Role Purpose
Family Care First (FCF), facilitated by Save the Children, is a network of organizations working together to support children in Cambodia to live in safe, nurturing family-based care. FCF works collaboratively with the government, local and international NGOs, academic institutions and UN agencies, to promote and strengthen family-based care. With approximately 60 member organizations, including 7 funded partners, FCF is working to prevent children from being separated from their families and increase the number of children that are safely and successfully integrated into family care.
The MEAL Coordinator will guide and oversee the implementation of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system for the FCF program, in line with FCF program and Save the Children requirements. They are responsible for ensuring that donor M&E and reporting requirements are met in a timely and high-quality manner. They will work closely with the Project MEAL Manager, other FCF MEAL Coordinators, Chief of Party, Social Work Coordinators, FCF implementing partners (NGOs), and the Save the Children County Office MEAL team, to ensure that relevant program data and information are collected, checked, verified, entered into database, consolidated, and analysed. The project also has a strong knowledge and learning component with an emphasis on research, piloting, and documentation.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
Qualifications and experience
- Degree in social sciences or fields relevant to social research, data management, monitoring and evaluation;
Essential:
- Minimum of 4-5 years of relevant working experience in M&E including tools development, data collection, and data management, preferably with child protection elements;
- Related experience in project frameworks, performance measurement, indicator selection, quantitative and qualitative data collection and tracking systems, data quality checks and analysis methodologies;
- Extensive experience using Excel for data entry, management and analysis.
- Proven ability to prepare M&E plans and reports;
- Proven ability to identify MEAL training needs and provide capacity building through training, coaching, and mentoring to partner/ other staff
- Strong organizational, interpersonal/cross cultural communication and time-management skills while working in a diverse and dynamic team setting in a challenging environment;
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, and solve problems independently;
- Analytical and reliable
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office;
- Excellent written and spoken English.
Desirable
- Experience with USAID and/ or EU funded projects;
- Existing relationships with local NGO and Government partners;
- Experience in M&E for child protection programming
- Knowledge of database software and operations, i.e. Epi-data, Map-information, SPSS and Access (or similar)
Contract length: Unspecified Duration Contract (UDC).
The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information:
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV in PDF as a single document and apply as below link.
Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.
SCI offers a competitive remunerative package, including both cash and non-cash benefits as below:
- International mentoring and professional development to support your growth and career aspirations
- Group personal accident insurance for staff member and in-patient health insurance for staff member and their dependents
- Provident fund (10%), seniority indemnity payment, 13th month salary, medical allowance, and phone card allowance
- 26 weeks full pay of maternity leave and 2 weeks full day of paternity leave
- Full Government public holidays and 18 days annual leave
- Working hour is 37.50 per week from Monday to Friday
- Flexible working hours
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer, and our working environment is inclusive and accessible. Only shortlisted applicants will be notified for written test and interview.
For more information about Save the Children in Cambodia, visit our website: https://cambodia.savethechildren.net/careers
We need to keep children safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.