Job Title MEAL Officer
Department/Project DMDP and Diageo – ToT project
Reporting Program Quality, Learning and Accountability Manager
Grade F
Duty Station Kisumu
Contract Duration 8 months
Prefered Start Date As soon as possible
Eligibility This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Kenya.
CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in 100 countries. We create local solutions to
poverty and inequality and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions are
anchored on a broad scope of sustainable approaches in the following sectors; humanitarian assistance, food and
nutrition security, health, WASH and finance literacy education. CARE programs also integrate governance, gender
equality and resilience as cross-cutting themes to tackling underlying causes of poverty and injustice. Our impacts
are reflected on women and girls whose results are healthy mothers and children. Women and girls are at the
epicenter of CARE’s work because we do believe that when they have equal access to resources, they lift their
families and communities out of poverty. Our staff live within work areas and therefore understands the local context
and challenges communities face. With experience of over 75 years, since World War II, the mission was the world’s
first CARE Package® of food for the post-war hungry in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that
poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core
beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, so join us.
I. JOB SUMMARY
The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) officer will support MEAL activities for DMDP and
Diageo-ToT projects and will report directly to the PQLA Manager, with a matrix reporting structure to the Project
Manager. This role will be based in Kisumu and will support project implementation in 6 counties. The role serves as a
cornerstone in ensuring the effectiveness and impact of development and humanitarian initiatives. The position’s
primary objective is to design and implement robust monitoring and evaluation systems that capture programmatic
progress and outcomes. Through continuous data collection and analysis, the role identifies areas of improvement,
ensuring interventions are evidence-based and impactful. The role also ensures transparent and responsible
management of resources and commitments to stakeholders.
Overall, the MEAL position aims to enhance program quality, ensure donor compliance, and drive sustainable
change in the communities served.
II. ROLES AND RESPOSIBILITIES
1. Project Development and Implementation – 40%
• Provide leadership support in all aspects of M&E for the project.
• In collaboration with the Project team and the manager, facilitate development of a comprehensive MEAL
Plan, Detailed Project Implementation Plan, Results framework.
• Support compliance to the program M&E Plan, lead the project PIIRS process.
• Working with the Project Manager, develop tools for data collection and reporting, and their guidelines for
use and ensuring that compliance standardization of the tools.
• Conduct internal project assessments, maintain program beneficiary’s database.
• Ensure monitoring and donor reporting timelines are compiled too.
• Working closely with the program team to provide quarterly progress updates on
• Working closely with Program team to support the documentation of Human-Interest
• Support documentation of success stories and learning.
• Support the Project Manager in planning and facilitating program monitoring and evaluation strengthening
activities for the program.
• Review all field Project reports and share with the Program manager for escalation to the CMP.
2. Documentation and Knowledge Management – 30%
• Take leadership in coordinating Program documentaries, Human interest stories successes and
dissemination of lessons learnt/ best practices.
• Review MEAL and programmatic reports in accordance with donor requirements and develop a system for
validation of information.
• Support program consultancy services, working with the Project manager to ensure smooth and Quality
delivery of services to CARE Kenya, in stringent adherence to the do no harm principle.
• In collaboration with Communication Officer, contribute to the development and execution of the Program
and Country Office communication and Visibility Strategy.
• Ensure proper archiving of all Project data/documents/REACH &PIIRS data to the CARE
• encourage team members to share their experiences and best practices.
• Actively get involved in the CARE’s MEAL communities of Practice.
• Assist Project Manager to develop key knowledge management products and disseminate client experiences
to partners, donors and government audiences. Promote knowledge sharing and learning between projects
and pillars within the CO; participate where possible in organization wide and regional learning initiatives
related to CARE’s priority program themes and approaches.
• Ensure that lessons learned are used to inform ongoing and future practices, and that program lessons are
being used to promote improved humanitarian programming and learning.
3. Collaboration and Partnerships -15%
• Enhance CARE’s visibility at County level stakeholders’ meetings.
• Represent the program, FWN -Sector and CARE in relevant strategic partnerships and policy engagements.
• Identify and sustain strategic partnerships, contacts, and linkages to ensure effective Programming.
4. Business Growth -10%
• Contribute to the Identification of business development opportunities and participate in concepts
development for fund raising.
• Support CARE’s resource mobilization team, consistent with CO program growth strategy and sustainability.
5. Other Duties -5%
• Undertake any other additional technical assignments delegated by the supervisor on need basis.
III. QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience
▪ Degree in Monitoring and evaluation, Impact measurement, Project Management and planning,
statistics, social sciences or related field or equivalent experience,
▪ At least Two years of work experience in monitoring and evaluation of Economic resilience, Programs.
▪ Training on qualitative and quantitative data analysis tools/software.
▪ Training in Gender and Development will be an added advantage
▪ Excellent written, verbal English and presentation/communication skills
▪ Demonstrable ability to develop and implement gender transformative monitoring and evaluation
systems and plans and applied knowledge and understanding of feminist approaches to MEAL.
▪ Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, participatory approaches, management
information systems, reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis and presentation
▪ Familiarity with performance-based funding systems and procedures.
▪ Ability to develop and implement monitoring and evaluation plans
▪ Experience with and understanding relevant donor frameworks and reporting systems
▪ Strong data and information presentation skills
▪ Strong Analytical capacity
▪ Excellent inter-personal, facilitation and communication skills
▪ Proficiency in the English language (spoken and written) is required
