MEAL Assistant

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Do you have experience of gathering, analysing, and presenting quantitative and qualitative data?

Do you have Minimum 1-2 years’ direct experience in MEAL in resilience Livelihood, Emergency Response and WASH sectors.?

Do you have Previous experience of working on programmes such as WASH, livelihood, and gender is preferable?

If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you.

The Role

We are looking for MEAL Assistant who will support MEAL officer in strengthening and management of learning and accountability mechanisms, implementation of an integrated MEAL strategy and framework for Oxfam in Syria both at partner and Oxfam levels. The MEAL Assistant supports the Hub teams and partner organisations in carrying out quality MEAL – involving support to the provision of technical advice, tools, capacity building, and guidance. The MEAL Assistant contributes to ensuring that Syria hub teams adopt a systematic approach to MEAL, can effectively track results and impact, and manage and use data and MEAL findings effectively.

What we are looking for

Our next MEAL Assistant will require you to Conduct quality control tests on all incoming data and supervise data entry and data cleaning/editing processes. Coordinate and share learning related to MEAL practices and general best practices and lessons learnt across field offices and Partner team and encourage sharing of monitoring results both between and within sectoral teams. Collect timely top-line output data from all programmes and Hub Offices to feed into Monthly report and monitoring system. Systemically check this data (for quality, consistency, issues related to use of data/conclusions etc), and follow-up/ provide feedback as necessary.

We offer

This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference, to act as key contributor, to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in their fields etc, training and development, offers fair pay and competitive benefits package.

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.

How to apply  

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

As part of your online application, please upload your up to date CV and respond to three key questions related to your experience in MEAL. Your application will be shortlisted based on your CV and your responses to the above questions. You need not comment on your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

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.

In response to Covid-19 if you are offered a role where you are required to travel between countries please ensure you have been briefed by the Hiring Manager about any changes to working or precautions you should take as part of your role.