Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator - Oxfam

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Programme planning, development and quality:

• Support country programme planning processes, particularly on logic of intervention, and contribute to ensuring adherence to Oxfam’s programme quality standards.

• Lead on the development of logical frameworks and MEAL plans in project proposals, in consultation with the Funding Coordinator and program teams.

• Responsible for estimating and setting MEAL resources in proposal budgets.

MEAL System development & implementation:

• To define specific processes, methodologies and tools for MEAL and reporting in line with Oxfam principles and minimum requirements, working closely with Oxfam and partner project teams.

• Oversee and support MEAL and project staff in timely development and implementation of monitoring framework and tools, to ensure quality and consistent information is available on programme performance and impact.

• Oversee and quality assurance of all field data collection exercises, data management, and analysis.

• Prepare, review and approve reports with qualitative and quantitative MEAL findings.

• Identify, test and roll-out new monitoring approaches and methods.

• Act as focal point for Oxfam’s beneficiary counting methodology and lead on the establishment of an improved beneficiary database system.

• Work closely with gender advisor in ensuring that all MEAL processes, methodologies and tools are gender sensitive.

• Lead on the country program’s Global Output Report (GOR).

Accountability:

• Develop and continuously update accountability strategy and lead on implementation of programme wide feedback and complaint mechanisms in line with Oxfam standards.

• Overseeing and quality assurance of feedback and complaint mechanisms.

• Share accountability findings with programme teams and senior management.

Capacity building for partner and Oxfam staff:

• Facilitating capacity building process of partners and Oxfam staff on knowledge, skills and competencies necessary for effective MEAL through training and coaching.

• Train project teams on using analysed data to inform program quality control, to document lessons learnt and for future project development.

Evaluation, Review, and learning:

• Share relevant MEAL findings with programme teams and management in appropriate format to ensure the whole organisation benefits from and applies program learning.

• Lead on external evaluations and initiatives such as DEC and HIT and ensure that learning from these processes are disseminated and acted upon.

• Design and manage evaluations in compliance with Oxfam’s evaluation policy.

• Monitor and ensure that a management response to the findings and recommendations of evaluations is completed, recorded, and followed up.

• Support the project team and partners in extracting lessons learnt and good practices, and documenting case studies which demonstrate qualitative and quantitative changes.

Coordination and Networking:

• Ensure effective MEAL coordination and streamlining structures between Oxfam and partners are in place.

• Participate in and contribute to relevant inter-agency efforts to agree and develop coordinated / joint M&E and accountability frameworks and mechanisms.

• Ensure that Oxfam’s MEAL system is linked to wider inter-agency M&E initiatives and developments, and liaise with technical teams to ensure coordination with sectoral working groups.

• Ensure that the Programme Managers and Technical leads provide accurate information, in an appropriate format, for UN appeals and Government monitoring systems

• Engage with peers to share knowledge and to identify best practice in other countries/agencies relevant to Oxfam.

Job Details

Date Posted:	2014-12-24
Job Location:	Amman, Jordan
Job Role:	Other
Company Industry:	Community/Social Services/and Nonprofit

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Career Level:	Management
Degree:	Master's degree

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Date Posted: December 24, 2014 at 10:18AM

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Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator - Oxfam