Call for MEAL consultant

Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e. V. is one of the largest non-governmental organizations in Germany operating in the humanitarian assistance and development fields. It was established in 1962, as the German section of the “Freedom from Hunger Campaign”, one of the world’s first initiatives aimed at the eradication of hunger. Welthungerhilfe’s work is still dedicated to the following vision: All people have a right to a self-determined life in dignity and justice, free from hunger and poverty. By 2018, Welthungerhilfe and its partner organizations ran 404 international projects in 37 countries with an overall financing volume of EUR 184 million, comprised of private donations, public national and international funds.

Welthungerhilfe (WHH) is coordinating the four-year Project, funded by the German Ministry for Development and Economic Cooperation (BMZ). The purpose of the Program is to improve the social and economic resilience of vulnerable host and refugee communities in Lebanon.

Overall objective of the assignment:

Welthungerhilfe is the lead organization for this project, which is being implemented in collaboration with four partners in the Baalback-Hermel and North governorates.  The type of MEAL activities, tasks, and responsibilities required of the partners includes:

• Capacity building of the Partner’s designated personnel on the internal meal system (training and learning by doing / mentoring)
• Supporting small-scale adjustments to Partner’s MEAL System to align with donor’s requirements where necessary Verification that the implementation strategies and activities are aligned with project proposal, log Frame and target groups;
•  Verification and assisting the program in data collection tools which align with the indicators, and log Frame of the project;
• Ensuring clear beneficiary registration and verification are in place;
• Verify the Partner’s data management system using appropriate tools and relying on Partner’s existing system;
• Conducting routine and timely process and performance monitoring;

The consultant is expected to perform the following core responsibilities:

• Support  the adaptation of of a ME framework that satisfy the ME framework requirements, definition and method of calculation. The tools should be user friendly monitoring System (Monitoring tools, Frequency of Data collection, Frequency of Monitoring Activities and reporting)

• Review the current scoring matrix used by the Partner, document the process for each activity/target group selection.
•  Review on-site visit reports and ensure alignment with donor’s requirements.
•  Ensure accurate tracking of direct beneficiaries enrolled
• Support in projecting and calculating indirect beneficiaries reached.
•  Ensure the tools are culturally appropriate and tailored to the project's context and target population.
• Develop the baseline-endline reports.
• Facilitation of a documentation of Lessons Learned, to compile them in the mid and end of project within WHH lessons learned workshops, in line with donor’s requirement and signed contract amendment
• Facilitation of any additional tools
• If needed: moderation of discussion between the consortium partners. Support WHH MEAL team in applying the needed tools and introducing them to the implementing partner.
• Documentation of agreements
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• Location and Duration of the consultancy

The MEAL consultant will collaborate with the WHH MEAL team both remotely and in the office and will visit partners to work with their MEAL staff. This part-time consultancy is expected to be 5 working days per month, with some months requiring no days. The consultancy will be for 3 months.  

Products and Deliverables:

Products expected:

• A tailored plan for M&E activities based on the logframe
• Provide MEAL documentations in systematic way.
• produce MEAL monthly report

Deliverables:

1. At the beginning of the mission:

• Inception report after a kickoff meeting to visualize the methodology, deliverables, and work plan

1. At the end of the mission:

• Report
• Documentation of
  1. the facilitated baseline and endline methodology and plan
  2. the alighned MEAL System with donor requirements
  3. List of tools to be used during the project implementation
  4. Full beneficiary data set aligned with minimum requirements of reporting to donor.

1. Requirements

• Extensive MEAL experience 3 years and above with international NGOs.
• Extensive experience in development and agriculture projects.
• Experience in digital data collection tools (Commcare, KOBO, excel, OneDrive).
• Skills in data analysis and data visualization.
• English Language is required (speaking, reading, writing).