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.