MEAL Coordinator (Khartoum) – SAVE THE CHILDREN

Job Description

Job Identification	13857
Section/Unit	PDQ
Apply Before	13 Sep 2025
Duration	12 Month
Locations	Country Office

ROLE PURPOSE

The MEAL coordinator shares in the responsibility for improving and implementing the SCI MEAL systems in Sudan. This will include ensuring strong, accurate and timely monitoring systems for all projects, including indicator performance tracking, appropriate and accurate data management, use of quality benchmarking and action trackers for accountability, reporting and learning. S/He will take lead in managing the consolidation of Program Quality Key Performance Indicators on MEAL and will contribute to quarterly and annual SCI reports for the Country Office. S/He will work with thematic leads/specialist to develop log-frames/results frameworks and ensure that there is consistency at different level of results, that results lead to programme goals and that indicators are SMART. S/He will ensure a strong and appropriate accountability system is in place which ensures timley follow up of issues raised, and which builds trust with the children and communities who we serve. The role will also involve analysing data and providing input to the country leadership to inform strategic decision-making.

Save the Children International in Sudan is working across Sudan e.g. Khartoum, South and North Kordofan, North, West & Central Darfur, Red Sea and Blue Nile States in Sudan. Our thematic coverage includes child rights governance, child protection, education, health, nutrition, WASH, livelihoods, and humanitarian emergencies. 

Duties and responsibilities:

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Strategic Leadership

• Promote all aspects of MEAL to support the creation of an organisational culture which prioritises quality programming, including alignment with SCI’s Quality Framework
• Build strong relationships with colleagues and provide support as required to ensure MEAL system is understood and supported at country office level
• Promote linkages between MEAL, Child safeguarding systems, and safe programming. 
• Contribute with technical staff in proposal development particularly the MEAL section including the log frame, MEAL budget 

Monitoring 

• Ensure effectiveness of the monitoring systems in maintaining and improving quality of services delivered by the country office.
• Strengthen efforts to create greater efficiency in MEAL systems by continued harmonization with SCI (and other relevant) standards and use of digital technologies 
• Ensure that the organisation delivers on all internal and external MEAL requirements in a timely manner and with high quality information.
• Strengthen the MEAL systems and processes to assure systematic tracking of achievements and progress towards project objectives and outcomes.
• Work with Technical Specialist (TS) to utilize and develop sector/thematic quality benchmarks for all activities implemented within a given sector/theme including any new activities that may be introduced in the program on an ongoing basis and ensure their implemantation
• Review and advise on consistency, expected results/indicators, and other elements of log-frames/results frameworks to ensure quality 
• Ensure that data collection methodologies used at field level are standardised, enabling the specific vulnerabilities of different target groups to be captured and analysed. 
• Develop a comprehensive MEAL plan (includes indicator and performance tracking table-IPTT, data collection tools, accountability plan, project quality bench marks) in collaboration with program teams at the inception phase for all programmes
• Lead on development of IPTT, review and oversee consolidation of Output Trackers and other humanitarian MEAL requirements. 
• Guide field-based MEAL staff to address any gaps in programme quality assurance and in MEAL frameworks implementation.
• Develop a tracking mechanism/system for tracking Country Office achievements against CSP milestones and targets.
• Triangulate and analyse monitoring data to generate a high level summary of MEAL systems related to programming for senior leadership.

Research, Evidence & Learning

• Maintain regular and proactive dialogue with technical/thematic leads and field teams to identify critical programmatic knowledge gaps, as well as to initiate, adapt or test new practices, approaches or methodologies, that will inform our Country Office Evidence & Learning agenda with a view of improving the impact of our work in Sudan
• Foster a culture of learning in the Sudan Country Office, including the systematic collection, storage and dissemination of evidence and learning that is used throughout the project cycle by all staff 
• Support the Field MEAL staff in developing and implementing evidence and learning dissemination and uptake strategies.

 Accountability & Participation

• Ensure that all staff at all levels, including senior managers and directors, fully understand and promote accountability in general and to children in particular, through training and coaching. 
• Work with Head of MEAL and Accountability Officer to contribute to improvements in existing policies and procedures to enhance effective accountability mechanisms.
• Facilitate training of field MEAL staff, partners and stakeholders on Accountability, core humanitarian standard (CHS), Sphere standards.
• Ensure that participation activities are well documented and learning is shared with Save the Children Sudan, and Save the Children members. 
• Ensure that child participation activities are appropriately planned and budgeted for in programme design and funding applications. 
• Ensure that project activities are designed to promote feedback and response mechanisms and include systems to effectively manage complaints. 

Ensure that activities are carried out to raise awareness of prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse and handling of serious complaints in line with child safeguarding policy.

Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s degree in social development or a related field, or an equivalent qualification
• Fluency in English, both verbal and written, preferred
• Fluency in the local language required

Commitment to Save the Children values.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• At least 4-5 years of experience in MEAL  design in both development and emergency response contexts.
• Experience of, and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, and knowledge of rapport-building and probing techniques.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in a multi-cultural environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Ability to work in a volatile environment and willingness to relocate as per the need and requirements of the field office
• Demonstrated strong monitoring and evaluation skills, including planning/participating in evaluations

  Ability to write clear and effective report.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency.