The MEAL Specialist deployed for surge support will report to the Technical Officer, under the technical oversight of the FAO Representative in the country of assignment.

Tasks and responsibilities

•Contribute to the development and implementation of OER’s/the Country Office’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) strategy  for emergency and resilience programmes, to provide timely information on delivery terms of reach, outputs, outcomes and impacts at OER and decentralized office levels;
•    Develops and oversees the implementation of a M&E data and work plan to collect, analyse and report on key activity, output, outcome and impact indicators for various audiences, ensuring the implementation of core M&E activities across the programming, namely: beneficiary registration and verification; baseline, post-distribution and endline surveys and maintains related databases to report on achievements at activity, output and outcome level efficiently and effectively.
•    Where applicable manages/supports any third-party monitoring partner contracts to support the above activities, ensuring overall technical quality and timeliness of tools and deliverables in consultation with project managers/sector leads;
•    In collaboration with project managers/sector leads, establishes a regular and standardized information flow between implementing partners and FAO, to provide consistent information on delivery and key indicators
•    In alignment with FAO’s Office of Emergency and Resilience tools, establishes a real-time database to monitor activities implemented and beneficiaries reached across the portfolio, by donor, administrative level 2, partner and activity type to be maintained in collaboration with project managers/sector leads;
•    Supports management and project managers/sector leads to identify priority indicators and realistic targets to promote a programmatic approach to monitoring and evaluation, and ensures their timely collection and analysis for management briefings and external reporting;
•    Provides regular updates to management on the status of implementation of field activities, identifying and communicating challenges/delays/issues to management through monitoring tools and accountability mechanisms.
•    Supports/leads up-to-date data visualisation to provide management with an overview of programming status and key information, building on existing corporate and OER tools for data visualisation purposes;
•    Contributes data for internal and external reporting, including donor reporting, cluster/sector reporting, contributions to the IPC/CH, where applicable, interagency reporting, FAO corporate reporting, etc.
•    Identifies opportunities to learn and adapt programming through the data collected and presents these to management;
•    Build capacity of FAO and partners for all components of the MEAL framework through training sessions (virtual/in person as the situation requires) and hands-on  Develop tools for quantitative data collection and analyze quantitative data, including data cleaning, curation, and preparation of large volume database from household-level georeferenced surveys and other sources, and perform relevant/statistical/econometric analysis to provide information on key indicators of delivery, outcomes and impacts of FAO’s programming,;
•    Develop tools for qualitative data collection and analysis and support analysis to better understand and explain the outcomes and impacts of emergency and resilience interventions
•    Establish accountability mechanisms that provide FAO beneficiaries with a means to voice feedback and grievances in a safe and accessible manner and ensure effective case management and efficient responses with relevant counterparts in FAO;
•    Technically support linking M&E data with learning by contributing to the development and implementation of learning agendas, reflection workshops and other learning opportunities and products to effectively inform adaptive measures and evidence-based programming;
•    Prepare MEAL reports including compiling information to be included in MEAL reports, updates and any other relevant information products as requested by MEAL Team Leader, Programme and Results Team leader, and/or OER Management;
•    Perform other duties as required.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

•Experience in monitoring, evaluation accountability and learning;FAO Core Competencies

•    Results Focus
•    Teamwork
•    Communication
•    Building Effective Relationships
•    Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills 

•Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions, is desirable;
•    Experience in humanitarian contexts is desirable.

Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency