MEAL Trainee (Lalitpur)

MEAL Trainee

Location: Lalitpur

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local – Intern (Fixed Term) (Trainee)

Job Description:

MEAL Trainee will work closely with National Office MEAL Team. S/he will provide support to accomplish day to day departmental task.

The role requires working in data and Information management system, feedback handling and support on baseline and evaluation. Further, s/he will establish the secondary data hub in support with MEAL Coordinator and IKM Specialist.

In addition, trainee support in organizing regular meetings, report preparation, departmental administrative task and coordination with inter-department and field offices.

Technical Responsibilities

• Work closely at the National Office MEAL Team and assist in facilitating WVI-supported Programmes and Projects to manage the project cycle effectively in line with the National Strategy and MEAL departmental goal.
• Support IKM Specialist as well as team members in regular information monitoring, system updates and other relevant works as per the need of the MEAL unit.
• Work closely with MEAL Team of the National Office in the testing/development of data collection tools for qualitative and quantitative studies.
• Support in secondary database management of different thematic areas.
• Assist in data verification of existing systems like beneficiary recording, activities tracking, feedback handling, routine data quality assurance (RDQA) and M&E recommendation tracking system.
• Involve in field visit monitoring, along with National office and MEAL team.

Support in research and evidence gathering

Assist managing information that are collected from the program implementation area to produce evidence-based products.
Support the MEAL team to gather and collate evidence on changes and impact on child well-being in the programme implementation area of WVI Nepal.
Support in organizing and documenting the MEAL event like regular meetings, Learning sharing event and annual review meeting with PNGOs.

Personal development and transformation

• Enhance own management skills and knowledge of development in reference to the ministry and scope of WVI Nepal and its working contexts.
• Increase own involvement in the works of WVI Nepal.
• Initiate own learning and development in the WVI Nepal context
• Keep daily learning records for own reflection and prepare monthly progress reports to share with the immediate team.
• Prepare an action plan based on the team plans together with supervisors and team members and act accordingly

General Responsibilities

• Attend meetings as per organizational requirement
• Other responsibilities: While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the duties involved in this position, WVI reserves the right to add, remove or alter duties when necessary
• Any other task assigned by the direct supervisor

Required Education, training, license, registration and certification

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in information management, statistics, or other relevant subject area of Social Sciences.Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
• Basic understanding of program/project information management
• Basic understanding of community-led development work
• Basic understanding of design, monitoring, and evaluation
• Basic understanding of disaster management-related matters.
• Basic Knowledge of project/program evaluation along with the development facilitation and data collection from different communities.
• Good interest on conducting or supporting research
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office computer programs including Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Travel and/or Work Environment

• Based at National office
• Willingness to travel to WVI Nepal’s working areas as required.
• Committed to World Vision Ethos, Mission, Vision and Core values

  ** IF YOU ARE A FORMER REGISTERED TRAINEE OF WVIN PLEASE MENTION THIS IN YOUR CV/ APPLICATION

“World Vision is committed to achieving diversity, as the diversity of our teams is critical to our overall success. WV welcomes applications from qualified professionals all over Nepal. Women, people with disability, and members from other marginalized groups are strongly encouraged to apply.”

“Children and vulnerable adults who come into contact with WV as a result of our activities must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury, and any other harm. One of the ways that WVI Nepal shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates, in accordance to its Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy. WVI Nepal has zero tolerance to child rights’ violations, by employees and/or affiliates.”

WVIN reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case.

People & Culture Department

World Vision International Nepal

Applicant Types Accepted: Local Applicants Only