“Save the Children strongly encourages applications from women. Minimum country requirements for potential female applicants will be followed”

ROLE PURPOSE: 
Save the Children is an international independent non-governmental, non- profit, organisation founded in 1919. We work in over 120 countries worldwide. We are the world’s leading independent organisation for Children. Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. 

Save the Children has worked in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.

We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers.

MEAL (monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning) Officer will be working to provide day-to-day MEAL related support to implementation of Save the Children’s SC - Italy Funded Projectin the designated province (Balkh).

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

    Contribute in designing, conducting and documenting researches, studies and evaluations as per project needs to contribute in understanding of the impact of the project.
    Conduct/support conducting regular surveys as per project requirements and documenting results/findings
    MEAL Officer is respsosible for PDMs following cash distributions, of the project beneficiaries. 
    Resposiblity of conducting market assessment and price monitoring in the project.
    Responsible for verification of CT beneficiaries in the targetd area of the project.
    Verifying baseline and pre-project information
    Coordinate with the MEAL team and project staff and document lessons learnt and findings 
    Provide inputs and support to the MEAL team in developing their MEAL systems 
    Coordinate with the Country Office MEAL and technical team for conducting required researches and presenting findings at the country/national level
    Ensure the maintenance of both qualitative and quantitative data
    Mobilizing and making communities aware on project objectives, outputs and activities and MEAL systems and SCI Child Safeguarding Policies.
    Facilitate project and activities information at all events such as training and workshops
    Support in development of project monitoring tools, databases, quality benchmark and project reporting.
    Take lead for establishment of feedback mechanisms in all implementation locations of Save the Children’s SC - Italy Funded Project.
    Support in building the capacities of SC - Italy Funded Project field based project staff in terms of project MEAL requirements.
    Whenever required, give company to representatives of project stakeholders during joint-monitoring visits.
    Other duties as required in line with the skills, experience and role.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
    holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
    holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
    sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
    widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
    future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
    builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
    values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
    approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
    develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
    willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
    honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities 
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.