MEAL Officer – Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (Assiut)

About the role

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer will lead the operationalisation of the project MEAL system under a Results‑Based Financing (RBF) approach in Assiut. The role ensures real‑time, credible data collection, verification and reporting to support adaptive management, donor requirements and learning.

Key responsibilities

• Design, finalise and operationalise the MEAL plan, IPTT, SOPs and related toolkits (PIRS, Action Tracker, Feedback Tracker, Quality Benchmarks).
• Develop and maintain database designs, data‑management pipelines and Power BI dashboards for near‑real‑time performance monitoring.
• Implement Data Quality Assurance (DQA) procedures, verification sampling frames and traceability processes for payment‑linked indicators.
• Supervise the MEAL Assistant, enumerators and household coaches, ensuring corrective actions for data quality gaps.
• Provide technical supervision and training to coaches, volunteers and enumerators on data collection and verification.
• Lead routine monitoring cycles, ensuring completeness, timeliness and disaggregation by gender, age, disability, enterprise type, revenue and income.
• Contribute to baseline, midline and end‑line studies and oversee external evaluation activities.

Required profile

• Senior‑level experience in MEAL systems, preferably within RBF or similar financing models.
• Proven ability to oversee real‑time data collection, verification and reporting.
• Experience supervising field teams (enumerators, coaches) and delivering training.
• Strong analytical mindset with capacity to translate data into actionable insights.

Required skills

• Power BI
• Database design
• Data management pipelines

What we offer

• Opportunity to shape MEAL systems in a high‑impact development programme.
• Exposure to innovative RBF approaches and real‑time data analytics.
• Professional growth within an international development environment.