MEAL Assistant

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CARE

  • Career category: Monitoring & Evaluation /MEAL, Research/ Data analysis
  • Job type: Job
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Not Specified
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Not specified
  • Deadline: 06/07/2026
  • Location: Iraq
Economic justice Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Job Summary:
The MEAL Assistant is part of the MEAL team and reports to the MEAL Manager. S/he will be supporting MEAL activities for all CARE projects currently implemented in Iraq. S/he will be responsible for CARE Iraq Feedback and Accountability Mechanism (FAM), support the MEAL team in data management, analysis and coding surveys on KOBO, and supporting the MEAL team in their daily work and as required.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks
Monitoring of Project activities
  • Support the implementation of monitoring activities across CARE Iraq projects.
  • Participate in field monitoring visits, spot checks, and data verification exercises.
  • Assist in tracking project indicators and updating indicator monitoring tools.
  • Support the collection and organization of means of verification (MoVs) and project documentation.
  • Maintain project databases, trackers, and filing systems.
  • Support baseline, endline, post-distribution monitoring (PDM), assessments, and evaluations as required.

Data Management, Analysis, and Reporting Support the MEAL Manager in the designing the:
  • Support the development, coding, testing, and deployment of digital data collection tools using Kobo Toolbox.
  • Assist in maintaining project databases and ensuring data is stored securely and systematically.
  • Conduct routine data cleaning, validation, and quality checks to ensure accuracy and completeness.
  • Compile, analyze, and summarize quantitative and qualitative data.
    Produce tables, charts, dashboards, and basic data visualizations for reporting purposes.
  • Support the preparation of internal reports, donor reports, factsheets, and presentations.
  • Assist in updating project indicator trackers and monitoring plans.
    Support data entry and reporting requirements within CARE’s Program Information and Impact Reporting System (PIIRS)

Accountability and Feedback Mechanism (FAM)
  • Support the implementation and management of CARE Iraq’s Feedback and Accountability Mechanism (FAM).
  • Receive, register, track, and document feedback, complaints, and suggestions received through various channels.
  • Ensure complaints and feedback are referred to relevant departments in a timely manner.
  • Follow up on complaint resolution and maintain accurate records of actions taken.
    Produce periodic FAM reports and trend analyses.
  • Support awareness raising on accountability mechanisms among project participants and communities.
  • Ensure confidentiality and safeguarding standards are maintained throughout the complaint management process.

MEAL Team Support and Capacity Building
  • Provide administrative and logistical support for MEAL activities, trainings, assessments, and workshops.
  • Support the training of enumerators and project staff on data collection tools and data quality standards.
  • Assist in preparing data collection materials, participant lists, attendance sheets, and monitoring tools.
  • Participate in data quality assessments (DQAs) and learning activities.
  • Support knowledge management and documentation of lessons learned, success stories, and best practices.

Qualifications and Skills
  • Languages: Fluency in Kurdish, Arabic and English languages;
  • Experience: A minimum of 2 to 3 years of experience with INGO or NGO or UN agencies as a MEAL staff;
  • Technical Skills:
  • Demonstrated experience in design and conduct of field surveys;
  • Experience of collecting data at community level
  • Analytical, reporting and presentation skills
  • Demonstrated experience in establishing and managing data bases;
  • Demonstrated experience working with data collection tools such as Excel, SPSS, or KOBO;
  • Education: Bachelor’s Degree in information management, Information Technology, Computer Sciences or related field.

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