MERL Officer: Driving Child Protection Impact

Global Roles; Tacloban; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Roles seeks a MERL Officer to support a multi-year project addressing human trafficking, online exploitation, and child protection. You will lead monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning activities to improve programs and strengthen accountability for children and youth protection.

Responsibilities include conducting baselines, midlines, and endlines; data collection and reporting; and building capacity of staff and partners in MERL processes to achieve donor targets and program

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field is required.
• At least 5 years of development experience.
• Minimum 3 years in research, monitoring and evaluation, planning, or community programs.
• Experience designing and implementing assessments, surveys, and studies.
• Strong data collection, analysis, reporting, and knowledge management skills.
• Experience with NGOs, communities, local governments, and development partners.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with participatory, gender-responsive, and child-centered approaches is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead project monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities across implementation areas.
• Conduct baseline, midline, and endline studies, assessments, and data collection.
• Track project progress and ensure alignment with targets and results.
• Manage project data, databases, and timely reporting.
• Prepare and consolidate donor and partner reports for leadership.
• Facilitate learning reviews and recommend improvements based on findings.
• Build capacity of staff and partners on monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning.

Skills

Monitoring and Evaluation

Research Design

Data Collection

Data Analysis

Survey Implementation

Project Planning

Knowledge Management

Report Writing

Community Development

Participatory Approaches

Gender-Responsive Approaches

Child-Centered Approach

Stakeholder Engagement

Development Project Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Statistics, Social Work, Community Development, or related field

Job description

Global Roles seeks a MERL Officer to support a multi-year project addressing human trafficking, online exploitation, and child protection. You will lead monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning activities to improve programs and strengthen accountability for children and youth protection.

Responsibilities include conducting baselines, midlines, and endlines; data collection and reporting; and building capacity of staff and partners in MERL processes to achieve donor targets and program