Job ID
40229
Job Title
MEAL Manager
To work for
Secours Islamique France (SIF)
Country
Syria
City
Damascus
Field of Work
Analysis/Statistic - Social Services - Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Finished or Exempted (For male)
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
Designing Systems and Promoting MEAL
_ Develop and oversee the implementation of a comprehensive MEAL system within the organization, ensuring accountability to both donors and beneficiaries.
_ Advocate for the importance of MEAL across all aspects of the organization to foster a culture that prioritizes high-quality programming.
_ Establish strong relationships with colleagues and provide support to ensure understanding and endorsement of the MEAL system at both field and CO levels.
_ Collaborate closely with program teams to integrate MEAL into project implementation, thereby enhancing quality, accountability, management, and impact.
Managing Staff, Providing Guidance, and Facilitating Growth
_ Supervise the MEAL team to ensure the effective operation of the MEAL system with adequate support and resources, establishing clear communication channels between field and central office levels as well as with other departments.
_ Assist the MEAL team in advancing specific projects, offering managerial oversight and troubleshooting when challenges arise.
_ Set expectations, offer leadership, and provide technical assistance as necessary to enable MEAL staff to fulfil their roles effectively.
_ Oversee the performance of direct reports within the MEAL unit through performance evaluations, coaching, mentoring, training, and professional development opportunities.
_ Develop and manage a MEAL training program at the organizational level to enhance MEAL capacity and awareness among all staff, identifying training needs and collaborating with MEAL team members to implement the program.
Internal Reporting
_ Ensure timely and high-quality fulfilment of all internal MEAL requirements for programs, including providing comprehensive information and data on direct and indirect reach.
_ Identify and introduce new elements, such as systems, tools, and processes, required under the MEAL system, and oversee their development by MEAL team members.
_ Receive regular field monitoring and accountability reports from MEAL Team leaders and Officers, disseminating them to country office teams and ensuring that action plans are implemented and monitored.
Facilitating Learning for Strategic Decision-Making
_ Consolidate data and findings from various thematic and operational areas to facilitate analysis of impact, supporting organizational learning and strategic development.
_ Lead efforts to enhance synergy and integration among thematic programs to optimize results for communities.
_ Communicate top-level learning and analysis reports, as well as monitoring data, to enable timely decision-making by management for scaling up operations and addressing operational challenges.
External Reporting and Representation
_ Ensure external accountability to donors through the timely and high-quality implementation of MEAL activities, resulting in accurate reporting.
_ Produce high-quality analysis reports to demonstrate SIF's impact and assessment findings, highlighting best practices and replicable programs, and present them at relevant events.
_ Represent SIF at pertinent inter-NGO and government meetings at the field level, promoting the sharing of best practices and learning among agencies.
Program Design and Allocation of MEAL Resources
_ Integrate MEAL into the program design phase and incorporate MEAL resources into proposal development, seeking diverse funding sources to sustainably integrate MEAL into emergency and development programs.
_ Effectively manage the MEAL budget to ensure optimal allocation of resources.
_ Develop and oversee the implementation of a comprehensive MEAL system within the organization, ensuring accountability to both donors and beneficiaries.
_ Advocate for the importance of MEAL across all aspects of the organization to foster a culture that prioritizes high-quality programming.
_ Establish strong relationships with colleagues and provide support to ensure understanding and endorsement of the MEAL system at both field and CO levels.
_ Collaborate closely with program teams to integrate MEAL into project implementation, thereby enhancing quality, accountability, management, and impact.
Managing Staff, Providing Guidance, and Facilitating Growth
_ Supervise the MEAL team to ensure the effective operation of the MEAL system with adequate support and resources, establishing clear communication channels between field and central office levels as well as with other departments.
_ Assist the MEAL team in advancing specific projects, offering managerial oversight and troubleshooting when challenges arise.
_ Set expectations, offer leadership, and provide technical assistance as necessary to enable MEAL staff to fulfil their roles effectively.
_ Oversee the performance of direct reports within the MEAL unit through performance evaluations, coaching, mentoring, training, and professional development opportunities.
_ Develop and manage a MEAL training program at the organizational level to enhance MEAL capacity and awareness among all staff, identifying training needs and collaborating with MEAL team members to implement the program.
Internal Reporting
_ Ensure timely and high-quality fulfilment of all internal MEAL requirements for programs, including providing comprehensive information and data on direct and indirect reach.
_ Identify and introduce new elements, such as systems, tools, and processes, required under the MEAL system, and oversee their development by MEAL team members.
_ Receive regular field monitoring and accountability reports from MEAL Team leaders and Officers, disseminating them to country office teams and ensuring that action plans are implemented and monitored.
Facilitating Learning for Strategic Decision-Making
_ Consolidate data and findings from various thematic and operational areas to facilitate analysis of impact, supporting organizational learning and strategic development.
_ Lead efforts to enhance synergy and integration among thematic programs to optimize results for communities.
_ Communicate top-level learning and analysis reports, as well as monitoring data, to enable timely decision-making by management for scaling up operations and addressing operational challenges.
External Reporting and Representation
_ Ensure external accountability to donors through the timely and high-quality implementation of MEAL activities, resulting in accurate reporting.
_ Produce high-quality analysis reports to demonstrate SIF's impact and assessment findings, highlighting best practices and replicable programs, and present them at relevant events.
_ Represent SIF at pertinent inter-NGO and government meetings at the field level, promoting the sharing of best practices and learning among agencies.
Program Design and Allocation of MEAL Resources
_ Integrate MEAL into the program design phase and incorporate MEAL resources into proposal development, seeking diverse funding sources to sustainably integrate MEAL into emergency and development programs.
_ Effectively manage the MEAL budget to ensure optimal allocation of resources.
Qualifications
_ Minimum of five years management and/or MEAL experience in a both emergency and development contexts, preferably with solid experience in more than two of SIF priority sectors: education, protection, shelter, WASH, and Food Security and Agriculture.
_ Bachelor degree in an area of social development or equivalent, master degree is preferred
_ Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward
_ Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner.
_ Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
_ Fluency in English, both verbal and written
_ Bachelor degree in an area of social development or equivalent, master degree is preferred
_ Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward
_ Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner.
_ Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
_ Fluency in English, both verbal and written
Specific Vacancy Requirements
Strong interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation, and coaching.
_ Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets.
_ Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, and external partners.
_ Values diversity as a source of competitive strength.
_ Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
The advertisement will be closed manually upon arrival of the successful candidate. The successful candidate is required to join immediately.
Qualified females are strongly encouraged to apply
_ Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets.
_ Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, and external partners.
_ Values diversity as a source of competitive strength.
_ Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
The advertisement will be closed manually upon arrival of the successful candidate. The successful candidate is required to join immediately.
Qualified females are strongly encouraged to apply
Salary and Benefits
confidential
About us
Founded in 1991, Secours Islamique France (SIF) is a nongovernmental organization devoted to international solidarity, social and humanitarian causes in the fields of humanitarian assistance and development aid, both in France and in the world.
SIF is dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the poorest people in France and around the world. It acts wherever humanitarian and social needs require mobilization of emergency relief and implementation of development programmes. SIF is inspired by the values of Islam, solidarity and respect for human dignity, which are at the heart of its concerns. Through its commitment, values and missions, it calls for the building of human solidarity that transcends differences and borders.
SIF has started to work in Syria since 2008 and has been operating in many governorates namely, Aleppo, Damascus, Dara’a, Hama, Homs, Rural Damascus, and Quneitra. Shelter support is among their main programs along with Education, community services, and provision of water, sanitation and hygiene.
SIF is dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the poorest people in France and around the world. It acts wherever humanitarian and social needs require mobilization of emergency relief and implementation of development programmes. SIF is inspired by the values of Islam, solidarity and respect for human dignity, which are at the heart of its concerns. Through its commitment, values and missions, it calls for the building of human solidarity that transcends differences and borders.
SIF has started to work in Syria since 2008 and has been operating in many governorates namely, Aleppo, Damascus, Dara’a, Hama, Homs, Rural Damascus, and Quneitra. Shelter support is among their main programs along with Education, community services, and provision of water, sanitation and hygiene.
Required employees number
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Posted On
Aug 04, 2024
Expiry Date
Sep 03, 2024
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CV Language
English
Additional questions for applicants
Q1: Have you ever been arrested, Indicted, or summoned into court as a defendant in a criminal proceeding, or convicted, fined or imprisoned for the violation of any law (exclude minor traffic violation).
Q2: Please confirm that you have never been subject to sanctions (disciplinary, administrative or criminal) arising from an investigation in relation to PSEA, or left employment.
Q3: Please Confirm that you don’t suffer from any health issues (Chronic disease, injuries,) that prevent or limit your ability to perform your tasks properly.
Q2: Please confirm that you have never been subject to sanctions (disciplinary, administrative or criminal) arising from an investigation in relation to PSEA, or left employment.
Q3: Please Confirm that you don’t suffer from any health issues (Chronic disease, injuries,) that prevent or limit your ability to perform your tasks properly.