Roving MEARL Coordinator

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Capacity Development and Humanitarian Surge Support. Core Technical Competency Development to strengthen staff capacity in MEARL Components across the field offices ie indicator design and IPTTs, data collection and management, and field data analysis for decision-making. Rapid MEARL Surge Deployment to provide timely technical support to new project start-ups, underperforming/high-risk projects, and during staffing gaps. Start-Up and Stabilization Support to ensure strong MEARL system set-up and stabilization during early project phases or recovery periods. Embedded Capacity Strengthening through delivery of hands-on support through on-the-job coaching and direct technical engagement with project teams. Structured Mentorship & Skills Transfer to field MEARL Staff, implementing mentorship approaches that build sustainable MEARL competencies within teams. Quality Uplift Initiative & Monitoring Systems Strengthening. Lead Quality Uplift Implementation driving the rollout of Quality Uplift Initiatives across projects to enhance overall MEARL performance. Strengthen Monitoring Systems, improve indicator tracking, monitoring frameworks, and routine data review processes. Institutionalize Quality Benchmarking through establishment of regular (monthly/quarterly) quality review mechanisms across projects. Ensure Action-Oriented Follow-Up, track and enforce implementation of corrective actions from quality reviews. Identify and Address Systemic Gaps by diagnosing cross-project weaknesses and implement targeted improvement plans to standardize quality monitoring. Institutionalize and Operationalize a Real-Time Needs Assessment and Data Collection (Evidence Generation). Lead Real-Time Needs Assessments (RTNA) Roll-out & Institutionalization through adoption and integration of RTNA methodologies across projects and program cycles across the field locations. Strengthen Rapid Assessment Design supporting field teams to develop fit-for-purpose, context-specific rapid assessment tools aligned to program needs. Promote and support use of digital platforms (eg, Kobo, ODK) for efficient real-time data capture and build field team capacity to analyze and translate real-time data into actionable insights. Promote and ensure RTNA findings directly inform program design, targeting, prioritization, and ongoing adaptation. Community Engagement and Accountability System Strengthening. Support the review of the country office accountability function and implement the accountability priority actions and improvement plan in line with the 10-Point Accountability Systems Uplift plan. Support development and dissemination of information products (briefs, policy summaries, evidence snapshots) tailored to diverse audiences and community. Facilitate the establishment of context-specific feedback and complaints mechanisms, ensuring feedback informs advocacy and program adaptation. Manage the complaints and feedback database, ensuring timely, quality res