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We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

•            No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday

•            All children learn from a quality basic education and that,

•            Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

SCI - Afghanistan

 Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.

We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: (select only one)
Level 3:  the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE: 
The job holder is responsible for providing oversight MEAL function within the Area Office under jurisdiction (East) and will work with the MEAL Department, Project Coordinators, Partners’ programme teams to design and lead a strong MEAL system. The MEAL system’s objective is to ensure harmonised and aligned data collection and monitoring to inform decision-making, accountability, reporting and learning in a timely and strategic manner. The MEAL Coordinator will provide MEAL support to the 2 field offices under the East Area (Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan). This will be through working with the MEAL Officers and MEAL Assistants from the 2 field offices.
The MEAL Coordinator will ensure that the program undertakes routine Continuous Quality Improvement & data quality assessment, has information briefs, regular sharing of Programme updates with stakeholders, a mechanism for collecting, tracking and responding to feedback and complaints from Programme stakeholders within the Area Office that is covered.
In addition, the job holder ensures that Quality Benchmarks are used during program implementation of activities and puts in place a tailor made documentation strategy for impact stories, reports, and best practices. The MEAL Coordinator will cultivate a culture of learning within the program and ensure that lessons learnt from pilots, programme interventions and working in consortia are documented, shared between partners and with key stakeholders and contribute to national and global level learning and research.
The staff is responsible for ensuring that Programme data on outputs and outcome progress is collected, analysed and synthesised accurately and in a timely manner; supports training of Programme team and partners in quality data collection and management including use of data to inform decisions on the Programme priorities. The job holder may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.
SCOPE OF ROLE: 
Reports to: National MEAL Manager
Staff reporting to this post: MEAL Officers (Field Offices)
Role Dimensions: The Area MEAL Coordinator will be based in Nangarhar (East Area Office)
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

A: Program design.
•    Assess the needs and capacities of the target communities.
•    Involve communities in problem analysis and project design.
•    Implement gender assessment studies and other key project deliverables in line with the theory of change 
B: Set up a strong MEAL system and operationalize MEAL in all field locations.
•    In close collaboration with the Area Based Programme Managers and Partners, put in place an operational MEAL plan including setting up of mechanisms to monitor and document the progress of implementation of Programme activities, Specifically;
•    Ensuring that MEAL planning and discussion are held will all project staff, partners and key stakeholders before and after the project kick off meetings 
•    Developing the project MEAL pack (Project Log frames, detailed M&E plan, Activity Targets Trackers (ATTs), Quality Benchmarks, Indicator Performance Tracking Tools (IPTT), Accountability, Data Quality Assessments and Learning Plans) within the 1st three months of the project life in close collaboration with the project team and partners 
•    Results monitoring and Learning for decision making by tracking and maintaining Project Performance Tracker (IPTT) to flag/address required performance improvements on monthly basis
•    Conduct, analyze and disseminate monthly IPTT/outcome monitoring, Evaluations/Evaluations, program studies/researches
•    Analyze project data from the project team and produce strategic analysis for the project management team 
•    Develop and review program data collection tools to ensure that tools provide required information on program indicators
•    Implement data quality assurance activities according to the MEAL plan (e.g. data verification and spot checks).
•    Control for double counting/create beneficiary unique identifiers.
•    Conduct monthly QB monitoring (at least 60% of activities implemented) and ensure that improvement actions are developed & logged into the action tracker for follow up.

C: Design and operationalize Accountability mechanism.
•    Support the project team in the development of information sharing materials/briefs, posters and brochures, and dissemination of Programme information materials to relevant stakeholders, partners and beneficiaries.
•    Facilitate the project team to set up relevant contextualized feedback and complaints infrastructures, mechanisms, and approaches to receive feedback and complaints from beneficiaries including children
•    Collect and manage complaints and feedback in close coordination with Programme team. Track timeliness of response to complaints and maintain an updated Programme complaints tracker
•    Adopt Child Safe Guarding and Safe programing into accountability mechanisms for the consortium 
D: Integrate ICT in the project MEAL system.
•    Support implementation of program MIS and integration of Geographical Information System (GIS) in program reporting. Support GIS mapping and dissemination of MIS/GIS reports. Provide MIS content/requirements and feedback to MEAL team and document progress on indicators/achievement of targets
•    Enhance use of digital data management within the program, this includes use of Kobo and ODK among other programs.
E: Build culture of Learning and Knowledge Management
•    Participate/coordinate the design of quantitative and qualitative participatory Programme evaluations (baseline, annual and final evaluations), assessments, reviews and other special studies
•    Facilitate documentation of the project results, impact, best practices and the most significant changes. 
•    Document learnings and best practices; disseminate learnings, reports, publications and participate in learning sessions, and ensuring that the lessons learnt are utilized to inform programming and advocacy.
•    Support conceptualization and planning of learning events/activities.
F: Planning, Budgeting and Reporting.
•    Coordinate with Technical and project teams for appropriate allocation of MEAL resources and budget in project reviews and annual plans
•    Provide day to day direct support to the project team in preparation and reviewing of annual and quarterly project plans and reports, ensure that project reports meet donor and SCI reporting standards.
•    Oversee the MEAL budget utilization, and ensure timely implementation MEAL activities.
G: Communication and Networking.
•    Create and sustain positive working relationships internally with other technical staff; externally with the authorities, partners, and other stakeholders, and also maintain an up to date understanding of key development trends in the project area.
•    Representing the Area Office in various thematic coordination forums as may be requested by the line manager or Field Offices.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
•    holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
•    holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
•    sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
•    widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
•    future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
•    builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
•    values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
•    approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
•    develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
•    willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
•    honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
 

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
•    Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Public Health, Sociology or Development Studies preferably with Post Graduate training in M&E or Project planning and Management.
•    Minimum of 5 years working experience in monitoring and evaluation working experience (preferably in education/protection/health/nutrition/CRG/FSL related programs with an International NGO). 
•    Experience collecting data through quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
•    Experience interviewing community members and leaders and/or facilitating focus group discussions (especially with beneficiaries including children).
•    Understanding of the basic standards to ensure data quality management.
•    Knowledge of data analysis principles and software (ideally SPSS, STATA, R, ArcGIS, NVivo, and/or ATLAS.ti)
•    Familiarity with mobile data collection platforms (like Kobo Collect, ODK, SurveyCTO, etc).
•    Experience with monitoring and evaluation techniques to assess the quality and effectiveness of program strategies for program learning.
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities 
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
 

Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position by filling in the online application form. In addition to the online application form, they can also attach their CV and cover letter in the online system. Please note that only the applications received through the online portal will be considered for this position.

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Save the Children International provides an equal employment opportunity and does not ask for money at any stage of recruitment.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

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