Project Support

Starting Date / Initial Contract Details

October 2024. 12 months

Role Summary

Support the country programme with a focus on MEAL* ( 50%), mainly for Health & Nutrition programmes, while also developing the Emergency Shelter (ES) / NFI and Cash & Voucher assistance (CVA) capacity and identifying opportunities.

*Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) support the full implementation and maintenance of appropriate systems introducing appropriate use of available innovative MEAL tools.

Project Overview

Medair is currently implementing Health & Nutrition projects in the Blue Nile and Khartoum States, with the intention to expand emergency programming in Shelter/ NFI and CVA. The strategic expansion focus includes North and central Darfur in 2025.  

Workplace & Conditions

Port Sudan, Sudan

Responsibilities:

• MEAL programming responsibilities: Support the mainstreaming of AAP (Accountability to Affected Populations), while managing the Feedback and Complaints Mechanism. Design, develop and/or modify high quality assessments, monitoring, and evaluation activities. Support the management and implementation of field-level assessments, monitoring and evaluation data collection activities.

• MEAL cross-cutting responsibilities: Support the integration of programme quality expectations into MEAL activities.   Support the development of data collection tools that adhere to Medair’s Data Quality Checklists.  Provide statistics and a comprehensive donor report in collaboration with input from the PM and the team.

• MEAL strategy, approach and other selected components: Internal and external communication, collaboration and networking: Contribute to appropriate, regular, transparent, and supportive communication between the MEAL team and all other departments. Participate in relevant internal and external working groups and networks.

• ES/NFI & CVA Responsibilities: Contribute to appropriate and effective ES/NFI and CVA proposals and programming; identifying opportunities and challenges that the implementation of ES/NFI and CVA in the programme implies. Attend the ES/NFI cluster and the Sudan Cash Working Group. Contribute to developing multi-sectoral needs assessment and a market survey.

Qualifications, Experience & Technical Competencies:

• University degree in relevant subject or equivalent professional/technical qualification

• Language skills: Good English (spoken and written)

Behavioural Skills

• Creative, open-minded, flexible, self-learner, with good understanding of cross-cultural issues  

• Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels

• Able to oversee multiple tasks, prioritizing independently, meeting deadlines as required  

• Good communication skills

Team Spiritual Life

Reflect the values of Medair with team members, local staff, people we serve, and external contacts. Work, live, and pray together in our Christian faith-based teams. Fully contribute to a rich spiritual team life, including team devotion, prayer, and words of encouragement.

Before you apply

Please ensure you are fully aware of the:

a. Medair organisational values.

b. Medair is committed to safeguarding the protection of beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and partners, and particularly children. Therefore, we do not employ staff whose background we understand to be unsuitable for working with children. Medair staff are required to give the utmost respect to, and comply with, Medair’s accountability policies and best practices.

c. Medair Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC) (which forms part of the recruitment selection process for field positions).

Application Process

To apply, go to this vacancy on our Medair page. Please do not make multiple applications. We will not review email applications. Only English-language applications / CVs will be reviewed.

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