MEARL Officer (Local Consultant) - Nepal Emergency Response

About the role

Project HOPE, an international NGO working on global health challenges, is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Research & Learning (MEARL) Officer as a local consultant in Nepal. The consultant supports routine program monitoring, data collection and verification, partner reporting, field monitoring and community feedback mechanisms, ensuring accurate tracking of project results and compliance with donor reporting requirements. The consultant reports to the Nepal Team Lead and works closely with the program team, implementing partners and the Regional MEARL Manager. The assignment lasts approximately 3 months.

Key responsibilities

• 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, and check partner reports against registers and distribution records.
• Monitor medical consultations, treatments, referrals, psychosocial support, kit distributions, WASH activities and facility support against agreed indicators.
• Conduct field monitoring visits, document findings and follow-up actions, and maintain secure databases with agreed indicator definitions and data protection procedures.
• Support post-distribution monitoring, beneficiary feedback, pre- and post-assessments and surveys, and help set up community feedback and complaints channels.
• Prepare monthly MEAL updates and verified indicator figures for quarterly donor reports and the final report.
• Advise partners on data collection, beneficiary counting, verification and reporting, and share monitoring findings and lessons learned with the Nepal team.
• Follow safeguarding, accountability, Do No Harm and conflict-sensitivity requirements.

Required profile

• 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.
• Experience with indicator tracking, data collection, data quality checks, analysis and reporting, and with needs/risk assessments, surveys and monitoring visits.
• Good written and spoken Nepali and English.

Required skills

• Strong Microsoft Excel, 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.
• Knowledge of consent, confidentiality, safeguarding and responsible data management.
• Experience with KoboToolbox, ODK or comparable tools is an advantage.