MEAL Assistant

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Assistant

JOB DETAILS

LOCATION: Beirut

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term

JOB FAMILY: Programmes

ONE OXFAM GRADE : E, Zone : 1

DEPARTMENT: International

GLOBAL PROGRAMMES                                                                         

TEAM: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team

SALARY:  

HOURS: 40 (FTE)

FLEXIBLE WORKING

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.

TEAM PURPOSE: Oxfam in Lebanon is increasingly working at local, national and international levels to “ensure that women and men are protected and empowered to enjoy their basic rights and access services enabling them to live in dignity, within a more equitable society.” To achieve this vision, Oxfam in Lebanon implements activities under two main programmatic pillars: A Humanitarian Pillar and a Governance and Economic Justice Pillar.

JOB PURPOSE: Under the guidance of the MEAL Officer, the MEAL Assistant will support in quantitative and qualitative data collection and field visits required by Oxfam Lebanon’s programmes in the North, while ensuring effective, coordinated MEAL systems implementation to drive programme quality and implementation. The MEAL Assistant will support the development and implementation of a systematic approach to MEAL, ensuring that Oxfam and partner teams can effectively track outputs and outcomes and manage data effectively for reporting and learning purposes, as well as ensure programmes are in line with Oxfam’s minimum standards. 

JOB REPORTS TO

MEAL Officer

ROLES REPORTING TO THIS JOB

None

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

None

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

MEAL Officers, IM Officer, PMEAL Advisor, Project Managers, Senior Project Officers, Project Officers, Project Assistants, Humanitarian Coordinator, Governance and Economic Justice Coordinator, Gender Advisor, Protection Advisor.

MEAL system implementation:

• Provide support to the MEAL Officer and where applicable on the updating of relevant MEAL frameworks, working closely with relevant programme staff.
• Work with the field project team in implementing MEAL plans, processes and tools, ensuring quality and consistency with Oxfam standards.
• Support in implementation of MEAL strategies at field level.

Programme monitoring, information management and reporting:

• Support in developing/improving/updating tools for data collection, processing and analysis, while making sure gender considerations are integrated in all the tools.
• Collect data on a regular basis and as necessary through daily site visits and remote modalities.
• Comply with the sampling methodology set for the data collection process.
• Clean and process the data collected making sure it is accurate and can be used for analysis.
• Supervise enumerators supporting in data collection.

• Draft weekly reports for daily field visits to Oxfam and Partners implementation sites.

• Report to and alert the project team on a regular basis regarding any anticipated project issues, risks and any emerging opportunities and threats to the project implementation related to this role.
• Support in the establishment of programme and beneficiary databases as per programme requirements, disaggregated by gender, age and disability.  
• Ensure all MEAL-related data and files are properly organized and stored.

Accountability:

• Receive and handle feedback and complaints from beneficiaries and share them with field teams and support tracking and follow-up on the Your Word Counts system

Evaluation, Review, and Learning:

• Support the implementation of evaluation recommendations at field level.
• Collecting best practices, case studies which demonstrate qualitative and quantitative changes over the period.
• Organize/support field-based reviews and learning events.
• Deliver any other responsibility related to MEAL assigned by the line manager.

Your commitment to Oxfam

• Required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles

CORE DIMENSIONS

• Work pattern is a mixture of reactive and project work

• Short, medium and long term planning is required in the context of changing priorities

• Required to make sound judgements regularly within agreed processes, using a good understanding of the programmatic requirements and the abilities of the team

• Work patterns are not routine and often high pressure

• Problems vary and include a combination of routine and some complex
• Requires the ability to analyse and communicate complex information to a wide range of stakeholders

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Most importantly, every individual in Oxfam needs to be able to:

• Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, COURAGE, SOLIDARITY and EQUALITY (read more about these here)
• Ensure you commit to our ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct):

1. Be committed to our feminist principles, and to applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and your work. Be ready to keep learning, with accountability to those who experience oppression as a result of their identities, such as their gender, race/ethnicity, disability, class, or LGBTQIA identity."

2. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.

EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES

ESSENTIAL

• Self-Awareness
• Listening
• Mutual accountability

In addition:

• At least 1 year of relevant professional experience working in monitoring and evaluation
• Experience working with vulnerable communities (Lebanese, Syrian or Palestinian)
• Demonstrable experience of gathering, analysing and presenting quantitative and qualitative data
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic
• Proven ability to work effectively with others and demonstrate sensitivity to gender issues
• Experience with computerised systems (such as Survey CTO, Power BI or others); high degree of computer literacy particularly with Microsoft Office and with Excel

Desirable

• Bachelors degree in a relevant field from a recognised university
• Understanding of and/or experience in gender programming or gender in MEAL

SAFER RECRUITMENT: Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us. Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.