Monitoring Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer job at Medical Teams International | Apply Now

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Maintain a comprehensive M&E plan for the location, including indicators and reporting schedules, and monitor progress toward the plan.

• Collect, compile and analyze data from MEAL Assistants to produce weekly and monthly reports that inform decision making and support donor reporting. Reports include these but not limited to weekly surveillance data (mtrac ), weekly public health data/report, monthly operational reports, Global KPI, Uganda Refugee Response Plan (UCRRP)/Activity info, Uganda Refugee Response monitor (URRM), mortality line listing,

• Enter reporting data into national and donor reporting platforms (DHIS2, HIS and others) according to deadlines.

• Train MEAL Assistants and clinical staff on HIS and HMIS usage and database utilization; ensure staff adhere to data management best practices and policies.

• Conduct routine supportive supervision at health facilities to measure the quality of data, identify gaps and develop strategies to improve records and data management

• Contribute to drafting of institutional donor proposals and reports

• Maintain health information systems (HIS), data bases and ensure data security

• Take lead in health facility and community-based assessments such as Balance Score Card, Client satisfaction surveys, KPC surveys to measure coverage and quality of service provision

• Support MEAL Assistant to prepare and display up to date performance trends at the health facilities, ensuring availability of necessary logistics, participate in CMEs at facility level on data analysis and interpretation

• Conduct monthly and quarterly data review meetings at health facility and field office level and prepare action plans in collaboration with the Medical Coordinator to improve data utilization and program implementation

• Ensure adequate stock of registers and reporting tools available in store and at health facilities and support in the quantification of HMIS tools needs.

• Liaise with District Biostatistician to mobilize HMIS tools, training facility staffs on HMIS, and ensure high quality reporting into the Ministry of health reporting systems.

• Ensure that data practices are conducted with the highest level of integrity and ethics according to professional and MTI Code of Conduct

• Other duties as assigned

Accountability:

• Work closely with the Medical Coordinator and Public Health Officer to conduct beneficiary interviews, community listening sessions, focus group discussions, and quality improvement verification visits to the project sites as required by the program

• Work with the Public Health Officer to regularly monitor UNCHR interagency platform and ensure that feedback, response and complaints are timely and appropriately responded to, as a way of enhancing feedback, trust and confidence with beneficiaries

• Conduct periodic review and presentation of FRRM incidences/cases to field management

• Ensure data storage and systems for sharing are set up to protect the confidentiality of personally identifying beneficiary data and adhere to generally accepted principles for data protection. Additionally, ensure that the program teams are oriented on both the donor and institutional data protection policies.

• Analyze feedback from community dialogues to guide decision making during program implementation.

• Ensure safeguarding of program participants and personnel through promoting an environment of awareness and upholding the code of conduct provisions of Medical Teams Protection from Sexual Exploitation & Abuse, and Child & Vulnerable Adult protection policies and sexual harassment policies.

Learning:

• Ensure learning from periodic surveys, monitoring data reviews and beneficiary feedback is documented and shared with program staff to inform programming. One quarterly lesson learnt institutionally/project level is expected from each location.

• Lead field level performance review meetings and share key recommendations to management

• Support and organize the collection of success stories, case studies, and photos of activities for knowledge management

• Maintain a filing system for all location level MEAL activities, reports, and analyses in hard and soft copies, including backups.

Collaboration and Coordination:

• Supervise and mentor MEAL Assistants in the program area

• Coordinate with the District Biostatisticians on submission of DHIS2 data and reporting.

• Work with Medical Coordinator to determine staffing levels/roles needed to support location MEAL activities

• Collaborate with the MEAL Coordinator, Country office MEAL team for data sharing, reporting, and quality improvement

• Coordinate with MEAL counterparts in other organizations and information management working groups. Participate in relevant technical working groups to provide MEAL oversight at field level