MEAL Assistant ( South)

DEPARTMENT PURPOSE: Oxfam team works to strengthen Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) of projects implemented in Lebanon.

JOB PURPOSE: Under the guidance of the Senior MEAL Officer, the MEAL Assistant will support in quantitative and qualitative data collection and field visits required by Oxfam Lebanon’s programmes in the South, while ensuring effective, coordinated MEAL systems implementation 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. 

MEAL system implementation:

Provide support to the Senior 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 a regular basis and as necessary through daily site visits and remote modalities.

Comply with the sampling methodology set for the data collection process.

Clean and process the data collected making sure it is accurate and can be used for analysis.

Supervise enumerators supporting in data collection.

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.

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 on Oxfam system (Your Word Counts) and with field teams and support tracking and follow-up on the Your Word Counts system

Evaluation, Review, and Learning:

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.

Deliver any other responsibility related to MEAL assigned by the line manager.