MEAL Manager - remote or in-country (parttime - 20 hours a week)

• Leading, supervising and supporting the Dorcas Ukraine MEAL team across all projects and programme areas with regular visits to all programme location.
• Design and implement a MEAL capacity development plan for the Dorcas Ukraine country programme, staff and partner organisations including arranging MEAL orientation- inductions; trainings and providing on-the-job coaching and mentoring.
• Ensure that every project has key performance indicators, a MEAL plan, and an associated database that effectively measures and tracks Dorcas performance, our impact and the changes we effect.
• Lead on the development and implementation of a country research and learning plan.
• Ensure timely and high-quality compliance with internal (Dorcas International) and external (funding partners) MEAL requirements for situational analyses, needs assessments, baseline surveys, mid-term reviews, end-line reviews, evaluations, lessons learned exercises and reporting.
• Where MEAL systems, procedures and guidance are absent or inadequate, take the lead in developing, creating and/or amending these to meet the needs of the country programme.
• Conduct regular quality assurance exercises to determine the quality, reliability and relevance of the data collected and the methods used.
• Ensures implementation of complaints mechanism for all projects.
• Ensures implementation of a beneficiary participatory monitoring and accountability system in each project.
• Ensure adherence to best Safeguarding and Do No Harm practices in all MEAL actions.
• Direct Supervision of 4 staff: a) MEAL Officer West; b) MEAL Officer East; c) Complaints Officer; and d) Communications Officer (for MEAL related components).
• Participate in, contribute towards and represent Dorcas Ukraine in Dorcas International MEAL learning, training and capacity development events and activities.
• Ensure all data collection and data processing personnel are adequately trained and their performance monitored.
• Ensure that the MEAL system enables evidence gathering and performance tracking to inform decision making for effective programming.

• The candidate is expected to fully support Dorcas’ vision and mission.

• A degree in statistics, research methods or a relevant subject. A relevant post-graduate degree preferred.
• Experience of implementing MEAL systems with a strong national or international NGO.
• Experience of quantitative and qualitative research methods and digital data collection and processing in conflict affected and displacement contexts.
• Experience of managing MEAL actions in humanitarian and development/livelihoods contexts, ideally in Ukraine.
• Experience of international donor MEAL compliance (USAID/BHA, OCHA, ECHO, DEC etc) (preferably)
• Supervisory, management experience.
• Verbal and written fluency in English, preferably also in Ukrainian

• Organisational sensitivity;
• Writing skills;
• Effective delegation;
• Planning and organising;
• Participatory leadership;
• Provides regular feedback;
• Coaching.

• Flexible and adaptive;
• Interpersonal and cross cultural sensitive;
• Able to work under pressures and meet deadlines;
• Able to work in a sometimes fluid and insecure environment.

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