Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning Information Management Volunteer - Beirut

Who we are

Save the Children's work saves and improves children's lives around the world. We work to ensure children have healthcare, food and shelter, as well as learning and child protection services when children need it most. We are committed to helping all children achieve their full potential by ensuring they grow up healthy, receive a good education, and stay safe.

Securing children's rights is the foundation of our work. Millions of children around the world are denied their rights, simply because of who they are or where they are from. We know that to ensure every child has the chance for a future their rights must be upheld.

Through our programming, emergency responses and advocacy, we put the most vulnerable children first, tackling the barriers to survival, learning and protection.

Project/department background

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team ensures that program results are captured in a coherent way, findings are triangulated, and continuous improvements are made through learning.

The MEAL team conducts baselines, midlines and endlines to track outcome level indicators under certain projects. The MEAL team leads on end of project evaluations that helps measure the efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, impact, relevance and coherence of the projects. The team is also responsible in generating evidence at program level and through researches.

The MEAL team also makes sure that the output level indicators are tracked on a monthly basis by following robust MEAL systems and making sure that all indicators are properly tracked to avoid any deviation from the planned targets.

The MEAL team leads on accountability through managing the hotline system, the online form and the suggestion boxes.

In addition, local partners are usually trained and supported to strengthen their MEAL systems to ensure quality data and accountability. 

What you will do

The MEAL – IM (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning and Information Management) volunteer will work closely with the MEAL - IM team to support the implementation of information management activities. The volunteer will assist the MEAL - IM team with data management, analysis, reporting, and other related tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the development and amendment of databases
• Support data collection efforts under an assigned project, including data entry.
• Help prepare regular reports and presentations on project/program data
• Assist with data analysis, including conducting descriptive statistics and other analyses as needed.
• Conduct data verification exercises and manage data cleaning activities
• Contribute to the development of dashboards and visualizations via Excel or other software
• Help in Information system management to ensure the effective operation and maintenance

Learning opportunities for the Volunteer

During the time spent as an IM volunteer, you’ll get to:

• Increase the analysis and reporting skills
• Be involved in the MEAL activities from the beginning of projects till their closure
• Become highly skilled in terms of developing visualizations
• Gain solid knowledge in developing XLS files for KoBo data collection
• Be aware of the MEAL activities implemented within the project cycle
• Grasp a general understanding of the work and mission of the SCL
• Improve experience in humanitarian field/sector

Minimum qualification and experience:

• Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a Bachelor's or Master's degree program in a relevant field such as information management, computer science, statistics, or related fields
• Familiarity with information management concepts and tools
• Strong data analysis skills, including experience with software such as Excel, Access, etc.
• Good organizational and time management skills, including the ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English