Planning & MEAL Officer

Job Purpose:

The Planning & MEAL Officer is responsible for coordinating planning, monitoring, and evaluation activities for assigned agreements, governorates, and technical sectors. The role ensures that annual operational planning, agreement workplans, monitoring, and evaluation are conducted in close coordination with technical departments and the Information Management (IM) Unit.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Organizational Operational Planning: Contribute to the development of SARC’s annual Operational Plan; coordinate with technical departments to consolidate sector plans; align plans with data systems in coordination with the IM Unit.
• Agreement Workplan Development: Develop workplans for assigned donor agreements; ensure they include activities, timelines, responsibilities, KPIs, and milestones.
• Logframe & Indicator Management: Support the development and updating of Logframes; draft indicators, baselines, targets, and Means of Verification (MoVs).
• Monitoring & Field Follow-up: Conduct routine monitoring visits; monitor progress against indicators; verify reported data and identify implementation risks.
• Data Verification & Quality Assurance: Support data quality assurance (DQA) processes and coordinate with IM to address data gaps.
• Reporting & Performance Tracking: Prepare monitoring reports; provide validated data for donor reports; track progress against KPIs.
• Evaluation Support: Support baseline, midline, and endline evaluations; assist in data collection and document recommendations.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in development studies, statistics, social sciences, public health, economics, or related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in M&E or MEAL roles.
• Strong background in indicator tracking and data quality verification.
• High analytical and reporting ability; solid understanding of Logframes and MEAL systems.
• Excellent Arabic and good English (written and spoken).
• Strong computer literacy (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); experience with KoBo, ODK, or SurveyCTO is preferred.

Application Note: Send updated CV in English (PDF format only) to the specified email with the position name in the Subject line, otherwise it will be automatically rejected.