MEAL Officer

Part (1): Job Specification

Job Title: MEAL Officer

Status: Full Time

Location: Aden

During: 6 Months

Staff:  1

ADO Overview

Abs Development Organization for Woman and Child (ADO) is a Yemeni, women-led, non-governmental organization established in 1996. ADO works to improve the well-being of women, children, youth, and vulnerable communities through humanitarian assistance, protection, empowerment, and sustainable development.

ADO implements multi-sectoral humanitarian, recovery, and development programs across all governorates of Yemen, covering Food Security and Agriculture, MPCA, Health, Nutrition, WASH, Education, Protection, Shelter/NFI, CCCM, Gender Equality and Inclusion, Livelihoods, Economic Empowerment, Climate Resilience, and Environmental Sustainability. ADO promotes locally led responses, community participation, and integrated Humanitarian–Development–Peace (HDP) Nexus approaches.

ADO is committed to humanitarian principles, accountability to affected populations, safeguarding, PSEA, gender equality, environmental responsibility, and program quality. ADO has been certified against the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) since 2026, with certification valid until May 2029.

Through its headquarters and field offices, including Aden and Sana’a, ADO collaborates with communities, government institutions, UN agencies, and national and international partners to deliver inclusive, needs-based interventions.

All personnel are expected to uphold ADO’s values, policies, and procedures; demonstrate professionalism, integrity, accountability, and teamwork; comply with safeguarding, PSEA, confidentiality, security, and health and safety requirements; and contribute to organizational and program objectives.

Vision: Together to achieve a better life for women, children, and youth.

Job objectives/ Scope:To implement the project’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) activities, ensuring the collection, verification, analysis and reporting of accurate and timely data on beneficiary targeting, household verification, cash-transfer delivery, project progress, beneficiary satisfaction and outcomes. The MEAL Officer will support accountability and complaints and feedback mechanisms, conduct monitoring and post-distribution monitoring (PDM), identify implementation gaps and risks, and provide evidence-based recommendations to improve project quality, accountability and effectiveness in accordance with the approved project proposal, MEAL plan, ADO policies and donor requirements.

Reported to:  Project Manager & Quality and Development Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

1.Implement the approved project MEAL plan, ensuring that monitoring activities, indicators, data-collection methods, reporting timelines and responsibilities are followed throughout the project cycle.

2.Develop and adapt project-specific monitoring tools, questionnaires, checklists and data-collection forms in coordination with the Project Manager, ensuring alignment with approved indicators, project objectives and donor reporting requirements.

3.Support the establishment and maintenance of an accurate beneficiary database, ensuring that household registration, vulnerability assessment, verification and assistance records are complete, consistent, securely stored and properly documented.

4.Conduct data-quality checks on beneficiary registration, verification and monitoring records to identify missing information, inconsistencies, duplication and other errors, and coordinate the correction of identified issues with the responsible project staff.

5.Support independent verification and deduplication processes by reviewing beneficiary data, documenting discrepancies and coordinating with relevant project staff and humanitarian coordination mechanisms to reduce the risk of duplicate assistance.

6.Conduct regular field monitoring visits to project locations in Al Hawtah and Tuban, subject to access and security conditions, to verify implementation progress, assess adherence to approved procedures and document challenges affecting project delivery.

7.Monitor cash-transfer processes in coordination with the Project Manager, including beneficiary communication, payment-point accessibility, waiting times, treatment of beneficiaries, compliance with the zero-fee principle, payment-related complaints and other risks affecting safe and dignified access to assistance.

8.Design and conduct post-distribution monitoring (PDM) following the cash transfer, in accordance with the approved MEAL plan and applicable project guidance, to assess receipt of assistance, beneficiary satisfaction, access to markets and essential goods, use of assistance, protection concerns and unintended negative effects.

9.Analyze monitoring and PDM data to identify trends, implementation gaps, beneficiary concerns and potential risks, and prepare clear findings and recommendations for the Project Manager and relevant ADO departments.

10. Monitor progress against project indicators and targets, maintain indicator tracking tools and monitoring databases, and provide timely updates on achievements, outstanding targets and data-quality issues.

11. Support the implementation of ADO’s Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) and Complaints and Feedback Mechanism (CFM) for the project by ensuring that beneficiaries receive information about available feedback channels and that complaints and feedback are documented, categorized, referred and tracked in accordance with approved procedures.

12. Maintain the confidentiality of complaints and feedback records, ensure that sensitive complaints are referred promptly through designated confidential channels, and avoid investigating safeguarding or PSEA cases unless formally authorized under applicable procedures.

13. Collect and analyze beneficiary feedback, monitoring findings and lessons learned to assess the relevance, accessibility, quality and accountability of project assistance and recommend practical improvements.

14. Ensure that monitoring and data-collection activities apply informed consent, confidentiality, data minimization, secure data handling, gender sensitivity, age sensitivity, disability inclusion and Do No Harm principles in accordance with ADO policies.

15. Ensure that monitoring activities and tools are appropriate for women, men, older people, persons with disabilities and other potentially marginalized groups, and identify barriers that may prevent eligible households from accessing assistance safely and fairly.

16. Prepare timely and accurate MEAL reports, field monitoring reports, PDM reports, data summaries, indicator updates and other required documentation, ensuring that findings are evidence-based and consistent with verified project records.

17. Maintain organized and secure MEAL documentation, including completed data-collection tools, monitoring checklists, datasets, analysis outputs, PDM records, feedback summaries, corrective-action trackers and supporting evidence, in accordance with ADO’s documentation and data-protection procedures.

18. Follow up on agreed corrective actions arising from monitoring findings, beneficiary feedback, complaints, data-quality checks and PDM results, and document progress in coordination with the Project Manager and relevant staff.

19. Participate in project review meetings and relevant coordination activities, presenting monitoring findings, beneficiary feedback, emerging risks and lessons learned to support evidence-based decision-making and continuous improvement.

20. Support project reporting and close-out by compiling verified monitoring data, documenting results against indicators, contributing to lessons learned and ensuring that MEAL records are complete and securely archived.

21. Carry out any other reasonable tasks related to the operations, coordination, and administrative or programmatic needs of ADO’s Aden Office, as assigned by the line manager or authorized management, provided that such tasks are consistent with ADO’s policies, the staff member’s role and level of competence, and applicable project and donor requirements.

Supervision:No direct supervisory responsibility, unless otherwise assigned by ADO management. Supervision

Career Path/ Career Cluster: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) / Program/ Quality

Part (2) person specification for this job

Experience and Qualifications

•Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, statistics, development studies, economics, information management or another relevant field.

•At least 2–3 years of relevant experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning within humanitarian or development programs.

•Practical experience in developing data-collection tools, conducting field monitoring, managing databases, analyzing data and preparing reports.

•Experience with beneficiary registration, verification, data quality assurance, complaints and feedback mechanisms, and post-distribution monitoring is desirable.

•Familiarity with cash assistance or MPCA programming and relevant humanitarian coordination mechanisms is an advantage.

•Experience using KoboToolbox or similar digital data-collection platforms, Microsoft Excel and other data-analysis tools.

•Understanding of humanitarian principles, accountability to affected populations, safeguarding, PSEA, confidentiality and data protection.

•Good written and spoken English and Arabic, with strong reporting and communication skills.

Skills:

           •         Preparing monitoring and evaluation plans.

•         Collecting, analyzing, and verifying data quality.

•         Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

•         Preparing periodic reports and analyzing results.

•         Developing performance indicators and measuring achievement of objectives.

•         Communication, coordination, and teamwork skills.

•         Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.

•         Time management and task organization.

•         Accuracy, attention to detail, and data confidentiality.

•         Conducting field visits and monitoring project activities.

•         Documenting lessons learned and providing recommendations for performance improvement.

Announcement Date :01/11/2026

Gender: Female /Male

Application Process

Application Requirements

-Interested candidates are required to submit the following documents:

-Cover Letter: A cover letter of no more than two pages explaining why you are a suitable candidate for the position and outlining the qualifications, experience, and contributions you would bring to the role.

-Curriculum Vitae (CV): An up-to-date CV detailing your relevant qualifications, professional experience, and skills.

-Professional References: Names and contact details (telephone number and email address) of three professional referees who are familiar with your qualifications, competencies, and work experience. Where possible, referees should include a former or current direct supervisor, a professional peer, and/or a direct report.

-How to Apply

-Qualified and interested candidates are invited to complete and submit the online application form using the following link:http://erp.absyemen.org/meal-officer

-Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Screening and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis, and the recruitment process will remain open until the position is filled. Candidates are therefore strongly encouraged to apply as early as possible rather than wait until the closing date.

-Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Deadline to send your application:  06/11/2026