Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Officer

With guidance from the Projects Coordinators and in close collaboration with departmental and field teams, the MEAL Officer provides expertise and support in the areas of data collection and reporting.

The MEAL Officer will be providing support in monitoring and evaluating ongoing projects in the health department. S/he will be responsible for the overall M&E and learning needs of the project and will come up with findings based on real data to show the performance of the projects. S/he will play a role in promoting key learnings for the improvement of the projects and for wider learning of the organization.

Job Description:

• Develop, implement, and assess monitoring frameworks for all organization's partnerships and projects.
• Develop the overall framework for project M&E systems in collaboration with Project Coordinators’, including requirements, reporting, baseline, and evaluation surveys.
• Ensure the alignment of M&E activities with program goals.
• Maintain existing indicator tracking tools; develop additional databases and tracking tools as needed to demonstrate the effectiveness of project interventions
• Ensure adherence to specific monitoring and reporting requirements.
• Analyze data for accuracy, flag validation or quality issues, and contribute to system fixes.
• Create and integrate graphics in reports and information products to help visualize data in a meaningful way;
• Edit content and presentation of all reporting and deliverables before submittal to ensure superior quality and professionalism in collaboration with the projects’ coordinators;
• Contribute to developing and reporting of project reviews, assessments, surveys, and other analytic or evaluation processes and products;
• Conduct field visits for data validation and to monitor the quality and completeness of data sets; coordinate data collection at project sites to monitor program development and ensure timely compilation and reporting of data; capture and document lessons learned.
• Provide advice and expertise on program and project implementation, including strategic, administrative, and logistical support when needed;
• Familiar with core principles of Children and Human Rights, Participation, Do No Harm, Community, and Family.   

Requirements: 

• BA in business administration, management, social sciences, international development, statistics, or related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation
• Ability to work within a team
•  Excellent Arabic and English Language
• Demonstrated computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite applications and statistical packages.