Job Description and Requirements
Job Title : MEAL Coordinator
Job Grade : G6
Reports to : Country Director
Supervisor : Database Officer , MEAL Assistant
Location : Amman with frequent travel to the field offices
Islamic Relief Worldwide
Islamic Relief Jordan is a country branch of Islamic Relief Worldwide. Islamic Relief Worldwide is an internationally recognized charity (Charity No.: 328158), looking back on nearly 30 years of experience in humanitarian and developmental aid. It was founded in 1984 in Birmingham, UK, in response to the devastating famine in the Horn of Africa. Since then, Islamic Relief has grown into a charity that is active worldwide, putting development projects, emergency aid, and rebuilding projects into action in over 44 countries around the world.
Islamic Relief Jordan (IRJ) began its operations in 1997 with orphan’s sponsorship, sponsoring hundreds of orphans living in Jordan. IRJ extended its programs to seasonal projects with Ramadan and Qurbani distributions and In-Kind donations. IRJ has established strong partnership with international non-governmental organization and local one’s strengthening the overall response to the Syria crisis. At the onset of Syria humanitarian crisis in late 2011, IRJ provided emergency response to those affected by violence in Syria and has since then scaled up its capacity and operations with number of 70 staff across the country.
IRJ programme unit works toward introducing relevant interventions to Jordanians as well as Syrians and Palestinians refugees that would impact their lives and improve their life conditions. IRJ programme unit act upon IRW mandate and in line with IR-Middle East and Eastern Europe strategy that aims to ensure Safe, dignified and peaceful living conditions for refugees, IDPs and vulnerable groups as well as communities at risk of disasters in the Middle East. IRJ office has expanded with the Syrian crisis in 2011, reaching more than 200,000 refugees by 2013 with an annual income of 35,000,000GBP. The unit has successfully introduced interventions in a multi-sectors response, being the lead agency responsible for humanitarian assistance in the north of Jordan, reaching 200,000 refugees providing food, health care, cash for shelter and non-food items such as hygiene kits and winterization items in 2015 and 2016. The programme unit is now strategizing the Syrian intervention and working toward a holistic integrated approach with the host community and planning to move toward early recovery and then development to ensure sustainability through introducing innovative approaches in education promotion, community development and income generation. IRJ is committed to Sphere Standards in emergency response and HAP 2010 Standard in Accountability and Quality Management.
Purpose of the position:
The MEAL Coordinator will bring significant experience and fresh ideas to lead on MEAL system implementation, review and evaluations, MEAL budgeting, recruitment, as well as support to proposal writing and log frame development. The post holder will ensure that all Islamic Relief projects are supported to ensure quality, effectiveness and appropriateness of their programmes. It will be important for the post-holder to capture lessons learned and document them well. Post holder will make sure these lessons learned are adapted to improve on-going and future programming. S/he will guide Islamic Relief Jordan teams to maintain an effective monitoring system across all sectors, including the use of beneficiary feedback data, to assure the quality of interventions. The MEAL Coordinator will lead on building capacity of staff and partners (where applicable) on MEAL framework particularly on accountability and participation, with a specific focus on rightsholders.
The position holder will ensure that the programme has evidence-based knowledge to inform the direction of the programme from assessment and regular programme monitoring documents. Special attention should be paid to the positive and negative impact that interventions have on rightsholders, marginalized and disabled persons.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Required Qualification:
Minimum 5 years of experience working in INGOs sector, increasingly responsible experience in projects management, including 3 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation preferably in international I/NGOs.
Technical knowledge Skills & abilities:
Personal knowledge Skills & abilities:
Developing and maintaining relationships:
Operating safely and securely in a humanitarian response:
Leadership in humanitarian response:
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