➔ Description of the mission

Description

To work with Oxfam staff and partners in ensuring that effective and relevant monitoring and evaluation plans and systems are in place. The post will also ensure Oxfam’s accountability to all stakeholders are observed based on quality programme design. The role will support the delivery of Oxfam Pilipinas’ program based on agreed deliverables with donors and partners from civil society, private sectors, local government units and related agencies.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

The MELSA Officer will have overall responsibility for ensuring that quality systems and processes for project monitoring, evaluation, learning, and social accountability are in place for the Care Connect Project.
The post holder shall be under the supervision and shall be directly accountable to the Project Coordinator – Care Connect Project, but will work closely with the Gender Justice Senior MELSA Officer and the Gender Justice Portfolio Manager
The MELSA Officer will support in preparing donor reports, proposal/concept notes preparation, oversight of identified research initiatives, and other MELSA-related deliverables for the Care Connect Project
Support in the implementation of the OPH-wide and GJ MELSA system and capacity enhancement efforts, including peer-to-peer, and partners’ support and learning.

Project Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Social Accountability (MELSA)

Develop, enhance, and regularly update with Oxfam Pilipinas teams and implementing partners the projects’ context analyses and formative plans (i.e., risk mitigation, safeguarding, disability inclusion, learning, sustainability, etc.), and ensure monitoring of such plans.
Facilitate preparation, deployment, and updating of the Care Connect Project’s MELSA work plans (including relevant MELSA capacity building plans) with the project teams and partners to ensure timely implementation of identified MELSA processes based on the agreed MELSA framework.
Assist in the operationalization of the MELSA team’s peer-to-peer support system, by the planned rollout of the MELSA toolkit and the MELSA capacity building program, and in close coordination with external consultant/s hired for such activities.
Work with the relevant Oxfam Pilipinas project officers and implementing partners’ project MELSA focal persons in the preparation and dissemination of high-quality MELSA outputs, including regular reports to donors, learning products, and research/evaluation reports.
Regularly report to and alert the direct line manager and the relevant project teams on any project-related risks, project implementation status, and emerging project opportunities and threats.
Ensure effective operationalization of the project’s complaints and feedback mechanism (CFM) in line with Oxfam Pilipinas’ institutional CFM and the strategic partnership agreement, and of other agreed social accountability approaches integrated into the project’s designs/plans.
Actively contribute to the design and implementation of planned baseline studies, project learning reviews, periodic outcome tracking, project-related research activities, evaluations in line with facilitating reflections among stakeholders around project results and lessons, including management of feasibility studies for the assigned projects.

Support to portfolio MELSA:

Support Oxfam Pilipinas’ Gender Justice Portfolio Manager, Senior MELSA Officer, and Oxfam Country MELSA Manager in ensuring that any emerging knowledge from project implementation and learning under the gender justice portfolio is properly captured and shared via appropriate knowledge products and strategies.
Support the MELSA Officer – Learning and Knowledge Management Lead in overseeing the formulation of the Care Connect Project’s learning agenda based on the agreed theory of change, and the design and implementation of relevant formative and programmatic research, and standalone research projects, that could contribute to the portfolio’s efforts to address identified thematic concerns.
Actively engage in discussions and processes that are shaping Oxfam Pilipinas’ strategic directions, objectives, and ways of working by sharing relevant information and MELSA systems-generated outputs/lessons.
In times of disasters, will be part of the potential humanitarian surge capacity as guided by the Humanitarian Portfolio Team.
Perform priority organizational tasks related to his/her competencies, as may be assigned from time to time.

➔ Profile

Qualifications

Essential

At least three (3) years’ experience in performing monitoring, evaluation, learning, and social accountability-related work for development initiatives, particularly in the fields of care work or programming, women's economic empowerment, human rights, and/or gender justice.
Track record in directly working collaboratively with various project stakeholders, including community-based and people’s organizations, local women’s rights organizations (WROs), other civil society groups, local government units, national government agencies, and private sector groups in the performance of project-related MELSA tasks and functions.
A deep understanding of gender issues and women’s rights and leadership concerns, a strong demonstrable commitment to gender equality and feminist MEAL principles, and the ability to apply such in supporting gender analyses in both planning and MELSA-related processes.
Competencies in social research methodologies, including the design and conduct of mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) approaches, use of digital platforms (e.g., Survey CTO) in facilitating data collection and quality assurance, training partners/research teams in such methodologies, and design/facilitation of collaborative sense-making with stakeholders to deepen understanding of the contexts and meaning behind research data and findings.
A team player, with strong interpersonal skills, good planning competencies, initiative, able to practice sound judgement in carrying out tasks and delivering on outputs with other team members and stakeholders and can manage multiple tasks in an effective and timely manner.
Demonstrable commitment to applying and facilitating participatory MELSA approaches with project teams, implementing partners, partner communities, and other stakeholders.

Desirable

Degrees in Social Sciences, Women’s or Gender Studies, Development Studies, disaster risk reduction, public policy, social science research, development evaluation, and similar areas.
Experiences in setting up and effectively implementing community-based/driven or project complaints and feedback systems as an integral component of project MELSA approaches, and in design/implementation of other social accountability approaches as MEL contribution to project strategies aimed at facilitating communities’ rights-claiming, promoting accountable project and public sector governance, and thus transforming unequal power relations.
Field experiences with MELSA work and other project-related interventions with poor and marginalized communities, geographically isolated and disadvantaged (GIDA) areas, and/or conflict-affected areas (e.g., Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao).
Competencies in designing and operationalizing MELSA systems and approaches with various stakeholders, coordinating with several implementing partners, and across multiple sites.

Key Attributes

Ability to demonstrate collective leadership, program management, 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 and diversity for all aspects of development work.
Commitment to Oxfam’s feminist principles and safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam and its partners are as safe as possible.

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Oxfam is an international confederation of 21 organizations networked together in 67 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty.

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Oxfam Pilipinas

Oxfam is an international confederation of 21 organizations networked together in 67 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty.

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Between 50 and 250 employees
Others

Oxfam Pilipinas did not yet communicate its impact measurement.

This structure did not communicate to us the labels or certifications that it was able to obtain.

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