MEAL Assistant

Summary

The MEAL Assistant plays a vital role in strengthening monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning frameworks by gathering and validating field data, overseeing community feedback systems, and measuring the effectiveness of humanitarian relief initiatives. This position ensures that program outcomes are accurately tracked and that the organization remains responsive to the needs of the communities it serves.

Responsibilities

• Execute field data collection activities and perform rigorous verification to guarantee data integrity.

• Oversee and maintain effective mechanisms for receiving and managing community feedback.

• Monitor and assess the overall impact of relief operations and intervention programs.

• Assist in the creation and periodic review of MEAL strategies, indicator tracking tables, data collection instruments, and survey questionnaires.

• Utilize digital platforms (such as KoboToolbox and ODK) alongside traditional paper-based methods to gather data, ensuring adherence to ethical standards and data protection protocols while cleaning, validating, and entering information.

• Conduct data quality assessments and spot checks to confirm accuracy and completeness.

• Facilitate baseline, midline, and end-line evaluations, as well as post-distribution monitoring, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews.

• Manage community feedback and complaint channels, including hotlines, suggestion boxes, and help desks, ensuring sensitive cases are escalated through appropriate protocols.

• Analyze collected data to generate dashboards, executive summaries, and comprehensive reports detailing program progress, results, and key lessons learned.

• Drive learning and accountability initiatives by organizing review meetings and documenting best practices, ensuring Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) through the transparent sharing of feedback with program teams and beneficiaries.

• Deliver orientation and training sessions to field staff, volunteers, and enumerators regarding data collection tools and standard operating procedures.

• Maintain secure, organized MEAL databases and records while strictly upholding the confidentiality of all beneficiary information.

• Fulfill any additional tasks as assigned by the direct supervisor.