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MEAL Manager

Date Posted: Nov 09, 2022
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Job Detail

  • Location:
    kabul
  • Type:
    Contract
  • Shift:
    First Shift (Morning)
  • Career Level:
    Experienced Professional
  • Positions:
    1
  • Vacancy number:
    PU-AMI/HR/KBL/001939
  • Experience:
    5 Year
  • Gender:
    Any
  • Salary:
    As per Company salary scale
  • Degree:
    Bachelors
  • Apply Before:
    Nov 30, 2022

About PU-AMI

PU-AMI (known globally as Première Urgence Internationale, PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. PU-AMI’s teams are committed to support vulnerable communities and populations, those marginalized, hit by conflict, natural disaster or economic downturns. PU-AMI’s main objective is to contribute to reduction in morbidity and mortality, and provide emergency relief to those in immediate need in order to help them regain their dignity.

Afghan mission is the oldest of PUI missions, with the first medical intervention launched in 1979 just after the Soviet troops crossed the country’s borders. PU-AMI teams currently deliver the integrated health care, combined with nutrition, psychosocial support; water, sanitation and hygiene (wash), as well as trauma services. The organization implements projects mainly in eastern parts of the country, and increasingly in the South-East Region. Since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, PU-AMI has also positioned itself as one of the main actors in preparedness and response to the pandemic, implementing health and wash-cantered activities at health facilities and community level in Kabul and beyond.

Globally, PUI provides assistance to around 6 million people in 23 countries and across 5 continents: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America, and Europe.

Job Description

General responsibilitiesمسؤلیت های عمومی :

Under the supervision of the MEAL Co, and in cooperation with project managers and MEAL staff in the operational bases of its responsibility, the MEAL manager:

Strategy: S/he is responsible to develop and roll out the mission MEAL strategy at base level.

Training and technical support: S/he is responsible to provide training and technical support to all program teams on technical questions linked to MEAL and cross-cutting issues.

Monitoring and evaluation: S/he is responsible to support operational teams in monitoring and evaluation of PUI programs.

Accountability: S/he is responsible of the roll-out of accountability activities at base level.

Knowledge building: S/he is responsible to contribute to lessons learned and institutional knowledge building.

Human Resources Management: S/he is responsible to manage the MEAL team at base level and focus on capacity building of her/his team.

Representation and reporting: S/he is responsible to support the base in reporting, communication and representation in her/his field of expertise.

Note: The responsibility for some assessments, monitoring and evaluation of program activities will remain the primary responsibility of the program teams. MEAL Manager, in link with the MEAL Coordinator will however ensure the proper tools are developed and are made available to the field teams.

Specific objectives and linked activities

  1. DEVELOP AND ROLL OUT THE MISSION MEAL STRATEGYParticipate in developing a sector-based strategy (M&E, accountability, gender, do no harm) in accordance with PUI country strategy and in link with PUI’s MEAL framework.Participate in programming work at base level.
  2. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORTDevelop program teams’ capacities in the department’s field of expertise: data collection and analysis (method, format, software etc.), measure of indicators, feedback and response mechanism, do no harm analysis etc. Deploy PUI’s MEAL Framework trainings and develop tailor training modules in link with the MEAL Coordinator. Provide program teams with a technical and methodological support for M&E activities, data management (questionnaire design, sampling, data entry, extraction of useful data and interpretation) and integration of cross-cutting issues. Support program teams in creating or adapting tools for: PMT, indicators monitoring, impact monitoring (MEAL plan and survey tools) or risk analysis.
  3. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PUI PROGRAMS                           Contribute to the elaboration, review and harmonization of M&E tools, data management, especially in the PMTs (indicators table) and the MEAL Plans. Create / revise the tools needed to implement program-based evaluation monitoring (database, survey form ...) and ensure that the monitoring tools developed work and are correctly used by the teams; Define / improve / monitor and ensure the quality of information and data collected in the field and participate in data quality assessment; Design baseline and baseline studies to collect information on performance indicators and project results; Check relevance of reports, analysis, maps and recommendations produced. Propose adjustments, new activities to improve the quality of the operations or approaches, in consultation with PMs and program / technical coordinators. Upon ad hoc request from the program / technical coordinator, perform advanced analysis. Contribute to terms of references for external evaluations and studies. Accompany teams in drafting project proposals and reports for donors. Be proactive in identifying innovative indicators and collection methods.
  4. ACCOUNTABILITY

Following guidelines from PUI’s Framework:

Support the design and roll out of complaint feedback and response mechanisms.

Check that the key principles of the feedback mechanism are respected.

Produce regular analysis of the complaints and feedbacks received.

In conjunction with the program teams, ensure that a participatory approach is initiated with local actors and partners in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects

Work in collaboration with the program teams on the design and improvement of accountability mechanisms.

LESSONS LEARNT AND INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE BUILDING (IKB)

Build on institutional knowledge on M&E activities and missions’ results (lessons learnt and recommendations) and make sure these are known by PMs and other team members.

Support recommendation tracking process and work on action plans.

Use PUI’s tools to document MEAL tools and methodologies/approaches.

Ensure that learning activities are included in the project activities

In link with PUI’s MEAL framework and tools ensure the implementation at base level of the recommendation tracking process (internal and external) and work together with PMs on action plans.

Contribute to the preparation of kick off and learning meetings per project and ensure capitalization of its content.

  1. HR MANAGEMENT/CAPACITY DEVELOPMENTMake sure that new staffs are briefed on MEAL’s roles and responsibilities. Participate in the evaluation and in assessment of the performance of collaborators under his/her supervision Identify training needs Supervise and support MEAL teams in implementing their action plan and achievement of their objectives
  2. REPORTING / COMMUNICATION / REPRESENTATION                              Participate in writing project proposals and reports’ paragraphs on crosscutting issues and MEAL. Make sure the right reporting formats are used and delays are respected. Represent PUI when asked and/or delegated to do so. In link with programs, develop articles, case studies and success stories.

Job Requirements

Qualification/ Requirements تحصیلات و شرایط لازمه

Bachelor’s or Master degree in a field related to Project Management, international development and/or social sciences.

Excellent capacities in excel MDC & related soft./language (ODK, Kobo,PowerBI;…), Pack Office.

At least 5 years managing MEAL teams with NGO experience.

Experience in health programs monitoring,

Experience in emergency response,  

Experience in MEAL

Prior knowledge of the country/region, Experience in donor requirements and expectations, particularly ECHO, UE, UN, and BHA (USAID).

Capacity for analysing and synthetizing comprehensive information & technical data.

Excellent knowledge of Excel, data bases, kobo and other data software.

Good knowledge in statistic and sampling methods.

Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training and mentoring

Good written communication skills

Knowledge of project management

Submission Guideline:

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Note

You are allowed to apply only before closing date

Due to large number of applicants we are unable to provide individual feedback.

Only short listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted.

Qualified Female candidate are highly encourage to apply.

Academic certificates/diplomas. These will be requested if called for interview. Women application are strongly encouraged.

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