فرصة عمل: مطلوب مسؤول عن المراقبة والتقييم والمساءلة والتعلم (MEAL Manager) للعمل لدى منظمة سوا للتنمية والإغاثة

SAWA for Development and Aid is a Civil Society Organization founded initially as a spontaneous initiative in December 2011 to respond to the arrival of the first 40 Syrian families displaced from Syria into the North of Lebanon.
This initiative then grew to include individual activists, locals and internationals, who worked together (literally meaning ‘SAWA’ in Arabic) to share their knowledge and exchange their experiences in order to support Syrians, internally displaced or refugees in neighboring countries, united by their belief in their right to live in dignity, freedom, and to be active individuals in their communities and wherever they are.
SAWA sees itself as part and parcel of the society, and that it is on a continuous learning journey based on a participatory relationship at all levels with the communities that it works with, whether host or displaced, as well as with local and international partners.
SAWA believes that humanitarian, developmental, and civic work has to always strive to achieve social justice, and so it aims to work with individuals and communities through holistic interventions towards a society based on democracy, pluralism, and the values of citizenship and human rights.

Objective of the Role:

The MEAL Manager will lead on building capacity of staff and partners on MEAL but particularly on accountability and participation. Ultimately, s/he will ensure that the programs have evidence-based knowledge to inform the direction of the programs from assessment and regular program monitoring documents.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

System Design and Promoting MEAL
•  Lead on the development and oversee the roll-out of an organisational MEAL system (emergency & development), ensuring accountability to donors and beneficiaries.
•  Promote all aspects of MEAL to support the creation of an organisational culture
which prioritizes quality programming.
•  Build strong relationships with colleagues and provide support as required to ensure
MEAL system is understood and supported at field.
•  Work closely with the program teams to ensure that MEAL becomes an integral element of project implementation leading to enhanced quality, accountability, management and impact. This may include the establishment of a Technical Working Group.

Staff Management, Mentorship, and Development
•  Oversee the recruitment of appropriate MEAL staffing.
•  Manage the MEAL team to ensure that the MEAL system operates effectively with
the support and resources required and that there are clear links and reporting
lines.
•  Support the MEAL team progress on specific projects, providing management
oversight on progress and problem-solving in case of challenges.
•  Define expectations, provide leadership and technical support as needed so that
MEAL staff are able to perform their roles as required.
•  Manage the performance of direct reports in the MEAL unit through performance
management, coaching, mentoring, training and development.
•  At the organisational level, devise and manage a MEAL training program with the
goal of increasing capacity and awareness of MEAL for all staff. Assess training needs and engage MEAL team staff to roll-out the training program.

Internal Reporting
• Responsible to ensure that the organisation delivers on all internal M&E requirements in emergency and development programs in a timely manner and with high quality information.
•  Identify and introduce new elements (systems, tools, processes) required under the MEAL system and project manages development by MEAL team members.

Promoting Learning for Strategy Development and Decision Making
•  Communicate top level learning, analysis reports, and monitoring data to ensure that management is able to make informed decisions on a timely basis to scale up and face operational challenges.

External Reporting and Representation
•  Ensures external accountability to donors through the implementation of timely and quality MEAL activities leading to timely and accurate reporting.
•  Ensure that high quality analysis reports to illustrate SAWA’s impact and assessment findings are produced, including evidence of good practice and replicable programs, and that they are communicated at appropriate events.

Programme Design and MEAL Resources
•  Ensure that MEAL is an integral part of the programme design stage and features in all proposal development.
•  Ensure that MEAL resources are included in proposal development and work creatively to secure funding from diverse sources, to ensure that MEAL is integrated in emergency and development programmes in a sustainable way.
•  Responsible for effectively managing the MEAL budget.

Competencies and Skills:
•    Minimum of eight years management and/or MEAL experience in both emergency and development contexts, preferably with solid experience in more than one of the priority sectors: education, protection, rights governance, health and nutrition, and emergencies.
•    Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
•    Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
•    Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets.
•    Experience of solving complex issues through analysis and definition of a clear way forward.
•    Ability to present complex information in a compelling manner.