MEAL capacities and commitments

Apply and adapt DRC’s Global MEAL Model to the local circumstances and corresponding

programmes in Syria to develop, implement, manage, and learn from MEAL systems.

Apply DRC guidance for MEAL and division of roles and responsibilities, particularly vis-à-vis

programme staff, and foster collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders.

Identify gaps as well as required amendments to standard processes and MEAL systems to adapt to

programmatic growth and changes

Identify and plan for the human resources, financial resources, and time needed to carry out MEAL

activities in close coordination with the MEAL Manager, Area Management and programme teams.

Apply DRC guidance with regards to GDPR and data protection, specifically for MEAL-related data.

Liaise with relevant internal counterparts responsible for data protection.

Identify, adapt, and apply accountability and ethical frameworks and principles, including the Core

Humanitarian Standards (CHS).

Contribute to capacity building and provide technical support for programme and field staff to

improve field monitoring and strengthen evidence.

Support the adaptation of MEAL systems to partnership modalities, ensuring that monitoring,

reporting, and accountability requirements are proportionate and aligned with national partner

capacities.

Contribute to the development of joint MEAL plans with national partners, clarifying roles,

responsibilities, and mutual accountability arrangements.

Results Monitoring and programme quality support.

Alongside the MEAL Manager, lead in the development of M&E tools and guidelines for data

collection, collation and reporting (ensuring these are gender sensitive and contextually appropriate)

Engage in and support quality throughout the project cycle, including in partnership-based

programming, ensuring that MEAL roles and responsibilities between DRC and partners are clearly

defined and collaboratively implemented.

Promote participatory and community-based monitoring approaches that elevate local perspectives

and strengthen community ownership of programmes.

Ensure development and adequate maintenance of MEAL plans, indicator tracking tools, and other

relevant tools and ensure the MEAL team understand how to technically carry out commitments to

the donor reflected in the logframe

Support Technical Coordinators and Grants personnel in designing Logical Frameworks and MEAL

activities at the proposal development stage.

Design, refine, and deploy data collection in close collaboration with Technical Coordinators,

combining quantitative and qualitative methods.

Maintain and support processes and protocols for data protection, storage, sharing, and security.

Participate in, and contribute to, Grant Opening, Review, and Close-out meetings in order to

highlight cross-project components aimed at replicating good practices and strengthening synergies

between projects or programmes.

Develop appropriate data collection instruments and monitoring, tracking, and reporting systems that

generate quality data and promote and ensure use of evidence-based outcome data for decision-

making processes.

In coordination with Technical Coordinators, conduct the analysis of MEAL qualitative and

quantitative data, process the data, and produce reports in line with internal information needs and

external reporting obligations.

Accountability

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Refugee Council is Denmark’s

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advocate and build sustainable

futures for refugees and other

displacement-affected people

and communities. Support in the roll out of CHS assessments, providing support to the MEAL Officers in providing

accountability findings/recommendations and how to share regularly in an appropriate format

Contribute to the management of DRC’s Community Feedback Mechanism (CFM), in close

collaboration with the Accountability Officer and MEAL Staff.

Build the capacity of staff to plan and implement effective accountability systems for the country

programme.

Ensure actions are followed to up close the feedback loop and ensure all complaints are processed

in a timely, safe, and accountable manner.

Support the MEAL Manager during CHS certification/CHS self-assessment processes, and when

needed, liaise with HQ and coordinate with CO management.

Evaluation, analysis and learning

Contribute (as appropriate) to analysis and evaluations for data-driven evidence and use.

Plan for and perform quantitative and qualitative data processing, analysis and visualisation

adequate for specific audiences and purposes.

Support utilisation of results for better planning and decision making; and share knowledge and

learning for improved programming within DRC and beyond.

Translate MEAL findings into organisational learning; plan and implement learning events and

design appropriate learning products.

Regularly present the key MEAL findings and feedback to the programme teams, and when relevant,

to the Senior Management Team.

Facilitate joint reflection and learning sessions with programme teams and national partners to

translate MEAL findings into adaptive programme improvements.

Document and disseminate localisation-related lessons learned, including partnership effectiveness

and community engagement outcomes.

Perform other duties as directed by the MEAL Manager and Consortium MEAL Coordinator.