MEAL Assistant

Background:

International Humanitarian Relief (IHR); was established and registered in June 2011 in Vienna, Austria; registered in October 2014 in Beirut, Lebanon, and registered in January 2016, in Istanbul, Turkey Austria, IHR Lebanon, and IHR Turkey are legally and financially independent organizations.IHR is committed to providing emergency aid to the most deprived communities through substantial long-term solutions in addition to its work to improve the situation of both the refugees and host communities through focusing on Food Security, livelihoods, Water Sanitation and hygiene, protection, education, nutrition, environmental sustainability, sanitary infrastructure, community service, and others.

IHR Webpage: https://www.ihrelief.org/en**/**

Job Responsibilities:

• Keep accurate records of data, activities, and community/beneficiaries’ participation in monitoring activities.
• Ensure that data is collected and recorded ethically and within the remits of IHR policy on confidentiality and consent.
• Ensure data quality measures are implemented during the data flow process and meet the standards.
• Responsible for field monitoring planning and implementation, conducting regular field visits to all running activities through close coordination with the technical/program team, and developing the required field reports.
• Provide support to the database/MEAL officer in the update on the Beneficiary information system, including data entry, data cleaning, and report production.
• Provide all necessary and accurate M&E data and analysis for internal and external reporting in a timely manner.
• Support the MEAL officer in developing the information materials for complaint and feedback mechanisms.
• Keep complaints records confidential and only accessible to relevant staff according to the internal feedback mechanism guidelines.
• Support the MEAL officer in identifying and documenting lessons learned and generate best practices in cooperation with Field Officers.

Qualification (education/work experience)

• University degree preferred in social sciences, information technology, economics, statistics, international relations, and software engineering.
• Monitoring and evaluation, statistical analysis using Excel, SPSS or power-bi, technical communication, IT knowledge, database, and analytical software.
• 2 years minimum experience working in the MEAL department in humanitarian aid organizations and/or international donors.
• Demonstrated experience in data collection, data analysis (qualitative and quantitative), reporting skills, and conducting field-level data collection (FGDs, KIIs, KAP surveys, etc.)
• Good communication skills and strong analytical skills.
• Solid organizational skills: the ability to be flexible and work well under pressure in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment.
• Ability to work as part of a team, interpersonal qualities, and diplomacy
• Excellent in reading, writing, and speaking both Arabic and English.
• Valuable prior experience in issues related to the promotion of gender equality or personal commitment to gender equality.

Safeguarding:

Children and vulnerable adults must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury, and any other harm. One of the ways that IHR shows this ongoing commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.

Accountability:

Alongside our safeguarding policy, IHR is an equal opportunities employer and has a set of integrity policies. Any candidate offered a job with IHR will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability:

• Comply with IHR’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, Code of Conduct, health and safety, data protection and confidentiality, do no harm principles, and unacceptable behavior protocols.
• Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming area.
• Report any concerns about the inappropriate behaviour of IHR staff or partners.