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Job Title:    MEAL Officer (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning)     Reporting to:   Country Programme Director  Contract Type:  Full time   Principal Location:  Bangui (with 60% travel in the 5 Academic Inspections)  Annual salary: USD 14,400 - 15,300 Deadline for Application:   15th April 2026 Desired Start Date: ASAP  About Street Child Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic, and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 1.6 million children to go to school and learn.   Part 1:  Role Purpose: The MEAL Programme Officer position requires proven knowledge and experience in delivering integrated programming, with technical skills in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL). The primary purpose of this role is to support MEAL-related interventions across current project initiatives. The role will also support programmatic work related to child protection, education in emergencies, and resource mobilisation tasks. Part 2:  Key Responsibilities: 1. Monitoring & Evaluation Design and implement robust MEAL frameworks and tools to assess programme performance and impact. Develop and maintain data collection systems to track progress and outcomes of projects. Conduct regular field visits to monitor project activities and assess data accuracy. Prepare data analysis reports and share insights with project teams and stakeholders. Lead the development of learning reports, evaluations, and presentations. 2. Accountability & Learning Promote a culture of accountability by supporting the implementation of feedback mechanisms. Capture lessons learned and best practices to inform programme refinement and scale-up. Organise learning workshops to share insights with project teams and partners. Develop and maintain documentation to track progress and demonstrate impact. 3. Programme Support Support the integration of MEAL processes within education and child protection programming. Facilitate training sessions for staff and partners on data collection and reporting techniques. Assist in project proposal writing by providing relevant data and impact stories. Collaborate with programme teams to identify key performance indicators and track achievements. 4. Administration & Reporting Draft comprehensive and accurate donor reports, detailing progress and outcomes. Maintain updated project records, including databases and progress tracking systems. Support internal and external audits with relevant documentation and reports. Contribute to data quality assurance and data management processes. 5. Other A strong commitment to Street Child's vision, mission, and values Adhere to all Street Child’s policies and procedures Able to represent Street Child appropriately both internally and externally Carry out all reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role Part 3:  Person Specification         Essential: Proven experience in MEAL implementation, particularly in humanitarian and development settings. Experience with data collection, cleaning, and analysis. Experience in developing and im