DACAAR is a non governmental, humanitarian organization that supports sustainable development in Afghanistan through promoting the ability of local communities to decide upon and manage their own development process. The organisation employs around 900 staff of whom 05 are expatriates. Core thematic areas are: Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Natural Resource Management; Small Scale Enterprise Development; Women’s Empowerment

Position Description:

The MEAL Manager will lead the development and implementation of comprehensive monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess the effectiveness, impact, and sustainability of DACAAR’s programs. This role is pivotal in ensuring that DACAAR’s interventions are data-driven, impactful, and aligned with organizational goals and donor requirements. The MEAL Manager will also oversee the standardization of MEAL procedures, the development of manuals and guidelines, and ensure that MEAL staff adhere to best practices

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a structured MEAL framework that is aligned with DACAAR’s strategic goals, donor requirements, and international best practices.
• Development standardize key performance indicators for all DACAAR programs.
• Oversee baseline, midline, and end line evaluations.
• Maintain digital tools for real-time monitoring (Kobo Toolbox, ODK, Com Care, or mobile-based surveys).
• In close coordination Develop a comprehensive MEAL manual detailing all processes, tools, reporting templates, and data validation methodologies to ensure standardization across all projects.
• The MEAL Manager should establish and maintain protocols for data collection, validation, triangulation, and storage to ensure accuracy and consistency in reporting.
• Design trainings for MEAL staff and program teams on best practices in data collection, impact assessment, and adaptive learning.
• The MEAL Manager should lead the analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data to generate comprehensive reports.
• The MEAL Manager should ensure producing detailed MEAL, donor-specific, and quarterly and annual impact assessment reports.
• Ensuring affected populations can report concerns safely and confidentially through multiple channels, including AWAAZ Afghanistan, community meetings, and digital feedback systems.
• Ensure transparent reporting of program progress, challenges, and impact to donors while integrating feedback from beneficiaries to improve program implementation.
• The MEAL Manager should ensure collaboration with government and other relevant entities for policy alignment.
• Ensure addressing protection concerns for vulnerable groups.
• Establish feedback loops ensuring MEAL findings are actively used to refine project implementation.
• Conduct learning reviews and after-action assessments to improve program strategies.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and evidence-based adaptation within DACAAR.
• Facilitate internal learning sessions to share MEAL insights, success stories, and challenges to foster a culture of learning and adaptation.
• When requires liaise with external consultants and evaluators to facilitate independent project evaluations and impact assessments.
• Work closely with the Grants and Communication Manager and other relevant staff to integrate MEAL findings into donor proposals and reports.
• Represent DACAAR in MEAL meetings with stakeholders.
• Ensure MEAL practices meet donor requirements and use MEAL data for risk assessments.
• Integrate MEAL insights into the organizational strategy and assist in proposal development using data-driven insights.
• Ensure MEAL findings are communicated across departments
• The holder of this position must strictly follow the organization existing security policies, procedures and daily instructions of the safety personnel.
• Work closely with the Communications Team to ensure photos, videos, case studies and human interest stories are produced in support of donor reports and DACAAR visibility needs.
• Any other task given by the Supervisor.

Education/ Qualification and Employment Benefits

Education: Master’s degree in Development Studies (International Development), Statistics, Social Sciences, or in any related field is required.

Experience: Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in Monitoring & Evaluation, preferably within the humanitarian or development sector with International NGO’s required.

Other qualifications’ an advantage:

• Proven experience in designing M&E frameworks, manuals, and impact assessment methodologies.
• Strong background in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, data analysis, and statistical tools (SPSS, STATA, R, or Power BI).
• Experience in leading and managing M&E teams.
• Familiarity with donor reporting standards (e.g., USAID, UNHCR, EU, DFID, ECHO).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills.
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English (Dari/Pashto proficiency is a plus).
• Advanced expertise in digital data collection and visualization platforms.
• Ability to train and mentor M&E staff effectively.
• Strong understanding of humanitarian principles and ethics in M&E.

Languages: Oral and written fluency in (English, Pashto and Dari) is required.

Employment benefits:

• Good training opportunities to enhance employees’ skills
• Severance pay: one-month salary per year of service
• 24 days of paid annual leave per year
• 10 days of paid sick leave per year
• 2 days’ weekend
• Eid bonus on both Eids (after the completion of three-month service)
• 30 days of paid Hajj leave (after the completion of one-year service)
• 90 days of paid maternity leave for female employees (after the completion of three-month service)
• 5 days of paid paternity leave for male employees (after the completion of three-month service)
• Public holidays (According to the approved public holiday’s list).
• Pick and drop Allowance AFN (2000/month)

Procedure for submission of applications:                                                                                      

Interested and qualified candidates should submit a DACAAR Job Application Form along with introduction letter and CV online to jobs@dacaar.org or a Hard copy to HR Department in DACAAR main office Kabul.

Important Note:

• Applications without DACAAR’s UPDATED Job Application Form will not be considered.
• Application without Vacancy Number will not be considered.
• UPDATED DACAAR job application form can be obtained from; DACAAR website www.dacaar.org/, acbar website www.acbar.org/; jobs.af websites, and DACAAR Main Office kabul.
• Applications submitted as .RAR file or if the size exceeds 2MB, will not be accepted by the system
• Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted and called for the written test/ interview.
• The salary would be paid in AFN according to the actual exchange rate.

DACAAR is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the society. While all applicants will be strictly assessed on their individual merit, qualified women, people with disabilities and members of minority communities are especially encouraged to apply.

Kabul Office Address:
DACAAR, Main Office, Paikob-e-Naswar, Wazirabad, Kabul, Afghanistan

Postal address: Central P.O. Box 208, Kabul, Afghanistan
Phone: (+93) 0202230752/ (+93) 0202230753
E-mail: jobs@dacaar.org
Web site: www.dacaar.org

jobs@dacaar.org

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