MEAL Officer

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

TEAM/PROGRAMME: Programme

Development, Quality and Impact

LOCATION: Cairo GRADE: G4

CONTRACT LENGTH:

National Staff – Fixed term

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

As a member of the Programme Development, Quality and Impact team, the MEAL Officer provides hands-on support and leads on specific MEAL activities. This includes designing and implementing a robust MEAL system in line with SCI standards and procedures, Accountability and Learning Plans; conducting and supporting evaluation studies (baseline, midterm and end line), designing program monitoring tools, ensuring effective monitoring of program outputs and outcomes; and contributing to SCI annual monitoring and reporting. The position also supports effective accountability systems, including beneficiary complaints and response systems; and will contribute to program and organizational learning processes. In line with SCI Egypt’s MEAL approaches, the MEAL Officer is responsible for ensuring all MEAL processes are gender-sensitive, and participatory, including capturing the voice of children. The role includes providing direct, hands-on support for program MEAL activities; providing MEAL capacity building for staff and partners; forecasting MEAL budgets and engaging in MEAL learning processes. The MEAL Officer is expected to work in close collaboration with MEAL Team members, and with program and partner staff. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be ab