Turkey: MEAL Manager- National Staff Only

Job Purpose:

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Manager will support Orange team to ensure quality of Orange’s programmes in Turkey and Syria. The job holder will perform her/his responsibilities from Orange’s Gaziantep office with some visits to project sites.

Detailed Responsibilities and Tasks

Monitoring and Evaluation

· Establish and grow the MEAL team to respond to growing programme demand as necessary, including implementing the M&E strategy

· Facilitate timely access to monitoring results for programme teams through maintenance of automated analysis system for quantitative data , and through production of summary reports for qualitative information in a timely manner

· Produce quarterly MEAL reports as scheduled for internal and external stakeholders covering all MEAL activity findings from the period to feed into learning events.

· Participate in monthly project achievement review meetings with Programmes team and Grants and Partnership Director to review achievements and targets in the project log-frame.

· Design and test quantitative and qualitative data collection activities at field level.

· Organising and conducting baseline and needs assessments

· Coordinate with and support Inter-Agency initiatives for monitoring and assessment

· Oversee the implementation and coordination of M&E activities at field level

· Work closely with Orange programme staff, establish monitoring plans, timelines and procedures

Accountability Mechanisms

· In close collaboration with the Partnership and Grants Director, build on, maintain and implement an Accountability framework for Orange Turkey and Syria Programmes.

· Manage the day to day functions of Orange’s Compliant Response Mechanism, improving processes and procedures for handling complaints and feedback, and working with the Partnership and Grants Director to establish a more robust approach to accountability.

Management of the MEAL Department

· Manage, coordinate and supervise the daily activities and planning of M&E Officers, MEAL Assistants, and Database Assistants

· Ensure team members receive support and direction on tasks and responsibilities, while empowering them to grow in their roles in order to support Orange and its relevant stakeholders.

· Train and support team members to conduct their responsibilities to the highest quality.

· Identify training needs and coaching plans for the MEAL team.

Learning

· Supervise the production of reports on M&E activities to support learning of Orange staff and facilitate any follow up.

· Document good practice examples and challenges of monitoring and accountability.

· Coordinate the collection and production of case studies

· Produce learning documents and facilitate and lead learning events

· Identify MEAL team coaching needs, build capacity of team members, and facilitating access to staff in need of training and coaching

· Document lessons learnt and recommendations, and follow-up with programmes teams on the implementation of recommendations through scheduled review

Requirement:

· University education in a relevant discipline preferred

· At least two years of experience in an M&E, accountability, programme quality or related role preferably with a humanitarian/development organization

· Strong conceptual and practical understanding of the role and purpose of M&E and accountability for humanitarian/development organisations, and an ability to implement M&E activities in line with this vision

· Strong written and verbal communications skills required

· Strong capacity for M&E analysis and research

· Demonstrated capability to produce high quality monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning reports as part of a Results Based Management approach

· Ability to use Microsoft Office programs, particularly Excel

· English language required, Arabic and Turkish highly advantageous;

· Good organizational skills, time management skills, and an ability to prioritize multiple and demanding tasks

· Adaptable, self-motivated, willing to learn and take on extra duties as required;

· Commitment to beneficiary accountability and humanitarian ethics.

In case you meet the requirements and that you are interested in the position, please fill in the form here and upload an up-to-date CV in English before November 30, 2017. Please note that the position may be filled before the deadline of submission of applications.