MEAL Officer

Description

Under the direct supervision of MEAL Lead or MEAL HOD, in Head Office.

MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning ) Officer, is responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing organization MEAL system to track the effectiveness of a project or program, ensuring accountability through data collection, analysis, and reporting, while also incorporating lessons learned to improve future initiatives; essentially acting as the primary point person for monitoring and evaluating the impact of a program across various aspects.

• Develop and/or maintain MEAL standards, procedures to track implementing partners project activities

• Develop tools for quantitative and qualitative data collection, oversee the initial stages of data collection, supervise data validity and quality of analysis.

• Build capacity of CSOs and CBOs staff, facilitate capacity building and focus on strengthening internal MEAL and robust information management program

• Promote programmatic learning to improve the quality of programs in the area.

Build and maintain accountability mechanisms, knowledge sharing and organizational learning at the Country Programme.

QUALIFICATIONS

EXPERIENCE

SKILLS

Masters in Statistics,

Economics or social sciences or equivalent

Minimum 2 years of experience in health, EPI programs, monitoring, data management or Research

Proficient with Microsoft Office (Online data tools, Excel, Access, Power Point and Word).

Responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES

DESCRIPTION

1. Management and Coordination of MEAL systems, tools and procedures

• Ensure the implementation of MEAL strategy and reporting mechanism

• Support and establish a system for collecting ongoing programme data, and coordinate data analysis with CSOs.

• Support CSO’s staff to understand MEAL system and become familiar with MEAL requirements for their project.

• Ensure MEAL systems are harmonized throughout project sites/CSO’s from data collection to database.

• Train MEAL and Project staff on MEAL/Data tools, data collection and analysis and basic surveying and sampling techniques.

• Ensure line managed staff receive supervision, mentoring and training to develop their personal and professional skills, knowledge and understanding.

• Attend relevant external coordination with the Department of health, EPI, MEAL and CSOs Working groups and other relevant stakeholders and feedback information, as applicable, to appropriate managers and staff.

• Supports project teams in developing quality standards for all key program interventions to strengthen the compliance and quality aspects. Prepares or adapts monitoring tools for key activities in collaboration with country MEAL Head/Team lead.

1. Building and maintaining accountability mechanisms, knowledge sharing and organizational learning

• Promotes and strengthens the understanding of the importance of MEAL within the organization

• Provides technical support in operating accountability mechanisms and its promotion/visibility amongst the project participants, especially the Community Feedback and Response Mechanism (FCRM) to ensure accessibility by beneficiaries and stakeholders.

• Oversees the receiving of complaints and feedback via the established channels, the recording of complaints in the complaints log, and ensures that complaints are handled confidentially and in line with the defined timeline

• Ensures that complainants receive timely feedback about the status of their complaint. Refers to investigations or follow-up monitoring related to complaints based on Country Managements Decision

• Provides technical support to engage external consultants for MEAL activities, including engaging in ToR preparation, selection of consultants, review of activity design and data collection methodology, data quality assurance, data analysis, involvement of stakeholders and dissemination plan.

1. Quality Assurance of Data Management & Reporting

• Develop MEAL Framework and Indicators Tracking Table-ITT for al CSOs in the region and frequent follow ups with team to regularly update.

• Ensures the unified database of program outputs is maintained. Implements electronic, mobile data collection systems in MEAL processes.

• Conducts data and feedback analysis, secondary sources overview when adequate and prepares adequate reports. Helps design and review data collection/tracking tools/formats/databases to ensure data quality, reliability and consistency throughout project implementation.

• Ensure archival of MEAL documents for audits, with enlist MoVs for all active projects

1. Establishing appropriate MEAL structures, building MEAL team capacities and maintaining adequate division of roles between MEAL and other staff

• Identifies MEAL capacity development needs of Partners staff, and provides tailor-made, practical trainings to project staff based on capacity needs assessment. Ensure that all MEAL unit, project team members and implementing partners’ staff understand and know how to use MEAL tools. Train MEAL unit, related project team members and implementing partners in assessment methodologies and tools

• Ensure that appropriate resource is available for activities and personnel related to the functions of MEAL department, including by preparing the MEAL budget section of all new proposals.

Experience

2 Years

Apply By

Nov 15, 2026

Required Skills

• Monitoring and evaluation frameworks
• Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis
• MEAL reporting
• Microsoft Office
• Data Validation
• Data Quality Assurance
• Report Writing

Nice to Have Skills

• Indicator Tracking
• Data Collection and Management
• KoBoToolbox And ODK
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Capacity Building