Regional Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Coordinator
2025-07-29T08:26:15+00:00
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
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kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Nonprofit, and NGO
Admin & Office
2025-08-09T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
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Position Summary
The IRC is seeking a Regional Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator who will work closely with the PlayMatters Project Director and technical staff to ensure that meaningful evidence is produced, data is collected, analyzed, and used to inform management, design and implementation decisions, and to provide project updates, as the need arises. A key role of the MEAL Coordinator is to support consortium staff to collect, use, and analyze data to track project progress and inform meaningful course correction and program decision discussions; and to also ensure senior management staff have data that is tailored to their decision making processes.
General Responsibilities:
- Provide oversight and management of MEAL activities.
- Support development and implementation of annual workplans, budgets, and deliverables. Identify and agree on course corrections with the Deputy Director, Technical, and partner technical experts to keep priorities on track.
- Develop and run a monitoring and evaluation system across all project components and partners that demonstrates qualitative and quantitative methods and draws from a variety of data sources to measure progress and evaluate impact, as well as support collaboration, learning, and adaptation.
o quantifying and measuring project progress over Outputs, Outcomes and Key Performance Indicators
o enhance and maintain an electronic, cloud-based database to be used by project M&E staff including the corresponding monitoring and measurement tools in line with IRC Monitoring standards.
o data collection, analysis, reporting and sharing through organization data platform.
o regular reviews of project data and progress to assist senior management to make evidence-based decisions and easy course correction.
- More specifically, support the project on:
o Routine monitoring of project activities, conduct data audits as needed;
o Utilize digital data collection where feasible
o Data storage and secure accessibility of data by project staff across partners and countries
- Regularly review data collection processes, perform data quality assessments, and adjust as needed.
- Conduct regular visits to project sites, as possible, to provide technical assistance and ensure accurate monitoring of project activities;
- Assure that learning activities provide timely, relevant information for policy-influencing opportunities (governmental or humanitarian) or programming decisions.
- Support regional team activities to assure that data from monitoring activities are used to adjust and adapt programming over time.
- Leverage existing IRC staff and partner expertise or build capacity as needed to assure front-line staff participation in the interpretation and application of results, as well as design of learning agendas and plans.
- Provide technical and management support to enable field staff to implement protocols and plans safely, ethically, and rigorously.
Capacity building:
- Contribute to capacity building of project staff and partner organizations to design and utilize MEAL tools, surveys, evaluations, and other MEAL activities
Project Management and compliance:
- Work with the country field teams to ensure that project indicators are properly tracked through regular field visits;
- Review all reports to ensure that data provided is complete, consistent, accurate and timely, and that target indicators are met and explanations provided where indicators are not met;
- Produce quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports for the Project Director and the donor, as needed and timely.
- Together with the Policy and Advocacy, Communications Specialist, support with summarizing key MEAL findings that can be used to improve project implementation and advocacy
Requirements:
- Advanced degree (PhD or MA) from an accredited university in M&E, statistics, education, international development, or related field;
- Minimum of five years of experience in M&E for similar Education programming, experience with projects designed to build systemic change in educational policy and practice for refugees and displaced populations preferred;
- Significant previous experience carrying out M&E activities in conflict or crisis situations;
- Experience working in East Africa and/or Ethiopia and Uganda on Education programming;
- Strong negotiation skills and the ability to develop relations with local counterparts, donors, and other partners;
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written;
- Proficiency in English required.
Provide oversight and management of MEAL activities. Support development and implementation of annual workplans, budgets, and deliverables. Identify and agree on course corrections with the Deputy Director, Technical, and partner technical experts to keep priorities on track. Develop and run a monitoring and evaluation system across all project components and partners that demonstrates qualitative and quantitative methods and draws from a variety of data sources to measure progress and evaluate impact, as well as support collaboration, learning, and adaptation. o quantifying and measuring project progress over Outputs, Outcomes and Key Performance Indicators o enhance and maintain an electronic, cloud-based database to be used by project M&E staff including the corresponding monitoring and measurement tools in line with IRC Monitoring standards. o data collection, analysis, reporting and sharing through organization data platform. o regular reviews of project data and progress to assist senior management to make evidence-based decisions and easy course correction. More specifically, support the project on: o Routine monitoring of project activities, conduct data audits as needed; o Utilize digital data collection where feasible o Data storage and secure accessibility of data by project staff across partners and countries Regularly review data collection processes, perform data quality assessments, and adjust as needed. Conduct regular visits to project sites, as possible, to provide technical assistance and ensure accurate monitoring of project activities; Assure that learning activities provide timely, relevant information for policy-influencing opportunities (governmental or humanitarian) or programming decisions. Support regional team activities to assure that data from monitoring activities are used to adjust and adapt programming over time. Leverage existing IRC staff and partner expertise or build capacity as needed to assure front-line staff participation in the interpretation and application of results, as well as design of learning agendas and plans. Provide technical and management support to enable field staff to implement protocols and plans safely, ethically, and rigorously. Capacity building: Contribute to capacity building of project staff and partner organizations to design and utilize MEAL tools, surveys, evaluations, and other MEAL activities Project Management and compliance: Work with the country field teams to ensure that project indicators are properly tracked through regular field visits; Review all reports to ensure that data provided is complete, consistent, accurate and timely, and that target indicators are met and explanations provided where indicators are not met; Produce quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports for the Project Director and the donor, as needed and timely. Together with the Policy and Advocacy, Communications Specialist, support with summarizing key MEAL findings that can be used to improve project implementation and advocacy
Advanced degree (PhD or MA) from an accredited university in M&E, statistics, education, international development, or related field; Minimum of five years of experience in M&E for similar Education programming, experience with projects designed to build systemic change in educational policy and practice for refugees and displaced populations preferred; Significant previous experience carrying out M&E activities in conflict or crisis situations; Experience working in East Africa and/or Ethiopia and Uganda on Education programming; Strong negotiation skills and the ability to develop relations with local counterparts, donors, and other partners; Strong communication skills, both oral and written; Proficiency in English required.
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Vacancy title:
Regional Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Coordinator
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Admin & Office]
Jobs at:
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Deadline of this Job:
Saturday, August 9 2025
Duty Station:
kampala | Kampala | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, July 29 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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Position Summary
The IRC is seeking a Regional Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator who will work closely with the PlayMatters Project Director and technical staff to ensure that meaningful evidence is produced, data is collected, analyzed, and used to inform management, design and implementation decisions, and to provide project updates, as the need arises. A key role of the MEAL Coordinator is to support consortium staff to collect, use, and analyze data to track project progress and inform meaningful course correction and program decision discussions; and to also ensure senior management staff have data that is tailored to their decision making processes.
General Responsibilities:
- Provide oversight and management of MEAL activities.
- Support development and implementation of annual workplans, budgets, and deliverables. Identify and agree on course corrections with the Deputy Director, Technical, and partner technical experts to keep priorities on track.
- Develop and run a monitoring and evaluation system across all project components and partners that demonstrates qualitative and quantitative methods and draws from a variety of data sources to measure progress and evaluate impact, as well as support collaboration, learning, and adaptation.
o quantifying and measuring project progress over Outputs, Outcomes and Key Performance Indicators
o enhance and maintain an electronic, cloud-based database to be used by project M&E staff including the corresponding monitoring and measurement tools in line with IRC Monitoring standards.
o data collection, analysis, reporting and sharing through organization data platform.
o regular reviews of project data and progress to assist senior management to make evidence-based decisions and easy course correction.
- More specifically, support the project on:
o Routine monitoring of project activities, conduct data audits as needed;
o Utilize digital data collection where feasible
o Data storage and secure accessibility of data by project staff across partners and countries
- Regularly review data collection processes, perform data quality assessments, and adjust as needed.
- Conduct regular visits to project sites, as possible, to provide technical assistance and ensure accurate monitoring of project activities;
- Assure that learning activities provide timely, relevant information for policy-influencing opportunities (governmental or humanitarian) or programming decisions.
- Support regional team activities to assure that data from monitoring activities are used to adjust and adapt programming over time.
- Leverage existing IRC staff and partner expertise or build capacity as needed to assure front-line staff participation in the interpretation and application of results, as well as design of learning agendas and plans.
- Provide technical and management support to enable field staff to implement protocols and plans safely, ethically, and rigorously.
Capacity building:
- Contribute to capacity building of project staff and partner organizations to design and utilize MEAL tools, surveys, evaluations, and other MEAL activities
Project Management and compliance:
- Work with the country field teams to ensure that project indicators are properly tracked through regular field visits;
- Review all reports to ensure that data provided is complete, consistent, accurate and timely, and that target indicators are met and explanations provided where indicators are not met;
- Produce quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports for the Project Director and the donor, as needed and timely.
- Together with the Policy and Advocacy, Communications Specialist, support with summarizing key MEAL findings that can be used to improve project implementation and advocacy
Requirements:
- Advanced degree (PhD or MA) from an accredited university in M&E, statistics, education, international development, or related field;
- Minimum of five years of experience in M&E for similar Education programming, experience with projects designed to build systemic change in educational policy and practice for refugees and displaced populations preferred;
- Significant previous experience carrying out M&E activities in conflict or crisis situations;
- Experience working in East Africa and/or Ethiopia and Uganda on Education programming;
- Strong negotiation skills and the ability to develop relations with local counterparts, donors, and other partners;
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written;
- Proficiency in English required.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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