Consortium MEAL Coordinator

Overall purpose of the role The Consortium MEAL Coordinator will be responsible for leading and strengthening Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) systems for the FCDO-funded GBV consortium, ensuring high-quality data collection, analysis, and evidence generation to improve program performance. The role focuses on results monitoring, accountability, learning, and evaluation, while ensuring compliance with donor requirements and DRC’s internal MEAL standards. The MEAL Coordinator will provide technical support, capacity building, and coordination across consortium members including downstream partners, ensuring adaptive learning and evidence-based decision-making. He/She will be the primary focal point externally and internally for monitoring/evaluation and information management/reporting. Responsibilities Monitoring and Evaluation Lead and support MEAL integration throughout Project Cycle Management (PCM), ensuring compliance with DRC’s MEAL guidelines and FCDO donor requirements. Lead the coordination, providing technical advice to Consortium partners in developing strong indicators and logical frameworks for consortium project Ensure the quality and effectiveness of needs assessments by overseeing methodology, data collection, analysis, and quality assurance, including beneficiary data. Overall responsible for baseline, assessments, and acting as a focal point for any external evaluation and any other form of survey or review of projects. Organize, participate and collect field data and process/analyze this data Provide input on MEAL-related aspects of project proposals, including indicator development and budgeting for MEAL activities. Develop MEAL plans, indicator tracking tools, and data collection systems to monitor program outputs and outcomes with close collaboration with the program team. Support the CoP with the active implementation of Consortium’s Monitoring & Evaluation plans, ensure Monitoring & Evaluation plans are updated timely and Monitoring & Evaluation findings are in place for all donor reports. Participate in and contribute to project Kick-off, progress review, and Close-out meetings, ensuring consortium and partner cross-project learning aimed at replicating good practices and strengthening synergies between consortium partners Oversee the development and refinement of data collection methodologies, combining qu...