Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator

About the role

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator will strengthen Save the Children Zambia’s capacity to design and implement effective MEAL systems. Reporting to the Project Manager with a dotted line to the MEAL Manager, the role supports programme design, monitoring, learning and accountability across the organisation and its partners.

Key responsibilities

• Assist the MEAL Manager in preparing logical models, log‑frames, result frameworks and Performance Measurement Plans.
• Define objectives, collect survey data, set targets and integrate M&E components into new project plans.
• Develop a unified monitoring system and reporting mechanisms for partner NGOs.
• Support provincial teams in participatory design and management of accountability mechanisms, including beneficiary complaint registration and feedback channels.
• Conduct situation analyses, develop monitoring tools, and carry out field monitoring visits.
• Contribute to fundraising by ensuring MEAL activities and costs are reflected in proposals and developing guidance for incorporating MEAL budgets.
• Provide orientation and training to MEAL field officers and identify capacity‑building events for MEAL staff.

Required profile

Required skills

What we offer

• One‑year fixed‑term contract.
• Opportunity to work in a leading international NGO focused on child welfare.
• Professional development in monitoring, evaluation and learning within humanitarian and development contexts.