MEAL Officer – Dadaab

About the role

Tdh Foundation is hiring a Monitoring and Evaluation (MEAL) Officer for its operations in Dadaab, reporting to the MEAL Manager (75% technical, 25% administrative and operations via the Project Manager). The post covers Tdh's operations in Kakuma and Kalobeyei and supports other Tdh operations in Kenya when needed. The contract runs for 3 months until 28 February 2027, subject to the availability of funds.

Key responsibilities

• Support the implementation of costed project monitoring plans and track project progress using Tdh standard reporting tools, giving program staff up-to-date feedback on status and quality.
• Coordinate monitoring and evaluation and reflective practices, including project reviews at base level, and support the development and quality control of beneficiary databases.
• Supervise and support field data collection in line with the MEAL plan, and report unmet targets, risks and opportunities to the Project and MEAL managers.
• Carry out process and results monitoring, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, and help draft reports; maintain a registry of research assistants and train and supervise them.
• Ensure on-time delivery of key activities such as baseline surveys, mid-term and final evaluations, data quality audits and field supervision.
• Support presentations, monthly data reports, project sitreps and donor reports, and generate dashboards and sitreps.
• Work with the CPIMS office on the Child Protection Information System, validate reports and support annual reporting for the Kenya delegation.
• Respond to internal and external data requests and support internal and external evaluations, including tool testing and feedback.
• Comply with Tdh risk management policies, including child safeguarding, safety and security, anti-fraud and corruption, whistle-blowing and the Global Code of Conduct.

Required profile

• Knowledge of project management and M&E principles, including monitoring, evaluation and reporting techniques.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with stakeholders, donors and community members.
• Familiarity with participatory research methods; knowledge of the child-centred CLARISSA approach is a plus.
• Prior experience in child protection or child rights projects, applying child safeguarding principles.
• Discipline, precision, transparency and intellectual honesty, with strong attention to data integrity and ethics.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel, including pivot tables.
• CPIMS, PRIMERO, SPSS, ODK/KoBo Toolbox, Ona or similar M&E tools.
• Knowledge of CPIMS+ and PRIMERO.