Senior MEAL Officer (National Contract)

POSITION

Senior MEAL Officer

DEPARTMENT

MEAL

DUTY STATION

Beirut or South Lebanon

REPORTS TO

MEAL Manager

STARTING DATE

January 2026

CONTRACT TYPE

FTC

SALARY RANGE

1200-1600

WeWorld

WeWorld is an independent Italian organization that has been working in international cooperation and humanitarian aid for 50 years. Present in 27 countries with more than 120 projects, WeWorld operates in the following areas of assistance: human rights (gender equality, prevention and combating violence against children and women, migration), humanitarian aid (prevention, emergency relief and rehabilitation), food security, access to water, health and hygiene, education, global citizenship education, quality teaching and international volunteering. WeWorld works mostly with girls, boys, women and youth, actors of change in every community for a fairer and more inclusive world. WeWorld supports people overcoming emergencies and guarantees a life with dignity, opportunities, and a better future through human and economic development programs, in the framework of the 2030 Agenda.

WeWorld in Lebanon

WeWorld has been working in Lebanon since 2006 and is currently supporting vulnerable populations through multi-sectoral emergency responses as well as water governance, livelihood, and local development interventions in the governorates of Akkar, North Lebanon, Baalbek-Hermel, and Bekaa. WeWorld interventions aim to increase the populations’ resilience, enhancing the communities’ capacity to find, within its fabric, the skills and resources necessary to grow in a self-sufficient manner. WeWorld Lebanon counts more than 40 employees, divided into four offices (Beirut, Zahle, Ain, Kobayat).

WeWorld Lebanon Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) department ensures the effectiveness and assesses the impact of project and programs. The department is tasked with the systematic tracking and monitoring of project activities, capturing both qualitative and quantitative data. Additionally, it actively supports the mission’s programs and departments by ensuring the delivery of high-quality services, leveraging knowledge, Ensuring Accountability to Affected Population, coordinating and assessing the efforts of local Implementing Partners. The MEAL department also contributes to grant management by providing support in reporting and proposal development.

Purpose of the role

Reporting to the MEAL Manager, the Senior MEAL Officer supports the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning activities of WeWorld. The Senior MEAL Officer contributes to overall program quality through the implementation of MEAL strategies and applying tools that enhance the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of WeWorld’s projects. The Senior Officer will collaborate closely with the MEAL staff and program teams to ensure that all WeWorld’s MEAL requirements are met.

The Senior MEAL Officer will provide technical support to WeWorld’s projects in multi-sectoral emergency, Water Governance and Livelihood sectors, and oversee the MEAL activities, including but not limited to: carrying out monitoring field visits, roll out data collection activities, handling accountability mechanisms, drafting reports, ensuring data confidentiality and security. The Senior Officer will provide support to WeWorld staff and will work closely with partners staff in the implementation sites, providing capacity building/coaching sessions where relevant. The MEAL Senior Officer will be based in Beirut, or South and will be required frequent travels to WeWorld’s Areas of Intervention in South, and Beqaa/ Baalback-Hermel on regular basis.

Main functions and duties

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Support the MEAL Manager in creating specific methodologies, MEAL plans and tools for the monitoring and evaluation processes of the activities throughout the duration of the project.
• Support the MEAL Manager in liaising with partners and consortia.
• Support the MEAL Manager in proposal development process including logframe development, TOC and needs assessment.
• Conduct regular monitoring field visits (on-site monitoring, quality spot checks, support to learning activities etc.) in WeWorld Areas of Intervention and provide timely feedback.
• Ensure accuracy, confidentiality, and security of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.
• Ensure that the data queries, requests, and reports are addressed in an accurate and timely manner according to WeWorld’s and donors’ requirements.
• Lead the Post-Distribution/Implementation Monitoring (PDM/PIM) exercises and need assessments, eligibility assessments, internal baseline, endline evaluations and ad-hoc data collection activities.
• Update and report on the Activity Tracker, Indicator Tracker and any other relevant performance monitoring tool including WW internal reports.
• Draft reports on a regular basis to inform the MEAL coordination on the activities conducted as well as to capitalize on the data collection activities performed.

Accountability and Learning

• Support in drafting internal MEAL guidelines, strategies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at mission level.
• Assume responsibility for the implementation of and compliance with WeWorld’s Feedback and Complaint Response Mechanism, tools and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
• Assume responsibility for the implementation of and compliance with WeWorld’s policies (PSEAH, Child Safeguarding, Code of Ethics and Conduct, etc.).
• Identify strengths and weaknesses in existing data collection and propose solutions, suggesting ways to facilitate data management among projects’ teams and other WeWorld departments.
• Analyze and discuss findings based on regular monitoring data.
• Identify and conduct MEAL-related capacity building activities for all WeWorld’s program and partner staff.
• Supervise, train, and monitor the daily workers who are contracted periodically for data collection.
• Capitalize on MEAL-related activities drafting reports, guidelines, presentations, and manuals or organizing capitalization exercises, workshops, and sessions.
• In collaboration with the MEAL Manager, facilitate learning events and disseminate lessons learnt.

Carry out other related activities as assigned by the MEAL Manager as deemed necessary.

Requirements

Essential Requirements

• University degree in social sciences, international cooperation, politics and international affairs, statistics, or related disciplines.
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience within (I)NGOs, including minimum 1 year within M&E/MEAL department. The ideal candidate has previously worked for (I)NGOs in the programs/MEAL department and has concrete and proven experience with Monitoring and Evaluation activities, specifically in the development and humanitarian context.
• High proficiency in mobile data collection tools such as KoboToolBox, ODK, Survey123 is mandatory.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (especially Excel, Word and Outlook) is mandatory.
• Proven technical skills in monitoring and evaluation and experience with both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis is mandatory.
• Good analytical and writing skills and good capacity to produce high-quality reports in English is mandatory.
• High proficiency in English and Arabic is mandatory.

Skills and Abilities

• Proven communication, interpersonal, negotiation, and diplomacy skills
• Proven organizational skills and ability to effectively manage multiple tasks
• Ability to multi-task and cope with competing demands under tight deadlines
• Ability to think strategically and conceptually and to translate these into concrete results
• Capacity to work autonomously and in problem prevention/resolution
• Integrity in line with Humanitarian Principles and ethical standards
• Cultural, gender, religion, age, disability sensitivity and adaptability
• Strong commitment to WeWorld mission and values

Desirable Requirements

• Previous experience in working in WASH/Water Governance, Livelihood, or Local Development Planning projects.
• Demonstrated experience in developing data collection tools and methodologies is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing Feedback & Complaint Response Mechanisms is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in complying with PSEA and Child Safeguarding policies is preferred.
• Familiarity with IM systems and analysis software (PowerBI, R, Python, Stata etc.) or with any coding language is a plus.

The above list is a non-exhaustive one, nor limitative.

(PSEAH) STATEMENT

WeWorld is an equal opportunity organization and will not allow discrimination based upon age, ethnicity, ancestry, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or any other status prohibited by applicable law. WeWorld has also a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a child or a vulnerable adult by any of our staff, related persons or partners. Safeguarding checks are part of the selection process. WeWorld commitment to being a safe organization begins with the staff recruitment process which includes meticulous checks, such as criminal records checks or check disclosure of previous convictions, to ensure children and vulnerable people are safeguarded and abuse is prevented. WeWorld promotes a welcoming, diverse and discrimination- and harassment-free workplace and expects the highest standards of behaviour from all its staff, who are requested to adhere to the principles and behavioural rules defined in the CoEC and the Organisational Policies. The Code of Ethics and Conduct (CoEC), PSEAH, Child safeguarding and all the organisational policies can be found here: https://www.weworld.it/en/about-us/transparency.