# MEAL Officer (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning) > Street Child · Bangui, Central African Republic · Full-time · Posted 2026-03-09 **Salary:** USD 14,400–15,300 **Workplace:** on_site **Department:** Programmes ## Description **Job Title:**   MEAL Officer (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning)     **Reporting to:**  Country Programme Director  **Contract Type:** Full time   **Principal Location:** Bangui (with 60% travel in the 5 Academic Inspections)  **Annual salary:** USD 14,400 - 15,300 **Deadline for Application:**  15th April 2026 **Desired Start Date:** ASAP  **About Street Child** Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic, and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 1.6 million children to go to school and learn. **Part 1:  Role Purpose:** The MEAL Programme Officer position requires proven knowledge and experience in delivering integrated programming, with technical skills in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL). The primary purpose of this role is to support MEAL-related interventions across current project initiatives. The role will also support programmatic work related to child protection, education in emergencies, and resource mobilisation tasks. **Part 2:  Key Responsibilities:** **1\. Monitoring & Evaluation** - Design and implement robust MEAL frameworks and tools to assess programme performance and impact. - Develop and maintain data collection systems to track progress and outcomes of projects. - Conduct regular field visits to monitor project activities and assess data accuracy. - Prepare data analysis reports and share insights with project teams and stakeholders. - Lead the development of learning reports, evaluations, and presentations. **2\. Accountability & Learning** - Promote a culture of accountability by supporting the implementation of feedback mechanisms. - Capture lessons learned and best practices to inform programme refinement and scale-up. - Organise learning workshops to share insights with project teams and partners. - Develop and maintain documentation to track progress and demonstrate impact. **3\. Programme Support** - Support the integration of MEAL processes within education and child protection programming. - Facilitate training sessions for staff and partners on data collection and reporting techniques. - Assist in project proposal writing by providing relevant data and impact stories. - Collaborate with programme teams to identify key performance indicators and track achievements. **4\. Administration & Reporting** - Draft comprehensive and accurate donor reports, detailing progress and outcomes. - Maintain updated project records, including databases and progress tracking systems. - Support internal and external audits with relevant documentation and reports. - Contribute to data quality assurance and data management processes. **5\. Other** - A strong commitment to Street Child's vision, mission, and values - Adhere to all Street Child’s policies and procedures - Able to represent Street Child appropriately both internally and externally - Carry out all reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role **Part 3:  Person Specification**         **Essential:** - Proven experience in MEAL implementation, particularly in humanitarian and development settings. - Experience with data collection, cleaning, and analysis. - Experience in developing and implementing MEAL frameworks and reporting. - Strong knowledge of data management software and analysis tools (e.g., Excel, SPSS, Power BI). - Familiarity with education and child protection programming. - Excellent working proficiency and fluency in French **Desirable:** - Experience working in CAR or the Great Lakes Region. - Working proficiency and fluency in English - Experience in managing teams. - Strong analytical, reporting, strategic thinking, and planning skills. - Strong monitoring and evaluation skills/experience. - Demonstrable knowledge of project cycle management and results framework. - Fluency in additional languages relevant to CAR’s context. **Street Child’s commitment to Safeguarding** _Street Child is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the communities we serve, our partners, our volunteers, and our staff._ As part of this commitment to safeguarding, all offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks, including a Criminal Records check.  Street Child also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. For purposes hereof, the following definitions will be used: _Sexual exploitation_: refers to any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, a power differential, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, among other things, with the aim of profiting pecuniarily, socially, or politically from the sexual exploitation of another. _Sexual abuse_: refers to actual physical harm or threat of physical harm, of a sexual nature, which may occur by force, or in situations of inequality, or coercive conditions. **To apply:** Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.  Female applications are particularly encouraged. ## Apply [Apply at Street Child](https://apply.workable.com/streetchildcareers/j/C879F72CB2/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)