Global MEAL Advisor

The HALO Trust; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

25 days annual leave

8 Public Holidays

Non-contributory Life assurance

Occupational Health Services

Private Medical insurance

Flexible Working

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

The HALO Trust seeks a Global MEAL Advisor to provide senior technical leadership across MEAL in HALO programmes. You will advise on design, development, and implementation of MEAL processes, ensuring quality, donor compliance, and ethical accountability.

As a senior MEAL expert, you will influence practice, support remote and on-site delivery, and drive continuous improvement in evidence use for decision-making and learning.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in development of MEAL processes and guidance for programmes.
• Extensive experience with design and implementation of quantitative data collection tools.
• Design and implementation of qualitative data collection tools such as FGDs and KIIs.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical advisory support and quality assurance on MEAL methods and guidelines.
• Lead design and development of data collection and analysis tools.
• Guide programmes to use data to improve efficiency and impact.
• Develop systems of accountability to communities served.
• Represent HALO as MEAL expert in external forums and donor discussions.
• Train national staff MEAL focal points within the region.

Skills

MEAL leadership

Data analysis

Training delivery

Stakeholder management

Cross-country experience

Education

Degree in related field

Tools

Power BI

Litmos

Data collection tools

Job description

Location: UK

Salary:£44,554

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type:Permanent

Reports To:Head of MEAL

Key Internal Contacts/Relationships: Transformation Directorate, Operations Group, Programmes, Strategy, Comms & Philanthropy

Key External Contacts/Relationships: Research partnerships, External evaluators, Donors

Job Purpose: To provide senior technical leadership and strategic advisory support on Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) across HALO programmes, ensuring organisational best practice, quality assurance, and continuous improvement in the use of evidence for decision-making, learning, and external accountability.

About HALO:

HALO is the leading global NGO addressing the impact and drivers of conflict in 30 countries and territories, with over 8,000 staff. Most of our staff are local employees and include a growing number of women.

Our primary duty is to serve people affected by conflict, clearing landmines and the explosive remnants of war that threaten lives and livelihoods long after fighting has finished. We make land safe where war has ended, while also assisting those affected by active conflict and endemic violence.

HALO addresses human suffering caused by armed violence in some of the world’s most fragile places, securing weapons and ammunition and working with both state and community actors to reduce the prevalence of armed violence.

Sitting within the Transformation Department and working closely with the Programmes, Operations Group and Strategy, the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team drives the implementation of MEAL across the organisation.

About the role:

The Global MEAL Advisor reports to the Head of MEAL and advises programmes on the design, development and implementation of all MEAL processes. HALO’s MEAL team drives the implementation of MEAL across the organisation, to understand our impact, respond to donor information needs and inform programme and operational planning.

The Global MEAL Advisor is a senior technical role, operating above programme level MEAL implementation. The post provides expert advice, quality assurance, and strategic guidance rather than routine data collection or delivery level monitoring. The role is expected to exercise professional judgement, influence organisational practice, and challenge where necessary to uphold MEAL standards, donor compliance, and ethical accountability.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical advisory support and quality assurance to programmes on MEAL-related methods, processes, tools and to develop internal guidelines specific to their programmes.
• Lead and advise on the design and development of data collection and data analysis tools and ensure these are fit for purpose for all external and internal requirements.
• Guide and assist programmes in using data to improve their efficiency and effectiveness.
• Guide and assist programmes to develop systems of accountability to the communities we serve.
• Identify, analyse, and share lessons learned from programmes.
• Ensure all teams worked with are aware of and abiding by global definitions of beneficiaries and standard output measurements.
• Provide remote and on-site technical support and advice to programmes.
• Carry out scheduled M&E visits to programmes to assist with development or implementation of processes, training new staff, or other MEAL-related needs. Visits will also be used to assess challenges, gaps in delivery, and opportunities for making processes more efficient or effective.
• Represent HALO as a MEAL technical expert in external forums, donor discussions and sector working groups, contributing to organisational credibility and sector learning.
• Analyse and present data on the outcomes and impact of HALO’s work.
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of HALO’s global MEAL capacity building approach, ensuring training content reflects best practice, organisational priorities and evolving donor requirements.
• Coordinate and implement the training of national staff M&E focal points within the geographic region of focus.
• Strengthen disability and inclusion across programmes, including improving disability data collection methods and data quality, supporting the establishment and use of referral systems, and analysing disability-related data and trends to inform programme design and decision-making.
• Support programmes to undertake and apply gender-responsive analysis, including analysis of sex- and age-disaggregated and qualitative data, to understand differences in needs, access, participation and outcomes and inform programme design and decision-making.
• Provide technical advice and quality assurance to ensure gender considerations are appropriately integrated into MEAL frameworks, indicators, data collection tools, evaluations and learning processes.
• Train Programme Officers and Field Officers as part of the PO and FO training courses as requested. Suggest training modules as gaps are identified.
• Develop and update online courses in HALO’s learning management system (Litmos) to assist with onboarding new staff and ongoing refresher training related to MEAL.
• Support external evaluation processes from tender stage to final report review and dissemination of lessons learned.
• MEAL review of proposals and reports as required.

General:

• Uphold HALO’s core values and standards, promoting its ethos and mission statement.
• Ensure familiarity with and adherence to all HALO policies and procedures, especially the code of conduct and safeguarding

Essential

• Demonstrable experience in development of MEAL processes and guidance for programmes
• Extensive experience with design and implementation of quantitative data collection tools in S123
• Design and implementation of qualitative data collection tools such as focus group discussions and key informant interviews
• Experience with quantitative and qualitative data analysis
• Development and delivery of online and face-to-face training
• Development of logframes, results frameworks, theories of change to comply with donor reporting requirements
• Experience working across multiple countries or regions with diverse donor requirements
• Writing project baseline documentation
• Design and implementation of accountability mechanisms
• Implementation of learning and feedback loops
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Ability to quickly build positive relationships with diverse groups
• Ability to work autonomously and to short deadline

Desirable:

• Experience working with external evaluators and or donors evaluating project impact
• Field experience in the humanitarian sector
• Data visualisation in Power BI
• Experience in cross-cutting issues such as Gender, Conflict sensitivity or Environment
• Strong understanding of HMA operations

Physical Requirements for the role: Ability to sustain extensive travel to remote and high security locations

Travel Requirements: Approximately 50% of time

• Contributory pension, HALO will match up to 5% of contributions
• 25 days annual leave and 8 Public Holidays
• Non-contributory Life assurance
• Occupational Health Services
• Private Medical insurance
• Flexible Working
• Cycle to work scheme

The HALO Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

The HALO Trust is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining talented individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

The HALO Trust is committed to ensuring that it provides a safe and trusted environment which safeguards and promotes the welfare and wellbeing of anyone who comes into contact with, or is part of, the Charity, with a zero-tolerance approach to behaviours which challenge this.

The HALO trust participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, and we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.