Senior MEAL Specialist
Kheir w Baraka and New Woman Association
Youth Empowerment and Community Engagement Project - Y-PEER
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 Youth Empowerment and Community Engagement Project – Y-PEER, implemented in partnership with and funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
The Y-PEER Project is implemented across Giza, Fayoum, Aswan, Sharqia, Qalyubia, Sohag, and Minya Governorates. It aims to strengthen youth capacities in sexual and reproductive health and gender equality, while enhancing community awareness through outreach activities, capacity-building initiatives, and improved access to youth-friendly services.
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: Giza (Project Main Office), with regular field visits to project implementation areas across Fayoum, Aswan, Sharqia, Qalyubia, Sohag, Minya, and Giza Governorates.
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, youth, community-based, or sexual and reproductive health 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 systematic 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 youth-focused programs, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), gender equality, community engagement, or capacity-building programs is highly desirable.
- Experience working with international organizations, donors, or development partners, including experience in meeting donor-specific MEAL, reporting, data quality, and accountability requirements, is considered an asset.
- Experience working in projects implemented in partnership with UNFPA or other UN agencies is considered an asset.
- Good understanding of ethical data collection, confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding, and accountability principles, particularly when working with youth and sensitive information.
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 project management and relevant stakeholders.
⁃ Ability to assess and strengthen 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 and evaluation processes that support continuous project improvement and evidence-based decision-making.
3. Accountability & Feedback
⁃ Good understanding of accountability mechanisms, including beneficiary feedback and complaints response systems.
⁃ Ability to support and monitor the systematic collection, documentation, analysis, referral, and follow-up of youth and community feedback.
⁃ Ability to use beneficiary 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, innovations, 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 and project learning and continuous improvement.
5. Communication, Reporting & Presentation
⁃ Ability to prepare clear, concise, accurate, and high-quality analytical MEAL reports.
⁃ Ability to communicate findings, recommendations, and key messages effectively with internal teams, project stakeholders, and external partners.
⁃ 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 under pressure.
⁃ Ability to work independently while coordinating effectively with project teams, field teams, volunteers, and relevant stakeholders.
⁃ Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and organizational skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple project locations.
7. Training & Facilitation
⁃ Ability to design and deliver training sessions, workshops, coaching, and capacity-building activities related to MEAL, data quality, accountability, evidence use, and learning.
⁃ Ability to facilitate learning, reflection, and capacity-building sessions for project staff, volunteers, and relevant stakeholders.
⁃ Ability to provide technical guidance and mentoring to strengthen the MEAL capacity of project teams and field actors.
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 information related to youth, sexual and reproductive health, gender, and other sensitive topics.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
1. MEAL System Development and Management
- Review, strengthen, and maintain the project Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) system, ensuring that MEAL processes and tools are aligned with project objectives, results framework, indicators, and implementation plans.
- Review and update the project logical framework, results chains, indicators, data sources, methodologies, targets, and data collection schedules, ensuring the MEAL system remains relevant and adaptable to project changes.
- Develop and maintain the project MEAL plan, indicator tracking tools, data collection protocols, databases, and reporting systems.
- Design and develop appropriate quantitative and qualitative data collection tools, including questionnaires, interview guides, focus group discussion guides, observation checklists, and monitoring forms.
- Support the effective and systematic management, storage, and protection of project data and documentation in accordance with applicable organizational procedures.
2. Performance Monitoring and Data Analysis
- Monitor and track project progress against approved indicators, targets, outputs, and outcomes using appropriate quantitative and qualitative data collection methods.
- Conduct regular analysis of project performance data and identify trends, gaps, challenges, and areas requiring corrective action.
- Monitor and support the timely and accurate collection, processing, analysis, and reporting of project data across all project locations, while conducting appropriate data quality checks to assess completeness, consistency, and reliability.
- Conduct data validation, verification, consistency checks, and other data quality assurance processes to ensure the reliability and integrity of reported results.
- Maintain and regularly update beneficiary and project databases while ensuring data accuracy, confidentiality, and integrity.
• Provide evidence-based analysis and recommendations to support project management, adaptive management, and informed decision-making.
3. Field Monitoring and Implementation Quality Assurance
- Conduct regular field monitoring visits across project locations to assess the quality, progress, and effectiveness of project activities.
- Monitor the implementation of youth engagement, outreach, awareness-raising, capacity-building, and volunteer-led activities against approved plans, standards, and indicators.
- Monitor volunteer and field team performance and provide technical guidance to strengthen the quality and effectiveness of implementation.
- Identify implementation gaps, operational challenges, and emerging risks and provide practical recommendations for corrective and preventive actions.
- Document field observations, good practices, challenges, and follow-up actions and ensure that agreed actions are appropriately tracked.
4. Evaluation and Evidence Generation
- Support the design and implementation of baseline, midline, endline, outcome, and other evaluation activities, as applicable to the project.
- Contribute to the development of evaluation methodologies, tools, sampling approaches, data collection processes, and analytical frameworks.
- Analyze evaluation findings and translate evidence into clear conclusions, recommendations, and practical actions for project improvement.
- Support the generation and documentation of evidence related to youth engagement, community participation, SRHR awareness, gender equality, and other relevant project outcomes.
- Support the communication and use of evaluation findings and evidence to inform project planning, implementation, and improvement.
5. Accountability and Feedback Mechanisms
- Support the design, implementation, and monitoring of appropriate beneficiary and community feedback and complaints mechanisms.
- Monitor and support the systematic collection, documentation, analysis, referral, and follow-up of feedback from youth, beneficiaries, volunteers, and community stakeholders.
- Monitor the accessibility, responsiveness, and effectiveness of feedback and complaints mechanisms across project locations.
- Analyze feedback trends and identify recurring issues, concerns, and opportunities for improving project relevance, quality, accessibility, and responsiveness.
- Support the communication of accountability findings to project management and their integration into project improvement processes.
6. Learning and Knowledge Management
- Identify, document, and communicate lessons learned, good practices, innovations, challenges, and success stories throughout project implementation.
- Facilitate learning and reflection sessions with project teams, field teams, volunteers, and relevant stakeholders to promote evidence-based learning.
- Contribute to the development and dissemination of learning products, knowledge materials, success stories, case studies, and other evidence-based outputs.
- Promote the systematic use of monitoring, evaluation, feedback, and learning findings in project planning, adaptation, and decision-making.
- Contribute to organizational learning and continuous improvement by sharing relevant evidence, lessons, and good practices.
7. Reporting and Data Visualization
- Prepare high-quality monthly, quarterly, annual, and other MEAL reports as required, ensuring accuracy, clarity, consistency, and timely submission.
- Provide analytical inputs to project and donor reports, including progress against indicators, key achievements, challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations.
- Develop clear tables, charts, dashboards, and other data visualization products to communicate project performance and key findings effectively.
- Ensure consistency and accuracy between source data, databases, MEAL reports, and project and donor reporting requirements.
- Present key findings, performance trends, and recommendations to project management and relevant stakeholders in a clear and structured manner.
8. Capacity Building and Technical Support
- Assess the MEAL capacity-building needs of project staff, field teams, and volunteers and contribute to the development of appropriate capacity-building plans.
- Design and deliver training sessions, workshops, coaching, and mentoring related to MEAL, data collection, data quality, accountability, evidence use, and learning.
- Provide ongoing technical guidance and support to project teams and field actors on MEAL tools, methodologies, data quality, indicator tracking, and reporting.
- Strengthen the capacity of project teams and volunteers to collect, document, and use reliable data and evidence for project improvement.
- Provide technical support to ensure consistent application of MEAL procedures and tools across all project locations.
9. Ethics, Safeguarding, and Data Protection
- Ensure that MEAL activities comply with ethical standards, safeguarding principles, confidentiality requirements, informed consent, and applicable data protection procedures.
- Ensure the secure collection, storage, processing, analysis, and reporting of beneficiary and project data.
- Apply appropriate ethical and safeguarding considerations when collecting and managing sensitive information related to youth, SRHR, gender, and other sensitive topics.
- Immediately raise and appropriately escalate any identified data protection, safeguarding, ethical, or confidentiality concerns through established procedures.
10. Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement
- Coordinate closely with the Project Manager, project teams, field teams, volunteers, and relevant stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of MEAL activities.
- Coordinate with relevant project and organizational teams to ensure timely availability, validation, analysis, and use of project data.
- Provide MEAL inputs to project planning, review meetings, work planning, and performance discussions.
- Support coordination with relevant partners and development stakeholders, as required, in relation to MEAL, reporting, data quality, learning, and evidence generation.
- Maintain effective communication and coordination across all project locations to ensure consistency in MEAL implementation.
11. Other Responsibilities
- Contribute to project reviews, planning processes, and strategic discussions by providing relevant MEAL evidence, analysis, and recommendations.
- Support the identification and monitoring of project risks, performance gaps, and areas requiring management attention.
- Maintain organized and up-to-date MEAL records, databases, tools, reports, and supporting documentation.
- Perform any other MEAL-related duties and responsibilities assigned by the Project Manager or the Head of the MEAL Sector, within the scope 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 an updated CV and a cover letter clearly indicating the applicant’s earliest possible start date, along with complete and accurate contact information, including phone number and email address.
⁃ All positions are offered under fixed-term employment contracts, initially subject to a three-month probationary period. Contracts may be extended subject to satisfactory performance and the availability of project funding.
⁃ Only shortlisted candidates whose qualifications and experience closely match the requirements of the position will be contacted.