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 65-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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Program Summary:

Project HOPE is providing humanitarian assistance to the conflict-affected population in Gaza, Palestine. The current response portfolio focuses on Health, Mental Health, Protection, and WASH programming through Project HOPE programs and partnerships.

This position is open to qualified candidates in Gaza, Palestine. Only local applicants will be considered.

The posting will remain open for five days. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; early submission is strongly encouraged.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The MEAL Coordinator provides technical leadership for the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of Project HOPE’s MEAL systems at the country level. The role ensures that quality data, evidence, and community feedback inform decision-making and program adaptation, while promoting a culture of accountability and learning in line with Project HOPE’s Global MEAL Strategy, donor requirements and inter-agency standards (CHS, Sphere, IASC).

This position reports to the Country Director and maintains a technical line with the MEAL Advisor from the Project HOPE Technical Unit.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

MEAL Systems, Quality Assurance, and Learning:

• Develop and oversee the country-level MEAL Strategic Framework, ensuring that it aligns with Project HOPE’s Global MEAL Strategy, donor expectations, and inter-agency standards (CHS, Sphere, IASC).
• Lead the management, review, and regular updating of the Indicator Tracking Table (ITT) for all active projects, ensuring data accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of reporting across indicators.
• Integrate indicator results into digital dashboards for real-time visualization and decision-making.
• Supervise the design, testing, and rollout of data collection tools (digital and paper-based), including KoboToolbox, ODK, DHIS2, or Excel templates, ensuring harmonized indicator definitions and metadata consistency.
• Coordinate the regular cleaning, validation, and analysis of datasets in collaboration with MEAL Officers and IM/ICT staff.
• Facilitate periodic data review and reflection meetings to support adaptive management and learning.
• Conduct systematic Data Quality Assurance (DQA) reviews, data audits, and spot checks, providing feedback to program teams and partners for corrective action, and ensure that corrective actions are tracked and documented.
• Ensure strict compliance with Project HOPE’s Data Protection and Information Security Policy, including informed consent, secure data storage, encryption, and confidentiality protocols for beneficiary information.

Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) and Safeguarding:

• Work jointly with the Compliance and Safeguarding departments to maintain safe, inclusive, and transparent Complaints and Feedback Mechanisms (CFMs), ensuring timely intake, referral, closure, and reporting.
• MEAL consolidates, analyses, and reports on non-sensitive community feedback trends; Compliance leads case handling and investigations of sensitive issues (SEA, fraud, safeguarding).
• Support awareness-raising with communities about Project HOPE’s interventions, eligibility, entitlements, and available feedback channels.
• Ensure adherence to Do No Harm, data protection, and informed consent standards in all MEAL processes.

Evaluations and Research:

• Lead baseline, mid-term, and final evaluations, including ToR development, sampling, tool design, and analysis to inform program teams and partners for learning and adaptation.
• Manage internal and external evaluation consultancies, ensuring methodological rigor and ethical compliance.
• Coordinate thematic or operational studies in collaboration with technical leads and partners.
• Document lessons learned and good practices in concise learning briefs or presentations for internal and external sharing.

Partner Support and Capacity Strengthening:

• Provide ongoing mentorship and technical support to implementing partners and field teams on MEAL tools, data management, analysis, and reporting.
• Build MEAL capacity through targeted training, coaching, and peer learning.
• Ensure partner compliance with Project HOPE’s MEAL frameworks, reporting standards, and data protection policies.
• Conduct joint data reviews or field monitoring visits with partner MEAL focal points to reinforce quality and accountability.

Reporting, Donor Compliance, and Coordination:

• Consolidate and analyze MEAL data for timely submission of inputs to donor and internal reports (monthly, quarterly, annual).
• Ensure MEAL data supports financial and narrative reporting, including audits and donor verification processes. Collaborate closely with technical teams, Information Management , Information and Communications Technology IM/ICT, and cluster coordination groups to harmonize indicators and data-sharing.
• Represent Project HOPE in inter-agency MEAL coordination fora, joint assessments, and sectoral technical groups.
• Ensure that the ITT and project dashboards feed into donor reports and management reviews, maintaining clear audit trails and supporting evidence for reported achievements.
• Contribute to cross-country MEAL knowledge exchange and ensure alignment with regional/global learning initiatives.

Team Management and Development:

• Provide guidance and supportive supervision to MEAL Officers and Assistants, including setting objectives, performance reviews, mentoring, and professional development plans.
• Build a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous learning within the MEAL team.
• Ensure staff adherence to Project HOPE’s Code of Conduct, Safeguarding, and PSEA policies

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Public Health, International Development, Statistics, or relevant field (Bachelor’s with 5+ years relevant experience acceptable).
• At least 5 years’ experience in MEAL within humanitarian or development settings, including 3 years in a supervisory or coordination role.
• Proven experience designing and implementing MEAL systems (logframes, MEAL plans, evaluations, CFM, DQA).
• Proficiency with KoboToolbox/ODK, DHIS2, and Excel/Power BI data analysis.
• Experience with digital data management, dashboards, and data visualization tools preferred.
• Familiarity with CHS, Sphere Standards, and humanitarian accountability principles.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in English and Arabic.
• Demonstrated leadership, analytical, and mentoring abilities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be mobile in an office environment and able to use standard office equipment.
• Must be able to communicate in verbal and written form and must be able to travel internally.

Work environment:

• This position is based in Gaza. Given the current conflict conditions, candidate must be able to work in a rapidly changing environment.
• Work may require working in a country where working conditions are classified as “hardship.”

Notice to applicants: Project HOPE does not conduct direct solicitation/recruitment via email. Project HOPE never asks job 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 large number of inquiries, we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience & qualifications for this position will be considered. 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.