Home | الرئيسية Post Jobs | اعلن عن وظيفه Help | مساعده | إتصل Consortium MEAL Officer Alight Alight came to Sudan in 2004 as one of the first humanitarian responders to the emergency needs of some 500، 000 war-affected IDPs and host populations in the Tulus and Gereida corridors in South Darfur

Key Responsibilities

• Duties and

• out monitoring processes by ensuring that all required evidence of implementation is available and properly documented. 2

• Maintain organized evidence repositories that support consortium reporting and facilitate donor verification، audits، and external monitoring missions

• Participate in consortium coordination meetings، technical working groups، grant review meetings، and donor monitoring missions as delegated by the Consortium MEAL Manager or Consortium Coordinator

Requirements & Qualifications

• Unlike traditional project-based MEAL roles، the Consortium MEAL Officer's primary responsibility is to monitor and verify partner implementation، ensuring that projects are delivered in accordance with approved proposals، consortium agreements، donor requirements، humanitarian standards، and organizational policies

• Partner Monitoring and Grant Oversight (40%) The Consortium MEAL Officer will play a central role in ensuring that consortium partners deliver high-quality humanitarian interventions in accordance with approved proposals، consortium agreements، donor requirements، and humanitarian standards

• Support orientation of newly onboarded consortium partners on consortium MEAL procedures، reporting requirements، donor expectations، monitoring tools، and quality standards

• Minimum Qualification، Skills and Experience Required: Bachelor's degree in Monitoring & Evaluation، Statistics، Development Studies، Public Health، Social Sciences، Humanitarian Studies، or related field

• Expertise in computer and applications such as DHIS، SPSS، ThinkMD، IRHIS، MS Office، and other analysis software Excellent communication and interpersonal skills، with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders، including affected populations، staff، and partners

• KEY BEHAVIORS & ABILITIES Displays exceptional interpersonal skills، including strong verbal and written communication abilities and the ability to negotiate effectively

Benefits & Conditions

• Vacancy No: KT26-02 salary: 1234 USD Section/Unit: MEAL Department Grade Level: G Supervisor: Consortium MEAL Manager No. of Post: 1 Duty Station: Khartoum Closing Date: 19 Sept 2026 Background: The Consortium MEAL Officer is a core member of the Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SHF) 48-Hour Rapid Response Consortium Management Unit (CMU) and reports to the Consortium MEAL Manager

• Benefits Borderless Team of a huge number of staff worldwide that sees possibilities، celebrates moments of abundance، shares new ideas، and strives to do a better thing every day

In 2014، Alight expanded services its reach to include East Darfur

Today، Alight serves displaced populations and host communities in Kassala، Gedaref، West Kordofan، and East and South Darfur states

Alight provides lifesaving humanitarian action، recovery، and development services in these five states، with a country office based in Khartoum

Field offices in Kassala، Gedaref، Nyala، El Daein، serve as the key state hubs for program delivery

Alight’s staff is more than 99 percent Sudanese، with nearly 800 full-time staff joined by over 400 incentive and community health and protection workers in delivering lifesaving programs and durable solutions in Sudan

Alight is registered in Sudan and works ly with Federal and State Line Ministries to carry out its humanitarian and development mandates

The position is based in East Sudan (Kassala or Gedaref) to facilitate rapid deployment and frequent field monitoring across the consortium's operational areas in Sudan، subject to security and access considerations

The primary purpose of the position is to support the Consortium MEAL Manager in ensuring the quality، accountability، compliance، and performance of consortium-funded projects implemented by national and international partner organizations

The position is responsible for monitoring partner performance throughout the project lifecycle and providing evidence-based recommendations that strengthen implementation quality

Conduct regular field monitoring visits to consortium partner project sites to assess implementation progress، verify reported achievements، and ensure activities are being delivered according to approved work plans، technical standards، and donor commitments

Monitor the overall quality of programme implementation by assessing adherence to consortium Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)، sector minimum standards، and humanitarian principles while identifying gaps that require corrective action

Verify that project activities are implemented within the agreed timelines، particularly under the 48-Hour Rapid Response Mechanism where timely delivery is critical to achieving life-saving outcomes

Review partner implementation against approved proposals، logical frameworks، indicator tracking tables، budgets، procurement plans، and implementation schedules to ensure consistency between planned and actual performance

Conduct routine beneficiary verification exercises to confirm that assistance is reaching the intended populations، beneficiary targeting criteria have been appropriately applied، and assistance has been delivered transparently and equitably

Prepare detailed monitoring reports documenting observations، achievements، risks، non-compliance issues، lessons learned، and practical recommendations for programme improvement، ensuring timely follow-up on agreed action points

Track implementation of monitoring recommendations and support partners in addressing identified gaps، ensuring continuous improvement throughout the grant implementation period

Work ly with the Consortium Coordinator، Consortium MEAL Manager، and Consortium Risk & Audit Coordinator to identify implementation risks that may affect programme quality، compliance، or donor

and recommend appropriate mitigation measures. Support grant inception، mid-term review، and

Data Quality Assurance and Verification (20%) The Consortium MEAL Officer will ensure that all programme data reported by consortium partners is accurate، reliable، complete، and supported by verifiable evidence

The position plays a critical role in maintaining the integrity of consortium reporting through routine verification and data quality assessments

Conduct regular Data Quality Assessments (DQAs) across consortium projects to evaluate the accuracy، completeness، consistency، timeliness، and reliability of reported programme data

Verify reported achievements against primary source documents، including beneficiary registration records، attendance sheets، service delivery registers، distribution lists، supervision reports، and other supporting documentation

Carry out routine spot checks and field verification visits to confirm that outputs and outcomes reported by partners accurately reflect activities implemented on the ground

Identify discrepancies between programme reports، monitoring data، financial documentation، and field observations، working collaboratively with partners to investigate and resolve inconsistencies

Support pre-reporting verification exercises before submission of donor reports to ensure reported indicators are fully supported by documented evidence

Review partner indicator tracking tables (IPTTs)، monitoring databases، and reporting tools to ensure consistency across all reporting platforms

Provide technical guidance to partner MEAL staff on improving data management systems، documentation practices، indicator interpretation، and evidence management. 3

Monitoring، Evaluation، Learning and Adaptive Programming (15%) The Consortium MEAL Officer will contribute to strengthening evidence-based programming across the consortium by generating timely monitoring information، facilitating learning، and supporting adaptive management approaches

Support the Consortium MEAL Manager in implementing consortium-wide monitoring، evaluation، accountability، and learning (MEAL) plans that align with donor

and consortium objectives

Participate in the design and implementation of rapid assessments، baseline studies، post-distribution monitoring (PDM)، beneficiary satisfaction surveys، outcome monitoring exercises، and other learning activities as required

Analyze monitoring findings and performance data to identify implementation trends، operational challenges، emerging risks، and opportunities for programme improvement

Contribute to the preparation of learning briefs، case studies، lessons learned documents، and After-Action Reviews (AARs) following rapid response interventions to strengthen future emergency programming

Support periodic programme review meetings by presenting monitoring findings and facilitating discussions that promote evidence-based decision-making across consortium partners

Promote the systematic use of monitoring evidence to improve programme quality، inform management decisions، and strengthen accountability to affected populations. 4

Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) and Community Engagement (10%) The Consortium MEAL Officer will support the implementation and continuous improvement of accountability mechanisms across all consortium projects، ensuring that affected communities remain at the centre of programme design and implementation

Monitor implementation of consortium complaints and feedback mechanisms to ensure they are accessible، confidential، inclusive، and responsive to the needs of affected communities

Conduct community consultations، beneficiary interviews، focus group discussions، and key informant interviews to assess beneficiary satisfaction، community perceptions، and programme effectiveness

Verify that complaints received through established feedback channels are appropriately documented، investigated، addressed، and d within agreed service standards

Analyze complaints and feedback trends to identify recurring issues، operational risks، and opportunities for programme improvement، sharing findings with consortium management for action

Support partners in strengthening community engagement practices by promoting meaningful participation throughout project planning، implementation، monitoring، and evaluation

Monitor compliance with Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) commitments and Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) principles across all consortium-funded interventions. 5

Partner Capacity Strengthening and Technical Support (10%) As part of the Consortium Management Unit، the Consortium MEAL Officer will provide ongoing technical support to consortium partners to strengthen institutional MEAL capacity and improve programme quality

Provide regular mentoring، coaching، and on-the-job technical support to partner MEAL teams to strengthen monitoring systems، data quality، reporting، and accountability practices

Deliver training sessions on topics including monitoring methodologies، indicator measurement، Kobo Toolbox، data quality assurance، verification techniques، accountability mechanisms، reporting standards، and evidence management

Support partners in developing and improving monitoring tools، data collection methodologies، databases، and reporting templates to ensure consistency across consortium projects

Facilitate knowledge sharing among consortium partners by documenting and disseminating good practices، innovative approaches، and lessons learned that improve programme performance

Build partner capacity to independently implement high-quality MEAL systems while promoting continuous improvement and organizational learning. 6

Coordination، Reporting and Representation (5%) The Consortium MEAL Officer will contribute to effective coordination and communication within the Consortium Management Unit and among consortium partners to ensure timely reporting and informed decision-making

Support the Consortium MEAL Manager in preparing high-quality monitoring reports، verification reports، donor updates، presentations، dashboards، and analytical summaries for consortium leadership and external stakeholders

Maintain monitoring schedules، action trackers، verification logs، and partner performance databases to ensure timely follow-up on recommendations and management decisions

Coordinate with consortium partners to schedule monitoring visits، verification exercises، assessments، and learning activities while minimizing disruption to programme implementation

Represent the Consortium Management Unit during field visits، technical meetings، and partner engagements، promoting collaborative relationships while maintaining objectivity، impartiality، and professional standards

Perform any other MEAL، monitoring، verification، or quality assurance

assigned by the Consortium MEAL Manager or Consortium Coordinator in support of effective consortium management

Three years of progressive work experience with an NGO or INGO in the humanitarian and development sector Professional certification in Monitoring & Evaluation

Training in Quality Assurance or Humanitarian Accountability

Experience across Health، Nutrition، WASH، Protection، FSL، or Multi-sector humanitarian responses

Knowledge of local languages (Arabic and English) will be an added advantage

Flexibility and willingness to travel extensively to different States as required by program needs such DQAs، training، evaluations، baselines، assessments، etc and as the safety allows

Takes responsibility for decision-making، efficient resource management، and exemplifying Alight's values، holding themselves accountable

Establishes ambitious goals for themselves and their team، consistently striving for personal development and inspiring others to do the same

Cultivates and maintains productive relationships with team members، colleagues، partners، and community stakeholders

Collaborates effectively as a team player، encouraging creative and innovative approaches to problem-solving

Demonstrates a willingness to take calculated risks while adhering to established security standards

Emphasizes honesty، transparency، and commitment to Alight's values، fostering a culture of openness

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