MEAL Assistant-Mosul

Al-Mesalla Organization for Human Resources Development is implementing "Strengthening Social Cohesion, Community Recovery and Integrated Local Support Structures in Ninewa" with GIZ Civil Peace Service (CPS) support in Mosul, Bashiqa, Hamdaniya, Telkaif and Sinjar District (Ninewa Governorate). The project supports the identification, strengthening, reactivation or, only where no suitable mechanism exists, formation of locally grounded community peace structures; delivers assessment-driven capacity development to structure members; facilitates gender-sensitive community dialogue; and supports each structure to update its conflict analysis and develop its own Community Peace Action Plan. 

The MEAL Assistant supports monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning for the project, ensuring participant data, indicator tracking and feedback mechanisms are maintained to a consistent standard of quality across all five target locations.

·        Develop and maintain monitoring tools for tracking project indicators across all activities and locations.

·        Maintain accurate, disaggregated participant records for assessments, capacity-development sessions and community dialogues.

·        Support pre- and post-activity measurements where applicable (e.g., capacity-development sessions) to evidence changes attributable to the project.

·        Support the Complaints and Feedback Response Mechanism (CFRM), ensuring community feedback is logged, categorised and routed appropriately.

·        Conduct data-quality checks on field-collected data before consolidation into reporting.

·        Compile monitoring data and evidence to support narrative reporting.

·        Maintain indicator-tracking tables covering the five location-level assessments, structure-engagement outcomes, capacity-development sessions and the ten community dialogues.

·        Support data collection for

·        Ensure participant data is disaggregated by sex, location and other categories required by the project's MEAL framework.

·        Support documentation of the Community Peace Action Planning process outputs for monitoring purposes, without engaging in programmatic decision-making on structure priorities.

·        Flag data-quality or indicator-tracking issues to the Project Manager in a timely manner.

·        Coordinate with the Social Cohesion Officer and Project Assistants on data collection during field activities.

·        Coordinate with the Project Manager on indicator-tracking status and reporting deadlines.

·        Coordinate with the Programs Coordinator on evidence needed for donor reporting.

·        Maintain the project's indicator-tracking system and CFRM log.

·        Prepare periodic monitoring summaries and data-quality notes to support project reporting.

The position holder is required to comply fully with Al-Mesalla's Code of Conduct, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) policy, and Do No Harm principles at all times. This includes completing all mandatory safeguarding training, reporting any concerns through Al-Mesalla's Complaints and Feedback Response Mechanism (CFRM), maintaining confidentiality of participant information, and observing the boundaries of competence that apply to this role — in particular, not diagnosing, assessing, or managing any protection or mental-health-related case, and referring any such matter to the appropriate qualified channel rather than acting on it directly.

·        University degree in social sciences, statistics, development studies or a related field.

·        Minimum 2-3 years of experience in MEAL, data collection or programme monitoring with an NGO or similar organisation.

·        Experience with participant data management and basic data-quality checking.

·        Strong attention to detail and data-quality orientation.

·        Proficiency with spreadsheet-based data management; familiarity with mobile data-collection tools is an advantage.

·        Good organisational and written documentation skills.

·        Understanding confidentiality requirements when handling participant and feedback data.

·        Fluency in Arabic required. Working knowledge of English is an advantage; Kurdish is an asset for roles with Ninewa Plains or Sinjar coverage.