MEAL Officer

The MEAL Officer will handle all data collection, analysis, and learning activities to help ensure accountability and efficiency from start to finish for all activities implemented by Nabad. The MEAL Officer will collaborate with the program manager in reviewing and preparing monthly, quarterly and final narrative reports. Additionally, s/he will replace or work with other members of the team, depending on the needs of the project.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

1. Development and Implementation:

• Create a detailed implementation plan, a framework and procedures for the monitoring and evaluation of project activities.

• Provide overall management for the design and implementation of a project’s M&E system, working closely with other staff, consultants and provide progress updates to the Project Manager, donors and partners.

• In charge of defining and implementing the key project performance indicators (KPI) as well as monitoring them throughout the duration of the projects.

• Serve as the primary point person for all monitoring and evaluation related work.

• Develop and refine various data collection instruments (both quantitative and qualitative), and maintain a results database, as well as data collection procedures (eg. logical framework, project performance tracking, indicators, data flow chart, M&E manuals, data collection templates…)

• Support all M&E initiatives for assigned grant(s)/project(s) including monitoring data quality, tracking the progress of activities, and contributing to staff capacity building initiatives as necessary.

• Suggest ways to facilitate data collection and the flow of data within Program field teams.

• Support the operations field team in their role to collect and enter data from participants through registration database and surveys.

• Train staff on the accurate use of the monitoring systems, providing ongoing coaching/support through regular site monitoring visits, and ensure quality control and problem solving as needed.