Job ID
45675
Job Title
MEAL Officer
To work for
Gruppo di Volontariato Civile GVC
Country
Syria
City
Aleppo
Field of Work
Analysis/Statistic - Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Finished or Exempted (For male)
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
• Support the departmental planning which includes monthly, quarterly and annual planning by designing key activities for monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning at the governorate level in consultation with program focal points
• Study and understand the project MEAL plans designed by the MEAL department and implement the proposed monitoring activities efficiently at the governorate level.
• Support MEAL department in the design of data collection tools, by providing general feedback on the contents, usage, productivity and accuracy along with supporting the mock exercises and piloting processes of the tools. This may also include the translation of tools into local language.
• Support the MEAL department in drafting, uploading, and corroborating projects on KOBO using the software online builder.
• Coordinate with project teams as MEAL focal point at the governorate level attending coordination meetings to make a synergy between program and MEAL planning.
• Under the overall guidance of MEAL department WW-GVC, conduct regular monitoring visits to the field and collect monitoring data on progress and quality of implementation.
• Make sure that the targets for field monitoring is achieved efficiently as described in the monthly and project MEAL plans.
• Record and report responses using standard checklists and data collection tools as and when required.
• Collect high quality quantitative and qualitative data using different types of surveys as per the requirement of project MEAL plans (i.e.: exit interviews, Post distribution Monitoring, Satisfaction Surveys, FGDs. etc.).
• Enter the monitoring data into central Kobo toolbox server for corroboration and analysis along with ensuring data cleaning at the early stages.
• Draft field visit reports using standard visit report template and coordinate the findings with Country MEAL department.
• Collect, register, process, and respond to feedback and complaints received in the base office.
• Introduce and implement the CFM in new activities which contain awareness raising sessions about the CFM used in certain activities with the targeted community and stakeholders.
• Provide periodical reports on Complaint and feedback data base.
• Ensure that the different complaint and feedback agreed channels (i.e.: complaint boxes, hotline, helpdesk) are set in place.
• Manage and implement staff complaints and feedback mechanism in the base office.
• Carry out local staff inductions on MEAL work along with basic capacity building and orientations on MEAL plans and methodologies of data collection.
• Carry out various lessons learnt activities including collection of major lessons learnt in the field and sharing it with the department on regular basis.
• Collect success stories and case studies with an objective to enhance learning in various projects implemented at the governorate level.
• Support in Indicator tracking reporting on a monthly basis by verifying project data, collecting the beneficiaries counting, and report against indicators per each activity in the governorate.
• Support the MEAL department in analyzing the assessment results in Kobo tool box and writing basic reports catering to results at the governorate level.
• Support MEAL department in preparing Situational reports (SITREP) on monthly basis.
• Contribute to outgoing reports for various projects per the guidance of country MEAL office
• Contribute to monthly and quarterly internal reporting of the department.
• Supervise MEAL assistant(s) in data collection, and properly plan for their activities by coordinating with MEAL country office in order to ensure the proper tools/sample size are set.
• Supervise MEAL Assistants in the Governorate in collecting high quality data using proper tools with respect to the MEAL departmental plan.
• Validating the periodic Monitoring Reports in which MEAL Assistant communicates the critical findings that affects projects implementation ensuring they’re falling to WW-GVC guidelines and policies and Donor’s requirements.
• Perform any other tasks assigned by the supervisor as required and related to the nature of work.
• Study and understand the project MEAL plans designed by the MEAL department and implement the proposed monitoring activities efficiently at the governorate level.
• Support MEAL department in the design of data collection tools, by providing general feedback on the contents, usage, productivity and accuracy along with supporting the mock exercises and piloting processes of the tools. This may also include the translation of tools into local language.
• Support the MEAL department in drafting, uploading, and corroborating projects on KOBO using the software online builder.
• Coordinate with project teams as MEAL focal point at the governorate level attending coordination meetings to make a synergy between program and MEAL planning.
• Under the overall guidance of MEAL department WW-GVC, conduct regular monitoring visits to the field and collect monitoring data on progress and quality of implementation.
• Make sure that the targets for field monitoring is achieved efficiently as described in the monthly and project MEAL plans.
• Record and report responses using standard checklists and data collection tools as and when required.
• Collect high quality quantitative and qualitative data using different types of surveys as per the requirement of project MEAL plans (i.e.: exit interviews, Post distribution Monitoring, Satisfaction Surveys, FGDs. etc.).
• Enter the monitoring data into central Kobo toolbox server for corroboration and analysis along with ensuring data cleaning at the early stages.
• Draft field visit reports using standard visit report template and coordinate the findings with Country MEAL department.
• Collect, register, process, and respond to feedback and complaints received in the base office.
• Introduce and implement the CFM in new activities which contain awareness raising sessions about the CFM used in certain activities with the targeted community and stakeholders.
• Provide periodical reports on Complaint and feedback data base.
• Ensure that the different complaint and feedback agreed channels (i.e.: complaint boxes, hotline, helpdesk) are set in place.
• Manage and implement staff complaints and feedback mechanism in the base office.
• Carry out local staff inductions on MEAL work along with basic capacity building and orientations on MEAL plans and methodologies of data collection.
• Carry out various lessons learnt activities including collection of major lessons learnt in the field and sharing it with the department on regular basis.
• Collect success stories and case studies with an objective to enhance learning in various projects implemented at the governorate level.
• Support in Indicator tracking reporting on a monthly basis by verifying project data, collecting the beneficiaries counting, and report against indicators per each activity in the governorate.
• Support the MEAL department in analyzing the assessment results in Kobo tool box and writing basic reports catering to results at the governorate level.
• Support MEAL department in preparing Situational reports (SITREP) on monthly basis.
• Contribute to outgoing reports for various projects per the guidance of country MEAL office
• Contribute to monthly and quarterly internal reporting of the department.
• Supervise MEAL assistant(s) in data collection, and properly plan for their activities by coordinating with MEAL country office in order to ensure the proper tools/sample size are set.
• Supervise MEAL Assistants in the Governorate in collecting high quality data using proper tools with respect to the MEAL departmental plan.
• Validating the periodic Monitoring Reports in which MEAL Assistant communicates the critical findings that affects projects implementation ensuring they’re falling to WW-GVC guidelines and policies and Donor’s requirements.
• Perform any other tasks assigned by the supervisor as required and related to the nature of work.
Qualifications
- Educational Background: o Bachelor degree in social fields or relevant major (ie: Economics, Management, social sciences, statistics, international development).
- Experience: At least 2 years experience in the same or similar position, and one year with INGOs/UN.
- Languages: Proficient in Arabic and English.
- Experience: At least 2 years experience in the same or similar position, and one year with INGOs/UN.
- Languages: Proficient in Arabic and English.
Specific Vacancy Requirements
o Demanded soft skills:
Critical thinking and problem-solving
Leadership and team supervising
Attention to details
Follow-up and ability to monitor on a daily basis
Written and oral communication skills
Adaptability and flexibility
o Demanded technical skills:
Planning and designing work plans
Data collection methods and analysis
Knowledge in the KOBO toolbox
Computer literacy (Outlook, word, excel)
Knowledge of logical framework and results chain
Technical know-how of MEAL Plans and understanding to implement the activities
In the process of recruitment, selection and appointment We World GVC implement a range of procedures and actions including Criminal Background Checks/ International vetting/Certificate of good conduct to ensure children and vulnerable adults are safeguarded and abuse is prevented
Critical thinking and problem-solving
Leadership and team supervising
Attention to details
Follow-up and ability to monitor on a daily basis
Written and oral communication skills
Adaptability and flexibility
o Demanded technical skills:
Planning and designing work plans
Data collection methods and analysis
Knowledge in the KOBO toolbox
Computer literacy (Outlook, word, excel)
Knowledge of logical framework and results chain
Technical know-how of MEAL Plans and understanding to implement the activities
In the process of recruitment, selection and appointment We World GVC implement a range of procedures and actions including Criminal Background Checks/ International vetting/Certificate of good conduct to ensure children and vulnerable adults are safeguarded and abuse is prevented
Salary and Benefits
- Salary will be established according to GVC salary scale.
- only pre-selected candidates will be contacted the applications will be reviewed as they are received and the position may be before the deadline.
- only pre-selected candidates will be contacted the applications will be reviewed as they are received and the position may be before the deadline.
About us
Gruppo di Volontariato Civile, GVC - a non-governmental, and independent organization, founded in 1971 in Bologna (Italy).
Since its foundation, GVC is active in international development aid projects, humanitarian aid to populations suffering from conflicts and natural disasters to reconstruction, hygiene, and food security; from rural development to education, to the protection of women's and children's rights.
In over forty years of activity, GVC had operated in all parts of the world, carrying out thousands of projects. collaborating with public institutions, cultural associations, cooperatives, and Italian and European NGOs,
In Syria, among 2010 and 2011, GVC implemented a project in Syria, in the city of Aleppo, strengthening the educational system in public schools taking in consideration presence of Iraqi students refugees.
At the end of 2013 GVC obtained the authorization from the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work in humanitarian aid in the crisis.
WeWorld GVC is an equal opportunity organization and will not allow discrimination based upon age, ethnicity, ancestry, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or any other status prohibited by applicable law.
WeWorld GVC has also a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a child or a vulnerable adult by any of our staff, related persons or partners. Safeguarding checks are part of the selection process.
WeWorld GVC commitment to being a safe organization begins with the staff recruitment process which includes meticulous checks, such as criminal records checks or check disclosure of previous convictions, to ensure children and vulnerable people are safeguarded and abuse is prevented.
WeWorld GVC promotes a welcoming, diverse and discrimination- and harassment-free workplace and expects the highest standards of behavior from all its staff, who are requested to adhere to the principles and behavioral rules defined in the CoEC and the Organizational Policies.
The Code of Ethics and Conduct (CoEC), PSEAH, Child safeguarding and all the organizational policies can be found here: https://www.WeWorld GVC.it/en/about-us/transparency
Since its foundation, GVC is active in international development aid projects, humanitarian aid to populations suffering from conflicts and natural disasters to reconstruction, hygiene, and food security; from rural development to education, to the protection of women's and children's rights.
In over forty years of activity, GVC had operated in all parts of the world, carrying out thousands of projects. collaborating with public institutions, cultural associations, cooperatives, and Italian and European NGOs,
In Syria, among 2010 and 2011, GVC implemented a project in Syria, in the city of Aleppo, strengthening the educational system in public schools taking in consideration presence of Iraqi students refugees.
At the end of 2013 GVC obtained the authorization from the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work in humanitarian aid in the crisis.
WeWorld GVC is an equal opportunity organization and will not allow discrimination based upon age, ethnicity, ancestry, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or any other status prohibited by applicable law.
WeWorld GVC has also a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a child or a vulnerable adult by any of our staff, related persons or partners. Safeguarding checks are part of the selection process.
WeWorld GVC commitment to being a safe organization begins with the staff recruitment process which includes meticulous checks, such as criminal records checks or check disclosure of previous convictions, to ensure children and vulnerable people are safeguarded and abuse is prevented.
WeWorld GVC promotes a welcoming, diverse and discrimination- and harassment-free workplace and expects the highest standards of behavior from all its staff, who are requested to adhere to the principles and behavioral rules defined in the CoEC and the Organizational Policies.
The Code of Ethics and Conduct (CoEC), PSEAH, Child safeguarding and all the organizational policies can be found here: https://www.WeWorld GVC.it/en/about-us/transparency
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Posted On
Nov 30, 2025
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