Garoowe: Fursad Shaqo CARE – MONITORING, EVALUATION, ACCOUNTABILITY & LEARNING (MEAL) MANAGER (CASH TRANSFER)

Position Summary

Reporting to the Emergency Director, the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning Manager will support the M&E related activities for USAID funded projects, mainly on cash transfer activities. The MEAL Manager will help develop the program’s M&E Plan and systems to monitor and track progress against the program’s indicators, perform quality assurance checks, ensure beneficiary accountability and evaluate the program. He/she will work in close coordination with Humanitarian Coordinator, Team leaders, Humanitarian Program Managers and field based M&E staff.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance & support to CARE & partner staff in monitoring ongoing projects in line with approved project designs.
• Lead in development of appropriate tools for project monitoring or review existing tools to be in line with the needs of each of project.
• Gather monitoring information from both community leaders and individual beneficiaries to verify effectiveness of programs and verify local participation.
• Lead in evaluation of all ending projects which include identification of consultants (if required) development /review of tools and technical review of reports.
• Develop, maintain and update M&E plans for projects, consistent with project M&E frameworks.
• Ensure the highest level of accountability and transparency in addition to ensuring compliance with USAID implementation and reporting guidelines.
• Provide regular updates to the Emergency Program Senior management on the progress of the project.
• Write regular updates along with human interest stories.
• Prepare and submit high quality assessment reports to be used for program development and decision-making.
• Take the lead in collecting, analyzing and reporting on relevant indicators for donor reports.
• Review internal program progress reports such as monthly reports and provide feedback to teams.
• Contribute to development and reviews of donor reports.
• Analyze reporting gaps within the different projects and identify corrective actions needed.
• Set up simple systems to manage information generated by MEAL activities, such as complaints databases. Conduct simple data analysis, present, and disseminate information to inform program management.
• Support in the management of Feedback, Complaints and Response Mechanism (FCRM) system in place.
• Contribute to overall CARE Somalia M&E system development /management.
• Share/exchange M&E knowledge and experiences with other CARE programs.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum university degree in social sciences, information management, Statistics or related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in program monitoring and evaluation preferably in NGO set up.
• Experience working on projects funded by major humanitarian donors, such as USAID, is an added advantage.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Capacity to produce high quality program reports.
• High-level proficiency in Ms. Excel and quantitative analysis techniques.
• Ability to design M&E tools.
• Ability to meet strict deadlines in high-pressure environments.
• Must have the ability to work independently and have good initiative.
• Ability to travel extensively to the field locations in Somalia.
• Prior experience working in Somalia.