MEAL Officer

Position: MEAL Officer

Supervisor: Program Coordinator and Youth Specialist

Location: Harare

About Zimbabwe Works

Zimbabwe Works seeks to bridge the gap for young Zimbabweans and drive positive change in helping youth transition from lack of equal access to opportunities to having a chance to become successful citizens realizing their dreams of earning a meaningful livelihood and contributing impactfully towards the economy of Zimbabwe.

Position Summary

The MEAL Officer will provide overall support for monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning to the District Field Officers across Zimbabwe Works projects. S/He will work closely with the ZW District Field Officers, Youth Specialist and HQ staff in the area of knowledge and information management and ZW HQ staff in the areas of knowledge and information management combined with generation of reports, developing and managing M&E systems in accordance with donor standards, data quality and gathering learning and best practice documentation in M & E and related key program areas.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage and refine the project MEAL system
• Lead in the statistical analysis and/or interpretation of results, data and information for program development.
• Provide technical input into the design and implementation of project MEAL
• Respond to information demands placed on ZW by management, staff and donors.
• Ensure that the project(s) complies with donor DQA requirements.
• Develop and refine project data collection tools and identify strengths and weaknesses in existing
  data collection and management systems and propose solutions.
• Undertake periodic and timely field monitoring visits as required to ensure the quality of
  submitted data and verify accuracy of the data.
• Verify, clean, collate, analyze project generated data.
• Manage project information such as beneficiary data base, projects district level Indicator
  Performance Tracking Table.
• Support the project staff in the compilation and verification of project reports
• Document the lessons learned and best practices of the different project sectors that can be
  implemented and or up-scaled in future for business development opportunities.

Required Skills and Experience

• Must possess good leadership skills
• Should be able to work with minimal supervision
• Should be computer literate (Microsoft word and excel).
• Team player and experience in multi donor setup an added advantage
• Good interpersonal and writing skills
• Proficiency in English the relevant local language
• Minimum of a University degree in Development Studies, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics or equivalent. Certification in Monitoring & Evaluation will be an added advantage.
• Minimum 5 years working in developmental programs preferable in youth and livelihood programming

Closing Date: 29 August 2025 COB