MEAL Team Leader

(MEAL Team Leader)

Sudan – (Central Darfur - Nertiti)

DRC Sudan

DRC has been present in Sudan since 2004, delivering life-saving programming in protection, emergency response, shelter, food security and livelihoods, disaster risk reduction, camp management, and humanitarian mine action. DRC has implemented projects in Central Darfur, South Darfur, South Kordofan, Gedaref, Kassala, and Khartoum states. Sudan hosts one of the largest displaced populations in Africa, with over 3.7 million internally displaced people and over 1.1 million refugees from South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Chad, Yemen and Syria. Against a background of political crisis, Sudan faces economic and social turmoil, with sharp increases in food and energy costs, further exacerbated by disease outbreaks and ongoing conflict.

About the job

The MEAL Team Leader is responsible for supporting the development of a MEAL framework and protocols for each technical sector in line with the country strategy, ensure harmonized and standardized systems and procedures across different areas of intervention and states. Provide technical MEAL guidance and leadership at all levels of the area office such as leading efforts to document progress, effectiveness and impact for donors reporting requirements, and for use in new project design. This role has an area focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the area. The role contributes to the development of area strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides support and/or technical guidance to base operations.       

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

Quality Management

• Responsible for the development of log frames, MEAL plans in pursuit of high impact and cost-effective program strategies and activities.
• Participate in project Kick-off meetings, review meetings and close-out meetings in order to highlight cross-project components aimed at replicating good practices and strengthening synergies between projects or programs.
•  Develop and maintain global log frame for all programmes.
•  Manage joint cross-sectoral assessments, evaluations, baseline and end line studies etc.

Programme Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

• Develop and continuously update accountability strategy and lead on implementation of programme wide feedback and complaint mechanisms.
• Ensure that DRC’s team members are supporting all efforts towards accountability, specifically to beneficiaries and in line with international standards, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of DRC projects.
• Ensure the development of appropriate monitoring, tracking and reporting systems, tools and templates that enhance monitoring of program outputs and quality, generate quality evidence on program outcome and promote and ensure use of data for decision-making processes.
• Develop and improve systems that strengthen DRC’ ability to analyze, improve, and represent impact internally and externally and most of all to communities themselves.
• Design and manage evaluations in compliance with DRC evaluation policy, from development of ToRs, to advising management on approval of final report, to dissemination of evaluation.
• Regularly present key findings to the Senior Management Team for further development. 

Capacity Building

• Provide timely and high-quality advice to programme managers and staff as required;
• Capacity build, train and support sectors and field staff to improve the field monitoring or any other MEAL needs.
• Manage the MEAL team (MEAL Officers and Assistants).
• Proactively support and advice on recruitment and induction of MEAL and relevant programme and project staff.

Consortium/Partner Coordination

• Act as focal point for all MEAL related issues in consortia/partnerships.
• Organize and run MEAL workshop and review or the consortium.
• Ensure coordination of data collection and compiling.
• Act as focal point for baseline study, mid-term and final evaluation for consortia.

Core humanitarian standards

• Assess gaps and work to support country and project level policies and practices to ensure DRC is compliant with the Core Humanitarian Standard.
• Support the development of an organizational culture that reflects DRC mandate and values as a humanitarian organization.                                                                                            

Reporting and information

• Produce periodic monitoring reports to ensure programs have accurate and useful data to inform project development.
• Submit weekly and monthly reports to the MEAL TL on achievements and challenges related to monitoring
• Protection cases identified and referred in coordination with the protection team
• Participate in distribution and post-distribution assessment exercises.
• Undertake the review of means of verification in the field location.

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)

• Minimum 3 years of direct experience in monitoring and evaluation
• Training in quantitative methodologies, including database management.
• Strong analytical skills and an understanding of a range of methods for monitoring, evaluation, and assessment to promote evidence-based learning.
• Demonstrated ability and understanding to design, commission, and manage assessment methodologies and techniques such as focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and observations to name a few.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to analyze data and summarize it for a range of different audiences.
• Excellent skills in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience with qualitative research techniques
• Advanced English proficiency
• Fluency in Arabic and local languages.

 Education:

• Master’s degree in development economics, statistics, research methods, or a similar field.         
• Minimum 3 years of technical experience in M&E, and information management.
• Proven experience in effectively working with a variety of donors’ requirements including ECHO, EU, SIDA, SDC, Danida, BHA, etc. and UN agencies.
• Previous staff management experience.
• Proven ability to create and utilize qualitative and quantitative M&E methods and analyses in organizational planning
• Full professional proficiency in Arabic and English

• Languages: 
• Advanced English proficiency
• Fluency in Arabic and local languages
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• Key stakeholders: Area Program Manager, Program managers/Team Leaders, Area Manager, Base Managers, MEAL Coordinator, technical coordinators, Government and program beneficiaries in project locations.

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We offer

Contract length: 6 Months

Level:  G-manager

Salary starting: MG.1 $ 1,826

Location: Central Darfur – Nertiti and roving

Expected Start date: ASAP

Application process

Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the Apply button.

All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in the same language as this vacancy note. CV only applications will not be considered.

Applications close 3/6/2025

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