MEAL Coordinator

Basmeh & Zeitooneh is a registered Lebanese organization, committed to serving refugees and vulnerable communities in Lebanon, through four community centers across the country. The organization runs educational, relief, livelihoods, and protection programs, and aims to serve as an inclusive and supportive focal point for the entire community.

Basmeh & Zeitooneh has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual exploitation, abuse, and child abuse. Also, fraud, bribery, and corrupt activities.

Basmeh & Zeitooneh (B&Z) is committed to maintaining the security, confidentiality, and privacy of your personal information.

Basmeh & Zeitooneh is committed to safeguarding the well-being of children and upholding the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Basmeh & Zeitooneh maintains a zero-tolerance policy on child abuse.

Job Purpose:

The MEAL Coordinator is responsible for the overall quality of the programs and will work on improving and enhancing the quality of B&Z programs by institutionalizing the learning process through the systematic application of learning, monitoring, and evaluation in the organization will be a vital part of the programs design teams, will ensure accountability framework is in place and will supervise the MEAL Officers\assistants on a field level. 

Main Responsibilities:

• Develop the log frame and results frameworks related to the remote projects in coordination with the project team and in a participatory approach with the main stakeholders.
• Design the M&E plans in coordination with the relevant units and departments, and ensure all parties understand their roles and responsibilities.
• Design and implement the data collection tools, and ensure that the team understands them and is able to use them.
• Support and guide conducting the baseline assessment at the beginning of each cycle and share the finding with the relevant stakeholders (B&Z team, partners, networks..)
• Support and guide midterm and final evaluation for the project, on an outcomes and output level, in addition to process and activities level. 
• Facilitate and coordinate the third-party evaluation where and when needed.
• Conduct and support the needed data analysis and produce informative clear reports that guide project implementation, lessons learned and future planning.
• Support the field MEAL teams in developing their relevant M&E tools as necessary.
• Produce monthly reports highlighting the results and findings of the projects.
• Train coach and guide the field MEAL teams in Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning, including the development of the necessary tools and conducting the needed assessments and evaluations.
• Maintain purposeful participation and healthy relationship with the relevant and potential partners and donors, through the participation in relevant meetings, workshops, events, site visits, webinars, and conventions and through collaboration in jointly-produced productions such as plans, proposals, reviews, reports as well as other types of public publications.
• Maintain a healthy liaison with the relevant team members, such as country programmatic and operations teams, support services teams, communication and fundraising teams, front-line and community centers’ teams, as well as senior management and executive board members.
• Provide data, information, results, plans, briefs... serving proposal development process
• Provide the necessary, relevant information, data, statistics, lessons learned, success stories, and success indication tools that will inform the quality delivery of the project's activities in complementarity with B&Z strategies, plans, and mandate.
• Guide the project teams on possible changes to the project scope, objectives as well as project plans using appropriate information and verification techniques.
• Develop relevant MEAL tools and data/information collection systems and improve the flow of MEAL-related information within the project team and with other departments where and when applicable; support and work with the relevant team members to reach quality results; and coordinate and create links between MEAL-involved team members.
• Ensure and promote safeguarding and protection principles among the MEAL activities related to the project performance; as well as the performance of the beneficiary initiatives where and when possible.
• Attend and participate in relevant meetings and participate in program/project developments and designs by providing insight and context.
• Support the relevant trainers, consultants, and coaches in developing curriculums and materials used in MEAL-related capacity-strengthening activities.
• Participate in developing the internal and external programmatic progress reports according to the set timeframes as well as maintain comprehensive documentation of the information shared.
• Participate in the advocacy activities relevant to the projects and managed either by B&Z or its partners, in deep coordination with B&Z Advocacy Unit.

People Management:

• Produce monthly M&E reports illustrating the results, the challenges, and lessons learned.

Education & Experience:

• A Bachelor's degree in Development Studies, Business or Public, Data management, Administration, or another related social science field, MBA is a plus.
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience in a relevant position is necessary (a reference check will be conducted, according to HR Unit judgment).
• A relevant work experience in remote management programs will be considered as a plus.

Competencies:

A) Functional:  

• Express efficient and purposeful work independently with limited guidance;
• Use and continually develop leadership skills;
• Express a clear and logical understanding of the displacement context;
• Prove sound computer and cloud-based, collaborative soft skills (MO, Google Suite, Accounts Tracking and Management, and internet surfing); and
• Prove sound research and relevant analytical skills.

B) Behavioral:

The ideal candidate is an excellent team worker and team supporter, that is able to actualize the aimed objectives with a dedicated focus on developing co-workers' skills and competencies, yet from a doing-no-harm and dispute-resolution perspective.