Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Research & Learning (MEARL) Officer, Nepal (Local Consultant)

Project HOPE is an international NGO with more than 1,000 engaged employees and volunteers who work around the globe, responding to the world’s most pressing global health challenges. Throughout our 60-year legacy, Project HOPE has treated millions of patients, provided more than $3 billion worth of medicines to local health care organizations around the world helped build hundreds of health programs from the ground up, and responded to humanitarian crises worldwide.

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Summary:

Project HOPE is seeking a MEARL Officer (Consultant) to provide monitoring, evaluation, accountability, research, and learning support for its Nepal emergency response.

The consultant will support routine program monitoring, data collection and verification, partner reporting, field monitoring, and community feedback mechanisms to ensure accurate tracking of project results and compliance with donor reporting requirements.

The consultant will report to the Nepal Team Lead and work closely with Project HOPE's program team, implementing partners, and Regional MEARL Manager.

Scope of Consultancy

The deliverables that will be expected to be performed successfully are:

• Update the MEAL plan, indicator tracking table and data collection and reporting tools with the program team and Regional MEARL Manager
• Collect and consolidate routine results from Partners and Project HOPE activities
• Check partner reports against registers, distribution records and other supporting documentation; follow up on data gaps and inconsistencies
• Monitor medical consultations, treatments, referrals, psychosocial support, kit distributions, WASH activities and facility support against agreed indicators
• Conduct field monitoring visits and document findings, required corrections and follow-up actions.
• Maintain secure databases and supporting records, applying agreed indicator definitions, confidentiality and data protection procedures.
• Support post-distribution monitoring, beneficiary feedback, pre and post assessments and other surveys as required.
• Help establish and monitor accessible community feedback and complaints channels, including safe handling and referral of sensitive feedback.
• Prepare monthly MEAL updates and verified indicator figures for quarterly donor reports and the final report
• Provide practical guidance to partners on data collection, beneficiary counting, verification and reporting.
• Analyze monitoring findings and discuss improvements with the Nepal team; document lessons learned and agreed actions
• Coordinate work priorities and technical questions with the Nepal Team Lead and Regional MEARL Manager.
• Follow Project HOPE safeguarding, accountability, Do No Harm and conflict-sensitivity requirements
• Perform other related duties within the scope of the position.

Expected Outputs:

• Updated MEAL plan and reliable monitoring tools (First month; updated as needed): Updated MEAL plan, indicator tracking table, reporting templates, and agreed indicator definitions to track progress against donor agreements and maintain consistent indicator records.
• Consolidated partner and Project HOPE results (Monthly): Consolidated partner and Project HOPE results, including review of partner data and supporting documentation, documented data checks, and follow-up on discrepancies.
• Field monitoring and accountability (Quarterly, ongoing): Documentation of monitoring findings covering service delivery, distributions, and WASH activities, with findings and follow-up actions to inform program improvements.
• Community feedback and complaints tracking (Ongoing; monthly summary): Feedback and complaints tracking summaries, with confidential handling and appropriate referral of sensitive cases.
• Post-distribution monitoring and assessments (As scheduled): Assessment tools, cleaned datasets, and brief findings summaries to support monitoring and learning.
• Donor reporting inputs (Quarterly): Verified indicator figures and MEARL analysis and verified indicator figures for quarterly donor progress reports.
• Progress and monitoring updates (Monthly): Brief analysis of program progress, data gaps, challenges, community feedback, lessons learned, and follow-up actions for the Nepal team.
• Final MEARL reporting (At project closeout): Consolidated final indicator results, supporting records, and MEARL inputs for final reporting.

Detailed deliverables, timelines, and performance expectations will be agreed upon with the consultant and documented as part of the consultancy engagement.

Duration of Assignment: Approximately 3 months

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Public Health, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Economics, Information Management or a related field; master’s degree an advantage.
• At least three years of relevant experience in MEAL, preferably in humanitarian, development or public health programs.
• Practical experience in indicator tracking, data collection, data quality checks, analysis and reporting.
• Experience supporting needs/risk assessments, surveys, monitoring visits and work with implementing partners.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including data cleaning, formulas, pivot tables and summary charts.
• Experience with DHIS2, Power BI, SPSS, R or similar systems
• Understanding of qualitative and quantitative methods and basic sampling.
• Ability to communicate findings clearly and work independently with program teams.
• Experience using KoboToolbox, ODK or comparable digital data collection tools is an advantage.
• Knowledge of consent, confidentiality, safeguarding and responsible data management.
• Good written and spoken Nepali and English.

Notice to applicants: Project HOPE does not conduct direct solicitation/recruitment via email. Project HOPE never asks consultant applicants for payment or financial information at any stage of the recruitment process. Project HOPE will never send you a third-party check and ask you to cash it. If you have been recruited via email, please contact Compliance@projecthope.org

Due to the substantial number of inquiries we receive, only applicants who meet the required qualifications and experience for this consultancy will be contacted. No phone calls please. However, since we are active around the world in the field of public health, we may wish to retain your CV in our database for other/future opportunities, unless you direct us otherwise.

Thank you very much for your interest in Project HOPE.

How to apply

Please apply via the link: https://projecthope.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/2/home/requisition/1993?c=projecthope