MEAL And Compliance Coordinator

Job type/place

HQ based – Remotely

Administrative Manager

Grants and Development Manager

Technical Manager

Grants and Development Manager

About Mari Research and Development

Mari Research and Development is a non-for-profit civil society organization operating in northeast Syria. It was established in 2018 and registered in Canada and France.

In 2018, a group of educated, dynamic and like-minded youth working in the development sector got together to establish an organization for addressing the most urgent and pressing needs of people in Syria. MRD seeks to build a stable and just society where peace and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms prevail.

In order to promote cohesive and tolerant societies where justice and equality prevail, we seek to promote human rights, and to make them the primary and main drivers of the diverse societies which we target through our work.

The purpose of the Position

The purpose of this position is to support the MRD in strategic and operational stewardship over donor resources by applying a set of relevant systems, policies, procedures and tools to ensure that grants and contracts are donor compliant and best serve the organizational mission.

In addition of establishing the MEAL department in MRD, this includes preparing the infrastructure and building the team to perform all functions such as monitoring and evaluation MEAL.

The MEAL And Compliance Coordinator is responsible for ensuring programs compliance and reporting is in accordance with statutory, regulatory, and internal policies. The MEAL And Compliance Coordinator will serve as the point person for contract management, regulatory and corporate compliance activities, including research, review of relevant policies, procedures, statutes and regulations, and monitoring activities to support ongoing compliance efforts.

Key Responsibilities

The MEAL And Compliance Coordinator well act as compliance with the partner’s requirements when implementing, and more precisely, He or She is entrusted with the following tasks:

1. Compliance: The MEAL And Compliance Coordinator, in coordination with the Programs Department, must control all project outputs as stipulated in the agreement. All progress reports and others are sent to the Grants Manager to make a note on them, and they are obligatory for project officers to amend.

2. Focal Point: The MEAL And Compliance Coordinator is considered the Focal Point with the partner at the beginning of the grant application phase and until its closure, and here all communications with all departments are with the MEAL And Compliance Coordinator instead of directly with the partner.

3. MEAL

The MEAL And Compliance Coordinator will work on building this section, especially the development of the monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning MEAL policies and procedures manual, and he or she will build the work team and train it to carry out its tasks, follow it up and improve the monitoring and evaluation reports for each project separately.

Education

Bachelor’s degree (or 3-7 years of work experience with NGOs)

Experiences

1. 3+ years of experience in MEAL management.
2. Demonstrated analytical and persuasive writing skills experience as well as superior editing skills, including ability to convey complex information in a clear manner to a diverse audience.
3. Strong administrative skills and self-motivated with the ability to set priorities and manage multiple tasks under minimal supervision in effective and efficient manner.
4. Intermediate to expert skills in Microsoft Office (specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). Experience with donor development/CRM software systems a plus.
5. Familiarity and experience working with national, governmental donors.
6. Ability to work under pressure and respond to deadlines without sacrificing quality.
7. Excellent English- Arabic languages