Job description
Job Description:
The Standalone MEAL manager is responsible for the MEAL and information management (IM) teams working in his or her geographical area of responsibility and is the direct line-manager of 10 MEAL Officer/supervisor , one IM Manager and 1 MEAL Intern. He or she is in charge of deploying HI’s MEAL and IM standards on his or her program and ensuring their application.
The overall coherency of the projects and their quality control is ensured by the MEAL department and the Technical Unit Manager
General mission and responsibilities:
Mission 1: Management
Responsibility 1: Is line manager of the MEAL and IM teams of the program
Manager as a role model: embodies HI's values on a daily basis.
Manager as coach for meaning: understands the strategy, makes it explicit, translates it into operational objectives for his or her team, leads the necessary changes. Gives meaning to each management action. Encourages inter and intra departmental exchanges of practice. Encourages innovation and risk-taking.
Operational manager: organizes the operational management of his or her team, structures the work around identified processes, steers performance and facilitates the resolution of problems.
Manager 1st HR&Coach: contributes to the development of his or her staff, creating the conditions for their commitment, professionalism and attachment to HI. Ensures compliance with the code of conduct of institutional policies, the state of mind and the expected individual and collective behaviour.
Mission 2: Strategy and steering
Responsibility 1: Defines the MEAL part of the Operational Strategy, pilots the related action plan and the strategy monitoring tool
Helps with the development of operational strategy (StratOp) in line with HI strategy, StraTechs and Development plans (notably 3I and Emergency), including the development of the StratOp monitoring tool;
Defines and oversees the programme’s MEAL action plan;
Drives the performance of his or her service.
Leads the assessment of local partners' MEAL/IM capacities and the resulting capacity building plans
Mission 3: Standards and expertise
Responsibility 1: Designs the program's MEAL and IM systems and monitors their implementation and quality
Is responsible for defining systems for monitoring, data collection, information management, evaluation, accountability to populations, learning and knowledge management that are adapted to the context of intervention and ensure compliance with HI standards;
Ensures that the systems put in place on the various projects are consistent with each other and with HI's frameworks and standards and enable the consolidation of information for use in the programme’s global management.
Mission 4: Operational implementation
Responsibility 1: Contributes towards improving HI’s response within his/her geographical scope
Is responsible for the implementation of tools for measuring outcomes and impact that facilitate decision-making, learning and accountability;
Is responsible for putting in place a system for ensuring accountability towards populations;
Contributes towards the articulation and application of HI’s institutional policies and crosscutting approaches;
Responsibility 2: Contributes towards defining and improving the quality of projects in line with HI’s global frameworks and technical standards
Provides technical support to the technical specialists in establishing quality indicators, monitoring methods and data collection tools;
Contributes to the design and drafting of project proposals;
Is responsible for ensuring that regular project evaluations take place.
Responsibility 3: Contributes towards improving the quality of project management, as defined in HI’s Project Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) policy
Provides technical support to the project and partners teams for the implementation of monitoring, evaluation and accountability tools and methods;
Provides technical support to operations manager, area managers and project managers for the application of PME policy and verifies its application.
Responsibility 4: Contributes towards the ownership of learning frameworks and methodologies by the programs and by HI in general
Is responsible, for implementing processes and methods for collecting, analyzing, modelling and ownership of the knowledge produced;
Proposes an analysis of the information collected and the knowledge produced to strengthen collective learning;
Ensures the continuous improvement of learning frameworks and methodologies;
Ensures access to relevant internal and external information for all staff.
Responsibility 5: Ensures the external representation and promotion of HI’s expertise in his/her field.
Represents HI’s MEAL and IM expertise in all relevant regional networks;
Contributes towards advocacy on specific subjects (notably through the consolidation of evidence-based factors) in line with the StratOp and federal advocacy priorities;
Contributes locally to communication messages in line with the StratOp and federal communication priorities.
Mission 6: Emergency Preparedness and Response Responsibilities
Leads the emergency preparedness actions in his/her department and, in case of emergency, reorganizes the priorities of his/her team according to the humanitarian imperative, in order to ensure HI’s quick and efficient response.
Job Requirements:
Essential:
• Masters in humanitarian aid and/or development and/or international project management, or in any other similar and relevant area(international studies, etc.)
Minimum of 3 years’ experience of coordinating emergency projects, including at least 2 years in MEAL functions
Experience in setting up of MEAL and IM systems
Previous experience in drafting of survey and evaluation protocols
Extensive experience on project cycle management, research, data gathering and management, quantitative/qualitative analysis and reporting
Experience in team leading and mobilisation
Competencies (knowledge, capacities required for the post, see guidelines on post-related capacities ) :
- Understanding of HI’s vision, mandate, values and strategy
- Excellent understanding of humanitarian principles
- Knowledge of humanitarian assistance frameworks
- Excellent knowledge of Project cycle management and knowledge management
- Excellent understanding to accountability with regard to affected populations /Safeguarding policies /Participatory approaches
-Knowledge of cross-sector approaches, such as gender and development.
-Previous exposure and knowledge on disability rights and disability movement an asset
Personal qualities:
-Leadership: inspires confidence, motivates, sets the example, takes and assumes decisions
-Audacious (shows initiative/entrepreneurial), able to take risks and develop critical thinking
-Working as part of a team/network, cooperating Respect for the opinion and enhancement of the skills of others with a view to shared action
-Ability to give and receive constructive feedback; discussing with multi-disciplinary teams, working as part of a network and collaborating
-Empathy Showing interest in what each person is experiencing and feeling, putting oneself in the other person’s shoes, listening to his/her needs, being accepting rather than judgmental
-Resilience to stress and uncertainty
-Autonomy
Submission Guideline:
Note: Applications without mentioning the Position Title & Vacancy Number in the subject line of the email will NOT be considered.
Disabled & Females are particularly encouraged to apply
- HI has got strong stand on protection of beneficiaries.
"The MEAL Manager will have to create and maintain an environment which prevents sexual exploitation and abuse and promotes the implementation of the code of conduct"
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at 02 Feb 2023
