Gülümseme ve Zeytin Yardimlaşma ve Dayanişma Derneği (GvZ) is a non-profit, non-governmental civil society organization that has been supporting the most marginalized and desperate Syrians affected by conflict in Turkey and Syria. Since the beginning, GvZ believes that its role is to create avenues to empower those affected by the conflict by developing their skills and reviving their sense of humanity and dignity. Through its community centers, GvZ provides women, youth, and marginalized groups with a range of various humanitarian services such as relief aid, protection, education programs, and networking with other humanitarian actors on how to advocate for issues deemed essential to highlight. To that end, GvZ strives to continue sharpening the skills of Syrians to partake in the peacebuilding process in Syria and actively advocate for a democracy reflecting a diverse yet socially coherent society.
Women LEADERS - Consortium Brief:
Women LEADERS is a program designed by a consortium of three context-and-impact oriented organizations that are working in the framework of this consortium to support and strengthen women led civil society organisations and women led initiatives working on critical human and women’s rights and protection issues and to promote and protect access to equitable services in Northwest Syria. The consortium’s joint program (WOMEN LEADERS - Women Lead, Engage and Advocate for Democracy and Rights in Syria) will target 6 Women-led Civil Society Organisations (WLCSOs) and 6 Women-led initiatives (WLIs) active in the field of women’s rights and empowerment in North-West Syria; and will be based on three main pillars: Capacity Strengthening, the provision of subgrants as well as advocacy. This intervention will be mainly funded by the European Union through one of its contractual agencies. This action will seek to engage stakeholders and power structures at sub-national, national, regional, and international levels.
Job Purpose
To actualize this designed intervention(s) in a comprehensive and resource-efficient manner, the consortium is looking for a competent MEAL Coordinator that will establish and monitor an evidence and feedback-based program management and implementation approach as well as develop, update, and apply the necessary tools in order to track and enhance the quality of services related to Women LEADERS program.
Based in Gaziantep - Turkey, the MEAL Coordinator is expected to lead the consortium performance through a full-time working pattern in the framework of a 12-months initial contract that will be tentatively starting Jan/Feb 2022 (with an expected renewal of additional 12 months
Job Title: MEAL Coordinator
Division/Department: Civil Society Enablement Unit
Reports to: Women LEADERS Program Director
Duration of Initial Contract: Full-time/ 12 Months with possibility for extension for additional 12 months
Work Location: Gaziantep, Turkey (with possible visits within the region)
Duties, Responsibilities and Tasks:
· Take the lead role to set up a harmonized and well functional monitoring and evaluation system, SOPs, tools, and guidelines including beneficiary counting system at consortium level in line with approved project proposal.
· Provide overall direction to the management of a robust, sustainable, and effective MEAL system across all components of the joint intervention and collaborate extensively with the consortium partners and stakeholders to facilitate actions.
· Provide the overall support to the project cycle management focal points.
· Ensure that the consortium project has innovative and technology-driven MEAL systems and tools taking into account the available technological means and infrastructures available in the area(s) of implementation.
· Ensure detailed and feasible consortium project monitoring plans are in place that provide an indicator matrix, map M&E roles and responsibilities of various personnel/staff, consider ethical and safe collection and storage of data, consider data quality audits, consider storing, protecting, and sharing project documents; as well as consider interim and final project learning reviews.
· Provide strategic and technical support to both program and M&E staff of consortium partners in the collection, entry, sharing, verification, analysis, and use of data and share with all partners as appropriate.
· Work with relevant functions to determine the adequacy and appropriateness of various data collection tools and systems that are already in place and make adjustments as necessary.
· Lead on planning and managing internal or external baseline, mid-term and end line study, research undertaken by the consortium members, including lessons learnt process and documentation
· Assist the Women LEADERS Program Director to make timely decisions to adjust project design based on the MEAL data and project proposal amendment as necessary.
· Assist the Women LEADERS Program Director in producing high quality reports such as but not limited to monthly/quarterly progress reports for internal consumption, donor reports as per contractual obligations and other ad-hoc reports asked by Women LEADERS Steering Committee.
· Promote cross learning and sharing across all consortium partners
· Ensure data collected and MEAL activities meet the donor’s requirements
· Develop and/or adapt contextually appropriate accountability tools and systems to better include communities in program planning, implementation, and monitoring
· Ensure information sharing, consultation and participation of affected people is conducted by relevant staff and informs the program
Qualifications and Experience:
· Proven fluency in Arabic and English and ability to conduct day to day work in Arabic and in English
· Good analytical skills, skills in review of documents and report writing in English
· Interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to effectively influence and liaise with key stakeholders
· Demonstrated experience of working with humanitarian standards (e.g. Humanitarian Charter, SPHERE, Red Cross and Red Crescent Code of Conduct, HAP) and a commitment to best practice;
· Proven ability in monitoring and due diligence processes.
· Ability to work autonomously, take the initiative and proven ability to work creatively, innovatively, and effectively to make decisions with limited direct supervision.
· Digital proficiency in employing data collection and data analysis software’s and tools (i.e. KoBo) applications, Microsoft Office, Google Suit and formal internet-based communication.
*Only candidates that are Turkish ID holders and legally able to work in Turkey will be considered
All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with GvZ Code of conduct, PSEA and safeguarding policies.
GvZ expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us
How to apply:
Interested candidates who meet the above-mentioned qualification are invited to submit their resume and cover letter in English describing how your skills and experience match the requirements of this post, to: recruitment@gvz-tur.org with (GVZ- MEAL-21) in the subject of their email.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted
