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Position: MEAL Coordinator

Reports to:  MEAL Manager

Location: Aden 

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) function is crucial for the SEAL Project (Sustaining Education and Learning) to ensure implementation is evidence-driven, high-quality, and accountable to children, communities, partners, and donors. The MEAL Coordinator will lead the design and implementation of SEAL’s MEAL systems, assessments, data quality, learning, reporting, and accountability mechanisms, ensuring that findings inform adaptive management and decision-making.

The role will work in close collaboration with the SEAL program team, the Education Technical Advisor, and relevant partners including the Ministry of Education (MoE) and Education Offices at governorate and district levels, supporting coordination, data access, and joint learning processes. This role aligns with recognized accountability and safeguarding commitments, including child safeguarding obligations and accountable programming principles.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Lead the design, updating, and implementation of the SEAL MEAL Strategy/MEAL Plan, in coordination with the MEAL Manager, SEAL program team, and Education Technical Advisor.
• Review and standardize monitoring tools, tracking systems, templates, and reporting flows to enable systematic monitoring of outputs, outcomes, and programme quality.
• Coordinate and oversee SEAL assessments and learning exercises (e.g., education status assessments, learning environment spot-checks, and other project-relevant studies).
• Support commissioning and management of internal/external evaluations and reviews (ToR development, methodology review, supervision, and quality assurance).
• Oversee data collection planning, storage, analysis, and reporting to ensure data is high-quality and audit-ready.
• Coordinate with MoE and Education Offices to obtain required education data and facilitate ethical, safe, and authorized data access and field processes.

Capacity Strengthening (SCI + Partners)

• Build capacity of SEAL staff and relevant MEAL colleagues on MEAL standards, results-based management, indicator interpretation, and evidence use.
• Provide practical coaching to staff and partners (including MoE counterparts where applicable) on data collection tools, data management, and data quality controls.
• Promote child-friendly and inclusive approaches in monitoring and feedback collection, aligned with safeguarding and accountable programming expectations.

Data Quality, Analysis, Knowledge Management and Reporting

• Conduct routine Data Quality Assessments (DQA) and lead corrective action follow-up with program and partner teams.
• Ensure effective data management practices (naming conventions, data protection, access control, versioning) and maintain an organized evidence repository.
• Lead analysis and drafting/review of results, learning, and evidence sections in SEAL reports, ensuring compliance with internal quality standards and timelines.
• Coordinate with the Country MEAL team on reach and results tracking (output tracker, total reach, aggregation logic, etc.).
• Prepare and submit SEAL MEAL reports as required by SCI internal processes and donor/grant agreements.

Research, Learning and Representation

• Lead periodic data review and reflection sessions with SEAL program team and partners to support adaptive management.
• Document lessons learned and support learning products (briefs, presentations, after-action reviews) and ensure dissemination internally and, where appropriate, externally.
• Contribute evidence to advocacy and education technical positioning when required, in coordination with relevant SCI colleagues.

Accountability, Participation and Feedback Mechanisms

• Strengthen accountability systems for SEAL to ensure feedback channels are safe, accessible, child-friendly, and responsive.
• Support implementation and monitoring of stakeholder engagement activities relevant to the project (including partner coordination and community participation).
• Ensure complaints and feedback systems are planned, budgeted, and implemented with appropriate reporting and follow-up loops, aligned with accountable programming standards.

Staff Management and Coordination

• Support recruitment (when required), onboarding, training, and supervision of assessment/monitoring teams.

Ensure performance management, supportive supervision, and a positive working environment for direct reports and temporary teams.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.

Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary developmentز

• to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Postgraduate degree in Education, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a relevant field experience.

Arabic speaker with excellent command of English.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Minimum 5 years’ experience leading MEAL functions, research, and assessments in education programming.
• Demonstrated ability in quantitative and qualitative methods, indicator tracking, and evaluation processes.
• Strong report writing and communication skills in professional settings.
• Proven capacity building and coaching experience with staff and partners.
• Strong data management, analysis, and quality assurance skills.
• Ability to balance field and office responsibilities and work under pressure.
• Experience in community participation and accountability, including handling feedback and complaints in a safe and respectful way.
• Team-oriented, solution-focused, and able to manage competing priorities.
• Capacity and willingness to work in challenging and sometimes insecure environments, and to travel frequently to supported locations.
• Strong coordination skills with government counterparts and partners (MoE/Education Offices).
• Familiarity with international accountability and quality standards such as the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) and Sphere.

Desirable

• Experience working specifically in conflict-affected or fragile contexts.

Familiarity with World Bank reporting requirements.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

The Opportunity:

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply

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