Education Program MEAL Coordinator - National -Damascus

TITLE: Education Program MEAL Coordinator
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Education Programme Management Unit LOCATION: Damascus (National)
GRADE: 4 CONTRACT LENGTH: One Year (with the possibility of extension)
CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 4- The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people and, in the overseas context all posts are level 4 posts in view of potential situations which may allow staff unsupervised access to vulnerable children and young people.
ROLE PURPOSE:

The Education MEAL Coordinator will be responsible for designing and coordinating rollout of the MEAL systems, contextualizing and disseminating MEAL guidance (based on existing guidance) to consortium and implementing partners. Under the guidance of the Education Chief of Party, the MEAL Coordinator will lead and ensure that MEAL Systems are implemented by consortium and implementing partners in a coordinated, harmonized and aligned manner, in line with donor requirements and commitments.

The Education MEAL Coordinator will be part of the Programme Management Unit- PMU and responsible for ensuring the achievement of results, assessments and evaluations, data analysis consolidation, and visualization. He/she will be involved in the submission of timely and regular progress reports. The Education MEAL Coordinator will also liaise with SCI MEAL team and implementing partners to ensure that MEAL Systems and application of standard indicators are well understood and implemented.
SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Education Chief of Party
Staff reporting to this post: None.
Budget Responsibilities: None.
Role Dimensions: Substantial interactions with MEAL counterparts within partner organizations, design/review of assessment and evaluation tools including kobo collect, data analysis and presentation including data visualization and Power Bi.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Monitoring:

o In close collaboration with the implementing partners, track and oversee the implementation of harmonized monitoring tools and aligned indicator definitions for the project.
o In close collaboration with implementing partners, put in place an operational MEAL plan for including mechanisms to monitor and document the progress of implementation of Programme activities, specifically;
o Lead the design/ review of MEAL packages, to include the Indicator Performance Tracking Table, Log frame, PRIME, Activity Tracking Table and MEAL plan. Maintain an updated Indicator Performance Tracker (IPT) and Output tracker including internal systems like PRIME, in addition other report requirements as may be requested.
o Provide technical guidance and lead capacity building of the implementing partner staff, and stakeholders on implementation of MEAL within the Programme; to include capacities for data collection, storage, indicator definition and reporting.
o Input to the development of aligned Quality Benchmarks for the Education Consortium activities to guide monitoring and ensure actions plans agreed on after QB monitoring are implemented in timely manner.
o Review Programme data collection tools to ensure that tools provide required information on programme indicators.
o Enhance use of digital data management within the program, this may include use of Kobo and ODK among other programs.
o Conduct routine data quality assessment and continuous quality improvement of the program to ensure program implementation and report quality.
o Participate/coordinate the design of quantitative and qualitative participatory Programme evaluations (baseline, annual and final evaluations), assessments, reviews, and other special studies.
o Work closely with the Senior Education Program Manager to ensure that performance indicators are regularly tracked and that activities implemented are well aligned with the indicators.
o Support implementation of programme MIS and integration of Geographical Information System (GIS) in programme reporting. Support GIS mapping and dissemination of MIS/GIS reports. Provide MIS content/requirements and feedback to MEAL team and document progress on indicators/achievement of targets.
o Where applicable, roll-out mobile data collection and monitoring systems and document learning and suggestions for improvement.

Evaluation:

o With the support of the Program Management Unit-PMU, lead and coordinate the development of Terms of Reference for the programme evaluations.
o Coordinate the logistics of project evaluations as necessary and ensure data collection, analysis and write-up is in line with SCI and donor standards as well as set timelines.
o Work closely with the evaluation team/consultants in the development/review of evaluation packages including tools and ethical approval.
o Review of evaluation reports including inception and completion reports.

Accountability:

o Working alongside implementing partners to ensure functional Complaints, Feedback, Response and Feedbac