Programme Quality Assurance Manager

Directorate: Programmes

Reporting to: Programme Delivery Lead

Location: Tubmanburg, Bomi County

Contract type: Permanent

Working at Mary’s Meals International:

Our mission, vision, and values are at the very heart of everything we do here at Mary’s Meals and working for Mary’s Meals International is so much more than a career opportunity, we offer the opportunity to support our global movement in a dynamic, flexible and inclusive environment with a real focus on personal and professional development. We believe in the innate goodness of people, respect the dignity of every human being and family life and believe in good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us. In line with our values, Mary’s Meals is fully committed to a culture of safeguarding.

Role purpose:

This role is vital to ensuring that our School Feeding Programme is working towards programme excellence. The role holder will oversee the Programme Quality Assurance team, and be responsible for ensuring that the data that the Delivery team provides is robust, verified and that data gap are addressed. The role holder will be responsible for identifying data trends and issues within our school feeding programme. The role holder will work in a highly collaborative manner across the programme development team and the delivery and operations team.

Key responsibilities & activities:

Programmatic Excellence

• Oversee the development and implementation of the programmes Quality Assurance strategies and systems for collecting, tracking, analysing, and reporting on key data within programmes in support of the Programme Delivery Lead
• Provide data quality management, basic data analysis, reporting, and using data for decision-making. • Develop and effectively implement field monitoring tools for data quality assurance, including standardizing methodologies for reviewing, approving, consolidating, and reporting. • Develop ideas for the continuous improvement of data tools, data collection platforms, and databases. • Manage staff in conducting data quality checks in compliance with our School Feeding Delivery Model (SFDM) and MEL Strategy
• Ensure that field staff are following data collection SOPs and processes.
• Conduct analysis to identify programme trends and issues, including analysing by key programme variables and metrics

Capacity Building

• Coordinate the support to the Programme Delivery team to strengthen their quality assurance and ensure compliance with requirements.

P 1

• Provide capacity development of Country Programme staff and field offices, including continuous, high quality technical assistance, training, mentoring and coaching.
• To participate in the personal development review process and to identify learning and development needs of the Programme Quality Assurance team.

Communication

• Manage communication by ensuring that relevant staff, stakeholders, partners and other functions within MMK are adequately supplied with all communication regarding MMK’s programme delivery information in a timely fashion.

Other

• Any other duty as assigned from time to time.

Additional information:

• To represent Mary’s Meals externally as required, and appropriate, with communities, schools and other stakeholders
• This role undertakes regulated work with children and is required to register with the Protected Vulnerable Group Scheme or local equivalent.
• Essential skills & experience required for this role:
• Strong commitment to Mary’s Meals vision, mission and values
• A university Diploma (Dip) in a M&E related field in the social or health sciences • Excellent written and oral English skills, fluency in one or more local languages • Robust quantitative data collection, analysis and interpretation skills.
• Proven IT skills, including Microsoft Office, including Excel,
• Good attention to detail
• High analytic skills
• Ability to work independently, under pressure and meet deadlines

How to apply for this role:

To apply, please send your CV (maximum 3 pages) with details of three professional references (emails and cell numbers), a cover letter explaining why you are interested in the role and attach a valid up-to date Police Clearance of good conduct (Liberian nationals) to Jobs.Liberia@marysmeals.org

Closing date: June 2nd, 2022, at 5pm. Only shortlisted candidates will be communicated to for interview. Your covering letter should make a compelling case for why you feel motivated to work for Mary’s Meals Liberia in this role, as well as giving a concise overview of your most relevant skills and experience and should fill no more than two pages of A4.

All applicants will be judged strictly on the basis of merit.

Mary’s Meals is a child friendly organization committed to the protection of children. Mary’s Meals is an equal opportunities employer, all who meet the criteria are encouraged to apply.