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SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is looking for

MEAL OFFICER


SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is an international humanitarian organization based in Paris, France, which provides aid and assistance to victims of war and natural disasters. For the past 35 years, the organization’s vocation has been to meet the three vital needs - drinking, eating and sheltering – of vulnerable populations around the world. Our programs mainly focus on emergency relief actions related to water and sanitation but also related to food security as well as shelter and infrastructure rehabilitation and reconstruction.

MEAL OFFICER
Affectation: Teknaf, Bangladesh
Possible Start of the activities: August 01, 2018
Number of positions: 01
Duration of the contract: up to November 31, 2018 (with possibility of extension), Based on the implementation of new ISR, duration and terms of conditions of the position may change.

Responsibilities and description of tasks:

Under the supervision of the PS MEAL, the M&E Officer is in charge of the monitoring of the activities’ implementation.
He/she collects data and provides evidences of the program’s progress and achievements.

His/ her main responsibilities in below:

Monitoring and evaluation (M&E)

  • Under the responsibility of the PS MEAL, participate in the logistics and administrative organisation, planning and preparation of M&E missions:
  • Contribute to the creation of monitoring tools and to the preparation of database frames based on questionnaires.
  • Support the PS MEAL in centralizing and organizing data collection for activities and outputs as defined in the M&E plan.
  • Collect monitoring data using SI tools:
  • Contribute to data collection at field level (overseeing surveys etc.) and make sure that all available aspects are covered.
  • Ensure that all data is entered on time and check their consistency and quality. Contribute to maintain the database following a standard format allowing aggregation of data to produce routine or periodic monitoring reports.
  • Identify potential negative impacts of the activities.
  • Monitor that crosscutting aspects like gender and “do no harm” are taken into account in the activities.
  • Formulate preliminary recommendations on how to improve the activities.
  • With the support of the PM and MEAL team, prepare and implement trainings on monitoring tools to field officers.
  • Assist in external M&E mission.
  • Ensure that contractual soft & hard data about programmes is easily available upon request.
  • Apply the security procedures in the context of monitoring & evaluation missions.

Accountability

  • Keep and answer the CRM phone.
  • Update the CRM database when they get a complaint.
  • Respect the accountability framework, CRM standards operations procedures and confidentiality.
  • Inform communities about the CRM process (phone numbers, etc.).

Reporting / communication 

  • Draft M&E reports and provide project updates and recommendations as necessary.
  • Participate in seminars and training workshops which may be useful to the accomplishment of monitoring & evaluation activities and the attainment of the project’s objectives and in restitution workshops.
  • Keep monitoring tools and files archived and secured
  • Update regularly the monitoring & evaluation tools & methodology considering the donors indicators, gender, disable persons, protection & « Do No Harm » approaches
  • Make regular reports to the team lead on the evolution of activities and specific tasks confided to him/her, problems encountered, and the quality of relations with beneficiaries 
  • Bring to light any difficulty linked to his or her activities, to the programs of Solidarités or security concerns
  • Collaborate with the administration and the local authorities

HR Management

  • Take part in recruitment of the monitoring team (enumerators / DW) when needed
  • Train and build the capacity of the team (enumerators /DW)
  • Supervise the monitoring team (enumerators / DW) 

Qualifications and Competencies: 

  • Bachelor degree in Social Science/development studies or relevant field.
  • Minimum of 1-2 years professional experience in humanitarian and/or development programs and in the relevant field.
  • Knowledge on mobile data collection and software
  • Knowledge on complaints response mechanism
  • Skills on MS word applications
  • Technically sound on quantitative data analysis 
  • Ability and willingness to field travel for work
  • Good interpersonal and communication skill.

Salary Range: Monthly consolidated salary BDT 38,300/- and other benefits as per HR policy of SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL.

ORG CHART POSITION (reporting and functional relationships)
Line Manager: Meal Supervisor

Application dead line:  Saturday 21st July 2018.

Only short listed candidates will be invited for test and interview.
SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL promotes diversity in its workforce”