The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Officer is a key position supporting the implementation of the two projects, Inclusive Reform and SECFRON III. S/He will contribute to the operationalization of the projects’ MEAL frameworks and support the effective implementation of MEAL activities across the interventions.

The MEAL Officer will support the implementation of routine monitoring and data collection activities, including field visits, stakeholders follow-up, verification of Means of Verification (MoVs), and the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data related to project outputs and outcomes. S/He will contribute to tracking progress against project indicators, ensuring data quality and consistency, and supporting timely reporting processes, including updates required for donor reporting platforms and internal EF monitoring systems.

In coordination with the project teams and the Country Direction MEAL function, the MEAL Officer will support the development and adaptation of MEAL tools, methodologies, databases, and data collection instruments, while ensuring compliance with EF MEAL standards, donor guidelines, and accountability requirements. The position will also contribute to strengthening data management, documentation, archiving, and learning processes, including the use of automated systems to support efficient data analysis, visualization, knowledge management, and evidence-based decision-making throughout projects implementation.

Essential Responsibilities:

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Develop and implement comprehensive intervention MEAL plans for assigned interventions, ensuring alignment with donor, EF, and global MEAL standards.
• Ensure timely and high-quality implementation of MEAL activities, including qualitative and quantitative data collection, based on the established MEL System and MEAL Calendars.
• Ensure proper MEL documentation in accordance to EF standards, including maintaining MAEL folders, raw and analytic datasets, evidence, tools, analysis workbooks, and all related documentation.
• Ensure a comprehensive and updated database for the projects.
• Lead the implementation of data collection activities in close coordination with the project expert and technical team.
• Lead the preparation of the MEAL narrative components of donor and internal reports, ensuring clear presentation of results, rigorous analysis of outputs and outcomes, proper interpretation of findings, and evidence-based reporting aligned with indicators’ results.
• Organize and lead data collection activities especially for qualitative data, this will include the design and implementation of outcome measurement exercises to capture behavioral, organizational, and institutional changes resulting from the intervention. Particular attention will be given to stakeholder consultation and accountability mechanisms, fostering meaningful engagement, transparency, and continuous learning throughout the project cycle and across EF country portfolio.
•  Adapt and strengthen data collection tools as needed to ensure accurate measurement of EF internal and country-level indicators, and guarantee the availability of reliable data to inform evidence-based decision-making at the Country Direction level.
• Support the implementation of internal project quarterly and annual reviews in line with Expertise France MEAL guidelines, ensuring the use, adaptation, and updating of relevant EF tools and templates to facilitate structured reflection and indicators assessment..
• Maintaining a chronological record of progress against targets, and contributing to the design and structuring of the two projects database to guarantee data accuracy, traceability, and availability for donor reporting and audit purposes.
• Rolling out and put in place the monitoring and evaluation MEAL tools, software licenses, communication methods, collection and analysis using KOBO, ODK, dashboard, etc).
• Support the preparation and submission of regular reporting for EUD platform OPSYS.

Accountability and Learning

• For the relevant project(s), develop tools and methodologies to implement the accountability and learning components of the MEAL Plan, including stakeholder feedback, consultation, and recommendations tracking mechanisms.
• Lead the implementation of Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), and stakeholder consultation sessions, and ensure proper analysis and reporting of the findings.
• Follow up on the recommendations and action plans resulting from accountability and learning activities to support their effective implementation.
• Ensure proper planning and follow-up of the projects’ capitalization and learning exercises to support knowledge management and adaptive implementation.

Cross-Cutting Activities

• Ensure effective coordination with project teams, partners, and external stakeholders to support effective MEAL implementation.
• Participate in the MEAL workshops, seminars and capacity building activities organized at HQ and country direction level.
• Support EF communication and visibility efforts by adapting and organizing relevant data within MEAL tools and systems.
• Ensure the availability of accurate data for communication materials, dashboards, visualizations, events, and Steering Committee meetings