Ref.
2026/MEAALEIAP/15502
Job offer type
Experts
Type of contract
Service contract
Activity sectors
Monitoring and evaluation
Deadline date
2026/06/08 12:00
Duration of the assignment
Beaded expertise
Contract
Freelancer
Duration
35 months
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer – INSC Africa project (M/W)
Département Paix, stabilité, sécurité - P2S > Pôle Prévention, réduction et adaptation aux risques
Published on : 2026/05/21
ALL AREAS
FRANCE
Mission description
I. General Information
· Assignment: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning mission for the INSC Africa project "Strengthening nuclear safety regulatory capacities in Africa"
· Duration: 35 month mission
· Country or Region: All
· Language : English
· Desired start date: July 2026
About Expertise France
Expertise France is France’s public agency and interministerial actor in charge of international technical cooperation, the second-largest in Europe. As a subsidiary of Agence Française de Développement Group (AFD Group), it designs and implements projects that sustainably strengthen public policies in developing and emerging countries. Expertise France works in key areas of development: governance, security, climate change, health, education, and more. Alongside its partners, it contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Know-how in common.
The agency focuses on four priority areas:
- · Democratic, economic, and financial governance;
- · Peace, stability, and security;
- · Climate, agriculture, and sustainable development;
- · Health and human development.
In these fields, Expertise France provides engineering and project implementation services for capacity-building initiatives, mobilizes technical expertise, and acts as a project integrator by bringing together public expertise and private sector.
For more information: www.expertisefrance.fr
Project or context description
II. Mission description:
In this context, Expertise France is recruiting a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer to ensure the establishment and quality of MEAL system to ensure systematic and effective collection, analysis and use of project M&E information for the INSC Africa project, to conduct a midterm and final project's evaluation and to realise the project's capitalization.
The mission is focus on one project. The MEAL Officer is responsible for managing and implementing the projects’ monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems. He/she ensures the systematic, reliable, and effective collection, analysis, and use of data to support project management, accountability, and learning.
Expected results are detailed below :
- An M&E system that ensures effective application of the MEL plan, ensuring in particular: 1. Data collection using tools adapted to the activity type; 2. Compliance with Expertise France standards and contractual requirements;
- Training and support the stakeholders on M&E and tools developed to facilitate ownership of the project's M&E system
- Implementation of the MEL plan
- Reliable and timely project monitoring and analysis data to inform decisions and accountability
- Reporting and communications materials adapted to propomote knowledge sharing
- Midterm and final project's evaluations
- Capitalization of the project
Projects description
This project of 48 months duration is designed to focus on strengthening the regulatory capacities for nuclear energy and radiation protection in six African countries: Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa. This pilot project ensure to develop bilateral cooperation and contributes to the regional impact on nuclear safety and radiation protection including radioactive waste management and emergency preparedness.
The cooperation with the beneficiary countries shall be carried out in accordance with the highest standards and best practices used in the EU enhancing and strengthening the nuclear safety, radiation protection and emergency preparedness of the partners. This rolling project is designed to develop bilateral cooperation and possibly contribute to the regional impact.
The overall objective to which this project contributes is the promotion of an effective nuclear and radiation safety culture and implementation of the highest nuclear safety and radiation protection standards in the African continent, by means of a cooperation with several countries of Africa.
The Specific Objective of the project is to enhance competence, independence, and sustainability of regulatory authorities in the African partner countries and to contribute to the general development of regulatory authorities in Africa.
The main subjects are distributed in five global topics as follows:
1. Radiation protection
2. Nuclear Safety
3. Communication
4. Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR)
5. Capacity building
Required profile
III. Required profile:
Qualifications and experience:
- Post-graduate in a field relevant to the assignment: in public administration organization and management, financial and administrative management, international cooperation, project building, evaluation, or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years’ experience in monitoring, information management, data collection and/or evaluation for international projects/donors/organizations, development projects, preferably in the field of humanitarian/social development /education or refugees, aid to displaced persons.
- Previous experience on projects in the nuclear international cooperation field or European DG INTPA project of at least 3 years.
- Experience in designing, facilitating and evaluating training for adults in the field of monitoring and evaluation will be considered favorably
Professional skills:
- Excellent understanding of results frameworks and indicators as well as international M&E standards and applications, particularly on projects funded by the EU – DG INTPA.
- Excellent writing, data collection/analysis/visualization skills.
- Skills on knowledge sharing and designing teaching materials are highly desirable.
- Competent user of Microsoft Office applications and data collection and processing software
- Excellent coordination and teamwork skills.
- Excellent written and spoken command of English (good writing, synthesis and analytical skills…).
Additional information
IV. Additional information:
Type of contract: Individual expertise service contract
Estimated start date: July 2026
Duration: 35-months mission
Application process:
Please submit your application, consisting of a resume (max. 4 pages) and a cover letter (max. 2 pages), in English or French, via expertise-france.gestmax.fr.
Only complete applications received on time via the platform will be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and candidates may be invited to the next stage before the deadline closes. Interested candidates are therefore encouraged to apply as early as possible.
Equal opportunity:
Expertise France is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages female applicants.
Selection criteria for applications
The selection process for candidates will be based on the following criteria :
- Candidate’s training/skills/experience
- Candidate’s experiences linked with the expert mission
Deadline for application : 2026/06/08 12:00
Expertise France is the public agency for designing and implementing international technical cooperation projects. The agency operates around four key priorities :
- democratic, economic, and financial governance ;
- peace, stability, and security ;
- climate, agriculture, and sustainable development ;
- health and human development ;
In these areas, Expertise France conducts capacity-building initiatives and manages project implementation, leveraging technical expertise and acting as a project coordinator. This involves combining public sector expertise with private sector skills to drive impactful results.