About GOAL:<\/p>\n
GOAL is an international humanitarian aid agency with operations in 14 countries in The Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Last year it reached more than eighteen million people in need in nutrition, health, livelihoods, and emergency response programmes.<\/p>\n
GOAL in T\u00fcrkiye:<\/p>\n
GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL Syria implements multi-sector programmes in Northwest Syria (NWS) addressing the multiple vulnerabilities that households and communities are facing after a decade of conflict.<\/p>\n
GOAL has two projects (ECHO funded LINK and Irish Aid) in T\u00fcrkiye, LINK program targets refugees from nomadic \/ semi-nomadic backgrounds and those engaged in seasonal agricultural labour. LINK has been designed to address and mitigate protection concerns of the vulnerable \/ marginalized refugees through provision of critical information and raising their awareness on their rights, obligations and services available in T\u00fcrkiye, by sensitization\/capacity building (targeting key stakeholders and service providers, etc.) activities, and Case Management (CM) and Individual Protection Assistance (IPA) services to enable highly vulnerable refugees to access to basic, social and protective services available under the provisions of Temporary and International Protection regulations in T\u00fcrkiye. On the other hand, Irish Aid grant is targeting earthquake survivors and providing humanitarian assistance to affected families.<\/p>\n
Job purpose:<\/p>\n
The primary responsibility of the MEAL Manager is to support the Program Director (PD)\u00a0 and Program Coordinators (PCs) by ensuring robust and well-structured monitoring databases (including remote data collection, monitoring and management systems and process for GOAL Turkey programs); and on time submission of high quality donor reports. The MEAL Manager will provide leadership and technical expertise to ensure that GT\u2019s MEAL system is implemented effectively. S\/he will be the focal point in the program for all aspects of MEAL. Reporting into the PD, the MEAL Manager will assist the PD and PCs in the development of donor proposals; and assist in program implementation,\u00a0 monitoring, and\u00a0 evaluation\u00a0 and donor\u00a0 reporting across\u00a0 all\u00a0 grants.\u00a0 The MEAL Manager is expected to contribute to harmonization of approaches, and countrywide strategies for program implementation. Advocating for accountable programs will be key to this role which should ensure evidence-based programming, internal and donor compliance.<\/p>\n
Duties, objectives and competencies<\/p>\n
Leadership and Management of the MEAL Team including (MEL, MIS, and CFM teams)
\nOversee the GT MEAL budget lines, Assist in the development of new budgets for future programs.
\nProvide capacity building, technical support and training to the MEAL team based in
\nTurkey on all areas of MEAL<\/p>\n
Work with the Global HQ MIS team to ensure MEAL Management Information
\nSystems (CommCare + Power BI) are effective and used for all MEAL activities.<\/p>\n
Work with GOAL Turkey partners and the MEAL Team Officers to ensure systematic monitoring and evaluation of programmes.
\nCoordinate the process of collecting, compiling, and sharing of lessons learnt.
\nMaintain and update the MEAL Framework for the country programme, bringing together tools and outlining systems. Develop new tools as required.
\nDevelop or update MEAL plans, and ensure that routine project monitoring take place on time
\nEnsure use of Power BI software to facilitate near real-time analysis for each sector, promote learning, and work with the program team to initiate timely evidence-based corrective action where required
\nWork with the PD and the Program Coordinators on keeping updated information for programme mapping and ensure stakeholder analyses are completed from time to time.
\nCoordinate, supervise and review all assessments, evaluations and research – Initiate and work with Program Coordinators in designing and conducting programmatic analysis, surveys and evaluations.
\nBe an advocate for learning in the programme ensuring that learning is captured and shared effectively, including case studies.
\nFollow up with the MIS and program teams to ensure hight quality of the collected data.
\nContribute and lead (when relevant) the development of internal data reports (IPTT, SCORE, Monthly HQ Report, Monthly Monitoring Report, Annual Country Plan, \u2026 etc).
\nEnsure compliance for all participants and beneficiaries in the Turkey programmes in terms of data privacy, informed and signed consent and data protection.
\nLiaising with donors and other project stakeholders as required
\nProposal Input<\/p>\n
Support the PD and Program Coordinators in the development of strong data collection and monitoring & evaluation plans within each proposal, including work on log-frames and indicators, and ensure that project indicators are regularly and systematically monitored and reported.
\nEnsure that all grant proposals and reporting include solid MEL components and work with the Programs team to develop appropriate results frameworks, log frames and indicators.
\nAccountability<\/p>\n
Oversee the roll-out and development of activities and training within the GOAL Turkey Accountability Framework and update the framework as needed in coordination with HQ focal points and direct supervisor.
\nOversee the activities of the independent beneficiary selection and verification team, ensuring beneficiary verification processes are independent and consistent.
\nEnsure effective oversight and smooth running of GT community feedback mechanism.
\nWork with CFM staff and ensure a well-functioning and user-friendly community feedback mechanism in place (CFM) and continuously improved including relevant CFM tools, tracking system and promotion materials.
\nIn cooperation and coordination with program coordinators ensure GT CFM channels and tools known by beneficiaries and used confidently.
\nContinue to develop and improve on GOAL\u2019s independent monitoring systems meant
\nto ensure accountability, both to beneficiaries and to donors.
\nOversee the work of the Data Entry\/Cleaning team and ensure the Program Database is up-to -date and accessible to relevant departments.
\nParticipate in and \/ or co-facilitate grant opening, closing and other management meetings in collaboration with the PD donor finance team, financial controller, respective Program Coordinators and media and comms team.
\nLiaise with the PD\/CD and donor finance team to highlight and when necessary, troubleshoot problems identified in project reports or data.
\nEnsure compliance to donor reporting and proposal requirements. Maintain and update the filing system for donor reports, proposals, and other documentation that will provide secure and back up of all donor related files for ease of access and retrieval whenever needed. Work with Program Coordinators to ensure strong and efficient database for all program activities.
\nOther Duties<\/p>\n
The post holder may be requested to undertake other activities as mutually agreed with the PD\/CD.<\/p>\n
Requirements (essential)<\/p>\n
Formal qualifications at graduate or postgraduate level in project management, business administration, international development, computer science or another relevant subject.
\nA minimum of three (3) years\u2019 practical MEAL work experiences in a managerial capacity with M&E or Accountability activities within a humanitarian program with International NGOs.
\nStrong knowledge\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 demonstrated\u00a0\u00a0 practical\u00a0\u00a0 experience\u00a0\u00a0 M&E\u00a0\u00a0 methodology (particularly\u00a0 appropriate\u00a0 quantitative\u00a0 and\u00a0 qualitative\/participatory\u00a0 research\u00a0 methods), data analysis and report writing.
\nExcellent communication skills, written and spoken strong writing skills in Arabic and English, including previous experiences in proposal development and report writing experience is required.
\nExperience working with critical donors and agencies such as ECHO, BPRM, UN agencies and others in proposal development and reporting.
\nGood communication, interpersonal and motivational skills and a proven ability to lead a diverse team under challenging field conditions.
\nGood team player, flexible and capable of working with and supervising a multinational country team, and capable of working under pressure and in harsh environments.
\nDemonstrated experience with staff management, experience in distance management a plus.
\nProven capacity to build the M&E skills of colleagues, partners and community members.
\nConfident presentation and facilitation skills, proven record in provision of trainings a plus
\nAdvanced skills with MS Office (particularly Excel, especially in power query and VBA).
\nExperience designing applications\/forms with ODK-based digital data collection software
\n(e.g. CommCare, SurveyCTO, ODK, iFormBuilder, Kobo, etc.)
\nUnderstand relational databases models (one to one vs. one to many).
\nAdvanced Experience working with Power BI preferred.
\nKnowledge of statistical software packages, such as SPSS, Stata and\/or R preferred.
\nGood understand of monitoring and evaluation basics \u2013 including tracking progress against objectives, preparation of Log-frames, indicators etc., and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data.
\nKnowledge of Sphere and Core Humanitarian Standards.
\nProficiency in English is must. Proficiency in Turkish and\/or Arabic is an advantage.
\nRequirements (desired)<\/p>\n
Proven management skills with the ability to quickly re-prioritise activities to meet the demands of the programme in a rapidly changing context;
\nDemonstrated ability to anticipate delays and bottlenecks, analyse risk and pro-actively manage it.
\nCommitment to capacity building staff and partner organisations;
\nGood team player, flexible and capable of working with a multinational country team, and capable of working under pressure.
\nDemonstrated experience with staff management; experience in distance management a plus
\nProven capacity to build the MEAL skills of colleagues, partners and community members.
\nConfident presentation and facilitation skills, a proven record in the provision of training a plus.
\nInterested?<\/p>\n