MEAL Officer

About the role

The MEAL Officer will support the Strengthening Climate Resilience through the Integrated Landscape Project by monitoring activities, conducting post‑distribution checks, and contributing to project assessments. Working closely with data collectors and the field team, the officer ensures accountability systems function effectively and that learning is captured for continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Finalize and operationalize the MEAL plan, IPTT, SOPs and align indicators with the project logical framework.
• Develop and maintain MEAL toolkits such as PIRS, Action Tracker, Feedback Tracker and Quality Benchmarks.
• Design databases, set up digital data collection (Kobo/ODK), manage data pipelines and create Power BI dashboards for near real‑time monitoring.
• Establish and implement Data Quality Assurance procedures, including spot checks, back‑checks and verification sampling.
• Oversee routine monitoring cycles, ensure data completeness, timeliness and disaggregation by gender, age and vulnerability groups.
• Prepare monthly accomplishment reports for the MEAL Coordinator and support external evaluation processes.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Statistics, Agriculture, Livelihoods, Rural Development, Economics or related field (advanced degree preferred).
• Minimum 3 years MEAL experience in livelihoods, economic empowerment or market‑systems programmes, with at least 2 years on Food Security & Livelihood projects.
• Experience working in pastoral contexts, preferably the Afar region, and fluency in the Afar language.
• Excellent report writing and English communication skills.

Required skills

• Digital data collection tools: Kobo, ODK.
• Data management and pipeline design.
• Dashboard creation using Power BI.
• Data Quality Assurance (DQA) methodology.
• Database design and implementation.