MEAL Assistant is crucial for ensuring quality, accountability and learning experience that will
continuously contribute to the overall successful implementation of programs.
A. Monitoring:
Support to develop/review Monitoring Checklist of program activities. Translate it into local
language, if required.
Support capacity building of program staffs on project related M&E format/template/form of
data collection; Output tracker (OT) and Indicator Performance Tracking Table (IPTT).
Organize frequent field visit to monitor program activities / interventions against Quality
Benchmarks/Quality Checklists and produce & share reports to concerned program team as
well as management team based on quality and accountability findings and incorporate inputs
from program team in action agreed plan.
Support program staff to strengthen joint planning and monitoring with stakeholders.
Assist Program team in conducting situation analysis studies
Contribute to the quality of program design – reviewing log-frames, results frameworks,
project plan, strategic plans, MEAL Plan etc.
Technical support in developing MEAL plans
Technical support in conducting baseline studies
Technical support in collecting quality data and analysis against the performance indicators
and targets on periodic basis
Ensure the quality of reporting data and verify those data and information from sources
periodically on sample basis.
Review & reflect whether the DIP is followed as per the plan or not during all staff meeting.
To carry out follow-up monitoring visits to materialize action agreed in action plan
B. Evaluation:
Assist Program team in all formative and operational research.
Support to evaluation team while conducting periodic evaluation of project intervention at field
level, if required.
Assist Program team in preparing and conducting baseline and endline studies.
Documenting quality case studies through program team.

Accountability:
Support to establish an effective functional system for complaints/feedback handling and
response mechanisms at community in the support of field program staff.
Ensure the Complaint Feedback Mechanism (CFM) are functional and accessible to
beneficiaries.
Develop regular trend analysis of complaints at organizational level and share it with program
team as per protocols.
To assist Program team in carrying out preliminary first verification report in case of serious
nature of complaints filed by beneficiaries/communities and support for investigation.
Make sure that the program agreed plans are followed in timely manner.
Share MEAL findings with management team each month.
D. Learning:
Assist Program team in developing quality reports and findings.
Ensure the key learning’s are incorporated into upcoming plans and interventions.
E. Collaboration:
Builds and maintains effective relationships with entire team members of organization,
colleagues, members and external partners, supporters and stakeholders.
Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
F. Reporting:
Produce and share MEAL monthly, quarterly, half yearly and cumulative yearly reports to the
Project Manager and program team through proper channels.
Ensure that all the data related to MEAL action Plan tracker are recorded and updated in a
timely manner.
Any other tasks assigned.