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Mogadishu, Banadir, Somalia

• MEAL Operations Coordination: Coordinate MEAL operations in Somalia and Somaliland, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Oversight of day-to-day MEAL activities, maintaining data quality, conducting technical capacity building, managing information, promoting organizational learning, and ensuring beneficiary accountability.• Implementation and Management of MEAL: Develop and manage data collection tools, contribute to fundraising efforts, supervise field teams, analyze data, and produce reports for management, donors, and stakeholders. Ensure smooth functioning of Acted's accountability systems.• Technical and Systems Development: Develop and update comprehensive MEAL work plans and frameworks for ongoing projects and assessments. Design data collection tools and oversee the online platform's mobile data collection capabilities.• Capacity Building: Coach, train, and mentor M&E staff to enhance their technical skills and support their professional development.• Data Quality Assurance: Develop and implement SOPs, provide training, and monitor data. Capture lessons learned and maintain quality assurance plans. Offer technical guidance for data collection, ensuring adherence to standards.• Knowledge Management and Learning: Update LEARN database regularly. Identify challenges and risks, develop solutions. Share lessons learned and best practices internally and with partners to enhance program quality, influence strategic decisions, and inform future project development.• Risk Management and Compliance: Identify and mitigate risks in MEAL activities. Ensure compliance with regulations, donor requirements, and organizational policies.• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with other departments to integrate MEAL activities into project planning, implementation, and reporting. Ensure MEAL considerations are incorporated across all project management aspects.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Program Development Support: Provide extensive support to the Program Development department in finalizing reports, including data cleaning, comprehensive analysis, and precise redaction to ensure accuracy and effectiveness.• Proposal Submission Oversight: Oversee the MEAL section for all proposal submissions, promptly addressing feedback from donors such as ECHO, EU, and BHA. Handle ad-hoc proposals, ensuring professional responses.• Donor Communication Management: Effectively manage and address feedback from IRC and other donors on MEAL documents, demonstrating professionalism and responsiveness in donor communications.• Recruitment Leadership: Lead MEAL staff recruitment by validating shortlists, organizing tests, conducting interviews, and collaborating with HR for fair selection.• Capacity Building: Provide continuous support and capacity building to new MEAL staff, ensuring smooth integration into the team and maximizing their potential contribution.• Team Support and Supervision: Offer technical and hierarchical support to the entire MEAL team, providing expert advice, issuing reminders, and approving and supervising missions and documents to ensure adherence to quality standards and organizational policies.• MEAL Reporting: Ensure the provision of adequate MEAL reporting upon request, including CFRM reports, PDM data, and organizational learning, demonstrating a commitment to transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.• Field Visit Coordination: Conduct essential field visits to observe program activities firsthand. Ensure alignment with objectives and donor requirements, providing critical insights for program refinement and decision-making.• Feedback Mechanism Oversight: Implement Acted’s Feedback Mechanism across programs. Address high-level complaints promptly and report to the Country Director. Foster accountability, responsiveness, and continuous improvement within the organization.

Somalia

• Strategic Leadership and Communication: Provided strategic leadership for MEAL operations in Somalia, maintaining direct communication with global headquarters. Oversaw MEAL implementation for the entire mission, representing the organization externally in donor and cluster meetings.• Team Management and Capacity Building: Planned meetings, recruited skilled staff, provided training, coaching, and conducted performance appraisals for a cohesive team of 29 members.• Collaboration and Proposal Development: Collaborated with project development, contributed innovative ideas, conducted needs assessments, and developed MEAL annexes, securing USD 27 million in project awards.• Feedback Mechanism Strengthening: Led efforts to improve the efficiency of the CRM, managing the capture, analysis, and resolution of beneficiary feedback to enhance program quality.• Knowledge Management and Learning: Documented and shared lessons learned and best practices within the organization to facilitate program improvement and inform the strategic development of future projects and activities.• Strategic Planning and Implementation: Developed and implemented strategic plans for MEAL operations in Somalia, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives. Utilized data-driven insights to inform decision-making and optimize program effectiveness.• Quality Assurance and Improvement: Established and maintained robust quality assurance processes to uphold the integrity and reliability of MEAL data and methodologies. Continuously monitored and evaluated program performance, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions as needed.• Risk Management and Compliance: Proactively identified potential risks and challenges in MEAL operations and developed mitigation strategies to address them. Ensured compliance with donor regulations, industry standards, and organizational policies to maintain program integrity and accountability.

Kismayo District, Lower Juba, Somalia

• Technically manage all field-based AMEU teams (MEAL Officers, MEAL Assistants and AMEU field focal points) and indirectly manage AMEU monitors and Enumerators.• Manage work plans, conduct daily follow-ups, and oversee AMEU Team outputs and inputs as needed for proposal and project development with the Project Development unit.• Design AME methodologies, terms of reference (TORs), and data collection tools to monitor the progress and outcomes of ACTED’s projects, including beneficiary verification, baseline surveys, needs assessments, monitoring, and project evaluations.• Collaborate with Field Coordination, Programme Development Department, and Implementing Partners to design logical frameworks and indicator collection plans.• Facilitate the collection of accurate, reliable, and useful data for project implementation and development.• Plan and conduct field-level data collection at different project stages to support project cycle management.• Ensure monitoring activities align with project indicators to ensure the project meets its goals and objectives.• Coordinate with the ACTED Data Analyst on quantitative and qualitative analysis and write timely and useful reports for program development, management, and implementation.• Oversee the recording, sharing, following up, and consolidation of complaints/feedback about ACTED’s interventions, ensuring community feedback is integrated into project cycle management.• Develop guidelines and provide technical support to the Programme team and partners to design, implement, and monitor accountability strategy and mechanisms.

Somalia

Duties and ResponsibilitiesOversee the AMEU Department areas.• Ensure the independence, neutrality and quality of work of the AMEU department activities in the area, including advising on strategy, problem solving and reporting issues.• Technical management of all field based AMEU teams (Officers or AMEU assistants).• Management of work plans, daily follow ups, AMEU Team outputs and inputs to as needed to proposal and project development with the PDD team.• Collaboration with the finance, human resource and logistics teams for AMEU department needs and monthly planning of activities.Development of AME project monitoring and evaluation plans, data collection tools and methodologies• Design AME methodologies, terms of reference (TORs) and data collection tools to monitoring progress and outcomes of ACTEDs projects (including for verification of beneficiaries, baseline surveys, needs assessments, monitoring and project evaluations);• Ensure that monitoring and evaluation activities are in-line with expected project goals, objectives and measure the defined indicators;• Collaborate with Field Coordination, Programme Development Department and Implementing Partners to design logical frameworks and indicator collection plans;• Liaise with partner/collaborating organizations for AME activities, as required.Facilitate the collection of accurate, reliable, and useful data for project implementation and development• Plan and conduct field-level data collection, at different stages of the project to support project cycle management;• Ensure that monitoring activities are based on project indicators to ensure that the project meets its goals and objectives;• Conduct pre-testing and provide critical feedback and modifications of the design and provide translation of these tools and methodologies where necessary.• Develop and conduct training for AMEU staff and enumerators to implement activities effectively.

Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia

Job Responsibilities• Act as a focal point for all complaints and feedback on ACTED programs in Somalia.• Ensuring the effective functioning of the beneficiary CRM and that beneficiary complaints/feedback is adequately captured, analyzed, addressed, and responded to in a timely manner and utilized by the program and coordination teams;• Received complaints through telephones hotline from areas of Kismayo, Bardere, and Elwak, in writing and in person at ACTED offices in Kismayo, Baidoa, Hargeisa, and Badhan;• Following up on complaints received by other ACTED staff with the same diligence as complaints received through the CRM directly;• Treating urgent and sensitive complaints with the immediate attention they require, and ensuring a fast resolution;• Maintained confidential and detailed records of all complaints in the CRM database and other electronic and hard copy filing systems;• Responding to complaints objectively, accurately, and in line with ACTED guidelines, using the information provided by implementing partner, project manager, and Area coordinator;• Following up on pending complaints with the project, AME, and coordination staff;• Analyzing patterns and trends in complaints to help ACTED improve its programming;• Producing monthly analytic CRM reports for ACTED staff, following ACTED Accountability reporting templates;• Adapting and improving the CRM based on monitoring of its effectiveness;• Building capacity and understanding among ACTED staff, implementing partner and contractors on beneficiary accountability and CRM;• Maintaining records of CRM awareness-raising and promotion activities and submitted to project staff• Accompanying the AME and project teams to the field in order to spread awareness about the CRM to beneficiaries, as well as local authorities and stakeholders in ACTED’s areas of implementation during field visits.• Assisted project and AME teams with other activities assigned by the AME Manager.

Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia

• Supported the management of the LME database by performing routine data entry and cleaning checks; customised database as necessary based on data management needs. • Assisted in drafting and finalizing the Activity’s LME Plan; developed and trained project staff and partners on data collection tools and procedures.• Ensures successful implementation of project performance monitoring plan by tracking achievement of project results, reporting on indicators, and managing data.• Supported identifying and developing appropriate performance indicators and Performance Indicator Reference Sheets (PIRS) for the activity.• Developed and maintained M&E database and dashboards to facilitate real-time monitoring and reporting to promote an adaptive management approach to project implementation and reporting. • Supported various monitoring activities, including site visits, pre- and post-surveys, verification studies, data quality assessments (DQAs), and other data collection and validation activities.• Support the development and implementation of processes, tools and systems for data collection, storage, analysis, and reporting in a consistent, standardized, and disciplined manner.• Prepares results reporting inputs for monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports; contribute to other project reports such as annual work plans.• Facilitate constructive and collaborative dialogue during regular LME project reviews and biweekly team meetings. • Support the capture, documentation, and storage of continuous/real-time learning from ongoing activity implementation, including what works, does not work, why, innovations, collaboration opportunities, or emerging questions, issues, challenges that require additional data, knowledge or evidence.• Lead and proactively review/analyze project activities and their outputs and outcomes to continuously learn from and adapt ongoing project implementation; provide feedback to the technical team on where to improve.

Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia

• Collected good quality monitoring data in a timely manner and organize data received for reporting to the Project Coordinator at field level and MEAL Manager at Country Office level.• Produced monitoring checklists and conducts quarterly joint field process monitoring, quality assessment and data validation, and provide feedbacks and recommendations for timely improvement.• Developed capacity of local communities, partners and staff on the program M&E framework, data management, and data analysis and results‐oriented programming, monitoring and evaluation methods and principles and reporting systems.• Leads on monitoring and improving the synergy and integration of sectors to enhance delivery of outstanding results for the communities.• Ensured that children, women and other vulnerable community members are actively participating in all Project and MEAL activities.• Makes sure the utilization of appropriate reporting templates that facilitate the acquisition and aggregation of data in sectors or develop and maintain effective database.• Participated in all other aspects of MEAL, for example surveys, baselines, evaluations, joint projects monitoring and reviews / lessons learning workshops/events.• Together with the Project and Governance Officers, undertaken accountability activities, including the development and use of information sharing materials and the establishment of complaint response mechanisms. This includes management of Accountability issues, ensuring that complaints are logged and addressed in a professional and timely manner and that serious complaints relating to abuse, exploitation and corruption and referred appropriately.

Dadaab, Garissa, Kenya

• Supervised daily the teacher's lesson plan, school compound, checking hygiene and sanitation, • Supervising teacher's and student's attendance, • Conducted meetings with ABE teachers and staff,• Conducted awareness based on education in the refugee on weekly bases and, • Participated in inter-agency meetings at the field level, • Trained different volunteers e.g TOT training based on class management, positive discipline, and many others.• Prepared professional records for effective teaching of timetabled lessons.• Ensured teaching/implementation of prescribed non-formal education curriculum subjects.• Developed teaching/learning aids for effective and motivating lessons.• Conducted continuous assessment tests and terminal examinations, mark and apply exam results/outcome for improving curriculum.• Managed the classroom resources effectively.• Developed students’ interests in co-curricular activities such as debating, drama and environmental activities.

Ifo, Dadaab, Garissa, Kenya

• Prepare professional records for effective teaching of timetabled lessons.• Foster positive teacher/pupil/parent relationship• Ensure learners attend the school regularly.• Deliver all subjects as per required.• Ensure the Co-curriculum activities are implemented, especially debates which was meant to improve the learner’s spoken ability.• Update the teacher’s preparation book.• Ensure no child abuse happens in the school.• Improve girl child participation in the school programs.

Case Management• Mobilize community to participate in GBV prevention activities in the refugee camps.• monitoring behavior change and regularly appraising existing strategies on SGBV.• Referring all SGBV related cases to the response team for management.• Conducting training sessions for identified community and agency staff on SGBV issues.• Organizing and facilitating workshops for incentive workers, support groups, and agency workers.Coordination and networking• Maintain and strengthen existing networks through other service providers at the camp level, to ensure that survivors receive quality services and support both at the agency levels.• Work in close collaboration with the response team to ensure ongoing needs of at-risk groups, women and girls are being met in the prevention-related activities.• Strengthen existing referral systems and networks of psychosocial service providers • Participate in conducting training for partners on relevant organizational development areas and support peer learning between DRC and other partner agencies.Community engagement and outreach• Conduct sensitization, dialogue sessions with the wider population on ways to prevent and stop SGBV.• Facilitate formation of support groups to enhance community engagement and ownership on GBV Prevention work.• Identify and strengthen Community structures through engaging community leaders, camp management, and other stakeholders to ensure that the survivors receive adequate support at the community level.• Disseminate relevant information during Community SGBV prevention forums and meetings.Monitoring and Evaluation• Use appropriate data collection tools and submit assessments and reports in a timely and accurate manner.Staff management and development• Provide supervision to the Community workers-prevention to ensure effective implementation.• Conduct regular formal and on-job training and mentorship to the team with other related topics to enhance professionalism.

Ifo, Dadaab, Garissa, Kenya

• Prepare professional records for effective teaching of timetabled lessons.• Foster positive teacher/pupil/parent relationship• Ensure learners attend the school regularly.• Deliver all subjects as per required.• Ensure the Co-curriculum activities are implemented, especially debates which was meant to improve the learner’s spoken ability.• Update the teacher’s preparation book.• Ensure no child abuse happens in the school.• Improve girl child participation in the school programs.

Team management• Carried out as a specific activity e.g. a beneficiary satisfaction survey or FGD (Focus Group Discussion) to solicit feedback and complaints from specific groups amongst the crisis-affected population, with specific vulnerabilities or in isolated communities as part of a formal complaints mechanism.• Act as a focal point for all complaints and feedback on PAD programs.• Administering the feedback questionnaires during the cycle and making a report after each distribution cycle to the Program Quality and Learning Unit (PQ&LU).• Liaise with communities, beneficiaries, and community leadership structures during the field visits. • Monitoring of Project activities and reporting.• Accurate collection and timely submission of quantitative and quantitative monitoring information according to monitoring tools.• Receive, record, follow up complaints and feedback;• Provide timely feedback to all stakeholders based on complaints and feedback• Report on activities being carried out and occasionally external stakeholders including, partners and donors.• Provides quality updates of lessons learned and best practices to the project team and stakeholders.• Collect and maintain appropriate data on project implementation as per the project monitoring and evaluation plan.Oversees the training of partners in the field.• Compile project activity reports.• Ensures that activities are compliant with methodology and standards.• Compile reports received from the field and submit monthly activity reports to sector managers.• Follows upon logistics issues at project locations and ensures assets including project vehicles are maintained. Networking, representation, and partnership building.• Shares activity plans partners and looks for synergies and opportunities to work together.• Facilitates collaboration and networking with other organizations, government, and other relevant institutions for job placement for trained youth.

Dadaab, Garissa, Kenya

• Prepare professional records for effective teaching of timetabled lessons.• Foster positive teacher/pupil/parent relationship• Ensure learners attend the school regularly.• Deliver all subjects as per required.• Ensure the Co-curriculum activities are implemented especially debates which was meant to improve the learner’s spoken ability.• Update the teacher’s preparation book.• Ensure no child abuse happens in the school.• Improve girl child participation in the school programs.

Ifo Refugee Camp, Garissa, Kenya

• Recruitment of health choice participants from Ifo primary schools across the town.• Mobilization of healthy choice groups/participants• Conducting health choice sessions for school going adolescents- boys and girls• Facilitation of reproductive health choice sessions for school going adolescents- boys and girls• Compiling weekly and monthly health choice sessions reports• Submitting health choice session logs to Reproductive Health officers on weekly and monthly basis.

• The identification of protection concerns for children within the IFO camp, prioritizing cases of unaccompanied minors, separated children, and other children deemed to be ‘vulnerable’.• The establishment of voluntary community-based structures such as child welfare committees, Foster family associations, and children clubs. This involved engaging with different audiences of various nationalities in Eastern Africa (Somali, Ethiopia, Uganda, Eritrea,).• Individual case management work, involving the interviewing of children with various protection concerns, profiling and assisting child protection officer to provide assessment and recommendations to Best Interest Determination (BID) panel, UNHCR community services, Protection and eligibility units in Dadaab sub-office and /or other partner agencies in the camps.• Conduct training on issues of child rights (CRC, Child participation, Child abuse and exploitation, communicating with children, and protection of unaccompanied minors and separated children).• Facilitated recreational activities in the Child-Friendly Space for the purposes of psychosocial support.• Coordinate daily activities of direct reports for follow-ups interviews, training, and home visits• Participate in the identification of program objectives strategies and activities in agreement with local customs.• Ensure regular identification for foster families, community leaders/members in the refugee camps who may be able to provide care and protection for children.• Facilitate participatory analysis and planning at block levels to identify and prioritize risks posed to children.• Work with foster parent’s association to channel highlighted issues to the camp-level child protection network and local leadership.• Manage staff weekly and monthly work plans for direct reports regarding community meetings, BID training, home visits, follow-up visits in collaboration with direct reports.

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