CARE International, a global organization working to save lives and defeat poverty, is seeking a Development Coordinator - MEAL for its Zambia office. The successful candidate will lead the implementation of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) function for the Community-Based Adaptation: Scaling Up Community Action for Livelihoods and Ecosystems in Southern Africa and Beyond (CBA-SCALE Southern Africa+) project. This project, funded by BMU-IKI, aims to strengthen climate resilience in Zimba District, Southern Zambia.
The CBA-SCALE Southern Africa+ project, running from 2023 to 2028, focuses on integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into policies, plans, and budgets at community, district, and national levels. It promotes climate-resilient actions in key sectors such as water resources management, agriculture, and fisheries. The project also supports ecosystem and biodiversity conservation, with the goal of increasing resilience to climate change among all genders and social groups across the 12 wards of Zimba District.
The Development Coordinator - MEAL will be responsible for tracking progress against project outcomes and indicators, strengthening data quality and utilization, and facilitating learning and adaptive management processes. The position will also support knowledge management and documentation, coordinating accountability mechanisms, and ensuring project evidence informs advocacy, influencing, policy engagement, and future programming.
The successful candidate will serve as the primary liaison between the Zambia project team, CARE Zambia MEAL Unit, Programme Quality and Impact (PQ&I) team, consortium MEAL structures, and implementing partners. This role involves ensuring consistency in reporting, learning, and performance management across Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique. The position will also support organizational resource mobilization, project design, and MEAL support to other CARE Zambia projects within the Southern Region as assigned.
Key responsibilities of the Development Coordinator - MEAL include leading the implementation of the project's MEAL framework, coordinating routine monitoring of project indicators, milestones, and targets, and ensuring timely reporting of progress. The position will conduct regular data quality assessments, verification exercises, and field monitoring visits to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
The Development Coordinator - MEAL will also lead the establishment and operationalization of the Feedback and Accountability Mechanism (FAM) across all project intervention areas. This involves ensuring community members and stakeholders understand available feedback channels and accountability processes, monitoring and tracking community feedback, complaints, and response actions, and generating periodic accountability reports.
CARE Zambia is looking for an experienced, innovative, and motivated individual to fill this position. The successful candidate will have a strong background in monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning, as well as experience working on climate change adaptation and resilience projects. The position offers a fixed-term contract and is based in Zimba, Southern Province, Zambia.
Key points
- The project aims to strengthen climate resilience in Zimba District through the integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into policies, plans, and budgets.
- The Development Coordinator - MEAL will lead the implementation of the MEAL framework and coordinate accountability mechanisms.
- The position requires experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning, as well as a strong background in climate change adaptation and resilience projects.
