MEAL Officer

Action Nepal is a non-political, non-governmental, non-profit making, humanitarian organization, established in 2000 AD with a view to develop the socioeconomic status of Nepalese people especially residing in rural area. It has paid its especial consideration/attention to work with deprived and marginalized people of the country adopting the methods of optimum utilization of local resources and technology 

Action Nepal partnership with OXFAM is seeking dynamic energetic and result oriented professionals for the following positions to intervene WaSH, SHELTER, EFSVL,DRR and GENDER Project in 2 VDCs (Satyadevi and Tripureswor) of Dhading district.

MEAL Officer:

Duration :6 months (renweable)

Job Location:Dhadingbensi with regular field to programme VDCs

Ref. No: Action/MEALOF/DHD/28JUNE 

No. of Vacancy: 1

Salary and Benefits: Negotiable

Educational Qualification: Master degree in Social Development

Reports to: Project Coordinator

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Reporting to the PC/Program Management Unit, the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer will be primarily responsible for monitoring and evaluation, strengthening program quality and accountability, promoting learning and reporting of WaSH, Gender, Shelter, Livelihood and DRR programmes.
• Participate in processes of review and/or development of M & E systems and tools.
• Collect quantitative and qualitative project progress data on output/results indicators as defined in the project agreements and store them with relevant supporting documents in coordination with Programme team
• Based on monitoring results, prepare synopsis/reports on project progress and submit to PC/Management units and discuss them in the meeting or individually to address issues and challenges of MEAL.
• Provide feedback to project management and track necessary changes in strategies, approaches, and activities by the respective program sectors.
• Ensure timely documentation, publication and sharing of lessons learned and successful approaches adopted by the program with various stakeholders.
• Compare project progress with the combined work, procurement, and spending plans and communicate the results to program sectors.
• Contribute to M&E plan/strategy development.
• Capacity building of program staff on Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Accountability.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:  

Professional skills and qualification needed in the position 

• Master degree in Social Development or relevant degree with 2 years of experience
• Experience of working in Humanitarian response programme will be a asset 
• Tactfulness and excellent interpersonal skills 
• Good communication skills both in English and Nepali
• Excellent computer operating skills preferably in MS-word, excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability and willingness to work in team and to work under pressure and in remote/difficult circumstances

Personal qualifications needed in the position

• Committed to rights based and gender sensitive work, 
• Commitment to basic workplace values and policies 
• Work according to the objectives of organization and donors
• Able, willing and committed to work with people of different backgrounds 
• Contribute constructively to a working environment based on mutual respect, trust and commitment
• Able to cope with stress and work under difficult circumstances
• Have high regards towards accountability

NOTE: Applicants should clearly mention the applied position in the email subject. All email applications without clearly mentioned position will be disqualified.

TO APPLY:

Please send your updated resume with cover letter to recruitment.action2016@gmail.com within 7 days of vacancy publication (4th July 2016).