Meal Manager– Ukraine

Job Title: Meal Manager (National Candidates Only)

Location: Lviv, Ukraine

Status/Term:  full time 

Deadline: 25/05/2022

Salary and conditions: Salary will be defined based on incumbent's experience and competences in accordance with the TGH's salary scale and terms and conditions.

TGH background

'Actor in a sustainable and shared solidarity'

Established in 1994, TGH (Triangle Generation Humanitaire) is a French international solidarity organization based in Lyon. The organization implements emergency, humanitarian, rehabilitation and development programs in WASH, Food Security and Livelihoods, Shelter/Rehabilitation, Education and Protection sectors. TGH currently operates in 10 countries in Africa, Asia, Middle East and Europe. 

TGH applies a 'zero tolerance' policy with regard to all misconduct affecting the professional credibility of its employees: TGH staff; partners (local or international) and service providers.

TGH strongly condemns all corporal punishment or physical violence, threats of physical violence, sexual abuse or exploitation, harassment and verbal abuse, as well as all other forms of intimidation. 

Presentation of the mission:

Operational in Ukraine since 2016 from Kramatorsk to support the most vulnerable populations affected by the conflict in the Donbass region, TGH wishes to continue and strengthen its intervention in Ukraine. In view of the current situation, part of the team has been forced to move to Lviv, a city that now hosts the entire humanitarian and diplomatic community, to ensure its safety. It is therefore from Lviv, located on the western border and still spared by the fighting, that TGH intends to propose an action to respond to the most urgent humanitarian needs. 

ROLE PURPOSE: Under the supervision of the MEAL Coordinator  in Lviv, the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Manager’s (hereinafter 'MEAL Manager') role is to provide essential support to Programs for the quality assurance system, build capacity at field level to deliver against TGH's operating standards and for the development of proposals and programme. S/He will ensure strong monitoring and evaluations systems and harness staff capacity to ensure Projects are implemented in a quality manner and are accountable to beneficiaries and donor. Further, the MEAL Manager will be expected to lead on MEAL system design and implementation, evaluations, assessments, MEAL budgeting, and recruitment. The MEAL Manager will support in developing strong evidence-based proposals, logframe, gather intelligence on the donor landscape in Ukraine and ensures effective monitoring and results reporting to stakeholders and Donor Partners. 

The MEAL Manager will focus on the following areas and beyond:

• Implementation of monitoring and evaluation policies and strategies;
• Maintenance of Feedback Response Mechanism system and implementation of accountability and transparency policies;
• Facilitation of knowledge accumulation and knowledge sharing on monitoring, evaluation and accountability;
• Management of the evaluation process.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

MEAL System

• Take on responsibility for the implementation of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) system in the projects : monitoring progress against targets, Output Trackers and working alongside the MEAL Coordinator and Deputy Country Director (DCD) Programs  for monitoring MEAL action plans.
• Ensure that area operations and project staff understand the various steps and tools for the MEAL system and that this is used consistently across projects / areas.
• Contribute to the management and building capacity of field level MEAL teams to conduct quality monitoring of programs activities, measured against international standards and using participatory and gender-sensitive methodologies (including child-friendly methodologies).
• Provide technical support and participate as required in all other aspects of MEAL at field level, for example surveys, assessments, baselines, evaluations, joint projects reviews / lessons learning workshops/events.
• Raise important issues arising from monitoring to the senior management team through the MEAL Coordinator . 

Accountability

• Work alongside the MEAL team to set up solid feedback and participation mechanisms at community level ensuring transparent, accountable and safe programming.
• Liaise with programme teams to develop information sharing and community engagement strategies, to ensure stronger accountability to beneficiary communities.
• Ensure child safeguarding and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation Abuses (PSEA) mainstreaming are integrated into all M&E frameworks through measurable output and outcome indicators; and lead the process of piloting and scaling up local level beneficiary complaints' mechanisms in relation to staff conduct, with an emphasis on the Child Safeguarding Policy and measure to prevent sexual exploitation. 

Technical MEAL Support and Capacity Building

• Contribute at the field level towards the creation of an organisational culture that promotes MEAL and understands its link to quality and accountable programming.
• Provide trainings and capacity building for field-level staff as required on MEAL.
• With support from the MEAL Coordinator and DCD Program , ensure all areas are progressing against the quality benchmarks including mainstreaming information sharing in all projects. 

Programme Support (across areas)

• Support coordination of needs assessments in coordination with other external sector agencies, ensuring assessment findings are documented and include an analysis of gender needs. Lead development of TGH programme baseline surveys where required.
• Working with senior technical colleagues, support sector specialists in their development of sector log frames, plans, and monitoring and evaluation frameworks and plans. Contribute to development of programme plan/strategy and master budget.
• Support planning, implementation and follow-up of evaluations, for instance writing TORs, preparing literature review packs, recruiting evaluators, planning evaluator itineraries, planning staff workshops, leading report review. Participate in evaluations where required.
• Seek solutions for more complex data management requirements by working with IT Manager. 

Reporting

• Support reporting to donors by providing management information to technical heads of programme and Coordinator on a timely basis and ensuring quality of indicator reporting
• Ensure that regular monitoring and accountability reports are received and communicated effectively to both MEAL Coordinator and DCD Programs  .
• Ensure that Monthly, Quarterly and Annual field level reports include accurate key data summaries and brief narrative descriptors of previous period's achievements/challenges and future period's planned activities in relevant areas;
• Support other reporting processes as required. 

Staff management

• Manage staff performance in compliance with TGH Policies.
• Coach, mentor, and support opportunities for continual staff development.
• Support adherence to child safeguarding policy .

Representation & Advocacy & Organizational Learning

• Ensure that TGH's work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and Government, and support Interagency Coordination forums, advocating for the specific needs of affected population. This may involve supporting coordination working groups. Participate in Interagency coordinated joint MEAL activities.
• Contribute to communications and media work as required.
• Facilitate learning from projects and ensure knowledge management of such learning for future projects. 

Program Development

• Support the Senior Managerment Team (SMT)  in ensuring that the Ukraine office has a quality, multi-sectoral program reflecting all the technical and sector priorities of TGH  global and in country strategy.
• Support the SMT in ensuring the design and development of evidence-based programs of a high quality that contribute to the response's strategies and plans.
• Support the development and writing of concept notes and funding proposals (including log frames and budgets), ensuring coordination and information sharing between technical and operation teams (finance, logistics).
• Support the SMT in gathering iinformation on the donor landscape in Ukraine to support strategic engagement with donors. 

Tasks and responsibilities are subjected to modifications according to the needs.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• University degree in the field of Economics, Public Administration, Business Management, Engineering or any other related subject.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience.
• Minimum 3 years of progressive professional experience in M&E.
• Experience of working in humanitarian programmes is a plus.
• At least 1  year of management experience, leading a team to deliver quality projects and programmes. 
• Experience developing project proposals and logframes.
• Experience of, and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability.
• Demonstrated strong monitoring and evaluation skills, including planning/participating in evaluations.
• Experience of training and capacity building .
• Proven experience designing and delivering training; strong presentation skills.
• Experience developing and improving monitoring and data collection systems.
• Knowledge of institutional donors and experience of developing proposals.
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports.
• Fluency in both Ukrainian and Russian.
• A high level of written and spoken English.
• Excellent Computer skills.
• Experience or knowledge in community participation.
•  Experience in database management.
• Experience using tablet software for data collection.
• Experience with statistical data analysis programmes such as SPSS, STATA, or other systems.

 SKILLS & QUALITIES:

• Very good inter-personal skills – Team player Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
• Very good communication skills.
• Adaptable and flexible.
• Able to adapt his/her posture to her/his interlocutor.
• Good understanding of internal communication and reporting schemes.
• Ability to work in a busy environment.
• Capacity to work under pressure.
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy.
• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling TGH values.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
• Commitment to the aims and principles of TGH. 

APPLICATION

Applicants are invited to send a resume + a cover letter by mail to the following e-mail address   Відправити резюме

Resume and cover letter have to be written  in English

Please note that applications without a motivation letter will not be considered. Only successful candidates will be invited for interview.