MEL Specialist — Shape Dubai's RDI Impact

Dubai Government; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Dubai Future Foundation seeks a MEL Specialist to build and operationalise Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for the Dubai RDI Grant Programme. You will establish systems, indicators and reporting across the portfolio, ensuring evidence-based decision-making and learning across initiatives.

You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and external partners to embed results-driven management, contribute to governance dashboards, and improve impact measurement through structured frameworks.

Qualifications

• Expert in Theory of Change, logframe, RBM and outcome harvesting.
• Experience designing quantitative and qualitative indicator sets.
• Ability to design dashboards and reporting systems for monitoring and learning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operationalise MEL framework for the Dubai RDI Grant Programme.
• Establish indicators, baselines, data sources, collection methods and reporting mechanisms.
• Lead ToC workshops with diverse stakeholders to align on strategy and indicators.
• Design dashboard and reporting system requirements for real-time monitoring and public accountability.

Skills

Theory of Change

Logframe design

RBM (Results-Based Management)

Outcome harvesting

Indicator design

Data analysis

Stakeholder facilitation

Communication

Education

Master's degree in International Development

Master's degree in Public Policy

Master's degree in Evaluation

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Dubai Future Foundation seeks a MEL Specialist to build and operationalise Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for the Dubai RDI Grant Programme. You will establish systems, indicators and reporting across the portfolio, ensuring evidence-based decision-making and learning across initiatives.

You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and external partners to embed results-driven management, contribute to governance dashboards, and improve impact measurement through structured frameworks.