MEAL Manager

Preliminary Job Information JOB TITLE: MEAL Manager COUNTRY AND BASE OF POSTING: YEMEN – MOKHA REPORTS HIERARCHICALLY TO: DEPUTY FIELD COORDINATOR MATRIX REPORTS TO: MEAL COORDINATOR CONTRACT DURATION: 6 MONTHS, ANNOUNCING DATE: June 28, 2026 ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSING DATE: July 12, 2026 WORK STARTING DATE: ASAP PU-AMI: Mission, Reach, and Operations Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale (PU-AMI) is an international, non-profit, non-political, and non-religious humanitarian organization which aims to provide rapid global response to the basic needs of populations affected by humanitarian crises to help them regain independence and dignity. PU-AMI provides assistance to more than 6 million people throughout 24 countries, with more than 2,500 staff worldwide. PU-AMI adopts an integrated approach, to identify and understand the full array of the needs of the people affected by crises. This innovative approach is at the core of every PU-AMI-supported projects, to better target and prioritize actions, stabilize and improve the situation of the most vulnerable groups. It allows the teams to take all aspects of a problem into account, to come up with an efficient combination of solutions, which will have a powerful and long-lasting impact on the affected populations. In this respect, the organization runs worldwide around 190 projects a year, most of which are focused on Health, Nutrition, Food Security, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Psychosocial Support, Education and Protection activities. PU-AMI is participating actively in clusters and sub-clusters (health; nutrition ; food security and livelihoods; WaSH) and works closely with relevant government departments. Scope of Work and Core Responsibilities Overall Objective The MEAL Manager supports the MEAL Coordinator to ensure that the MEAL strategy of the mission is implemented by the mission staffs at all levels of its base. Key Responsibilities Under the supervision of the MEAL Co, and in cooperation with project managers and MEAL staff in the operational bases of its responsibility, the MEAL manager: 1. Strategy: S/he is responsible to develop and roll out the mission MEAL strategy at base level. 2. Training and technical support: S/he is responsible to provide training and technical support to all program teams on technical questions linked to MEAL and cross-cutting issues. 3. Monitoring and evaluation: S/he is responsible to support operational teams in monitoring and evaluation of PUI programs. 4. Accountability: S/he is responsible of the roll-out of accountability activities at base level. 5. Knowledge building: S/he is responsible to contribute to lessons learned and institutional knowledge building. 6. Human Resources Management: S/he is responsible to manage the MEAL team at base level and focus on capacity building of her/his team. 7. Representation and reporting: S/he is responsible to support the base in reporting, communication and representation in her/his field of expertise. Specific objectives and linked activities 1. DEVELOP AND ROLL OUT THE MISSION MEAL STRATEGY Participate in developing a sector-based strategy (M&E, accountability, gender, do no harm) in accordance with PUI country strategy and in link with PUI’s MEAL framework. Participate in programming work at base level. 2. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT Develop program teams’ capacities in the department’s field of expertise: data collection and analysis (method, format, software etc.), measure of indicators, feedback and response mechanism, do no harm analysis etc. Deploy PUI’s MEAL Framework trainings and develop tailor training modules in link with the MEAL Coordinator. Provide program teams with a technical and methodological support for M&E activities, data management (questionnaire design, sampling, data entry, extraction of useful data and interpretation) and integration of cross-cutting issues. Support program teams in creating or adapting tools for: PMT, indicators monitoring, impact monitoring (MEAL plan and survey tools) or risk analysis. 3. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PUI PROGRAMS Contribute to the elaboration, review and harmonization of M&E tools, data management, especially in the PMTs (indicators table) and the MEAL Plans. Create / revise the tools needed to implement program-based evaluation monitoring (database, survey form ...) and ensure that the monitoring tools developed work and are correctly used by the teams; Define / improve / monitor and ensure the quality of information and data collected in the field and participate in data quality assessment; Design baseline and baseline studies to collect information on performance indicators and project results; Check relevance of reports, analysis, maps and recommendations produced. Propose adjustments, new activities to improve the quality of the operations or approaches, in consultation with PMs and program / technical coordinators. Upon ad hoc request from the program / technical coordinator, perform advanced analysis. Contribute to terms of references for external evaluations and studies Accompany teams in drafting project proposals and reports for donors. Be proactive in identifying innovative indicators and collection methods. 4. ACCOUNTABILITY Following guidelines from PUI’s Framework: Support the design and roll out of complaint feedback and response mechanisms. Check that the key principles of the feedback mechanism are respected. Produce regular analysis of the complaints and feedbacks received. In conjunction with the program teams, ensure that a participatory approach is initiated with local actors and partners in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects Work in collaboration with the program teams on the design and improvement of accountability mechanisms. 5. LESSONS LEARNT AND INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE BUILDING (IKB) Build on institutional knowledge on M&E activities and missions’ results (lessons learnt and recommendations) and make sure these are known by PMs and other team members. Support recommendation tracking process and work on action plans. Use PUI’s tools to document MEAL tools and methodologies/approaches. Ensure that learning activities are included in the project activities In link with PUI’s MEAL framework and tools ensure the implementation at base level of the recommendation tracking process (internal and external) and work together with PMs on action plans. Contribute to the preparation of kick off and learning meetings per project and ensure capitalization of its content. 6. HR MANAGEMENT/CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT Make sure that new staff are briefed on MEAL’s roles and responsibilities. Participate in the evaluation and in the assessment of the performance of collaborators under his/her supervision Identify training needs Supervise and support MEAL teams in implementing their action plan and achievement of their objectives 7. REPORTING / COMMUNICATION / REPRESENTATION Participate in writing project proposals and reports’ paragraphs on crosscutting issues and MEAL. Make sure the right reporting formats are used and delays are respected. Represent PUI when asked and/or delegated to do so. In link with programs, develop articles, case studies and success stories. Candidate Profile – Required and Desirable Qualifications Category required desirable Education Bachelor’s or Master degree in a field related to Project Management, international development and/or social sciences Professional Experience Humanitarian International Technical At least 3 years previous NGO experience previous working experience abroad At least 2 years managing MEAL teams Experience in emergency response Experience in MEAL Experience in health programs monitoring Knowledge and Skills Capacity for analysing and synthetizing comprehensive information & technical data Excellent knowledge of Excel, data bases, kobo and other data software. Good knowledge in statistic and sampling methods. Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences through training and mentoring Good written communication skills Knowledge of project management Prior knowledge of the country/region Experience in donor requirements and expectations, particularly ECHO, UE, UN, and BHA (USAID). Software Fluent in Arabic and English (oral and written skills) excellent capacities in excel MDC & related soft./language (ODK, Kobo,PowerBI;…) Microsoft Access Interpersonal and Behavioral Competencies Ability to work independently, take the initiative and take responsibility in a proactive approach Self-motivated, flexible and adaptable to the needs of the team and organization Strong commitment in humanitarian principles Resilience to stress Diplomacy and open-mindedness Good analytical skills Organisation and ability to manage priorities and varied workload Ability to guarantee effective and timely outputs Problem solving and leadership skills Ability to work and manage professionally and maturely Ability to integrate into the local environment, taking account of its political, economic and historical characteristics