MEAL Officer (Female)

CARE International in Pakistan

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Posted date	30th April, 2025	Last date to apply	11th May, 2025
Country	Pakistan	Locations	Islamabad
Category	Development Sector
Type	Contractual	Position	1

As a global leader, CARE is shaping the future of the humanitarian and development sector. Each year, we deliver support and services to millions of people in over a hundred countries. We do this by focusing on our mission and living the values that drive our organization. A career at CARE is an opportunity to be part of a movement that brings communities together to solve complex problems and foster lasting change throughout the world. We seek individuals who are passionate about humanitarian and development work, collaborate well with others, embrace learning and innovation, and deliver results.

Job Summary

The AAWAZ II programme focuses on social inclusion, combatting modern slavery, and protecting the rights of women and children. The programme aims to foster social norms change, engage communities, and generate evidence-based interventions to address complex issues like child marriage, GBV, forced conversions, and the exclusion of special interest groups, including transgender individuals, persons with disabilities, and religious minorities. AAWAZ II promotes community engagement, social action research, and capacity building to enhance civil society's ability to influence policy and protect vulnerable populations. Through coordinated efforts, the programme seeks to drive legislative and policy changes to support social cohesion and inclusion.

MEAL Officer will Assist the MEAL Manager in designing and implementation of MEAL system and tools. Furthermore, the position will assess and build capacity of the partner organizations to ensure effective program monitoring and accountability whilst ensuring that M&E tools and mechanism are set up and running smoothly. The MEAL Officer will assist in continuous learning and reporting of ongoing interventions and will be responsible for conducting timely and effective monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment to inform management and field team/s to meet high quality standards. The MEAL Officer will also support on the learning and accountability agenda of the Program. The incumbent will assist in develomentp and roll out MEAL Plan for the project and ensure that donor and the CO compliances are met. The candidate will support the MEAL Manager in development and implementation of project learning agenda and suggest adaptation in program.

This position will be based in Ilsmabad with 50% travel requirement to the field areas of Sindh.

Job Responsibilities and Tasks

1 -Assist in Setting up the MEAL System for the Project: (30% of Time)

Support in developing monitoring framework on focused on promoting social inclusion, safeguarding the rights of persons with disabilities and transgender individuals, and combating gender-based violence (GBV) against women.
Support and strengthen the MEAL System in line with CARE's Quality Framework, Standards, donors quality benchmarks/milestones and procedures including monitoring, action research, learning and knowledge management, evaluations, and accountability functions;
Orient the program and partners specifically on CARE's MEAL Strategy, Global MEAL Framework, and approaches particularly in the areas of objective hierarchy, indicators, and monitoring mechanisms;
Support in design and roll out the social action research for the program using gender transformative approaches to establish a governance structure which promotes women’s voice and leadership and includes special interest groups who are one of the most marginalised populations: transgender persons, religious minorities and persons with disabilities.
Implement the systems to track results fo community mobilization, advocay commpaign in a systamatic way to report on set milestones.
Lead the process for identifying and designing the key indicators and KPIs for each component, to record and report physical progress against the work plan.
Develop an inclusive and accessible feedback channels, such as suggestion boxes, community meetings, and digital platforms, are established to gather ongoing input from community members, ensuring their voices are heard and addressed.
Support in rolling out Management Information System for the program, and ensure timely data submission from partners’/field offices.
Monitor the performance of partner NGOs on a continuously basis, assessing the quality of work and suggesting changes if required.
Roll out Management Information System for the program, and ensure timely data submission from partners’/field offices;
Monitor the performance of partner NGOs on a continuously basis, assessing the quality of work and suggesting changes if required
Guide the process for identifying and designing the key indicators for each component, to record and report physical progress against the work plan.
Roll out Management Information System for country office programs, and ensure timely data submission from partners’/field offices.
Monitor the performance of partner NGOs on a continuous basis, assessing the quality of work, targeting of beneficiaries, and general progress.

2 -Assist in the Implementation of the MEAL System in the Project: (40% of Time)

Collaborate with partners and CARE staff on quantitative and qualitative monitoring to provide relevant information on project activities, effects, and impacts.
Engaging community members in the evaluation process ensures that their insights and feedback are incorporated, fostering a sense of ownership and accountability.
Support in identifying and designing the key indicators and KPIs for each component, to record and report physical progress against the work plan.
Assist the MEAL and reporting staff in synthesizing accurate information in monthly, interim, and end project reports and output tracker.
Ensure that partner organizations have effective Complaint Response Mechanisms in place and roll them out from the inception stage of the project.
Review monitoring reports, analyze them for impact evaluation, and identify the causes of potential bottlenecks in project implementation.
Recruit, guide, and supervise external teams that are contracted to implement special surveys and studies required for various field assessments related to project effects and impacts.
Assess the quality of data in the MIS system and generate reports for project and CARE country office reporting.
Ensure that follow-up procedures are in place and are regularly tracked and reported.
Plan for regular opportunities to identify lessons learned and implications for the project’s next steps; participate in these events when possible.
Act as CO focal person for engaging consultants for MEAL or survey.
Coordinate with the country MEAL team to ensure the CO is collecting and reporting data according to the organizational standards.
Act as a focal person to work closely with the internal audit team.

3 - Communication and Reporting of Results: (15% of Time)

Develop a mechanism whereby monitoring feedback is owned by the program team and ensure that learning is being incorporated into the program implementation cycle.
Collaborate with stakeholders on research and advocacy to address labor issues in Sindh.
Generate reports on M&E findings, as required, and work closely with sector managers, technical staff, and partner organizations
Undertake regular visits to the field to support the implementation of M&E and to identify where adaptations might be needed
Help in systematic information and communication flow on process, progress, and impact-related information for vertical and horizontal communication.
Set up and maintain a common electronic and hard copy system for access to key documents such as MEAL tools, tracking and reporting forms, monitoring reports, proposals, donor requirements and reports, evaluations, other program information, and other necessary documents against immediate outputs of projects.

4 - Learning and Knowledge Management: (10% of Time)

Keep abreast with M&E systems and knowledge management and reporting requirements of the larger CARE organization.
Submit M&E annual reports on PIIRS (data management on reach and impact) to CARE USA.
Support CIP in developing a system of managing and storing information from the project.
Work with the program teams to identify KML priority agendas and needs.
Ensure regular review of progress against the KML plan.
Organize learning workshops that bring together internal and external stakeholders and generate learning products.
Produce regular documentation and analysis of KML work for raising cross-learning and sharing with other CARE teams in the region (and internationally).
Ensure synthesis of key learnings is documented and fed into proposal development and advocacy planning processes.
Support Project/Program Teams to develop KML plans/strategies (as needed).
Support the development of knowledge products for the project.

5 - Other responsibilities as assigned (5% of time)

Any other tasks or responsibilities based on organizational and programming needs as assigned by the Line Manager.

A) Qualifications (Know How)

Required

Bachelor's degree in Economics, Sociology, Development studies or related disciplines or equivalent; Master’s degree will be preferred. Knowledge of statistical software i.e. SPSS is desired.
B) Experience/ Technical Skills

Minimum of six (6) years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment, social science research, or a similar field, with specific focus on women empowerment, financial services, gender, and advocacy interventions.
Experience of working with National and International NGOs, Financial Institution, Development Agency in a similar role.

Strong research, analysis, and presentation skills.
Strong rapport-building and interpersonal skills.
Well-versed with handling database management systems.
Ability to conduct technical analysis, and data visualizations.
Ability to determine key indicators to measure project impact and to develop measurement systems for them.
Fluency in written and spoken English.
Well versed with Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

CARE participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we hereby request information from the candidate’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the candidate left employment. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

CARE is an Equal Opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under applicable law.

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