As the MEAL Expert for the Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa Facility (RTIA-Facility), he/she will lead the design and roll-out of the Facility’s MEAL systems and ensure their alignment with those of the other implementing partners (UNESCO, AUC). Working closely with the Facility Implementation Team (ENABEL, APEFE, VVOB, EDUFI), INTPA and other stakeholders, he/she will ensure high-quality data collection, robust analysis and consistent, accurate reporting across the 3 windows. In addition, he/she will contribute to capacity-building and quality-assurance efforts, helping staff and partners apply MEAL methodologies for evidence-based decision-making and continuous improvement.

Hierarchically, he/she reports to the Programme Coordinator at Expertise France’s coordination office in Paris and is supported by a MEAL Assistant under his/her direct supervision. He/she maintains a strong functional link with the Communication Officer and the Knowledge-Management team, providing them with consolidated, up-to-date, evidence-based data to feed the Facility’s communication outputs and knowledge-management products.

He/she is assigned the following primary responsibilities:

Responsibility 1: Lead implementation and delivery of MEAL for the RTIA-Facility

• Implement the RTIA MEAL system to ensure data and insights are available and actionable to support the RTIA-Facility. This includes the implementation of the MEAL Plan to ensure that monitoring data is collected, verified, consolidated, analysed and visualised for steering and decision-making, adaptation of the MEAL system and tools/instruments as necessary and ensuring adherence to data management principles.
• Ensure a close collaboration with INTPA to supplement and feed into the European Commission's monitoring and evaluation system (OPSYS) for the Facility MEAL, in accordance with the RTIA's overall MEAL plan (including UNESCO and AUC’s MEAL plan).
• Train team members and stakeholders on MEAL approaches, principles, tools and systems to facilitate uptake, implementation and usage across the RTIA team. This includes supervising and coordinating MEAL plans with other implementing partners of the Facility (ENABEL, APEFE, VVOB, EDUFI).
• Manage the scoping, recruitment and delivery of external evaluations, including developing terms of reference, identifying evaluation partners and supervising the service provision.

Responsibility 2 : Deliver data analysis and insights on the RTIA Programme

• Implement tools, feedback mechanisms and consolidation processes to systematically gather, manage and share programme data to facilitate programme management, decision making and learning.
• Design and test methodologies for data collection, analysis, and management, focusing on quality control, database development, analysis flowcharts, and result measurement frameworks.
• Validate and quality assure data, ensuring adherence to data management principles.
• Aggregate data collected through monitoring activities, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and relevance for monitoring progress towards project outcomes and objectives.
• Facilitate interactions with other programme stakeholders for data analysis, interpretation and insights generation through workshops and meetings.

Responsibility 3 : Reporting and Knowledge Management

• Ensure MEAL data is available to contribute to the development and consolidation of key project documents, deliverables and communication products (including the project website and social media).
• Lead (in close collaboration with the KM team) the development of the Facility's learning agenda and RTIA, as well as their implementation. This involves training FIT colleagues in their use.
• Contribute to the preparation of interim and final activity reports (narrative and financial) in accordance with deadlines and contractual terms.
• Contribute to quarterly project review exercises and steering/monitoring committee presentations with the Facility team.
• Manage the Project Management Tool (PMT) to ensure the quality of information input, analysis, and reporting, collaborating with an assistant when necessary.
• Work closely with the RTIA IT Officer to ensure that the PMT and PowerBI dashboards align with the MEAL requirements.
• Work closely with the Knowledge Management Team and the Communications Officer to ensure MEAL, Knowledge Management and Communications strategies are well aligned and that data and learnings from MEAL are incorporated into Knowledge Management and Communication activities. This includes participating in regular cross-function meetings with Knowledge Management and Communications colleagues, active participation in Knowledge Management and Communications working groups and responsibility for planning and delivering bi-annual cross-functional workshops.
• Produce regular monitoring and evaluation indicators and reports as requested by the Team Leader.

Responsibility 4 : MEAL Capacity Building and Quality Assurance

• Provide technical support and capacity building to project staff and partners on monitoring, evaluation, and learning methodologies, fostering a culture of evidence based decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Lead the MEAL Working Group monthly meetings, involving all RTIA and Facility partners and including setting and sharing the agenda and relevant papers, chairing working group meetings and circulating meeting notes and actions.

The described tasks involve the necessity to network and interact with a multiplicity of institutions from EU and Sub-Saharan countries and require readiness and ability to travel abroad when necessary.