MEAL Assistant

Summary

Responsibilities

• Execute field data collection activities and perform rigorous verification to guarantee data integrity.
  
• Oversee and maintain effective mechanisms for receiving and managing community feedback.
  
• Monitor and assess the overall impact of relief operations and intervention programs.
  
• Assist in the creation and periodic review of MEAL strategies, indicator tracking tables, data collection instruments, and survey questionnaires.
  
• Utilize digital platforms (such as KoboToolbox and ODK) alongside traditional paper-based methods to gather data, ensuring adherence to ethical standards and data protection protocols while cleaning, validating, and entering information.
  
• Conduct data quality assessments and spot checks to confirm accuracy and completeness.
  
• Facilitate baseline, midline, and end-line evaluations, as well as post-distribution monitoring, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews.
  
• Manage community feedback and complaint channels, including hotlines, suggestion boxes, and help desks, ensuring sensitive cases are escalated through appropriate protocols.
  
• Analyze collected data to generate dashboards, executive summaries, and comprehensive reports detailing program progress, results, and key lessons learned.
  
• Drive learning and accountability initiatives by organizing review meetings and documenting best practices, ensuring Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) through the transparent sharing of feedback with program teams and beneficiaries.
  
• Deliver orientation and training sessions to field staff, volunteers, and enumerators regarding data collection tools and standard operating procedures.
  
• Maintain secure, organized MEAL databases and records while strictly upholding the confidentiality of all beneficiary information.
  
• Fulfill any additional tasks as assigned by the direct supervisor.