacity of present and potential partners in quality
programming and ensure that MEAL support is provided; - Ensure
that MEAL aspects of SCI programme implemented by existing partners are
enforced by MEAL and Project Officers, as noted in MOUs with
implementing partners. - Ensure partner SCI programme and MEAL staff capacity building plan is implemented.
- Provide
appropriate information of SCI programme to facilitate the effective
engagement with donor and Tanzania government officials at all required
levels as required to ensure Save the Children is considered a preferred
and active partner in Tanzania and in Zanzibar and the Songwe Region
specifically.
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Accountability and Organizational Learning
- In
collaboration with SCI Programme Manager facilitate with learning
activities like planning for SCI program review workshops, prepare
lessons learnt reports, etc. - Ensure participation of beneficiaries and children in monitoring and evaluating Save the Children development programmes.
- Ensure
accountability systems are established engaging beneficiaries and
stakeholders in evaluations, impact assessments and research.
Staff Management, Mentorship, and Development
- Ensure that SCI programme and partners’ staff understand and are able to perform their role in MEAL.
- Building
capacity and knowledge of SCI programme staff and partners on MEAL
systems, strengthening organizational knowledge and understanding of
effective programming through networking, experience sharing and
searching for innovative ideas - Identify training needs of staff
in respect to applying monitoring plans/tools; collect, analysis and
report on findings periodically and conduct trainings to address the
capacity gaps - Demonstrate and practice behaviour that develop a
sense of an organisational culture that reflects our dual mandate
values, promotes accountability and high performance, encourages a team
culture of learning, creativity and innovation, and emancipates SCI
programme team to deliver outstanding results for children and excellent
customer service for our members and donors.
Child Safeguarding
All
staff have an obligation to ensure they fully understand the provisions
of the Child Safeguarding Policy, the Code of Conduct and related
policies. They must conduct themselves in accordance with the rules of
the Child Safeguarding Policy, in their personal and professional lives –
which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse.
All staff must ensure the way they are carrying out their work is not putting children at risk (or further risk).
COMPETENCIES AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Applying Technical and Professional Expertise:
- Makes decisions based on professional expertise and experience without deferring unnecessarily to others
- Shares knowledge and best practice on technical solutions so that others can make best use of that expertise
- Actively seeks new ways to develop the application of technical and professional standards within the team
Developing self and others:
- Gives regular positive and constructive feedback to others
- Identifies clear development needs and development
- plans through regular constructive reviews of their own performance (and their team’s where appropriate)
- Creates space for others to learn and provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments when people are ready for them
- Coaches others to learn from their experiences on the job and to use the resources available to them
Problem Solving and Decision Making:
- Gathers the right information and uses critical thinking to make effective and timely decisions
- Knows when to involve others in a decision
- Demonstrates awareness of the wider external influences that impact on decision making
- Analyses and exercises judgment in challenging situations in the absence of specific guidance or knowledge of the full facts
- Evaluates the opportunities and risks of each idea and solution to make informed strategic decisions
- Working effectively with others
- Actively listens to new and different perspectives and experiences of those they work with
- Proactively supports team members and trusts their capabilities
- Demonstrates understanding of their skills and how they complement those of others within diverse teams and groups
- Clarifies their role and responsibilities within the team to maximise impact
- Delivering Results
- Delivers timely and appropriate results using available resources
- Takes responsibility for their work and its impact on others
- Plans, prioritises and performs tasks well without needing direct supervision
- Understands the link between their work and the organisation’s objectives
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- holds
self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
achieving and role modelling Save the Children values; - holds
the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities –
giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit,
providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying
appropriate consequences when results are not achieved;
Ambition:
- sets
ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes
responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their
team to do the same; - widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale;
- builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters;
- values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength;
- approachable, good listener, easy to talk to;
Creativity:
- develops and encourages new and innovative solutions;
- willing to take disciplined risks;
- Integrity:
- honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity;
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QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- A
degree in an area of Computer science/ Information Technology,
Statistics or equivalent., Master’s degree is an added advantage - Possess
the ability to understand structured query language (SQL), Knowledge of
‘relational database management systems’ (RDBMS), ‘object-oriented
database management systems’ (OODBMS) and XML database management
systems - Experience with their database software/web applications including having an up-to-date knowledge of technology
- Minimum
3 years practical experience in M&E systems Development,
coordination and implementation in a large international
non-governmental organisation or other international development body; - Developed
research, analytical (qualitative and quantitative), documentation and
report-writing and skills, with particular competency in participatory
research methods; - Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports. A high level of written and spoken English
- Excellent
planning, coordination, and reporting skills, with the ability to
organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and
responsibilities; - Strong communication and interpersonal skills
in English, with experience working in multicultural, multi location,
values driven teams; - Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours and work with diverse community beneficiaries
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children International’s aims, values and principles
Additional job responsibilities
- The
duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the
role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within
reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
- The
role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the
SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures;
Child Safeguarding:
- We
need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes
rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of
children from abuse.
Safeguarding our Staff:
- The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.
Health and Safety
- The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Date advertised: 13 Aug 2020
Closing date: 27 Aug 2020 – 23:59 EAT
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of
Department: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
Type: Fixed-term contract
Schedule: Full-time
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