The MEAL Assistant will be a part of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) unite, supporting implementation of the overall Iraq MEAL Strategy. He/she will assist the MEAL team with activities, including data collection, database management, the MEAL Assistant will support all efforts for promoting a high level of beneficiary accountability, and will assist in manage the feedback mechanism. The MEAL Assistant will work closely with the Senior MEAL Officer and projects staff in WCUK’s area of operation to support Central and Southern Iraq MEAL activities as needed.

If you share our values and believe that children’s lives should not be torn apart by war, we want to hear from you.

Department: Programme

Place of Work: Baghdad office - with visits to field locations in Baghdad-Anbar-Basra

Working Hours:Full-time, 40 hours

Reports to: Area Coordinator – with technical supervision from the Senior MEAL Officer

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Your role

This is a national position based in WCUK’s Central and South Iraq Office (Baghdad). The position of MEAL Assistant will be a major contribution to the implementation transparency and organizational support of the data flow and implementation timing. The MEAL Assistant will work closely with the Area Coordinator, Senior MEAL Assistant, Project Officers, and other project team members to ensure consistency in data collection, operate accountability mechanisms, roll out MEAL methodologies, and consolidate data for reporting and means of verification.

Your responsibilities

• Conduct community visits, focus group discussions with beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries to receive feedback on War Child UK Programmes.
• Manage feedback received and ensuring a timely and appropriate follow-up if needed.
• Entering data and sharing findings with Senior MEAL Officer.
• Help collect data needed for the Output Tracker and support with data collection processes if needed.
• Support programmes with conducting assessments as needed, facilitate focus groups and other qualitative data collection exercises.
• Conduct field monitoring visits as appropriate to ensure the project implementation quality.
• Work closely with field staff to collect data and implement activities to support beneficiary accountability and oversight of FCRM at base level.
• Support with data cleaning and analysing.
• Monitoring activities and reporting at base level.
• Oversight of proper documentation and record keeping on base level to make sure that the archive system is up to date.
• Ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained.
• Contribute to create a culture committed to the safeguarding of children and adults as clarified in WCUK’s Child Safeguarding and Adults at Risk Policies.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the Line Manager.

Contribute to creating a culture committed to the safeguarding of children and adults and compliant to WCUK’s Child Safeguarding and Adults at Risk Policies 

These duties provide a framework for the role and should not be regarded as a definitive list. Other reasonable duties may be required consistent with the grade of the post.

You are

• Team player and have good communication skills
• Accurate, systematic, with an eye for detail
• Able to work efficiently with minimal supervision
• Respect confidentiality and data protection policy
• Ability to multi-task
• Able to work in a small, dynamic organization with limited resources
• Commitment to War Child’s aims, values, and mission

Child safeguarding and Adults at Risk

Our work with children and at-risk adults to keep them safe is the most important thing we do. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in all areas of our work. We have zero tolerance for any behaviours and practices that puts children and/or vulnerable adults at risk of abuse and/or harm. Successful applicants will be expected to be compliant and sign up to our Child Safeguarding policy, our Code of Conduct and PSEA: Adults at Risk Policy. You can find the Child Safeguarding and Adults at Risk policy here: https://www.warchild.org.uk/whats-happening/news/our-child-safeguarding-policies-and-procedures

Skills, knowledge, and experience for the role:

• Minimum 3 years of Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, computer science, project management or related field.
• Understanding of monitoring, evaluation and learning and its role within project development and implementation is a must
• Understanding of the Project management cycle and Log frames is a must
• IT literate with particularly strong skills in Microsoft Excel
• Experience in collecting quantitative and qualitative data, experience in Kobo is an advantage.
• Experience of working with refugees, IDPs and other vulnerable communities 
• Knowledge of basic statistical methods and confident in applying these to large data sets 
• Working knowledge of English (written and Verbal) is a must. Arabic language skills are also important.
• Good coordination and organisational skills 
• previous relevant work experience on projects related to youth development, Livelihoods, and civic engagement and is an advantage

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications via the below link

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RxOGZu0NC0eqzhC4ZqKer2sQlFXPjVpHmzeWL5qUMMhUMElGQk4xOURTMURWMjVOTjU0T1pKSTNQWCQlQCNjPTEu 

• War Child is an equal opportunity employer, both females and males are encouraged to apply.
• Interviews will be done on a rolling basis.
• In order for an application to be considered valid, War Child UK only accepts online profiles duly completed.

Employment with War Child will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

• A clear vetting and Due Diligence check and Police Check.
• Receipt of three satisfactory references.

If you do not receive feedback within 2 weeks of submission please consider your application unsuccessful and kindly keep an eye on our website for future opportunities that may arise