Graduate MEAL/Accountability Assistant at Save the Children Nigeria

Save the Children is a leading international organization helping children in need around the world. First established in the UK in 1919, separate national organizations have been set up in more than twenty-eight countries, sharing the aim of improving the lives of children through education, health care and economic opportunities, as well as emergency aid in cases of natural disasters, war and conflict.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: MEAL/Accountability Assistant

Location: Borno
Job type: Full-time

Role Purpose

• The MEAL Assistant will be a part of the MEAL team.
• He/she will assist the MEAL team with activities, including data collection, coordination with the response programmes; assisting with planning field visits and assessments.
• S/he will support in gathering feedback and complaints from the affected population in the different accountability mechanisms (e.g. focus group discussions, child participatory activities, post-distribution monitoring).

Key Areas of Accountability
Monitoring and Accountability:

• Assist in programme updates for the response management and internal information sharing
• Assist MEAL officer with data collection processes if needed
• Conduct field monitoring visits (including the use of the Quality benchmark/monitoring checklist) and facilitating focus group discussions
• Assist with the implementation of programme evaluations (data collection)
• Support MEAL in conducting assessments as needed
• Responsible for handling, documenting, confidentiality and security of all informational resource related to feedback and complaints from beneficiaries
• Support Complaints and Feedback Mechanism, including communicating responses to complainants; liaise with programmes and operations to ensure prompt follow-up on feedback and complaints received
• Documentation and Dissemination:
• Contribute in preparing weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on MEAL
• Prepare field visit report and do debriefing and action planning with relevant staff

Quality Benchmarks:

• To conduct quality monitoring of programme activities, measured against international standards and using participatory methodologies (including child-friendly methodologies) and the quality benchmarks
• Coordination:
• Coordinate and communicate with MEAL and relevant programme staff regarding feedback and complaints
• Maintain liaison with MEAL unit and programme particularly field coordination/community mobilization team

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
• Holds self and others accountable

Ambition:

• Creating best-in-class EA function
• Future-orientated thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

• Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Designing more effective admin and data management systems
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates the highest levels of integrity

Skills & Experience
Essential:

• Minimum qualification, First degree in relevant field
• Minimum 1-year post NYSC experience
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Listening skills
• Problem analysis and problem-solving
• Proficient in relevant computer applications
• Ability to work in a team with flexibility to undertake the challenging task and adapt to different working conditions.
• Good spoken, reading and writing skills in English with the ability to produce a quality report
• Kanuri proficiency is a must

Desirable:

• Have experience and/or knowledge about working with children on research issues and is aware of the local legal and child protection systems.
• Ability to work as part of a team, Flexibility, adaptability, and patience
• Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines

Application Closing Date
6th September, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online