Position Overview

SIF is seeking an experienced and motivated MEAL Officer to support the implementation of MEAL activities under the FIFSAN funded project in Kismayo, Somalia. Based in Kismayo, Jubaland State, Somalia, the position involves regular field visits to Dhobley and Jamaame and travel to Nairobi as required for coordination. The successful candidate will be responsible for:

operationalize project MEAL plans alongside the Program Manager in line with approved management tools such as Logical Frameworks, Project Monitoring Plans, Accountability framework while developing and maintaining project databases and indicator tracking tools.
support the design, adaptation, and mobile digitization of monitoring tools for registration and tracking, while ensuring the systematic collection of disaggregated data by sex, age, displacement status, disability, and vulnerability criteria.
conduct regular spot-checks across Kismayo, Jamaame, and Dhobley to document progress, challenges, and feedback, while supporting with Data Quality Assessments, data cleaning, verification, and visualization dashboards.
design and implement baselines, midlines, endlines, post-distribution monitoring, and satisfaction surveys, and recruiting, training, and supervising field enumerators and community teams.
establish and manage accessible Complaints and Feedback Mechanisms, maintaining confidential feedback databases, and monitoring trends to ensure community accountability and adaptive management.
facilitate project reflection sessions, documenting lessons learned and success stories, contributing verified data to donor reports, and coaching field teams on MEAL requirements.
collaborate closely with program managers, technical officers, support functions, co-implementation partners, and external stakeholders.
The successful candidates should be skilled and competent in:

strong expertise in designing and implementing MEAL frameworks, indicator tracking tables, digital data collection tools and robust project databases.

proven ability in quantitative/qualitative data collection, cleaning, validation, routine Data Quality Assessments, visualization, and translating findings into actionable reports.

practical experience establishing community Complaints and Feedback Mechanisms and operationalizing Accountability to Affected Populations standards.

excellent problem-solving, planning, organizational, and cross-cultural communication abilities to manage multiple priorities and build stakeholder capacity in complex contexts.

fluency in English and Somali language.

To apply for this position, applicants are required to submit their cover letter and resume as one single PDF document quoting "Application for MEAL Officer - Kismayo" in the subject line.