Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability And Learning (Meal) Assistant

Shaping a stronger Oxfam for people living in poverty.

About Oxfam

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam.

Our Team

Our team works to strengthen Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) of projects implemented in the Beqaa governorate of Lebanon.

Job Purpose

Under the guidance of the MEAL Officer, the MEAL Assistant will provide technical support and tools to Oxfam Lebanon’s programmes in the Bekaa, ensuring effective, coordinated MEAL systems to drive programme quality and implementation. The MEAL Assistant will support the development and implementation of a systematic approach to MEAL, ensuring that Oxfam and partner teams can effectively track outputs and outcomes and manage data effectively for reporting and learning purposes, as well as ensure programmes are in line with Oxfam’s minimum standards. 

Core Details

Location: Bekaa

Internal Grade: E1

Job Family: Programme

This role reports to: MEAL Officer

Staff reporting to this post: MEAL Assistant

Annual budget for the post: None

Key relationships/interactions: Senior IM Officer; MEAL Coordinator, MEAL Officer, Project Managers, , Programme Teams, Partners

Screening checks:

All successful candidates will be screened through Refinitiv World-Check One to comply with counter terrorism and financial sanctions regulations.

Key Responsibilities

MEAL system development and implementation:

• Provide support to the MEAL Officer and where applicable on the updating of relevant MEAL frameworks, working closely with relevant programme staff.
• Work with the field project team in implementing MEAL plans, processes and tools, ensuring quality and consistency with Oxfam standards.
• Support in implementation of MEAL strategies at field level.

Programme monitoring, information management and reporting:

• Support in developing/improving/updating tools for data collection, processing and analysis, while making sure gender considerations are integrated in all the tools.
• Collect data on regular basis and as necessary through daily site visits and remote modalities.
• Supervise enumerators working to collect data,

• Draft weekly reports for daily field visits to Oxfam and Partners implementation sites.

• Report to and alert the project team on a regular basis regarding any anticipated project issues, risks and any emerging opportunities and threats to the project implementation related to this role.
• Act as a focal point for the team on Oxfam’s beneficiary counting methodology and processes.
• Support in the establishment of programme and beneficiary databases as per programme requirements, disaggregated by gender, age and disability.  
• Ensure all MEAL-related data and files are properly organized and stored.

Accountability:

• Receive and handle feedback and complaints from beneficiaries and share them with field teams and support tracking and follow-up on the Your Word Counts system

Evaluation, Review, and Learning:

• Share relevant MEAL findings with projects teams in an appropriate format and follow-up on their implementation.
• Support the implementation of evaluation recommendations at field level
• Collecting best practices, case studies which demonstrate qualitative and quantitative changes over the period.
• Organize/support field-based reviews and learning events.
• Delivering any other responsibility related to MEAL assigned by the line manager.

Your commitment to Oxfam

• Required to adhere to Oxfam’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women's rights
• Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles

Person Specification

Note to candidates: Shortlisted candidates will be assessed on our organisational values and attributes at the interview stage. The successful candidate(s) will be expected to adhere to our code of conduct. We encourage candidates to read and understand our code of conduct here.

Key Organisational Attributes

• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work.
• Commitment to undertake Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adherence of relevant policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible

Organisational Values

• Accountability – Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions
• Empowerment – Our approach means that everyone involved with Oxfam, from our staff and supporters to people living in poverty, should feel they can make change happen
• Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences

Oxfam Leadership Competences

• Self-Awareness: We are able to develop a high degree of self-awareness around our own strengths and weaknesses and our impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.

Essential - Experience, Knowledge, Qualifications & Competencies

• Bachelors degree in a relevant field from a recognised university.
• At least 1 years of relevant professional experience working in MEAL or an associated field
• Demonstrable experience of gathering, analysing and presenting quantitative and qualitative data
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic
• Proven ability to work effectively with others - including in a multicultural team – and strong interpersonal skills
• Detail-oriented, able to organise and manage various programme files
• Good organisational and coordination skills
• Proven knowledge of computerised systems; high degree of computer literacy, particularly with Microsoft Office (strong Excel skills essential)
• Ability to work under pressure, ability to prioritize and commitment to meet deadlines.
• Potential and flexibility of attitude to learn.

Desirable

• Experience with mobile data collection technology and software - Survey CTO or any of the ODK tools
• Experience working on the development, management and/or maintenance of databases
• Practical experience using participatory approaches in MEAL

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam 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.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.