2 MEAL Coordinator NGO Job Vacancies – Save the Children International

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Organisation: Save the Children International
Duty Station: Fort Portal and Bundibugyo, Uganda
About US:
Save
the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and
has program presence in over 120 countries in the world and has been
implementing programs for over 90 years. Save the Children envisions a Uganda
in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and
participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world
treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We
strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through
partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children,
and by achieving results at scale.  In
Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child
Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food
Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts.
Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North,
Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the
Children has a staff complement of over 200 persons. We save children’s lives.
We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2014, we
reached over 143 million children through our work around 52m directly and 91
million indirectly around the world.
Job Summary: The MEAL Coordinator provides oversight for the
RMNAP (BabyCap) project MEAL function including; putting in place and ensuring
that the project uses basic MEAL tools to adequately plan, monitor and report
in a timely manner on activity implementation; outputs and outcomes. The
incumbent also works closely with the MEAL team and project team, ensure that
the project has information briefs, regularly shares project updates with
stakeholders and has in place a mechanism for collecting, tracking, responding
to feedback and complaints from project partners and stakeholders. In addition,
the job holder ensures that the project has and uses quality benchmarks in
implementation of project activities. The jobholder will also work closely with
the management team, the staff identifies a learning agenda for the project,
plans for learning activities and documentation of experiences accordingly. The
person also provides technical support and supervision for data management to
ensure that project data for informing outputs and outcome progress is
collected accurately and in timely manner, support training of project team and
partners on quality data collection and management including use of data to
inform decisions on MNCH priorities. The job holder may be called upon as and
when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate for the Save the Children
    MEAL Coordinator job placement should hold a Bachelor’s degree in
    statistics or development work. Additional training and experience in
    biostatistics or monitoring and evaluation, MIS and DHIS2, and Open
    MRS  is an added advantage
  • At least four years of monitoring and
    evaluation working experience in a health related programming (preferably
    with an International NGO).
  • Previous experience of working with District
    Local Government on health programs with a focus improving reporting for
    HMIS using DHIS2 and Open MRS.
  • Working knowledge and use of various survey
    methods for monitoring of district health programs.
  • Additional training and mentorship of
    District level partners and or health workers in clinical data collection
    management and reporting.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills – networking,
    oral and written communication skills, ability to communicate via email as
    well as the use to Skype and other communication technologies.
  • Computer literacy skills: Microsoft office
    especially word, spreadsheet (Excel), Access, and management of large data
    bases including use of MYSQL.
  • Past exposure and experience of working with
    local partners and District Local Government in Child Rights Governance,
    Health, Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child Protection is an added
    advantage.
  • Excellent analytical skills and strategic
    planning abilities.
  • Ability to establish and maintain conducive
    collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.
  • Excellent documentation skills are a must.
  • Willingness to travel and work in
    hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
  • Availability and willingness to work extra
    hours during times of humanitarian responses.
  • Highly developed cultural awareness and
    ability to work well in an international environment with people from
    diverse backgrounds and cultures.
  • Ability to intervene with crisis management
    or troubleshooting as necessary.
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication
    skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
  • Excellent time management and planning
    capacity.
  • Availability and willingness to work extra
    hours during times of humanitarian responses.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to send their application letters
with detailed CVs indicating three referees, two of whom should have been
direct supervisors submitted to: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org
addressed to:
The
Director of Human Resources & Administration,
Save
the Children,
Plot
68/70, Kira Road,
Kampala.
Uganda.
NB:
  • Testimonials/certificates should not be
    attached to applications.
  • Hand delivered applications will not be
    accepted and are therefore not considered during the shortlisting process.
Deadline: 24th March 2016 by 5:00PM

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