General Description of Orange:
Orange is a non-governmental civil society organization devoted to alleviating the suffering and improving the sustainability mechanisms of conflict affected population.
Orange partners directly with affected Syrian populations delivering humanitarian and development programmes, Livelihood, Education, and Protection, to enable them to improve their living practices and their sustainability mechanisms.
Orange also collaborates with national and international non-governmental organizations, local initiatives responding to the humanitarian Syrian crisis with capacity development programmes, to be better equipped with the skills they need to prepare and respond to affected population’s needs and to ensure that these communities, which we work within, are ready for any future disasters.
Job Purpose:
Under the direct supervision of MEAL Manager, the MEAL Coordinator is responsible for leading the establishment and management of a high-quality Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) System for Orange.
The MEAL coordinator will lead and manage a team of MEAL staff, including recruitment, mentoring, training and managing the team. The MEAL coordinator will represent MEAL Department both in Syria and Turkey.
The role will provide guidance and field support to Orange’s interventions in terms of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL). The position will be required to establish and mainstream M&E and Accountability systems in alignment with Orange’s and international humanitarian principles. The role also coordinates all M&E tasks and communication with internal and external stakeholders under the leadership and guidance of the MEAL Manager.
Duties, Objectives and Competencies:
· Support in developing new projects by providing required secondary data on the context and thematic areas, learning from previous projects, and primary data from needs assessments.
· Ensure all approved projects have the following by the start of the project: Logframe, M&E Plan with defined indicators, M&E Calendar, Indicator Tracking Table (ITT), Detailed implementation plan (DIP), field level data collection tools, mobile data collection tools, and databases for collection, consolidation and reporting.
· Ensure all projects have baselines for outcome level indicators.
· Ensure ITTs are updated with accurate data on a monthly basis and key findings are shared at the program review meetings.
· Ensure direct implementation is monitored on a regular basis for quality standards, and humanitarian principles through schedule visits, data quality audits, spot check/verification visits against reports, and reports reviews (as per agreed schedule with donors and partnership).
· Ensure an end-line measurement of the outcome level indicators is conducted to understand the change in programs that Orange contributed to.
· Ensure key findings from the measurement processes (end-lines and evaluations) are shared on time as advised by the MEAL Manager.
· Act as the key focal point of MEAL reporting.
· Work closely with field MEAL Teams to ensure consistency and inter-operability between registration data and other operational data sets, and consistency between registration and information management strategies, as well as reporting.
· Identify new information and data requirements to support operations, and support in gathering and sharing information and data.
· Assist in the implementation of standardized information management policies, data systems and information products, including the common operational datasets and fundamental operational datasets.
· Ensure all MEAL data, reports, and records are clearly organized archived in a central location for future reference.
· Ensure Orange, and Core Humanitarian principles are upheld in all aspects of the MEAL functions.
· Ensure management of day-to-day MEAL tasks are completed with appropriate resources, proper planning and to the highest standard required.
· Support the MEAL Manager in developing/adapting contextually appropriate accountability tools and systems to enable staff to better include communities in program planning, implementation and monitoring.
· Ensure information sharing, consultation, participation, complaints and response of affected people is being conducted by Orange’s Field Accountability Officer.
· Recruit, train and on-board field MEAL team, based on the particular needs of projects.
· Ensure all MEAL staff supervised by this position are guided, mentored and their capacities built in order to deliver high quality outputs.
· Support other tasks as required by the MEAL Manager.
Qualifications and Requirements:
· University degree in Computer Sciences, Information Technology, Statistics, or related technical field. Other specializations could be accepted based on previous experience.
· Minimum of 3-4 years work experience in MEAL field.
· Fluent in English and Arabic. Turkish is desired.
· Significant experience in data analysis and producing reports.
· Thorough knowledge in quantitative and qualitative data collection methods, and analysis is essential, Especially the use of MS Excel, SPSS and Power BI.
· Proven experience in leading Surveys (mix methodologies) from designing to report writing.
· Thorough knowledge in writing technical M&E and research reports is essential.
· Thorough knowledge on Sphere, Core humanitarian standards, child rights, HAP and evaluation criteria are essential.
· Proven experience in maintaining a fully functional M&E system and/or leading field team at a senior position.
· Experience in writing and maintaining database design documentation and operating manuals.
· Maturity and professional ability to handle sensitive information and ability to respect the confidentiality.
· Excellent time management skills and resourcefulness with strong attention to detail.
· Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, stressful environment.
· Excellent written and oral presentation skills.
Orange’s Values and Principles:
We believe that:
· Maintaining a positive, healthy, and trusting relationship is central to making partnership a success.
· Appropriately trained and resourced staff and volunteers are key to effective and efficient service and program delivery in the development sector.
We are committed to:
· Shared responsibility, accountability, and decision-making in any partnership.
· Providing access to high quality learning to empower people and professionals in the development sector, particularly in the developing world.
· Learning from each other to strengthen and enhance the long-term sustainability of our services and programs for the benefit of children and communities that we serve.
Child Safeguarding Policy:
Orange aims to create an organization that is safe for children but is also aware of the need to keep child protection concerns proportionate and to guard against over-zealous attitudes. Child abuse thrives in closed and secretive atmospheres. Orange’s best protection is to create an open and aware culture where people are not afraid to speak about their concerns.
Any employee, consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on behalf of Orange capacity building must sign the Child Safeguarding – Declaration of Acceptance Form and comply with the Orange Child Safeguarding Policy which is a statement of Orange commitment to preventing abuse and protecting children with whom it comes into contact.
This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. Orange reserves the right to change this document.
How to apply:
• Kindly submit your application through this link: https://forms.gle/xikfkzyoS2xdrGZc8
• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not have heard from us within two weeks after the application deadline, please consider your application as being unsuccessful.
• Please note that the position may be filled before the deadline of submission of applications.
