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• Actively participate in the development of Annual Plans and budgets
• Ensure that MEL activities are planned and adequately budgeted for
• Lead in organizing and undertaking surveys to provide primary data
  (baseline, coverage, KAP surveys, PDMs, Endlines, etc.) when required and
  as part of ongoing assessment of the impact of sector programmes and
  ongoing sector needs identification
• Assess whether programs are reaching their targets and inform
  appropriate program staff when targets are not being met
• Facilitate assessments and operational research for contextual
  understanding, identifying opportunities, vulnerabilities, capacities and
  resources, deciding feasibility and setting MEAL priorities at the Field
  level
• Ensure proper documentation of all MEAL processes and
  outcomes(including ensuring outcome monitoring is conduct to ensure change
  in practices and behaviours are measured overtime)

• Work with Country Officer Senior MEL Officer, Project Managers and
  Sector Team Leads to ensure quality programming and adherence to DRC
  MELMOPs, values and principles, SPHERE and other sector standards and
  protocols as well as the mainstreaming of cross-cutting themes (Conflict
  mitigation, Gender & Environment)
• Ensure effective monitoring and evaluation of programme quality,
  using a variety of monitoring tools appropriate to programme sectors, and
  aligned to results frameworks
• Develop a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)
  system, linked to the Country Office system, consistent with the DRC DME
  framework
• Design, implement and periodically review programme and Project
  M&E plan that ensures grant-funded programmes comply with donor
  requirements
• Participate with Country Office Grants and MEL teams in Inception
  and Closure of programmes and Projects
• Support Project Managers, Sector Team Leads in the development of
  M&E tools for all sectors and projects (including indicators tracking
  matrix)
• Oversee implementation of M&E systems through regular field
  monitoring visits and tracking of Key Performance Indicators
• Conduct/Supervise mid-term reviews and internal evaluations and
  prepare reports
• Support project teams to Prepare Terms of Reference (ToRs) and
  provide technical guidance for assigned project evaluations
• Provide project staff with the design of exit strategies, and
  monitor progress of project transition

• Review   project reports as
  well as donor reports to ensure compliance with recommended guidelines,
  formats and standards
• Review quarterly and annual field reports before sharing with
  Country Office and with external stakeholders
• Provide quality assurance by reviewing all quarterly, annually, and
  final reports before submission to Country Office and donors (Ensure
  quality reports are submitted)
• Analyse annual programme reports and organize appropriate learning
  to disseminate key achievements and lessons learnt
• Train staff on generating Change stories in reports and share with
  MEAL and communications at Country Office

• Work closely with Senior MEAL Officer to strengthen MEAL standards,
  develop/refine tools for MEAL in line with programme designs
• Analyse reports, identify lessons learned, and impact in order to
  improve programme design
• Support Project Managers and Sector Team Leaders to evaluate the
  quality of implementation in order to improve technical and managerial
  leadership
• Work to enhance capacity for quality programming through: training,
  coaching and mentoring staff on different donor requirements and Results
  Frameworks
• Support training and capacity development of Field staff on MEAL:
  programme assessment, design, monitoring & evaluation methodologies
• Support training and capacity development of project staff on data
  analysis using simple applications(e.g. excel)

• Develop and maintain basic Information Management System (MIS) that
  is linked to Country Office System and supports projects and sectors
• Support the Programme team to collect quality data, analyse and use
  it to improve programme interventions
• Assist the programme team to carry out assessments, design,
  monitoring & evaluation methodologies and models
• Coordinate Field Office programme review meetings: quarterly, semi
  an annual to facilitate dialogue and learning on project/programme
  implementation
• Include in the overall M&E plan, a periodic process for
  intentional learning and reflection from assessments, programme progress
  monitoring etc. to improve programme quality
• Promote accountability through routine, accurate collection and
  reporting of information that confirms status of programme activities
  based on Results Framework/Results Chain, quality control systems and
  mechanisms needed to guarantee proper management of data and information
• Work closely with the data entry officers of each sector and with
  the Senior MEAL Officer to create needed templates and improve existing
  ones.
• Ensure proper collection of data and indicators follow-up on a
  daily, weekly or monthly basis
• Set up an archiving system for sources of verification and work with
  program teams to ensure these are available and filed
• Support the expansion of mobile data collection approaches and
  platforms within the field Office staff.

• The ideal candidate for the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) MEAL
  Officer job placement should hold a Bachelor’s degree in related subject –
  e.g. IT/computer science, social sciences, project management
• Three to four years of experience in monitoring and evaluation of
  development or humanitarian programs
• Strong IT skills in MS Word, Excel and kobo toolbox software. Other
  statistics software is a significant asset
• Ability to work independently and to setup one’s own work plan
• Fluency in English

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