广州/上海工作机会丨Senior MEAL Officer

Save the Children

Child Safeguarding Statement for Adverts

Save the Children is committed to ensuring that all our personnel and programmes are absolutely safe for children. We undertake rigorous procedures to ensure that only people suitable to work with children are allowed to join our organisation and all candidates will therefore be subject to this scrutiny. 

CS positioning statement 

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Save the Children is looking for an energetic and proactive individual with a passion for strengthening learning in organization, with experience of monitoring and evaluation, or of research and statistics, to work closely with project operation team.

The primary objective of the post holder is to set up and implement a robust Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) system to improve the quality of programmes. The post holder will provide the necessary technical support of monitoring and evaluation during the project management cycle, ensuring MEAL system is functioning. The post holder will report directly to the MEAL Manager and also work closely with the project operation team, Technical Advisors (TA), New Business Development (NBD) and Awards Management team to contribute to timely reporting to donors and stakeholders.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the post holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

Reports to: MEAL MANAGER

Staff reporting to this post: 0

Budget Responsibilities: n.a

Role Dimensions: 

external representation with community stakeholders, frequent travels (10-15 days/month)

· Ensure the MEAL System is functioning at project Level.

· Support strengthening of the MEAL system at national level.

Project Level：

· Provide technical input to the project design. Including identify appropriate MEAL activities and ensure the budget is included; work with TA to develop project logframe, identify SMART indicators.

· Provide guidance on project evaluation. Including technical support on evaluation design (purpose, scope, methodology), data quality review, ethical review, etc; provide technical support on the quality of evaluation report.

· Take lead in developing project MEAL plan, supporting the proper tracking and assessment of the results throughout the project management cycle.

· Analyse project performance and feedback in a timely manner to ensure projects are on track and with good quality control.

· Support operation teams to ensure progress of indicators are properly and accurately described in donor reporting.

· Ensure that the Feedback and Reporting System (FRS) is used in projects, supporting the operation team in gathering feedback from multiple stakeholders and adapting for project improvement.

· Documenting best practices and lessons learned in M&E, and building the capacity of operation teams to conduct regular monitoring.

National Level:

· Quality Benchmark (QB) performance dashboard.

· Maintain the national QB action tracker, support the KPI focal point in collating and reporting QB data.

· Develop the QB dashboard at national level, assist the Extended Senior Management Team (ESMT) with overall understanding of QB performance.

· Total Reach (TR) reporting.

· Lead the annual collection of TR data.

· Support the MEAL Manager with TR reporting in line with the Country Strategic Plan (CSP).

· Working closely with MEAL Manager.

· Support knowledge management and facilitate evidence-based learning activities.

· Conduct MEAL capacity building activities for all staff.

· Perform other duties as assigned this role based on the rolling changes to MEAL function, which may includes but not limited to MEAL work in emergencies, etc.

Accountability:

· Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.

· Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

· Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.

· Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.

· Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

· Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.

· Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.

· Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

· Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.

· Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

· Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

· Bachelor’s degree at least; Master’s degree is preferred.

· Major in Social Sciences, Economics, Statistics, development studies or other related fields.

· At least 3 years’ working experience in above fields, or at least 3 years’ experiences of project management.

· The certificate of MEAL Dpro, and/ or the certificate of PMD pro is preferred.

Competencies:

· Effectiveness-oriented, clear-minded and organized person with strong ability to multitask and manage deadlines.

· Capable of coordinating different workflows and ensureing work is timely delivered.

· Strong team player with competent inter-personal, negotiation and liaison skills. Ability to share information and coordinate efforts within different stakeholders.

· Self-motivation with strong commitment and accountability in work.

Language and Technical Skills:

· Flunency oral and written communication skills in English and Mandarin.

· Advantage knowledge of data visualisation skills (PowerBI, SharePoint, Excel, Think-cell, PowerPoint, etc).

· Advantage knowledge of data analysis skills. The Knowledge of R/STATA/SPSS will be a plus.

General:

· Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.

· Willingness and capability to comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to health and safety, security, equal opportunities and other relevant policies, including the Child Safeguarding Policy.

· Willingness to travel to field and work in remote environments according to travel requirements.

· High level of self-awareness and willingness to take criticism as an opportunity for growth.

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities:

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety:

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

If you are interested in this position, please read the Child Safeguarding（http://www.savethechildren.org.cn/sites/default/files/files/20161024_174148.doc） first, then would you please enter the link to fill in your job application form in SCI Recruitment System before 2024-9-20. If you have any questions about the job application, please contact us by email: 

beijingoffice.china@savethechildren.org

Save the Children Internal Candidates:

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Save the Children External Candidates:

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