MEAL Assistant at IsraAID
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- Turkana County
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Conduct background research to inform programme design.
- Support development of logframes and theories of change.
- Support in developing MEAL plans with clear indicators, tools, analysis, and reporting frameworks.
- Support in designing and refining of data collection tools (baseline, endline, FGDs, KIIs).
- Review and improve existing tools and data systems.
- Integrate team feedback to strengthen data management processes.
- Ensure timely data entry and updates in LogAlto and other systems.
- Lead accurate, timely data collection using participatory approaches.
- Conduct field monitoring, evaluations, and desk reviews.
- Analyze qualitative and quantitative data and share findings.
- Train staff on tools, data collection, and reporting.
- Facilitate learning and adaptive programming based on findings.
- Support preparation of program updates, donor reports, and completion reports.
- Track MEAL workplans and flag risks or delays for corrective action.
- Coordinate baseline, endline, and ongoing evaluations.
- Support assessments (KAP, PDM, Baseline, real-time evaluations).
- Develop TORs and support recruitment of external evaluators.
- Review survey reports to ensure quality and accuracy.
- Promote use of evaluation findings for programme improvement.
- Strengthen accountability systems, including feedback mechanisms (FRM).
- Collect and analyze community feedback for programme improvement.
- Build staff capacity in MEAL tools and approaches.
- Promote learning, documentation of best practices, and knowledge sharing.
- Support two-way communication with communities.
- Assist in maintaining strong stakeholder and partner relationships.
- Represent the organization in coordination forums in the absence of the MEAL Officer.
- Ensure continuous communication of findings to inform decision-making.
- Bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields: social sciences, statistics, demographics, monitoring and evaluation or a related field.
- Minimum of one (1) year of experience working in the field of MEAL (including indicator selection, target setting, data collection and analysis, facilitating learning processes, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and performance monitoring plans);
- Knowledge of the major evaluation types (process, impact etc.), methodologies (qualitative, quantitative, mixed method) and data collection and analysis methods.
- Experience in developing data collection instruments.
- Planning and managing surveys, developing and refining data collection methods and tools, conducting data quality assessments and oversight - experience and knowledge of participatory MEAL methods.
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