Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Officer

Key Responsibilities:

Monitoring:

Ensure that projects have solid MEAL plans, Indicator Performance Tracking Tables, and log frames and well updated in and Output trackers. For instance, ensure that projects have clear MEAL plans, IPTT as well as tracking of total beneficiary reach.

Work diligently with the project leads to update the indicator tracking tables and provide necessary MEAL guidance regarding project performance. S/he will support projects to develop systems and processes for the implementation of M&E plans based on PACIDAbest practices.

Take lead in the development of tools and guidelines for data collection, collation, and reporting

Support design and monitoring of quality benchmarks and take lead in monitoring project quality benchmarks to ensure that project quality standards are not compromised.

Manage information generated through MEAL activities, such as complaints and feedback databases, action trackers etc. Additionally, support the utilization of the information gathered for program improvements.

Support monitoring of field level activities with quality benchmarks and course correction action planning.

Support and/or promote utilization of data generated through MEAL activities and events such as monitoring visits, baselines, assessments, reviews, real time evaluations,etc

Plan and conduct Routine Data Quality Assurance (RDQA) in collaboration with PACIDAstaff for the reported data to ensure that data reported is validated, is accurate and consistent while providing feedback as necessary to program teams.

Contributing to programme updates for the response management and internal information sharing, on a regular basis.

Ensure compliance with quality benchmarks in M&E and overall programming, including adherence to the Sphere Charter, Core Humanitarian Standards, HARP standards, and other best practices, through activities such as post-distribution monitoring, routine data quality assessments (RDQA), and the evaluation of project performance against logical frameworks and results frameworks.

Evaluation

Coordinate various assessments and surveys, including recruitment and training of Research assistants, coordinating and supervising the collection and analysis of data.

Keeping track of project baselines, assessments, reviews, and evaluations – tracking trends and recommendations, progressing their implementation where appropriate.

Support and participate in planning, implementation, and follow-up of evaluations, for instance, writing TORs, preparing literature review packs, planning evaluator itineraries, planning staff workshops, and report reviews.

Providing support during internal/external reviews, evaluations, and lessons learned activities.

Accountability:

Maintain and update the action tracker for the projects while ensuring that actions agreed upon from debrief meetings with program teams are actioned.

Support programming and field staff to ensure that projects are carried out with participation from all affected communities and that information is shared with affected communities.

Ensure that strong accountability mechanisms are set up and monitored, that information is correctly shared with beneficiaries through the most appropriate mechanisms, and that

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