Santo, with regular travel to target communities and Port Vila
MEAL Manager
ADRA Vanuatu • Full-time
Job Description
Works closely with Project Manager and Project Accountant to ensure budget requirements are met, coding requirements are met, staff financial expense reports are correct, and financial processes are upheld with Rivers staff. The Rivers MEAL Manager reports operationally to the Programme Director Rivers but provides technical guidance, standards and quality assurance to the Rivers Project Manager and project team. The role is responsible for monitoring implementation, verifying evidence, maintaining project data, supporting reports, coordinating community feedback and accountability mechanisms, and producing communications and impact stories with informed consent. The role should be integrated throughout planning, implementation, reflection and adaptation, rather than being used only to collect information at reporting deadlines.
Based in Santo and reporting to the Programme Director, the role supports Rivers and other ADRA Vanuatu programmes through consistent MEAL systems, LogAlto management, data-quality assurance, learning, reporting standards, ethical communications and organisational accountability. Positioning the role outside the Santo project-management line provides an independent view of programme performance while maintaining a supportive working relationship with the Rivers team.
Organisation Description
The Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA) is a Christian, humanitarian agency that creates opportunities, empowers people and shares hope.
ADRA’s purpose statement – to serve humanity so that all may live as God intended.
Values: Connected, Courageous, Compassionate
Selection Criteria
Qualifications and experience
Essential
• A relevant tertiary qualification or trainings in Monitoring and Evaluation, international/community development, programme management, public health, WASH, agriculture, climate resilience, social sciences or another relevant discipline; or a strong equivalent combination of education and senior practical experience.
• At least five years’ progressively responsible experience in development or humanitarian programmes, including substantial responsibility for multi-component project delivery and staff supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to manage work plans, partnerships, risk, budgets, procurement dependencies, donor reporting and results-based performance.
• Proven experience building accountable teams, setting clear expectations and addressing delay, poor quality or under-performance fairly and promptly.
• Demonstrated experience developing partnerships and contributing to successful concept notes, proposals or locally financed initiatives.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, PSEAH, child protection, gender equality, disability and social inclusion, do-no-harm, and workplace health and safety.
• Excellent written and spoken English and Bislama, with the ability to communicate credibly with communities, government, partners, staff and donors.
• Strong judgement, organisation, facilitation, analysis, negotiation and report-writing skills; competent use of standard digital office, planning and data systems.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly to remote communities and Port Vila and to work flexibly when programme or emergency conditions require.
Requirements
- Qualifications and experience
- Essential
- A relevant tertiary qualification or trainings in Monitoring and Evaluation, international/community development, programme management, public health, WASH, agriculture, climate resilience, social sciences or another relevant discipline
- or a strong equivalent combination of education and senior practical experience.
- At least five years’ progressively responsible experience in development or humanitarian programmes, including substantial responsibility for multi-component project delivery and staff supervision.
- Demonstrated ability to manage work plans, partnerships, risk, budgets, procurement dependencies, donor reporting and results-based performance.
- Proven experience building accountable teams, setting clear expectations and addressing delay, poor quality or under-performance fairly and promptly.
- Demonstrated experience developing partnerships and contributing to successful concept notes, proposals or locally financed initiatives.
- Strong understanding of safeguarding, PSEAH, child protection, gender equality, disability and social inclusion, do-no-harm, and workplace health and safety.
- Excellent written and spoken English and Bislama, with the ability to communicate credibly with communities, government, partners, staff and donors.
- Strong judgement, organisation, facilitation, analysis, negotiation and report-writing skills
- competent use of standard digital office, planning and data systems.
- Willingness and ability to travel regularly to remote communities and Port Vila and to work flexibly when programme or emergency conditions require.