Manager – MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning)

Manager – MEAL

Key Responsibilities

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Design M&E frameworks and tools to track outcomes in youth skilling, career readiness, and livelihood programs.
• Oversee implementation of baseline, midline, and endline studies to assess youth transitions into employment, entrepreneurship, or education.
• Work with program teams to ensure timely and accurate data collection and use of key indicators.
• Develop and maintain program dashboards that track progress and highlight impact pathways.
  

Technology & Data Systems

• Implement and manage digital tools (e.g., KoboToolbox, CommCare, Power BI) for efficient data capture, reporting, and visualization.
• Ensure effective use of youth feedback data (surveys, mobile apps, helplines) to shape program design and delivery.
• Explore and pilot technology-enabled methods to assess soft skills, career preparedness, and job retention.
  

Accountability to Youth & Stakeholders

• Establish feedback and grievance mechanisms that enable youth voices to be heard and addressed.
• Promote inclusive M&E practices that reflect the perspectives of marginalized youth groups.
• Ensure donor and partner reporting is aligned with impact narratives and evidence.
  

Learning & Adaptation

• Drive internal learning reviews, reflection workshops, and strategy adaptations based on field-level data.
• Generate learning reports, outcome stories, and case studies to inform program scale-up and advocacy.
• Foster a data-driven culture among teams through training and coaching.
  

Capacity Building & Team Management

• Build the capacity of field and program teams on MEAL practices specific to youth and livelihoods programming.
• Collaborate with leadership to align MEAL strategy with organizational mission and sector innovations.
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Public Policy, Development Studies, Statistics, or related field.
• 8 years of experience in MEAL, with at least 3 years focused on youth development, employability, or livelihoods programs.
• Proven experience managing large surveys, evaluation studies, and impact assessments.
• Strong command of data tools (Excel, SPSS, STATA, or R) and digital platforms (ODK, KoboToolbox, Power BI, etc.).
• Experience in managing tech-enabled, youth-facing interventions or platforms is highly preferred.
• Excellent reporting, analysis, and communication skills for diverse audiences (donors, youth, partners).
  

Desirable Attributes

• Passion for working with youth and co-creating solutions that improve their career pathways.
• Ability to turn data into insights and drive strategic conversations.
• Experience working with grassroots youth, community-based organizations, or youth-led initiatives.
• Willingness to travel to project sites and engage closely with youth participants.