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MEAL Coordinator (Bujumbura, Burundi)

Bujumbura

  • Organization: HaC - Help a Child
  • Location: Bujumbura
  • Grade: Mid level - Mid level
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Development Cooperation and Sustainable Development Goals
    • Statistics
    • Economics
    • Monitoring and Evaluation
    • Project and Programme Management
  • Closing Date: Closed

 

Organization

Help a Child is a Christian, international relief and development organization, founded in 1968 in the Netherlands and operating in Burundi since 2009. Help a Child provides a future for children in need, their family and their entire community. By empowering vulnerable communities, we help them to change their own living conditions and opportunities in a sustainable way. Help a Child works in areas with a high incidence of poverty or in places where children and families are extra vulnerable due to disasters or (imminent) conflicts. Help a Child develops innovative programs, for example about youth & work, child development and the transition of relief help towards sustainable development. We work together with various Dutch, international and local partners. Help a Child works across India, Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, Burundi, Rwanda, DRC, Uganda and South Sudan.

 

Position

The MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) Coordinator assumes the general coordination of the BBB program MEAL system at the country level and provides technical support to the consortium partner organizations. Within the BBB program MEAL strategy, he/she coordinates data collection, analyses as well as monitors and shares lessons learned internally and externally. The MEAL Coordinator is also responsible for the operational success of the consortium’s activities regarding Monitoring, Evaluations, Accountability and Learning of the BBB Program. He/she is responsible for overseeing all activities on MEAL of the implementing partners, coordinating their work, training & coaching them and consolidating their MEAL input for planning, evaluation and reporting requirements of the back donor. Under direct supervision of the BBB Program Manager, the MEAL Coordinator supports partner organization’s staff in data consolidation and management and quality management; undertakes MEAL related activities and implements an appropriate system for successful delivery and attainment of BBB program outcomes, goals and objectives.

Main tasks and responsibilities

  • Responsible for the fine-tuning and operationalization of the developed MEAL framework together with the MEAL Focal Points of the consortium partners;
  • Facilitation of the in-country MEAL platform, which consists of the MEAL Focal Points of the of implementing and consortium partners;
  • Responsible for the coordination of MEAL framework related activities of implementing partners;
  • Responsible for the training and coaching of the implementing partners, to ensure that they build capacity to collect, analyze, reflect and use the monitoring data for quality improvement of the program;
  • Responsible for aggregating the monitoring data and reporting to the HaC Program Manager;
  • Responsible for facilitation of use of monitoring information and evaluations for learning and accountability on consortium level in learning events;
  • In collaboration with the HaC Program Manager, responsible for the coordination of the work of both internal consortium staff and external consultants involved in the baseline, mid-term and final evaluations, to ensure consistent, high-quality monitoring and evaluation that enables learning, accountability and visibility;
  • Responsible for making MEAL results visible via brochures, consortium members’ websites, stakeholder meetings, and other relevant visibility/communication channels;
  • Represent Help a Child and the BBB consortium partners at key (inter)national events as appropriate.

We offer an attractive financial package and a challenging working environment in an international setting. You will be offered a fixed-term contract for the first year with a probation period of 3 months. Depending on your performance and fit with the program and staff involved, the first-year contract will be extended till the end of 2021.

Qualifications and competences

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with MEAL experience to grow and develop the program. The successful candidate will facilitate MEAL activities in the BBB program and partner with the consortium members of the BBB program. Specific requirements include:

  • Be a Burundi national;
  • Minimum of a Master’s Degree in Development Studies, Research Methods, Statistics, Economics, Social Sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management or other relevant fields;
  • At least 4 years of experience in Monitoring, Evaluations, Accountability and Learning;
  • Experience in working in a fragile context, ideally in Burundi;
  • Experience in working with a Theory of Change and Result Based Management as a framework, and developing indicator frameworks based on it;
  • Ability to coordinate a large group of persons, motivating them and setting clear roles and responsibilities;
  • Ability to facilitate training and provide coaching on MEAL to implementing partners;
  • Strong MEAL management skills to manage complex, multifaceted projects aggregating results in measurable successes and program development;
  • Strong skills in analyzing and reflecting on M&E results, making sure that learning on various levels takes place in the consortium;
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with exceptional attention for details;
  • Fluency in English and French;
  • Excellent MS Excel skills;
  • Capacity to propose a Data Management Information System for the BBB Program;
  • Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, interpersonal and cross-cultural sensitivity;
  • Adhering to the Christian character of the organizations in the consortium;
  • Full support for the vision and mission of Help a Child, Mensen met een Missie, AFSC, and Cord.

How to apply?

Interested and qualified candidates are kindly invited to send a cover letter and resume (both in English) at the latest on August 30th, 2019 to vacancies@hacburundi.org. In your cover letter please reflect on your motivation for wanting to become part of HaC, being a child-centered and Christian organization. An (e-) assessment will be part of the selection process. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For more information, please contact Mr. Clement Nkubizi, Country Program Director, at info@hacburundi.org.

Help a Child expects its staff to behave with integrity; to do no harm and to carefully take into account the rights and interests of others. All staff are required to sign and adhere to the Help a Child’s Code of Conduct and recruitment is subject to the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks.

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