MEAL Officer (MEAL Officer)

The Afghanistan Social Improvement Organization (ASIO) is a non-governmental and non-profit organization established in 2010. Registered with the Ministry of Economy under registration number 1579, ASIO operates as a domestic NGO. Committed to compliance with Afghanistan’s government laws, rules, and regulations, ASIO also adheres to donor guidelines and regulations.

ASIO considers itself accountable to the government of Afghanistan, partnering agencies, and the communities it serves. Our mission is to provide developmental and humanitarian services to those in need, regardless of their race, political affiliation, ethnicity, religion, or any other dependency.

Our Objectives:

Creating a Productive Work Environment: ASIO aims to foster a highly productive work environment and professional relations. We encourage open and honest communication among our employees.
Employee Growth and Capacity Building: We provide opportunities for growth through in-house trainings, workshops, and exposure to other agencies and organizations. By enriching their capacity and skills, our employees actively contribute to the development of education systems, agricultural productivity, livestock production, vocational training, and construction projects.
Standard Quality Services: ASIO is dedicated to improving the livelihoods of the needy people in our country. We strive to provide standard quality services that positively impact their lives.
Gender-Inclusive Policies: ASIO has established a set of policies to guide employees in creating a suitable work environment for all genders.

Areas of Expertise: ASIO is renowned for its expertise in implementing livelihood programs, agricultural development, animal husbandry healthcare, skill improvement training for internally displaced persons (IDPs), education projects, and construction initiatives. Our team of experts plays a crucial role in achieving our organizational goals.

Join ASIO and be part of a dynamic team committed to make a difference in the lives of Afghan communities.

Job Summary:
The MEAL Officer is responsible for supporting the design, implementation, and management of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning systems to ensure quality programming, evidence-based decision-making, donor compliance, and continuous organizational learning. The position will ensure timely collection, analysis, reporting, and utilization of project data to improve program effectiveness and accountability to beneficiaries and stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain project monitoring plans, indicator tracking tables, and data collection tools.
• Monitor project implementation against approved work plans, log frames, and targets.
• Conduct regular field visits to verify activities and assess progress.
• Track project outputs, outcomes, and performance indicators.
• Ensure timely and accurate collection of quantitative and qualitative data.
• Support project teams in measuring achievements against established indicators.
• Support the design and implementation of baseline, midline, end-line, and impact assessments.
• Participate in needs assessments, surveys, and evaluations.
• Coordinate data collection activities for internal and external evaluations.
• Analyse evaluation findings and provide recommendations for program improvement.
• Assist in preparing evaluation reports and disseminating results to stakeholders.
• Develop and update project Performance Measurement Frameworks (PMFs).
• Define project indicators, means of verification, targets, and reporting frequencies.
• Track donor-specific and organizational indicators.
• Verify indicator achievements through supporting documentation and evidence.
• Maintain indicator databases and dashboards to monitor progress.
• Establish and maintain data management systems and databases.
• Verify data quality, accuracy, completeness, consistency, and reliability.
• Conduct routine data cleaning and validation exercises.
• Analyze project data and generate statistical summaries, charts, and dashboards.
• Ensure proper data storage, confidentiality, and protection standards are maintained.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual, and donor-required MEAL reports.
• Provide accurate data and analysis for programmatic and donor reporting.
• Develop data visualizations and performance summaries for management decision-making.
• Compile beneficiary statistics, achievements, lessons learned, and challenges.
• Support preparation of presentations and project performance updates.
• Establish and manage beneficiary feedback and complaint response mechanisms.
• Ensure communities are aware of available accountability channels.
• Record, track, and follow up on complaints, feedback, and suggestions.
• Ensure confidential and timely handling of sensitive complaints.
• Generate accountability reports and recommend corrective actions where necessary.
• Document lessons learned, best practices, case studies, and success stories.
• Facilitate reflection meetings, review workshops, and learning sessions.
• Promote the use of MEAL findings to improve program quality and effectiveness.
• Support the development of organizational knowledge products.
• Share learning and evidence with project teams and management.
• Train project staff and partners on MEAL tools, systems, and methodologies.
• Build staff capacity in data collection, data quality, reporting, and indicator tracking.
• Conduct routine Data Quality Assessments (DQAs).
• Ensure compliance with organizational, donor, and sector-specific MEAL standards.
• Provide technical support to project teams on monitoring and evaluation practices.
• Support internal and external audits related to project performance and data quality.
• Any other tasks assigned by the Supervisor.

Education
• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Economics, Development Studies, Public Administration, Monitoring & Evaluation, or a related field.
• A Master's Degree will be considered an advantage.
Experience
• Minimum 4 years of relevant professional experience in MEAL, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), data management, research, or project performance monitoring within NGOs, INGOs and UN agencies.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and managing monitoring systems, indicator tracking, evaluations, and data analysis.
• Experience in donor-funded projects and reporting requirements.
Technical Skills
• Strong knowledge of MEAL frameworks, logical frameworks (Log frames), and Results-Based Management (RBM).
• Experience with data collection platforms such as Kobo Toolbox, ODK, MODA, Survey CTO, or similar tools.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative data analysis skills.
• Knowledge of Power BI, SPSS, STATA, or other analytical software is an advantage.