MEAL Officer for Resilience Projects

CARE PHILIPPINES; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

CARE Philippines is seeking a MEAL Officer to lead monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning activities across DRR, disaster preparedness, and resilience projects. You will ensure data quality, design assessments, and support adaptive programming with field teams.

The role emphasizes gender, safeguarding, and community accountability, coordinating with the HDRP Unit and PQ MEAL Specialist to align MEAL frameworks with CARE standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, DRR, or related field.
• Formal training in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL).
• Training or certification in MEAL, DRR, humanitarian response, or data collection/management tools (Kobo, ODK).
• At least 3 years experience in MEAL, monitoring, data collection, or field-level reporting.
• Basic skills in data collection tools (Kobo, ODK) and MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Experience conducting field monitoring, community consultations, or surveys.
• Ability to produce simple data summaries and monitoring updates.

Responsibilities

• Lead MEAL activities across DRR, resilience programming, and related projects.
• Oversee baseline, midline, endline, PDM, and other assessments.
• Manage data quality assurance and safeguarding data practices.
• Consolidate and analyze field data for reports and learning products.
• Provide data visualizations and dashboards for internal and donor updates.
• Support learning sessions and adaptive management with project teams.

Skills

MEAL knowledge

Data collection

MS Office

Kobo/ODK

Field monitoring

Report writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences / Development Studies / DRR

Tools

Kobo

ODK

GIS

Job description

About the Company:

CARE Philippines is a leading humanitarian and development organization dedicated to fighting poverty and social injustice, with a strong focus on empowering women. As part of the global CARE network, we work alongside communities, partners, and donors to deliver sustainable programs in emergency response, education, health, livelihoods, and climate resilience. We are committed to fostering a world of hope, tolerance, and social justice where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security.

The MEAL Officer leads the design and implementation of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) systems for resilience-focused projects, including Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Disaster Preparedness (DP), and community resilience initiatives across ACCESS, EARTH, and FFBS projects, among other DRR, DP, and resilience projects of the HDRP Unit.

The role ensures the collection and analysis of high-quality data to inform adaptive programming, evidence-based decision-making, and donor-compliant reporting. The MEAL Officer supports learning and knowledge management across projects, strengthens consortium-wide MEAL frameworks, and promotes accountability to communities, integrating lessons on gender, protection, and risk management into resilience interventions.

MEAL Systems Implementation

• Support the implementation of CARE’s MEAL framework across DRR, disaster preparedness, and resilience programming,

• Serve as MEAL focal person for assigned project sites, ensuring alignment with CARE standards and donor MEAL requirements.

• Assist in the harmonization of MEAL tools, indicators, data collection processes, and reporting templates across project partners and community structures.

• Work closely with project teams to ensure monitoring systems are functional, context‑appropriate, and designed to measure resilience outcomes.

• Maintain updated MEAL documentation, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with consortium and donor requirements.

• Collaborate with the PDQLU, especially with the PQ MEAL Specialist in aligning activities with CARE's MEAL and PQ framework.

Assessments, Indicator Tracking, & Data Quality Management

• Lead the planning and rollout of baseline, midline, endline, PDM, KAP, and other project‑specific assessments for resilience programming.

• Conduct regular indicator tracking against project logframes and activity targets, ensuring timely and accurate updates.

• Implement data quality assurance measures, including routine verification, validation, and adherence to ethical and safeguarding data practices.

• Consolidate, clean, and analyze field-level quantitative and qualitative data to support learning and adaptive programming.

• Provide initial analysis and visualizations for use in reports, learning products, and decision‑making sessions.

Feedback & Accountability Mechanism (FAM)

• Support the establishment and day‑to‑day functionality of Feedback and Accountability Mechanisms in resilience project areas.

• Ensure community members—including women, youth, and vulnerable groups—have safe, confidential, and accessible channels to share feedback and complaints.

• Document, classify, and route feedback and complaints following CARE’s protection, safeguarding, and confidentiality protocols.

• Conduct periodic analysis of FAM data to identify trends, risks, or program improvement needs and elevate findings to the MEAL and project teams.

• Promote community awareness of the FAM and strengthen staff capacity to handle feedback appropriately.

Reporting, Capacity Strengthening, & Technical Support

• Lead the preparation and consolidation of monthly MEAL reports, indicator trackers, assessment summaries, and monitoring updates.

• Generate data visualizations, dashboards, and simple reports for internal reviews, partner meetings, and donor updates.

• Provide MEAL orientation and coaching to field staff, community volunteers, and implementing partners on monitoring tools and data collection methods.

• Ensure MEAL inputs during needs assessments, concept notes, and resilience project proposals.

• Assist project teams during donor visits, monitoring missions, community consultations, and field validations.

Monitoring, Learning, & Adaptive Management

• Conduct routine field monitoring visits to assess activity quality, relevance, and alignment with DRR, resilience, and humanitarian standards.

• Support the facilitation of learning sessions, reflection activities, and after‑action reviews with project teams and partners.

• Document lessons learned, good practices, and case stories that highlight project outcomes or resilience innovations.

• Assist in monitoring the integration of gender equality, protection, climate risk, and resilience standards across interventions.

• Contribute to adaptive management by providing timely field insights and data‑driven recommendations.

Responsibilities on Safety and Security, Gender and Inclusion and Safeguarding and Child Protection:

• All staff at CARE are expected to adhere to Safety & Security responsibilities, emphasizing team and individual accountability to maintain a safe environment. This includes readiness, compliance, and active engagement to mitigate risks through awareness, reporting, and policy enforcement.

• Gender equality and inclusion are fundamental at CARE, promoting equal rights and challenging discriminatory norms to achieve social justice. We foster an inclusive workplace respecting diverse gender identities, abilities, backgrounds, and experiences through dialogue, training, and diversity initiatives. All CARE staff must uphold ethical standards, following codes of conduct to prevent abuse, including sexual harassment, exploitation, and neglect. Regular monitoring ensures accountability to uphold these principles and support our mission of social justice and poverty alleviation.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, DRR, or any related field, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Formal training in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL), including quantitative and qualitative data collection methodologies.

• Training or certification in MEAL, DRR, humanitarian response, or data collection/management tools (e.g., Kobo, ODK, GIS).

• At least 3 years experience in MEAL, monitoring, data collection, or field-level reporting in development, DRR, or resilience projects.

• Basic skills in data collection tools (e.g., Kobo, ODK) and MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

• Experience conducting field monitoring, community consultations, or surveys.

• Ability to produce simple data summaries, monitoring updates, and documentation.