Global MEAL Strategy Advisor – Flexible Working

The HALO Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension

25 days annual leave

Life assurance

Occupational Health Services

Private Medical insurance

Flexible Working

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

The HALO Trust is seeking a Global MEAL Advisor to provide senior technical leadership on Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning across HALO programmes. You will advise on MEAL design, ensure quality assurance, and align with donor requirements and ethics.

The role operates above programme-level MEAL implementation and involves strategic guidance rather than routine data collection. Reporting to the Head of MEAL, you will influence practice globally, conduct remote and on-site

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in developing MEAL processes and guidance for programmes.
• Experience designing and implementing quantitative data collection tools.
• Experience designing qualitative data collection tools such as FGDs and KIIs.
• Experience with quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
• Development and delivery of online and in-person training.
• Development of logframes, results frameworks and donor reporting.
• Experience working across multiple countries with diverse donor requirements.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical advisory support and quality assurance on MEAL methods, tools and guidelines.
• Lead design and development of data collection and data analysis tools across programmes.
• Guide programmes to use data to improve efficiency and outcomes.
• Help establish communities' accountability systems.
• Identify and share lessons learned from programmes.
• Ensure consistent definitions of beneficiaries and standard outputs across teams.
• Provide remote and on-site MEAL support to programmes.
• Conduct scheduled M&E visits to support process development and staff training.
• Represent HALO as a MEAL expert in external forums and donor discussions.
• Analyse and present data on outcomes and impact of HALO’s work.
• Lead global MEAL capacity-building and training content updates.
• Coordinate training of national M&E focal points within the region.
• Strengthen disability and inclusion data collection and analysis to inform design.
• Support gender-responsive analysis and integration into MEAL frameworks.
• Provide MEAL training to Programme Officers and Field Officers.
• Develop and update online learning content in Litmos.
• Support external evaluation processes from tender to final report dissemination.
• MEAL review of proposals and reports as required.

Skills

MEAL design

Quantitative analysis

Qualitative data collection

Training delivery

Donor reporting

Cross-country experience

Communication skills

Autonomy under deadlines

Tools

Power BI

Litmos LMS

Job description

The HALO Trust is seeking a Global MEAL Advisor to provide senior technical leadership on Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning across HALO programmes. You will advise on MEAL design, ensure quality assurance, and align with donor requirements and ethics.

The role operates above programme-level MEAL implementation and involves strategic guidance rather than routine data collection. Reporting to the Head of MEAL, you will influence practice globally, conduct remote and on-site