Advisor, MEAL Migration and Displacement

About the role

Save the Children International is looking for an Advisor, MEAL Migration and Displacement to lead its MEAL component for the Global Programme on Protection for Migrant Children, a pilot joint initiative of IOM, Save the Children and UNICEF funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Sida. The programme runs until June 2029 and covers Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Somalia and Tunisia. The role is hybrid or remote, based at an approved Save the Children International office, with a time zone of GMT +/- 3, and is a fixed-term contract of 80% load until 30 June 2029.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement the programme's MEAL framework aligned with donor requirements and organisational standards
• Lead the interagency MEAL working groups (Country Office Working Group and Global focal points Working Group)
• Set up systems, tools and processes for monitoring performance, outcomes and results across locations
• Support collection, analysis and interpretation of monitoring data, and ensure data quality and compliance with data management standards
• Facilitate learning, reflection and review processes, and support evidence generation, learning products and case studies
• Integrate accountability mechanisms and beneficiary feedback into monitoring
• Contribute to donor reporting, evaluations and proposal design, and give MEAL technical advice and capacity building to staff and partners

Required profile

• English; right to work in the host country for the duration of employment
• Experience in planning, monitoring and evaluation, including system design, quality audits, tracking and analysis, evaluations, surveys, assessments, capacity building and training
• Ability to write clear assessment and project reports with data analysis and triangulation
• Proven experience supervising, training and mentoring staff, and working with external consultants
• Experience preparing successful funding proposals and reporting to institutional donors
• Desirable: similar MEAL experience in cross-border migration and/or child protection programming in the Central Mediterranean and/or Horn of Africa / East Africa routes; working knowledge of Arabic

Applications are submitted through the Save the Children International careers site with a CV and cover letter; the process involves a two-stage competency-based interview and background checks.