Monitoring Evaluation Accountability & Learning (meal) Officer

Danish Refugee Council - MEAL Officer Position

Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly motivated Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer for our operations in our Humera Field Office.

Overall Purpose of the Role

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Officer in Humera will be tasked with implementing an effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system at emergency program sites including in Sanja, Dabat, Debark, Humera, Maikadra, and surrounding woredas. This includes developing tools and methodologies to ensure the quality of DRC's project activities in the area.

The MEAL Officer will regularly monitor project progress, gather data, assess project outcomes, and provide feedback to the team to improve program delivery. He/she will also ensure accountability mechanisms are in place, enabling communities to provide feedback, and work closely with project teams to promote learning and continuous improvement based on evaluation findings.

Your Main Duties and Responsibilities Will Be:

Support to DRC MEAL Strategy

• Ensure full compliance with DRC’s Global MEAL model and DRC Ethiopia MEAL framework at the field office.
• Maintain DRC MEAL systems and tools used to track project implementation progress and analyze the information to measure project results and progress and used for decision-making purposes.

Planning Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting

• Development and operationalization of MEAL plans for all projects in Humera based on project documents and existing MEAL systems.
• Conduct regular monitoring visits to all project activities to ensure projects are on the right track and implemented based on the desired outcomes and provide timely feedback to inform decision-making.
• Ensure the use of proper sector-specific data collection tools and that the required data is generated.
• Engage in data collection for several surveys/assessments and be involved in recruitment, training, and managing data collectors, ensuring that data is properly collected per the desired quality and time, and ensure all captured data is managed according to protection information management standards and best practices.
• Engage in data analysis and drafting of survey reports.
• Engage in updating different monitoring tools including indicator trackers and ensure they are updated per the desired timeline and quality.
• Engage in implementing data quality assessments and audits per the DRC guide and report the findings of the assessment results.
• Undertake validation analysis of programmatic reports and facilitate improvements in record keeping and programmatic data reporting.
• Compile monitoring-related reports and submit them to the Emergency Manager, PDQM, and CO MEAL team with the desired quality and timeline.

Accountability and Lessons Learned

• Undertake data collection to generate lessons learned and analyze it.
• In collaboration with the country-level MEAL team, engage in the assessment of complaint and feedback mechanisms as well as its establishment under the intervention areas under the field office.
• Support/engage in the development of information-sharing materials and events.
• Engage in the establishment and implementation of the functionality of the Beneficiary Feedback and Response Mechanism.
• Ensure complaints are received, recorded, documented, and responded to appropriately.
• Analyze the CFM data and inform the program for further use.
• Provide support in reviewing government and donor reports and verifying consistency between collected data, means of verification, and reports.
• Assume other MEAL responsibilities at the Emergency response level per the guidance from the Emergency Manager and CO MEAL team.

Experience and Technical Competencies:

• A minimum of 2 years of MEAL experience within the humanitarian or NGO field.
• Demonstrated experience translating log frames and results frameworks into monitoring plans, developing data collection tools and protocols, leading data collection and management processes, designing and managing databases, and analyzing data.
• Proven technical skills in monitoring and evaluation and experience with both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.
• Excellent analytical, presentation, and report writing skills.
• Experience using software applications such as Excel, or statistics software such as SPSS.
• Previous experience with electronic or mobile data collection such as Kobo Toolbox.
• Ability to manage several activities effectively with the desired quality and detail while meeting deadlines.
• Technical skills in CHS, accountability, and establishing functional CFM systems.

Education: (Include Certificates, Licenses, etc.)

University Degree in Statistics, Economics, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or related discipline.

Language: (Indicate Fluency Level)

English. Knowledge of local languages Amharic and Tigrigna is a requirement.

Core Competencies:

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for Excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the Lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating Integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment.

We Offer

• Contract Length: 6 Months
• Contract Type: National Contract
• Band: H2 – Non-Management
• Designation of Duty Station: Humera, North Ethiopia Field Office.
• Start Date: 1st February 2026
• Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for National employees.
• Offers will be extended only once funding has been confirmed.

Skills Required:

• Economics / Statistics
• Social / Science / Project / Management / Development