Job announcement: Program MEAL OFFICER

FAIRMED Cameroon is looking for Program MEAL OFFICER. 

JOB DESCRIPTION 

Level of employment: 100%
Employment title: Program MEAL OFFICER
Unit: FAIRMED Cameroon Program
Supervisor: Country Coordinator (Program Coordinator in the future)
Subordinates: Tbc: Project staff
Surrogate for: none
Surrogate by: City, Country Yaoundé – Cameroon
Duration of contract 12 months (with possibility of extension)
Expected start date 01.07.2023

JOB SUMMARY

Section 1 – Monitoring and Reporting

1. Ensure and pay specific attention to data quality and use, the protection of participant data, and confidentiality during all monitoring, evaluation, and research implementation and dissemination processes,
2. Provide monthly feedback on MEAL data in line with project indicators,
3. Ensure appropriate project reporting meets all demands of both internal and external stakeholders,
4. Promote and support the dissemination of project information among the projects team.
5. Established a culture of periodic project reviews including data and log frames reviews,
6. Train and mentor project staff and implementing partners in monitoring and evaluation methods, tools, and systems.
7. The program MEAL will be responsible to support project teams in the data collection, processing, data quality assurance, and reporting following project and program MEAL plans.

Section 2 – Evaluation

1. Ensure continuous assessment of the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability of FAIRMED project interventions during the project cycle,
2. Lead mid-term and end-of-project evaluations in compliance standards and internal procedures,
3. Support the projects to provide the Ministry of Health with technical assistance to strengthen the country’s DHIS2 for the optimal use of routine DHIS2 data.
4. Create and operationalize a system for periodic social evaluations and project participants’ evaluations to create a dynamic feedback loop into projects,
5. Create impact evaluation mechanisms for the projects,
6. Ensure relevant data is entered into FAIRMED’s MEAL web platform (logalto) which is the organization-wide data management platform designed to capture, analyze, and disseminate project data.

Section 3: Learning

1. Support the organization in establishing a learning and cross-sharing system within FAIRMED
Cameroon and with other FAIRMED MEAL colleagues when the need arises.
2. Use data to contribute towards strategic decision-making and project planning,
3. Support and strengthen greater collection, sharing, and use of gender monitoring data, feedback, context analysis, and lessons learned within FAIRMED’s Cameroon program,
4. Organise lesson-learned workshops or meetings and provide practical recommendations,

Section 4: Organizational

1. Complies with strategies and procedures governing the program and ensures that the country program is operating at maximum efficiency.
2. Ensure consistency of indicators across projects with the goal of measuring country program performance and achievements.
3. Surveys applications for potential employees and assists in the hiring and training process.
4. Contribute to the project development process to ensure quality of content and integration of FAIRMED project cycle management tools and principles, and alignment with FAIRMED programmatic strategy.
5. Contribute to the preparation and consolidation of the Annual Work Plans to ensure they are aligned with the log frames logic,
6. Finalize and consolidate the technical reports prepared by the project coordinators and controlled by other colleagues before their transmission within reporting timelines.
7. Contribute to the identification of opportunities, grants development of new project initiatives to strengthen the FAIRMED program in Cameroon,
8. Participates in partner meetings and strengthen links with INGOs and/or community stakeholders, existing and potential partner institutions of the projects as well as with the different levels of the Ministries of Health and Social Affairs,

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS.

• Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, demography, statistics, social sciences, or related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum 4+ years of work experience in monitoring and evaluating/program officer, multi-year international health sector development projects.
• Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis methodologies, implementation research approaches, data visualization, and reporting
• Demonstrated management, coordination, teamwork, and planning skills with proven ability to function effectively with multiple host-country counterparts in both the public, NGO and private sectors.
• Strong technical skills, including the ability to process and analyse data using DHIS2 and one or more statistical software packages, including at least one of the following: SPSS, Epi-Info, Stata, MS Excel,
• Experience hiring and supervising personnel and ensuring they acquire the necessary training and skills to meet evolving project needs.
• Excellent skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional relationships with host-country counterparts, and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, CSOs, and the private sector.
• Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, team-building, and representational skills.
• Excellent verbal, written interpersonal, and presentation skills in French and English will be an added value.
• Proficiency in word processing and Microsoft Office
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally as needed,
• Prior working experience as a Program or project coordinator for some years,
• Good organizational and time-management skills
• Be an assertive problem solver.
• Illustrates the ability to be well-organized and delegate work where appropriate.
• Good experience in developing dashboards from databases and data visualisation will be an added advantage.

HOW TO APPLY

File MUST include:
1. Cover letter addressed to the Country Coordinator
2. CV including 3 professional references
3. Evidence of relevant academic/professional qualifications
4. Proof of professional experience.

You can apply by sending your application to the following address: recrutementscameroun@fairmed.cm 

Mentioning “Program MEAL Officer – 062023” in the subject line

Incomplete applications or applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

FAIRMED has a zero-tolerance approach to fraud, sexual exploitation, abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.

Deadline: 14/ 06/ 2023 at 6 pm Cameroon time.

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