Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Specialist-IPPF

Kheir w Baraka and New Woman Association

Health and Safety Project (Seha w Aman) – IPPF

Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Specialist

Kheir w Baraka and New Woman Association, a leading Egyptian civil society organization in community development, is seeking a qualified and experienced candidate for the position of Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Specialist under the Health and Safety Project (Seha w Aman), implemented in partnership with and funded by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).

The Health and Safety Project (Seha w Aman) is implemented across Greater Cairo and focuses on improving access to and the quality of health services provided through the Association’s programs and projects in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The project aims to strengthen clinic efficiency and the capacities of specialized teams, while enabling families and beneficiaries to access safe, integrated, and high-quality services in line with recognized standards and best practices.

The project also strengthens the Association’s institutional readiness and organizational effectiveness through improved internal systems and policies, governance and internal controls, digital transformation, and human resources development. In addition, it builds young people’s capacities to become active leaders of social change, with a focus on SRHR, gender equality, and sustainable community development.

Position: Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Specialist

Administrative Supervisor: Project Manager

Technical Supervisor: Head of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Sector

Required Number: (1)

Duty Station: Greater Cairo – Project Main Office, with regular field visits to project implementation sites across Greater Cairo as required.

Qualifications and Professional Requirements:

⁃            Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Political Science, Statistics, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Health, or a related field.

⁃            Minimum of 5 years of progressive and relevant professional experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL), preferably within development, health, youth, or community-based programs.

⁃            Strong knowledge and practical experience in developing and implementing MEAL systems, including results frameworks, theories of change, performance indicators, indicator tracking, data collection plans, and data management processes.

⁃            Proven experience in designing, implementing, and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data collection tools and methodologies.

⁃            Demonstrated experience in data quality assurance, including data validation, verification, cleaning, consistency checks, and quality control processes.

⁃            Demonstrated experience in preparing high-quality analytical MEAL reports, including findings, recommendations, lessons learned, and performance analysis.

⁃            Proficiency in advanced Microsoft Excel and statistical analysis software such as SPSS. Familiarity with data visualization and dashboarding tools such as Power BI or Tableau is highly desirable.

⁃            Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, and evidence-based decision-making skills.

⁃            Strong communication, coordination, presentation, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.

⁃            Demonstrated ability to provide technical guidance and support to project teams and contribute to MEAL capacity building.

⁃            Experience in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), youth-focused programs, gender equality, health services, or community development projects is highly desirable.

⁃            Experience working with international organizations, donors, or development partners is considered an asset.

⁃            Good understanding of ethical data collection, confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding, and accountability principles, particularly when working with sensitive information and vulnerable groups.

Required Skills:

1.           Data Analysis & Evidence Use

⁃            Ability to analyze quantitative and qualitative data and translate findings into clear, actionable insights.

⁃            Ability to generate evidence-based recommendations to support project improvement, adaptive management, and informed decision-making.

⁃            Ability to assess data trends, identify performance gaps, and communicate key findings to relevant stakeholders.

⁃            Ability to ensure data quality through validation, verification, cleaning, consistency checks, and systematic quality assurance processes.

2.           Evaluation & Results-Based Management

⁃            Strong understanding of results-based frameworks, performance indicators, theories of change, and adaptive MEAL approaches.

⁃            Strong knowledge of Results-Based Management (RBM) principles, including linking activities to outputs, outcomes, and intended impact through logical frameworks and performance indicators.

⁃            Ability to contribute to the design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes that support continuous project improvement.

3.           Accountability & Feedback

⁃            Good understanding of accountability mechanisms, including feedback and complaints response systems.

⁃            Ability to ensure that beneficiary feedback is systematically collected, documented, analyzed, and addressed.

⁃            Ability to use feedback and community perspectives to improve project quality, relevance, accessibility, and responsiveness.

4.           Learning & Knowledge Management

⁃            Ability to identify, document, and communicate lessons learned, good practices, challenges, and success stories.

⁃            Ability to facilitate learning and reflection processes and promote the use of evidence and lessons learned in project planning and implementation.

⁃            Ability to contribute to organizational learning and continuous improvement.

5.           Communication, Reporting & Presentation

⁃            Ability to prepare clear, concise, accurate, and high-quality analytical reports.

⁃            Ability to communicate findings, recommendations, and key messages effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders.

⁃            Ability to present data, results, trends, and recommendations in a professional and structured manner.

⁃            Strong written and verbal communication skills in Arabic and English.

6.           Coordination, Time Management & Problem Solving

⁃            Ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple responsibilities, and meet deadlines effectively.

⁃            Ability to work independently while coordinating effectively with project teams, field staff, and relevant stakeholders.

⁃            Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and organizational skills, with the ability to work effectively under pressure.

7.           Training & Facilitation

⁃            Ability to design and deliver training sessions, workshops, and coaching activities related to MEAL, data quality, accountability, and evidence use.

⁃            Ability to facilitate learning, reflection, and capacity-building sessions for project teams and relevant stakeholders.

8.           Digital Tools

⁃            Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with statistical analysis software such as SPSS.

⁃            Familiarity with digital data collection platforms such as KoboToolbox or ODK.

⁃            Familiarity with data visualization and dashboarding tools such as Power BI or Tableau is considered an asset.

9.           Ethics, Safeguarding & Data Protection

⁃            Strong commitment to safeguarding principles, confidentiality, data protection, informed consent, and ethical standards in data collection, analysis, storage, and reporting.

⁃            Ability to apply ethical and safeguarding considerations when working with sensitive information, particularly in relation to youth and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).

Tasks and Responsibilities:

1.           MEAL System Development and Management

⁃            Review, strengthen, and maintain the project’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) system, ensuring alignment with project objectives, the logical framework, results chain, indicators, and relevant IPPF requirements.

⁃            Develop and maintain the project MEAL plan, indicator tracking system, data collection plan, monitoring tools, and reporting schedules, ensuring accurate tracking of baselines, targets, actual achievements, data sources, and reporting timelines.

⁃            Ensure the effective implementation of MEAL processes for timely, accurate, reliable, and high-quality data collection, management, analysis, and reporting.

⁃            Develop, review, and adapt quantitative and qualitative data collection tools, including questionnaires, interview guides, focus group discussion guides, observation checklists, and other monitoring tools.

⁃            Maintain and update MEAL databases and information management systems for quantitative and qualitative data.

⁃            Ensure clear and documented data flow processes, roles, responsibilities, and reporting lines from data collection and verification through data analysis, reporting, and use.

2.           Performance Monitoring and Data Analysis

⁃            Monitor project performance against approved indicators, targets, outputs, and outcomes using appropriate quantitative and qualitative data collection methods.

⁃            Conduct regular analysis of project performance data and provide evidence-based findings, insights, and recommendations to support informed decision-making and adaptive management.

⁃            Identify performance gaps, emerging trends, implementation challenges, and areas requiring corrective action, while monitoring emerging performance, data quality, and implementation risks and providing timely evidence-based recommendations for mitigation.

⁃            Ensure data quality through systematic validation, verification, cleaning, consistency checks, and quality assurance processes.

⁃            Conduct routine data verification and field-level data quality checks to ensure the accuracy, completeness, reliability, and timeliness of reported results.

⁃            Ensure the proper management, classification, storage, and protection of beneficiary and project data, maintaining confidentiality and data integrity.

3.           Monitoring of Service Quality and Field Implementation

⁃            Conduct regular monitoring visits to project implementation sites and service delivery points to assess the quality, progress, and effectiveness of project interventions.

⁃            Monitor health and SRHR-related services and assess progress against relevant service quality and performance indicators.

⁃            Monitor service quality indicators and analyze trends to identify quality gaps, emerging issues, and opportunities for service improvement.

⁃            Provide evidence-based recommendations to strengthen the quality, accessibility, responsiveness, and effectiveness of SRHR-related services.

⁃            Provide technical MEAL guidance to project teams and service providers to strengthen the quality and effectiveness of implementation.

⁃            Document monitoring findings, identify gaps and challenges, and follow up on agreed corrective and improvement actions.

⁃            Monitor capacity-building activities and assess their contribution to improving the knowledge, skills, and performance of specialized teams.

4.           Institutional Performance and Organizational Effectiveness

⁃            Monitor and analyze progress against relevant institutional capacity and organizational effectiveness indicators, including internal systems and policies, governance, internal controls, digital transformation, and human resources capacity.

⁃            Contribute to the development and tracking of indicators and targets related to institutional readiness and organizational effectiveness.

⁃            Conduct periodic assessments of institutional capacity and identify gaps, trends, and areas requiring improvement.

⁃            Provide evidence-based recommendations to support organizational development, institutional strengthening, and continuous improvement.

⁃            Document and report progress, results, challenges, and lessons learned related to institutional capacity development.

5.           Evaluation and Evidence Generation

⁃            Contribute to the planning and implementation of baseline, midline, endline, outcome, and other evaluation activities as required.

⁃            Contribute to the development of evaluation questions, methodologies, data collection tools, sampling approaches, and analysis plans.

⁃            Analyze evaluation findings and translate evidence into practical recommendations for project improvement and decision-making.

⁃            Generate, analyze, and document evidence related to service quality, institutional development, youth engagement, and community-level outcomes.

6.           Accountability and Feedback Mechanisms

⁃            Contribute to the design, implementation, and monitoring of beneficiary feedback and complaints response mechanisms.

⁃            Ensure that beneficiary feedback is systematically collected, documented, categorized, analyzed, and appropriately addressed.

⁃            Monitor trends emerging from feedback and complaints and provide recommendations to improve the quality, accessibility, relevance, and responsiveness of project interventions.

⁃            Monitor the response and follow-up to beneficiary feedback and complaints, ensuring that agreed actions are documented and tracked to closure where appropriate.

⁃            Ensure that accountability mechanisms are accessible, inclusive, confidential, and appropriate for the project's target groups.

7.           Learning and Knowledge Management

⁃            Identify, document, and disseminate lessons learned, good practices, challenges, innovations, and success stories throughout project implementation.

⁃            Facilitate learning and reflection sessions with project teams and relevant stakeholders.

⁃            Promote the use of monitoring, evaluation, and beneficiary feedback findings to inform project adaptation and continuous improvement.

⁃            Contribute to the development of learning products, case studies, briefs, presentations, and other knowledge management materials.

⁃            Promote organizational learning by ensuring that evidence, lessons learned, and beneficiary feedback are documented, shared, and integrated into project planning, implementation, and decision-making.

8.           Reporting and Data Visualization

⁃            Prepare high-quality monthly, quarterly, annual, and other MEAL reports as required.

⁃            Provide timely and accurate MEAL inputs to project progress reports, donor reports, presentations, and other project deliverables.

⁃            Develop analytical summaries, dashboards, tables, charts, and data visualizations to communicate project performance and key findings.

⁃            Ensure that reports clearly present progress, results, challenges, risks, recommendations, and lessons learned.

⁃            Provide management with concise analytical insights on performance trends, key gaps, risks, and priority areas requiring attention or corrective action.

9.           Capacity Building and Technical Support

⁃            Assess MEAL capacity-building needs among project staff, field teams, service providers, and relevant stakeholders.

⁃            Design and deliver training, coaching, and technical support on MEAL concepts, data collection, data quality, analysis, reporting, accountability, and learning.

⁃            Provide technical guidance and mentoring to project teams to strengthen their capacity to collect, manage, analyze, and use data effectively.

⁃            Promote a culture of evidence-based decision-making, accountability, learning, and continuous improvement across the project.

⁃            Assess the application and effectiveness of MEAL capacity-building interventions and recommend further support where needed.

10.        Ethics, Safeguarding, and Data Protection

⁃            Ensure that MEAL activities comply with relevant ethical standards, safeguarding principles, confidentiality requirements, informed consent procedures, and data protection standards.

⁃            Ensure the responsible collection, management, storage, analysis, and reporting of sensitive information, particularly information related to youth and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).

⁃            Raise significant data quality, safeguarding, accountability, or ethical concerns through the appropriate organizational channels.

11.        Coordination and Other Responsibilities

⁃            Coordinate closely with the Project Manager, Head of the MEAL Sector, project team, field teams, service providers, and other relevant stakeholders on MEAL-related matters.

⁃            Support coordination with IPPF and other relevant partners on MEAL requirements, reporting, evidence, learning, and accountability, as assigned.

⁃            Participate in project review meetings, workshops, assessments, and other technical activities as required.

⁃            Perform other MEAL-related duties reasonably assigned by the supervisor and consistent with the scope and level of the position.

General Information and Application Procedures:

⁃Applicants are required to submit their applications through the Association’s official website no later than Thursday, October 15, 2026. Applications submitted through other channels, including hand delivery, telephone, WhatsApp, or Messenger, will not be considered.

⁃            Each application must include a cover letter and an updated CV, clearly indicating the applicant’s earliest possible start date, along with complete contact information, including phone number and email address.

⁃            All contracts are fixed-term employment contracts, initially including a three-month probation period. Contracts may be extended based on performance and the availability of project funding.

⁃            Only shortlisted candidates whose qualifications and experience closely match the requirements of the position will be contacted.