MEAL Officer

The Major Role & Responsibilities of the position is as following:

Tasks Related with Designing:

• To develop M&E framework of the project as per donor guidelines
• Designing of monitoring check list/tools/templates for monitoring of project activities as per donor guidelines
• To agree upon minimum standards for various project activities when and where required for onward process monitoring
• To develop his/her monthly work plan in accordance with project M&E framework for onward monitoring purposes

Project progress tracking:

• To track, monitor & validate progress of the project against DIP and ensure timely reporting to donors as per agreed timeline
• To highlight deviation and variance in progress against project DIP and share with PM/MEAL unit for inform decisions making

Process and output monitoring:

• To ensure regular process monitoring at activity level as per predefined minimum standards/agreed process
• To conduct regular field monitoring visits of project and generation of analysis on Monitoring Action Tracker (MAT) & Detailed Implementation Plan (DIPs)
• To debrief project team about key monitoring findings and ensure that all monitoring findings must be part of Monitoring action tracker [MAT]

Reporting & Documentation/data management:

• To ensure all reporting requirements of donors as per agreed timeline
• To keep maintained all relevant records of project data base like monitoring reports, donor’s reports, beneficiary’s data base, framework, tools, templates etc.
• To capture best practices and case studies of the project and share with all concerns
• To establish a data bank of primary data of the organization in line with LPP's thematic areas
• To document and sharing of meeting minutes & updates on decision tracker

Reporting to MEAL unit:

To ensure timely submission of reports to MEAL unit for HO-Dashboard including

• Update status of MAT
• Progress against DIP
• Monitoring Reports.
• Work plan
• Case studies/ Success stories
• Learning/ Best practices

Other MER initiatives:

• To facilitate and support any initiative related with MER like base line, evaluations and assessment required by donor or internally initiated
• To conduct project evaluation, assessment as per Project MEAL framework

Coordination:

• To coordinate with relevant project stakeholders especially with donor as per requirement and provide facilitation accordingly like in field monitoring visit etc.
• To regular coordinate with central M&E units for any technical inputs and concern donor as per agreed protocols

CRM:

• To ensure CRM Policy in the project and its compliance with the centralized mechanism submit CRM/Accountability Report month wise.
• Any other task assigned by Supervisor/ LPP Management

Qualification: Master’s/Bachelor degree in Social Sciences or any other discipline from HEC recognized University.

Experience:

• 5 years of Relevant Experience in a Reputable organization.

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to work under pressure, for extended hours, and to meet tight deadlines without compromising the quality of results.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and use discretion when dealing with sensitive political issues.
• Strong Computer literacy skills in Microsoft Office and communication software.