Overview
The Roving MEARL Coordinator is a technical, surge, and systems-strengthening role that supports the delivery of MEARL priorities in line with Country Office PDQ priorities. The role operates across the country office portfolio to provide targeted, high-impact support focused on strengthening systems, building capacity, and improving data quality and use.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and strengthen the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Research and Learning (MEARL) function.
- Focus on strengthening Quality Monitoring, Accountability, Knowledge Management and Learning components.
- Provide targeted, high-impact support focused on strengthening systems, building capacity, and improving data quality and use.
- Prioritize capacity development and surge support for MEARL systems set-up and stabilization.
- Drive Quality Uplift through strengthened monitoring systems and quality benchmarks.
- Strengthen accountability through functional and responsive community feedback mechanisms.
- Roll-out and institutionalize Real-Time Needs Assessment (RTNA) to inform programme design and adaptation.
- Ensure Data Quality Assurance to ensure credible, consistent, and timely data.
- Provide hands-on technical support, coaching, and system diagnostics to strengthen MEARL implementation across projects.
- Ensure MEARL systems are harmonized, responsive, and fit-for-purpose.
- Institutionalize a culture of data use, learning, and accountability.
- Contribute to humanitarian MEARL preparedness and surge response as required.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 5 years working experience in monitoring and evaluation working experience (preferably within a humanitarian and development focused organization).
- Experience promoting participation of children, community members and leaders and/or facilitating focus group discussions (especially with beneficiaries including children).
- Familiarity with mobile data collection platforms (i.e. CommCare, Kobo Collect, ODK etc).
- Experience with monitoring and evaluation techniques to assess the quality and effectiveness of program strategies for program learning.
Qualifications
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a Relevant Sector; Statistics, Development Studies or Social Sciences preferably with Post Graduate training in M&E or Project planning and Management.
