MEAL assistant (Syria - Dier Ezzour)

Job Title: MEAL Assistant

Location: Syria – Der Ezzor

Reports to: MEAL Coordinator

Job Type: Full Time

Job Summary: The MEAL Assistant supports the implementation of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) activities under the guidance and supervision of the Senior MEAL Officer. This role emphasizes field monitoring, data collection and cleaning, and reporting to ensure high-quality MEAL systems that inform evidence-based programming and accountability to affected populations.

Main Duties and Responsibilities: Working under direct supervision of Senior MEAL officer:

Conduct routine field visits to project sites to monitor implementation progress, verify activity quality, and assess compliance with project plans and standards.

Support data collection processes using appropriate tools (surveys, checklists, interviews) ensuring adherence to MEAL protocols and ethical standards.

Engage with community members, stakeholders, and partners during visits to gather relevant qualitative and quantitative information.

Perform data cleaning and validation to ensure accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and reliability of monitoring and assessment data.

Enter and organize data into MEAL databases, tools, and spreadsheets systematically and accurately.

Identify data quality issues and coordinate with the MEAL team to address discrepancies and enhance data integrity.

Prepare clear and accurate narrative and data-driven reports on monitoring findings, field observations, and trends.

Support the production of regular updates (daily/weekly/monthly) and contribute to donor and internal MEAL reports as assigned.

Maintain organized documentation of MEAL outputs, field notes, forms, and other records according to internal SOPs.

Assist in the implementation and refinement of MEAL tools (questionnaires, checklists, feedback forms) and ensure consistency with MEAL framework plans.

Assist in the implementation and improvement of MEAL tools (questionnaires, checklists, feedback forms) and ensure consistency with MEAL framework plans.

Support the implementation of accountability systems, including feedback and complaint mechanisms, ensuring issues are recorded and escalated appropriately.

Share lessons learned, field insights, and trends with the MEAL team to inform program adjustments and learning agendas.

Participate in team meetings, training, and learning activities to strengthen MEAL practices across projects.

Required Skills, Education, and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, computer science, engineering, Development Studies, or a related field.

Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in accountability, MEAL, or related roles within the humanitarian sector.

Knowledge of and demonstrated practical experience in MEAL methodologies (particularly appropriate quantitative and qualitative research methods), data analysis, and report writing.

Advanced skills with MS Office.

Experience designing applications/forms with Kobo.

Experience in managing complaints and feedback mechanisms and engaging with affected populations.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to facilitate discussions and gather community insights.

Ability to analyze feedback trends and produce reports for program improvement.

Ability to write reports in English.

Native Arabic speaker with the advantage of having English language skills.

About UITYD: UITYD is a global humanitarian non-profit organization providing medical and health education services to people in need, including refugees and displaced persons, in disaster and underserved regions. The organization is composed of medical and public health professionals of diverse backgrounds.

Code of Conduct: UITYD Code of Conduct reflects the profession’s core set of beliefs and values of care, respect, trust, and integrity. These beliefs and values are fundamental to UITYD employees, volunteers, interns, consultants, and contractors to guide their practice and conduct. The Code is organized into categories, as follows:

Always act with fairness, honesty, integrity, and openness; respect the opinions of others and treat all with equality and dignity without regard to gender, race, color, creed, ancestry, place of origin, political beliefs, religion, marital status, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

Provide a positive and valued experience for those receiving service within and outside UITYD.

Child Protection Policy: Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to UITYD, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work. UITYD is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.

Discrimination, Abuse and Harassment Policy: UITYD provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and expressly prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, harassment (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status. UITYD employees and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside the organization.

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