Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Expert

Key responsibilities

1. Project Monitoring and Evaluation
2. • Develop and implement the project M&E plan, indicators, tools, and reporting systems.
   • Monitor project activities, outputs, outcomes, and progress against targets.
   • Conduct regular field visits to verify project implementation and beneficiary participation.
   • Track the effectiveness of skills trainings and job placement for returnee women and childcare services for their children.
3. Data Collection and Management
4. • Develop standardized data collection tools and ensure accurate and timely data entry.
   • Collect and analyses data disaggregated such as sex, age, location, training type, and beneficiary category etc.
   • Ensure data quality, consistency, reliability, and proper documentation.
   • Maintain an updated database of returnee women, trainees, employed beneficiaries, and children receiving care services.
5. Employment and Skills Training Monitoring
6. • Monitor the number of returnee women enrolled in and completing professional skills training.
   • Track job placement, employment retention, income generation, and self-employment outcomes.
   • Assess the relevance and quality of training in relation to labour market opportunities.
   • Monitor employers’ engagement and beneficiaries’ access to decent work opportunities.
7. Childcare Services Monitoring
8. • Monitor the availability, accessibility, and quality of caregiving services provided to beneficiaries’ children.
   • Track the number of children receiving childcare services and assess beneficiary satisfaction.
   • Ensure that childcare activities follow child protection and safeguarding standards.
   • Document the contribution of childcare services to women’s participation in training and employment.
9. Reporting and Documentation
10. • Prepare timely monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual M&E reports.
    • Document achievements, challenges, lessons learned, and success stories.
    • Provide accurate data for donor, government, and organisational reports.
    • Develop dashboards and performance summaries to support management decisions.
11. Learning, Accountability, and Coordination
12. • Establish feedback and complaint mechanisms for returnee women and service users.
    • Conduct beneficiary satisfaction surveys and outcome assessments.
    • Facilitate learning sessions to improve project implementation.
    • Coordinate with project staff, training institutions, employers, childcare providers, and relevant stakeholders.

• Number of returnee women enrolled in professional skills training.
• Percentage of women completing training.
• Number and percentage of women accessing employment or self-employment.
• Number of women retaining employment after placement.
• Number of children receiving caregiving services.
• Percentage of beneficiaries satisfied with training, employment, and childcare services.
• Percentage of project targets achieved within the reporting period.