IRC MEAL Officer Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs

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IRC MEAL Officer Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs.

IRC Kenya looking for “MEAL Officer”.

Applicants with a University Degree may apply on or before May 12, 2024.

IRC, also the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. The agency is among the most widespread and recognizable social welfare organizations in the world, with a presence in 192 countries and territories.

The IRC has published a job vacancy announcement on May 04, 2024 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of MEAL Officer to be based in Lodwar, Kenya.

IRC Job Vacancy 2024

Responsibilities:

Leadership and Partnership:

  • Support all technical aspects and actions of MEAL regarding the Lodwar programs; respond to program needs; foster high standards and practices for quality data collection, analysis, and reports. Enable accountability to clients, partners, and donors.
  • Implement and support MEAL system and approaches in health, nutrition, WPE and protection sectors and foster learning.
  • Represent IRC at technical meetings, forums, coordination meetings and other events & build partnerships within IRC Lodwar/West Pokot Host program.
  • Champion access and use of data for shared learning, sound decision-making, and data-informed programmatic adaptations.

Technical Oversight:

  • Run the MEAL system and processes for Lodwar &West Pokot in harmony with the MEAL Country and Global Strategies throughout the project cycle which include:
  • Collaborate with MEAL and non-MEAL staff to ensure that data is collected, compiled, checked for its quality and completeness in compliance with IRC and donors’ standards for data quality.
  • Document and share learning, evidence, and data from previous projects to inform project proposal design.
  • Implement MEAL plans, revise (digital) data collection tools, follow-up on processes for online data management, quality checks, and audits, and updating of data visualization.
  • Undertake regular analysis of monitoring data and work closely with program officers and managers to facilitate decision-making for real-time program adaptation.
  • Produce quality reports and updating dashboards with key findings that foster learning and decision-making and share in project cycle management meetings and team meetings.
  • Identify, document, and share client feedback to improve services and results for our clients.
  • Support deployment of surveys such as baseline, midline and end line, and the commission of evaluations in coordination with colleagues and partners.
  • Support in Development of forms on Kobo or CommCare – Training of data collectors – Conduct of data collection – Basic analysis and report writing.
  • Lead the conduct of relevant assessments and evaluations in Lodwar for all programs including, KAP surveys, needs assessments surveys, baseline and end line surveys, and client feedback surveys
  • Support the use of standard mobile data technology and online dashboard to enhance timeliness and quality of data collection, analysis and visualization.
  • Join and contribute to IRC’s effort in meeting its internal and external accountability commitments through the implementation of sound accountability, client feedback, and response mechanisms.
  • Contribute and support in documentation of the success stories and lesson learnt of the project during implementation.
  • Submit high quality monthly reports; compile statistics, and document challenges and lessons learned.

Position in Organization:

  • Requisition ID: req51674
  • Job Title: MEAL Officer
  • Sector: Monitoring & Evaluation
  • Employment Category: Fixed Term
  • Employment Type: Full-Time
  • Open to Expatriates: No
  • Location: Lodwar, Kenya

Qualification:

  • A technical degree or equivalent in Health Information Management, Public Health, Statistics, Computer Science, Monitoring and Evaluation or any other relevant field.
  • A minimum 3 year of working experience in a related field.
  • Possess basic technical knowledge of MEAL approaches and techniques in some or all the following areas: Outputs, Outcome monitoring; Theories of Change, Logical frameworks, Data collection, data analysis (by use of SPSS, STATA, Pivot tables etc), Accountability, Client feedback mechanisms, Data quality and databases.
  • Experience in conducting primary both qualitative and quantitative data collection and data entry.
  • Basic proficiency and experience with mobile data collection such as Kobo, COMM Care, DHIS, ODK Collect is required, knowledge of Tableau, PowerBi, or GIS software tools are additional assets.
  • Good computer skills in MS Office applications especially Excel; PowerPoint, Outlook and Word – with experience in writing reports.
  • Self-motivated and pro-active attitude with good organization, planning, and analytic skills, including prioritizing work, multi-tasking, and attention to detail.
  • Flexibility and ability to work under pressure and in constantly evolving work environments;
  • Demonstrated analytical, systematic-thinking, and problem-solving skills are definite assets;
  • A strong understanding of accountability and proven ability to build Client Feedback Systems
  • Language English and Kiswahili-Written and spoken.

How to Apply IRC MEAL Officer Jobs 2024

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

Then to apply, go to https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/51674?c=rescue&source=unjobs

The Closing Date: May 12, 2024.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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