MEAL Officer – SBCC NGO Jobs – Save the Children International

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Job Title:    MEAL Officer – SBCC

Organisation: Save the Children International

Duty Station:  Uganda

 

About US:

Save the Children International is an international relief organization that was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts.

 

Job Summary:  The MEAL Officer – SBCC is responsible for providing support to the CSSP-SBCC project MEAL function and will work with the MEAL Team, CSSP-SBCC Project Manager, Technical Specialist/Head of Health and the project team to design and lead a strong MEAL system for the project. He/she will support integration of Geographical Information System (GIS) in project reporting, including GIS mapping and dissemination of MIS/GIS reports. The MEAL system’s objective is to ensure harmonised and aligned data collection and monitoring to inform decision-making, accountability, reporting and learning in a timely and strategic manner.

 

The MEAL Officer ensures that CSSP-SBCC project undertakes routine Continuous Quality Improvement & data quality assessments, develops information briefs, regular sharing of Programme updates with stakeholders and establishes a mechanism for collecting, tracking and responding to feedback and complaints from Programme stakeholders.




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Essential:

  • The ideal candidate for the Save the Children MEAL Officer – SBCC job placement should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in either Statistics or Humanities
  • Minimum of two years working experience in monitoring and evaluation (preferably in health and nutrition-related projects with an International NGO);
  • Knowledge and practical experience developing an M&E-GIS System to generate data, dashboards and web maps using ArcGIS, QGIS or similar GIS software;
  • Computer proficiency, especially related to professional office software packages (Microsoft Office), particularly MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, MS Word and at least one analysis software (SPSS, STATA, etc.);
  • Knowledge and use of various survey methods for monitoring of different programs;
  • Prior experience establishing and running coordination mechanisms;
  • Additional training and experience in biostatistics or monitoring and evaluation and MIS is an added advantage;
  • Experience of working with local partners and District Local Government in Child Rights Governance, Health, Nutrition, Education and Child Protection is an added advantage.
  • Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities;
  • Sound written and oral presentation skills

 

Desirable

  • Willingness to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous conditions.
  • Excellent time management and planning capacity
  • Commitment to Save the Children values.
  • Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.

 

How to Apply:

All candidates who wish to join Save the Children should apply online at the link below.

 

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Deadline: 29th January 2022

 

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