Officer-Maternity Cover

The Opportunity – MEAL Officer (Maternity Cover)

Post location: West Bank Field Office.

Contract Duration:Until July 31 st , 2026 with possible extension.

The MEAL Officer is primary responsible for a sector’s programmes and projects’ Monitoring, Accountability (in collaboration with the Accountability team) and Learning systems. He/she, with the support of the MEAL Coordinator and relevant PDQ/Programmes staff, will provide essential support on rolling out quality assurance system (e.g. data quality assessments, quality benchmarks). S/he will support on data cleaning, consolidation and analysis of data collected within the sector’s programmes and projects.

S/he will support in developing XLS forms on surveys, data collection tools for the sector MEAL activities and needs. He/She will support the MEAL Coordinator and the Accountability team in strengthening monitoring, accountability and evaluations systems and harness the support of staff and partner capacity to ensure that SCI programmes are implemented in a quality manner and are accountable to beneficiaries and donors.

Further, the MEAL Officer will be expected to assist on MEAL system design and implementation, evaluations, MEAL budgeting and recruitment.

The MEAL Officer will support in building capacity of staff and partner in MEAL.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

Reports to:WBMEAL Coordinator.

Staff reporting to this post:NA

Budget Responsibilities: NA

• Undertake responsibility for the roll-out of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) system in SCI’s programmes: monitoring progress against targets through the Indicator Performance Tracking Tool (IPTT),
• Output Trackers and working alongside PDQ for monitoring MEAL/Field visit, Quality Benchmark and IPTT action plans.
• Ensure that area operations and project staff understand the various steps and tools for the MEAL system and that this is used consistently across projects / areas.
• Develop database to capture and facilitate data demand from sector by project, location and total reach.
• Develop, in collaboration with the Sr. MIS Officer, XLS forms on data collection tools.
• Engage in the process of developing database or information management systems with the Sr. MIS Officer and programme team.

• Lead in maintaining, updating and cleaning key MEAL databases. Ensure data quality across sector database handled by MEAL and support sector unit on DQA.
• Lead in consolidating sector’s outputs (IPTT) from different grants and zone/camp wise for the output tracker/total reach, MEAL update.
• Lead in sector’s monitoring systems, including tools, formats, and record keeping systems of the sector’s projects, in collaboration with the MEAL and the programme team.
• Provide support to the project management in developing reports (through data collected and analysed) and facilitating timely implementation of project interventions.
• Work alongside the Accountability team to set up solid feedback and participation mechanisms at community level ensuring transparent and accountable programming.
• Collaborate with Accountability and Programme team, to conduct focus group discussions, post distribution monitoring, child participatory activities to gather affected community’s satisfaction and
• Liaise with programme teams to develop information sharing and community engagement strategies, to ensure stronger accountability to beneficiary communities.

• To conduct quality monitoring of programme activities, measured against international standards and using participatory methodologies (including child-friendly methodologies) and the quality benchmarks.

• Contribute at the field level towards the creation of an organisational culture that promotes MEAL and understands its link to quality and accountable programming.
• Support on program and partners staff capacity to identify and measure…