For over 35 years, the humanitarian aid organization SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL has been committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and natural disasters. Our mission is to provide aid as quickly and as efficiently as possible to endangered populations by meeting their vital needs: drinking water, food and shelter.
- Job Type Contract
- Qualification MBA/MSc/MA
- Experience 3 years
- Location Borno
- Job Field Project Management
The MEAL Coordinator is a member of the mission SMT and part of the program coordination based in Maiduguri. Under the supervision of the Deputy CD Programs, the MEAL Coordinator:
- Designs the MEAL action plans of the mission, according to SI’s operational framework, and makes sure it is disseminated, understood, and implemented by the mission staff.
- Provides methodological support to all program teams on technical questions linked to MEAL and cross-cutting issues such as develop M&E plan and its implementation, quantitative and qualitative data collection, indicator tracking, complaint response mechanism, “do no harm” analysis, terms of references of internal and external evaluations, etc.
- Further strengthen existing MEAL system by review and harmonization of current MEAL tools/checklists, information management/GIS Mapping, and especially data management system at the mission level.
- Develop, harmonize and maintain monitoring tools for external and internal coordination and communication, such as dashboards and web maps.
- Makes sure that MEAL department is well integrated with all departments (functional links) as well as coherent with all coordinators and managers.
- Ensure that cross-cutting issues (gender, protection, accountability to the affected population, do-no-harm, community participation, disability, etc.) are well integrated into all MEAL tools.
- Capacity building of MEAL and Program teams on MEAL approaches/system and day to day requirements.
- Build on institutional knowledge on MEAL activities and missions’ results (lessons learnt and recommendations) and make sure these are known by technical and field coordinators.
- Use SI’s IKB tools to document MEAL tools and methodologies/approaches, sharing with relevant HQ departments.
- Ensure accountability to beneficiaries by overseeing the feedback and complaints response mechanism (FCRM) through newly rolled-out SoPs.
Priorities for the first 3 months
- Support mission in designed/development of Management Information system (MIS).
- Review existing MEAL Checklists/quality standards and further improvement with the support of technical coordinators.
- Develop Activity sheets detailing targeting, implementation, and monitoring methodologies
YOUR PROFILE
Education:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in statistic, quality control or humanitarian project management
Experience:
- Experience in MEAL management and/or Project coordination (minimum 3 years);
- Knowledge of data collection, sampling, mobile data collection (Kobo, Power-BI) and data analysis
- Technical experience in mapping (QGIS) is an asset
- Experience in communication with communities and accountability mechanisms
- Previous experience with SI is a plus
Technical skills:
- Strong English writing skills
- Data analysis (quantitative and qualitative)
- Database management
- Data collection/research methods
- Mobile data collection tool development
- Software ->Excellent Excel mandatory; Kobo/ODK/XLSForm
Soft skills:
- Quick decision-maker and work in autonomy.
- Good resistance to stress and pressure.
- Excellent organizational and coordination skills.
- A great team player and leader.
- Excellent interpersonal and capacity building skills
- Remote management skills
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Solidarites International on www.solidarites.org to apply