MEAL Lead (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning)

Humanities & NGOs

K sh 200,000 – 320,000 gross / month

Openings: 1 Location: Nairobi – Kileleshwa (Mandera Rd / Oloitoktok close) Overview: Data without impact is just numbers, and this role is all about turning numbers into decisions that matter. You’ll architect evidence systems across health, education, and protection programs, ensuring the insights your team gathers are credible, timely, and actionable. The field is your lab, sampling plans, enumerator training, and real-time dashboards come together to reveal what’s really working. Our client thrives on ethical rigor and transparency. You’ll challenge assumptions, set up robust data quality routines, and translate complex analytics into recommendations program teams can immediately use. Accountability is baked in: hotlines, community scorecards, and after-action reviews all ensure voices are heard and lessons learned. From baseline to endline, your evidence will guide program pivots, donor reporting, and adaptive management cycles. You’ll shape learning briefs that aren’t just read, they’re applied, debated, and acted upon. If you love blending statistics, strategy, and field insight and enjoy seeing your findings spark real-world change, this MEAL Lead role offers that rare mix of rigor and influence with our client. Key Responsibilities: - Design MEL frameworks, indicator reference sheets, and sampling plans. - Build and maintain data pipelines (ODK/CommCare → dashboards). - Run DQAs, enumerator training, and supervision spot-checks. - Lead after-action reviews; publish learning briefs and adaptations. - Manage accountability channels (hotlines, community scorecards). - Support evaluations (baseline/midline/endline) and TORs for consultants. Education & Experience: - Statistics/Economics/Public Policy/Development; 5–7 yrs in MEAL across multi-sector portfolios. Skills & Tools: - Survey design, R/SPSS/Excel, data visualization, facilitation, safeguarding. KPIs: - Timely, high-quality reports; DQA pass rates; % recommendations adopted; accountability response time. Compensation (Kenya): KES 200,000–320,000 + project bonuses. Figures are client estimates and vary with experience and donor scale. Benefits: Medical, pension, training/CPD budget, and field per diems. Growth Path: - Senior MEAL Lead → Head of Evidence & Learning → Regional MEAL Director. Ideal promotion cycle.