Employment Term:                                Fixed Term (1 Year Contract)      

Level:                                                          National C1

Location:                                               Yangon, Myanmar

Report To:                                                 Head of Programme Quality and Impact

Staff Reporting To This Post:             4 -5 MEAL Coordinators

Key Relations:                                         Program Heads, Team Leads, Safeguarding, Gender, Protection,

                                                                     Accountability & Partnership Teams

Closing Date:                                       9 January 2025

Early application is encouraged as the recruitment process will be done on a rolling basis and Oxfam reserves the right to appoint a suitable candidate as soon as they are identified.

“This position is opened only to National Applicants.”

The Role:

Oxfam is looking for MEAL Manager.

Job Purpose:

The purpose of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Manager is to ensure the effective implementation and oversight of monitoring and evaluation activities for development and humanitarian projects. This role is crucial for assessing the impact and effectiveness of programs, enabling the OiM to make informed decisions based on reliable data. The MEAL Manager develops and implements robust monitoring frameworks, designs evaluation methodologies, and establishes key performance indicators to track progress and outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

Knowledge Management and Learning

• Manage a knowledge management and Learning framework, ensuring evidence-based programming, feeding learning into programme design and implementation, and programme knowledge is being captured.
• Capture program outcomes, learnings, and lead facilitations of respective mechanisms.
• Coordinate on and produce key learning documents, and processes in country.
• Analyse documentation and reporting of assessments, program data, lessons learnt, evaluations and best practices to guide on internal and external sharing.
• Translate lessons learned at programme level to inform senior management strategy
• Track assessments, research and knowledge generation throughout the organization.

Data, Database and MEAL

• Oversea the MEAL team to provide support to the humanitarian, development and advocacy project teams in designing robust MEAL systems including monitoring and evaluation framework, monitoring and evaluation plans, MEAL tools, conducting field Programme Quality exercise and data management and analysis.
• Develop and manage the OCS MEAL Framework and other meta evaluations.
• Support the MEAL team, working closely with Communications team to collect best practices, case studies which demonstrate qualitative and quantitative changes over time.
• Lead on development of Logical Framework, Review of frameworks, targets and indicators.

Programme Accountability

• Maintain oversight for the quality of design, MEAL and partnership work, and accountability mechanisms in the field and in Yangon, working together with the MEAL team; support PQI and Program Heads in delivering their responsibility for the quality of the work and strong accountability in the field and in Yangon.
• Strengthen upward (including donor) and downward accountability (to beneficiary, partners and other stakeholders) within the humanitarian, development and advocacy programmes.
• Ensure that accountability and community feedback mechanisms are implemented and utilised according to agreed principles and following the minimum standards of accountability.

Program Quality Contribution

• Work with the programme quality team to effectively promote data synergy at different levels, promote PQ work and quality standards.
• Assist the PQI Head to deliver Country/Programme monitoring & Learning workshops/reviews (including Programme Quality Reviews) with relevant programme leads, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Assist in development of new Logical Framework, ToC for new project proposal development.
• Support partnership process and capacity building for MEAL.
• Work closely with Oxfam partners to improve program quality strategy and implementation, including capacity development support.
• Work closely with Gender, Protection, Safeguarding PQ colleagues to review the progress of program quality dimensions and capture the outcomes of respective areas.

What we are looking for:

Essential

• Minimum 5 years’ experience of improving effectiveness and quality of humanitarian and development programmes, M&E and demonstrating tangible outcomes.
• Master’s degree in international development, Public Policy, political science, community development, Evaluation, Research/ Statistics or similar.
• Sound understanding and experience of Knowledge Management, Impact measurements techniques.
• Strong technical competence and experience in development of MEAL systems and strategies, quantitative and qualitative monitoring and evaluation methods, data analysis, reporting and understanding of contemporary trends and debates in the field including innovative M&E.
• Strong critical data analysis and database management skills (Stata/SPSS, MS Excel, Power BI).
• Established skills and experiences of leading large-scale studies, facilitating Review & Learning Workshops.
• Demonstrated experience leading project design process and interrogating project logic.
• Proven experience of upward and downward accountability approaches and mechanisms.
• Comprehensive knowledge and proven experience of developing quality partnerships and ways of working with diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrable systems thinking with the ability to problem solve in sustainable way
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate in English clearly both verbally and in writing and with all levels of staff.

Desirable

• Experience in program innovation, project design, program/proposal development would be an asset.

Key Attributes

• Systematic and organised in approach, with ability to work on own initiative including accuracy, consistency, attention to detail, tenacity and the ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to work in a fast paced ever changing context across a broad range of sector, geographic programming and functions.
• Proven ability to advise, train and coach others on programme quality issues.
• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.

We offer:

We offer a competitive salary and a range of additional benefits to staff including flexible working options, generous pension scheme, annual leave, additional leave allowances, company sick pay, life assurance and a range of other benefits. 

From the day you join Oxfam we invite you to stretch and learn in your role. Our wide range of Learning & Development opportunities includes in-house courses, e-learning modules, on-the job learning opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and much more. 

You can read more about all Oxfam has to offer here.

Flexfam:

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. 

How to apply:

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and Cover Letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.  

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

Oxfam GB is a member of international confederation of 21 organisations working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries. 

A thriving diverse Oxfam:

It’s people power that brings about change. To play our part as a global organisation working to overcome poverty and inequality, we need equality, diversity and inclusion across our community of staff, partners and volunteers. Together, we’re committed to becoming a more diverse workforce, better able to tackle the global challenges that face our world today.

To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.