Samarthya Foundation Vacancy for Project MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning) Officer
Title: PROJECT MEAL OFFICER
Location: Based in Salleri (Field visit to Khotang)
Reports to:
Direct: Program Manager
Matrix: Sr. Program Quality Assurance Manager
Staff Supervision: NA
Travel Required: Yes, travel to project areas on need basis
Effective Date: 1st July 2026
Working Hours: As per organizational policy
Working Days: As per organizational policy
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Project MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning) Officer will be responsible for strengthening field-level monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems, ensuring quality data collection, analysis and reporting, promoting accountability mechanisms, and supporting evidence-based learning in geographically challenging and hard-to-reach areas.
Working closely with the program team, schools, communities and local stakeholders, you will support evidence-based decision-making, enhance accountability to communities, and promote continuous learning to improve safe, inclusive, and child-centered education programming.
Description
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Monitoring & Data Collection
Support the development and implementation of project MEAL plans, indicators, and tracking tools.
Conduct regular field monitoring visits to project sites to ensure activities are implemented as per approved plans.
Monitor the quality and impacts of child-centered, inclusive, gender-responsive, and safeguarding-sensitive project interventions through data analysis.
Collect & manage both quantitative and qualitative data using appropriate tools (i.e. Solstice, KOBO, ODK, paper-based formats, etc.).
Ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency through regular verification.
Maintain up-to-date beneficiary databases and monitoring records.
Identify and escalate inconsistencies, irregularities, or risks observed during monitoring activities, including concerns related to misuse of resources, fraud, corruption, safeguarding, or non-compliance with project procedures.
Track & report progress against project indicators, targets, outcomes, outputs.
Evaluation & Assessments
Support baseline, midline, and endline assessments/evaluation in coordination with the program teams.
Participate in needs assessments, rapid assessments, and thematic studies in challenging field settings.
Assist in conducting school-level assessments related to key project goals including child-friendly learning environments, safeguarding, inclusion, and participation.
Support coordination of internal and external evaluations.
Accountability & Community Engagement
Ensure community feedback and complaint response mechanisms are accessible, child-sensitive, confidential, and responsive to concerns related to project quality, safeguarding, fraud, corruption, misuse of resources, or misconduct.
Promote transparency and accountability by ensuring children, parents, schools, and communities are informed about project entitlements, complaint channels, and reporting mechanisms.
Track, document, and escalate complaints or allegations related to fraud, corruption, financial misconduct, counter-terrorism compliance concerns, safeguarding, or ethical violations in line with organizational protocols.
Promote transparency and community participation in project implementation.
Reporting & Documentation
Prepare periodical monitoring reports based on achievements of project plans.
Contribute to donor reporting with accurate data and field evidence.
Prepare case studies, success stories, human interest stories, and impact narratives.
Maintain organized documentation systems, both hard and soft copies, in compliance with organizational standards.
Support preparation of presentations, dashboards, and data summaries for management and stakeholders.
Review programmatic reports prepared by project officer.
Learning & Knowledge Management
Facilitate field-level reflection and learning sessions with project teams, schools, and stakeholders.
Support data analysis, visualization, and interpretation for program review and decision-making.
Promote adaptive programming by integrating monitoring findings and community feedback into implementation improvements.
Encourage a culture of continuous learning within field teams.
Document and compile lessons learned and best practices related to child-friendly and inclusive education programming.
Coordination & Capacity Building
Provide technical support and capacity building to field teams MEAL systems, tools, methodologies & reporting processes.
Work closely with projects/program teams to integrate MEAL findings into project implementation.
Coordinate & collaborate with local government, community leaders, and relevant stakeholders to support program validation, collaboration & accountability mechanisms.
Support the establishment and strengthening of school-level monitoring, documentation, and reporting mechanisms, where applicable, to track progress and improve accountability.
Compliance & Quality Assurance
Ensure compliance with organizational MEAL standards and donor requirements.
Support periodic compliance reviews and verification processes to strengthen accountability, transparency, and adherence to organizational and donor requirements.
Promote confidentiality, data protection, informed consent, and ethical handling of sensitive information, including complaints and compliance-related concerns.
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
The individual is required to uphold the organization’s zero-tolerance policy on child abuse and exploitation by ensuring the safety and well-being of children in all activities, promoting a child-safe environment, and promptly reporting any concerns or incidents in line with organizational procedures.
PSEAH (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment):
The individual is required to uphold the organization’s zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment by maintaining the highest standards of conduct, promoting a safe and respectful environment, and promptly reporting any concerns in line with organizational procedures.
GEDSI Commitments:
The individual is also explicitly committed to diversify equity, inclusion and actively support Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) by fostering an inclusive workplace & programs implementation ensuring respecting diversity across gender, race, age, and ability.
REQUIRED ACADEMICS & EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Statistics, Economics, Rural Development, or related field.
Minimum 2 years of field-based relevant experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL), in development projects (preferably in child friendly education, inclusive education, or child-centered development projects).
Experience conducting surveys (baseline, midline, endline) and field assessments.
Supportive experience in managing community feedback and complaint mechanisms.
Experience working with NGOs/INGOs and donor-funded projects is an advantage.
Experience supervising enumerators and conducting data quality assurance.
Strong understanding of Program Cycle Management, Log frame, Results-Based Management (RBM), and indicator tracking.
Familiarity with child safeguarding, inclusive education principles, and child participation approaches including cross-cutting experience in child protection, safeguarding, gender, disability, climate.
Prior experience working in remote or difficult terrain areas of Nepal is highly desirable.
SKILLS:
Good communication skills in both English and Nepali (written and spoken).
Proficiency in MS Office and digital data collection tools (KOBO, ODK, Survey CTO).
Basic knowledge of data analysis tools (SPSS, STATA, Power BI) is an advantage.
Good interpersonal, negotiation, and coordination skills.
High integrity, diverse cultural sensitivity and commitment to promote inclusive education principles.
Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
Ability to work independently in remote field locations.
Preference will be given to candidates from the local community or project districts.
Application Deadline: Sunday, 21st June 2026
In recognition of the various needs of People with Disability (PWD), please reach out to People 2 People for direct application submission process.
To Apply Visit: p2p.com.np