The MEAL officer position is expected to provide full support to the projects and the Emergency Assistance and Recovery programs in Urban and rural areas. The support will include but not limited to the; overall responsibility of program data collection, analysis and reporting, review program indicators and track the outcome and impact achieved. The position is also responsible of delivering support to the project in terms of develop/review the monitoring plans and ensures that the project objectives are well tracked based on the donor requirements and regulations. The position is in addition to this is required to demonstrate good initiatives that foster program quality and being able to give continuous technical back stopping and document lesson learned and provide strong recommendations that direct the interventions to words achieving the overall goal. In all the urban and rural sectors ADD is using the approach of community participation where the grass roots of the community are fully engaged, this position is supposed to be able to ensure close coordination with the community-based structure and deliver the required support for them to ensure sustainability.   

• Supporting the MEAL Manager on the development and implementation of MEAL systems and plans, ensuring data management tools are in place for each of ADD’s programmes and individual projects.
• Provide supervision and leadership on the MEAL activities according to ADD’s MEAL policy and strategy at the programme area. 
• Ensure that projects have solid MEAL plans, Indicator Performance Tracking Tables and log frames and well updated in Output trackers.
• With the MEAL manager develop the tools and guidelines for data collection, collation and reporting, for instance ensure that projects have clear MEAL plans, IPTT as well as tracking of total beneficiary reach.
• With MEAL manger support design and monitoring of quality benchmarks and take lead in monitoring project quality benchmarks at field level to ensure that project quality standards are not compromised.
• Manage information generated through MEAL activities, such as complaints and feedback databases, action tracker 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 program officers 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.
• Consolidate output tracker data and support Programme officers with data collection processes needed for Humanitarian reporting like situational reports.
• Undertake regular post distribution monitoring to ensure project performance, quality, timeliness and accuracy.

Evaluation 

• Keeping track of project baselines, assessments, reviews, 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, report review. 
• Providing support during internal/external reviews, evaluations, and lessons learned activities.

    Accountability:

• Support programming and field staff to ensure that projects are carried out with participation from all affected communities (including children) and that information is shared with affected communities.
• Ensure strong accountability mechanisms are set up and monitored, that information is correctly shared with beneficiaries through the most appropriate mechanisms and that beneficiaries actively participate in project activities. 
•  Maintain and update a complaints and response mechanism database for tracking feedback from communities and ensure that the feedback/complaints are responded to.Build capacity of other program staff to undertake accountability including ensuring participation of communities and sharing information with communities as well as undertake accountability assessments.

       Learning:

• Professionally document and proactively share information and learning from projects with ADD staff and stakeholders as necessary.
• Take an active role in ensuring that staff are compliant in uploading data and reports into share point and other relevant online systems and maintain such database systems.
• Work with programme staff to promote learning culture and ensure learning is shared across field offices by encouraging cross learning between and within sectoral teams, tracking trends and recommendations and progressing their implementation in the planning and project design where appropriate.
• Regularly produced and report on best practices and case studies; ensure new analysis and information is available, including for the forthcoming communications strategy.
• Serve as focal person for the implementation of Knowledge Management and Learning.

• Degree in Information Management /Social sciences/Statistics or its equivalent 
• Over three (3) years’ work experience in M&E and relevant fields.
• Knowledge of Health & Nutrition, Food security & Livelihoods, WASH and Child protection in emergencies, programming.
• Strong staff development, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Ability to interact clearly and effectively with donors and other organizations
• Strong self-starter, able to take initiative and adapt to changing circumstances and priorities.
• Positive attitude towards community work with emphasis on the ability to learn from communities and support participatory, innovative approaches to problem solving
• Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive.
• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions.
• Excellent in written and spoken English. 
• Good report writing skills.
• Good skills in computer programs e.g. MS office programs.

Skills in software applications e.g. Kobo collect, Commcare...etc. will be an added value