MEAL Officer – Localization & Emergency Response

Position Objective: Design, implement, and maintain MEAL systems that ensure accountability, quality, and learning across the project and partner activities. Provide evidence-based inputs for adaptive management and donor reporting while strengthening partner MEAL capacity.

Relevant Experience:

• Master’s in Social Sciences, Statistics, Monitoring & Evaluation, Development Studies, or related field
• Minimum 4 years of overall experience and 2 years of MEAL experience in humanitarian contexts.

Job Description:

Mission 1 MEAL Design and Planning

• Under supervision of Program Manager, develop and roll-out of the project MEAL plan, including IPTT, data collection tools, QA protocols, and sampling strategies.
• Support the development of SMART indicators, aligned with proposal requirements, and integrated into DIPs and partner workplans.
• Support in establishment baseline, midline, and endline methodologies where applicable.

Mission 2 Monitoring and Data Quality Assurance

• Oversee routine monitoring activities, including field visits, spot checks, and data verification exercises.
• Implement data quality assurance processes (DQAs) and ensure timely corrective actions.
• Manage digital and paper-based data collection systems; ensure secure data storage and archiving.

Mission 3 Accountability and Feedback Mechanisms

• Establish and maintain beneficiary feedback and complaints mechanisms in line with CHS and ACF policies.
• Ensure timely recording, investigation, and resolution of complaints and feedback.
• Promote community engagement and ensure accountability to affected populations.

Mission 4 Analysis, Reporting, and Learning

• Analyze monitoring data and produce weekly, monthly, and quarterly monitoring reports and dashboards for PM and donors.
• Document lessons learned, good practices, and case studies; facilitate learning workshops with partners.
• Support MEAL inputs into donor reports, evaluations, and external communications.

Mission 5 Capacity Strengthening and Coordination

• Train and mentor partner MEAL staff on tools, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Coordinate MEAL activities with clusters, government monitoring bodies, and other stakeholders.
• Support third-party monitoring and evaluations as required.

Mission 6: Ensure compliance with ACFs gender equality, child protection sensitivity and Safeguarding policies

• Read and ensure a full understanding of ACFs Gender, Child Protection and other safeguarding policies
• Implement all work related activities with a gender, inclusion and child protection lens
• Help build an inclusive office environment where people do not feel disadvantaged or judged according to their gender or limited due to manageable disability

This Job Description may evolve according to the needs of the mission and in view the ever changing scope of your designation.

Action against Hunger is committed to the prevention of risks related to abuse, sexual exploitation and the promotion of gender equality and its diversity. Action Against Hunger is an employer that does not tolerate Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls. The Pakistan Mission encourages the application of the women / men / transgender/ disabled workers. Action Against Hunger's recruitment process is free of charge, no compensation of any form shall be requested from a candidate. It reflects the major policies and its charter through its professionalism and impartiality. If you observe behavior in opposition to these values during this process, please report it to the appropriate teams. All persons hired by Action Against Hunger will also be checked for compliance with the "anti-terrorist" lists, while respecting the rights of employees and the confidentiality of personal data.

In line with our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we particularly welcome applications from qualified female candidates, as we strive to build more gender-balanced teams. All applications will, however, be assessed based on merit and in accordance with our equal opportunity principles