JOB DESCRITPION
POSITION: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer (MEAL Officer)/Education Project Manager Assistant
WeWorld is looking for one (1) Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer (MEAL Officer) for the project “Pamoja Tudumishe Elimu (2023-2026)” in Dar es Salaam.
Duty station: The MEAL Officer who will based in Dar es Salaam (with travel to the project areas and schools in Kinondoni and Temeke Municipalities and to other areas if requested by the Project Manager).
Position reports to: Education Project Manager and ultimately to the Country Representative
Contract Information:
Position/Contract type: Full time – National Employment Contract
Contract Duration: 12 months (including 3 months as probation period), with possibility of extension
Starting date: January, 2024
How to apply: Send your CV (indicating two references: name, telephone contact and email) and letter of motivation to [email protected]
Please indicate the reference number of the vacancy Ref: TZ/MEAL/23/01 in the subject line of your email.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline for sending applications: November 30rd, 2023
WeWorld reserves the right to close this vacancy early if a sufficient number of applications is received.
Organisation Description
WeWorld is an Italian independent non-governmental organisation working in Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid projects in 29 countries worldwide, including Italy. The NGO carries out 128 projects reaching over 2.4 million direct beneficiaries and 12.3 million indirect beneficiaries. Children, women and youth, actors of change in every community, are the protagonists of WeWorld projects and campaigns in the following fields of intervention: gender equality, prevention and contrast of violence against women and children, migrations, humanitarian aid (prevention, aid and reconstruction), food security, water and sanitation, health, education and learning, socio-economic development, environmental protection, global citizenship education and international volunteering.
Project Summary
The objective is to improve retention and engagement in a quality primary education for “high risk” and “most at risk” students affected by multiple risk factors in marginalized urban areas in Tanzania. Target interventions, designed to respond to specific risk factors, as well as to better intervene in specific contexts, are based on a tailored holistic and integrated approach, articulated in 3 main areas of intervention: i) Specific interventions will be realized at school level, to support the identified low performing most at risk students and improve their school performance and engagement (Outcome 1). ii) Community-based interventions aiming at mitigating risks associated to background and demographic characteristics for the vulnerable students, in order to promote their retention (Outcome 2). Critical risks factors such as Disability, Gender specific risks factors, Protection concerns, will be tackled. iii) Besides, the project will strengthen the capacities of duty bearers to enforce education policies and address barriers affecting access and retention to quality education for vulnerable and marginalized students (Outcome 3), supporting the improvement of the Education Management Information System (BEMIS/S.I.S.). It will also support awareness raising and information processes towards both duty bearers and the local population, about barriers to education and education policies, at local, county/province and national level.
Key Objectives of the Position
Under the supervision of the Project Manager, the MEAL Officer will be responsible for the monitoring and ensuring high quality and timely inputs, and for ensuring that the project maintains its strategic vision and that its activities result in the achievement of its intended outputs in a cost effective and timely manner.
The MEAL Officer contributes to overall program quality through the implementation of MEAL strategies and applying tools that enhance the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of WeWorld`s projects.; assisting the Project Manager in preparing termly reports on project progress.
The MEAL Officer will provide technical support to WeWorld’s projects in Education and Child Protection, and oversee the MEAL activities, including but not limited to: carrying out monitoring field visits, roll out data collection activities, handling accountability mechanisms, drafting reports, ensuring data confidentiality and security. The Officer will provide support to WeWorld`s staff and will work closely with partners staff in the implementation sites, providing capacity building/coaching sessions where relevant. The MEAL Officer will be based in Dar es Salaam and will be required frequent travels to WeWorld’s Areas of Intervention on regular basis.
Key Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Project Manager, the Activities Coordinator acts as project focal point for WeWorld’s activities and ensure excellence in implementation of the project activities in terms of impact, reporting, and timeliness. Areas of focus will include the following:
Planning, implementation, monitoring (Project Activities)
- Support the Education Project Manager in all activities
- Support the Activities Coordinators in creating specific methodologies, MEAL plans and tools for the monitoring and evaluation processes of the activities throughout the duration of the project.
- Monitor all project activities and progress towards achieving the project output, outcomes, and impact, conducting regular monitoring field visits (on-site monitoring, quality spot checks, support to learning activities etc.)
- Develop monitoring and impact indicator for the project success.
- Suggest strategies to the Project Management for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the project by identifying bottlenecks in completing project activities and developing plans to minimize or eliminate such bottlenecks.
- Conduct capacity assessment on existing monitoring and evaluation system Develop indicators and a monitoring strategy for the project.
- Provide inputs, information and statistics for quarterly, annual and other reports to Project Management Team.
- Assist in coordinating across the available components of the Project to ensure effective implementation of M&E.
- Develop M&E system for the Project and for the partners.
- Prepare and maintain database ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and security of qualitative and quantitative data.
Coordination/Networking/Representation
- Attend the meetings with the project team (i.e. internal weekly meeting and monthly meetings with the partner’s team).
- Organize and conduct training on M&E for project and mission staff.
- Participate in coordination groups, if requested by the Projects Manager.
Documentation and Reporting
- Report monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and annual progress on all project activities to the Project Manager.
- Support the Projects Manager in updating and maintaining the databases of the project.
- Assist the Project Manager in preparing other relevant reports, including the ones on the findings and lessons learned from project innovations.
- Support the Projects Manager in ensuring that scan copies of the project documents are available and properly organized in the digital archive.
- Ensure that the data queries, requests, and reports are addressed in an accurate and timely manner according to WW’s and donors’ requirements.
- Provide feedback to the Project Manager on project strategies and activities, drafting reports on a regular basis to inform the coordination on the activities conducted as well as to capitalize on the data collection activities performed.
Accountability and learning
- Assume responsibility for the implementation of and compliance with WeWorld’s Feedback and Complaint Response Mechanism, tools and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
- Assume responsibility for the implementation of and compliance with WW`s policies (PSEAH, Child Safeguarding, Code of Conducts and Ethics).
- Identify strengths and weaknesses in existing data collection and propose solutions, suggesting ways to facilitate data management among projects’ teams and other WeWorld departments.
- Analyse and discuss findings based on regular monitoring data.
- Identify and conduct MEAL-related capacity building activities for all WeWorld-GVC’s program staff.
- Supervise, train, and monitor the daily workers who are contracted periodically for data collection.
- Capitalize on MEAL-related activities drafting reports, guidelines, presentations, and manuals or organizing capitalization exercises, workshops, and sessions.
- In collaboration with the Project Manager, facilitate learning events and disseminate lessons learnt.
As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the MEAL officer may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- Bachelor in a relevant discipline e.g. related to social sciences, international cooperation, politics and international affairs, statistics, or related disciplines.
- Excellent communication (writing and oral) skills and reporting skills in English
- High proficiency in mobile data collection tools such as KoboToolBox, ODK, Survey123 is mandatory.
- Proven technical skills in monitoring and evaluation and experience with both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis is mandatory.
- Good analytical and writing skills and good capacity to produce high-quality reports in English is mandatory.
- Demonstrated experience in developing data collection tools and methodologies is preferred.
- Ability to independently organize work and prioritize tasks but also to work as part of a team.
- Familiarity with IM systems and analysis software (PowerBI, R, Python, Stata etc.) or with any coding language is a plus.
- Computer skills, in particular MS Office, web and social media skills
- Proven leadership skills and excellent social/networking skills, ability to engage with government, private sector and civil society
- Proven organizational skills and ability to manage effectively multiple tasks
- Demonstrates integrity concerning NGO values and ethical standards
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
- Professional Experience: at least 3 years of experience working in a similar position with local/international organizations including minimum 1 year within M&E/MEAL department. The ideal candidate has previously worked for (I)NGOs in the programs/MEAL department and has concrete and proven experience with Monitoring and Evaluation activities.
Assets/Added advantage.
- Previous experience in education and child protection projects and community engagement approach.
- Motorbike e/or car driving licence
WeWorld TANZANIA is sensitive to equal employment rights for vulnerable groups, so we particularly encourage applications from women and people with disabilities.
WW has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a child or a vulnerable adult by any of our staff, related persons or partners. WW commitment to being a safe organization begins with the staff recruitment process which includes meticulous checks, such as criminal records checks or check disclosure of previous convictions, to ensure children and vulnerable people are safeguarded and abuse is prevented. Safeguarding checks are part of the selection process performance and criminal record may be asked to the candidate.
The candidate declares there are no SEAH /other serious misconducts relating concerns regarding his/her position and accepts background checks as part of the selection process.
