MEAL Assistant

Position Title: MEAL Assistant

2025-05-24 Baghlan Full Time 12

Job Location:	Baghlan
Nationality:	Afghan
Category:	Monitoring and Evaluation
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	As per ACDO salary scale
Vacancy Number:	VA-19-2025
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Pul e Khomri

Organization:	ACDO
Years of Experience:	2 years’ relevant experience in implementation of humanitarian projects as M&E
Contract Duration:	7 Months (possibly extension)
Gender:	Male/Female
Education:	University degree in BBA, BCS and Economic or any other relevant field
Close date:	2025-05-24

About ACDO:

Asia Community Development Organization (ACDO) is an Afghan non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit humanitarian organization established in 2014 and registered with the Government of Afghanistan under the supervision of Ministry of Economy (MoEc) with a mission to provide humanitarian and development assistance to the vulnerable, at-risk, and underserved people throughout the country.

ACDO responds to the needs of deprived and marginalized rural and urban communities by managing and utilizing the available scarce resources in a well-organized, efficient, effective, transparent, and dignified manner to enhance resilience, boost access to education, health services, and infrastructure, ensure food and livelihood security, and promote social protection and inclusion.

ACDO has an active presence in most parts of the country and intends to expand its operations to the remaining provinces, as to transform itself into a leading and developed organization that will deliver to and support large number of people who have been affected by the long-protracted and sudden on-set emergencies and regardless of the hardest circumstances that exist in Afghanistan, ACDO has managed to deliver humanitarian and development assistance in most part of country. https://acdo-af.org/

Job Descriptions:

The incumbent shall undertake the following responsibilities under direct supervision of the Executive/Deputy Executive Director, but not limited to:

Ensure the effective monitoring and performance management are in place for achieving prior agreed program activity targets.
Design and participate in field-based needs assessments and gap analyses, including risk and vulnerability assessments.
Support the team on revisions of core implementation documents (milestones, log-frame, assessment documents and implementation plan)
Provide technical support to the provincial staff in data collection, analysis and reporting.
Support the team in design and implementation of M&E performance plan and tools for bassline and midterm assessment, ongoing monitoring research and learning activities.
Track the progress of the activities,
Promote M&E standards, quality assurance/control and capacity development of team
Support the M&E team in development of an M&E system for ACDO education project at provincial level to implement and coordinate all M&E activities, including data collection tools and processes to track indicators, and coordination
Support the M&E officer in data collection, compilation, analysis, and timely reporting as per the M&E Plan
Support the M&E officer and provincial team in identify and formulation of M&E findings, lessons learned and recommendations to be integrated into broader project/ACDO knowledge management efforts, disseminated in learning events and channeled into decision-making processes
Support the M&E Officer in timely preparation of sound analytical documents synthesizing the results of activities to assess their impact and effectiveness.
Support the M&E team in preparing the statistical analysis of reports and activities of employees and their submission to top management.
Coordinate and oversee trainings, and awareness programs to effectively organize the events.
Prepare and schedule regular and periodic visits to all provinces covered by the program to assess the level of satisfaction of people and the behavior and performance of their staff and address the complaints.
Monitor the operation and usage of vehicles, equipment, and other items related to the project.
Any other related task as assigned by M&E Officer and/or District Coordinator

Job Requirements:

Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in BCS, BBA, Economics, or any other relevant discipline,
Master degree with 1 years of relevant experience, or Bachelor degree with 2 years of relevant experience;
Experience in a M&E position with national and international NGOs.
Full familiarity with the challenges and opportunities ahead of the program and study the CBE Afghanistan Standard.
Skills:
Ability to cope well under pressure, work irregular hours and meet tight deadlines;
M&E skills and ability to prioritize and deliver assignments in a timely manner often under severe time pressures;
Communication and Reporting Skills
Deadline-Oriented
Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills
Experience in needs assessment, project monitoring and evaluation, and program development.
Good knowledge in Child education system in Afghanistan
Relevant computer skills
Language skills:
Fluent oral and written skills in English, Pashto and Dari

Submission Guidelines:

Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position and submit their applications (Cover Letter and CV together) NOT Educational and Work Certificates, to the attention of the Human Resource Department at https://forms.gle/zrCFPuM4mmcUDstU7 until 04:00 pm (Afghanistan Standard Time) on May 24 , 2025.

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and consequently for an interview. If you are not contacted TWO WEEKS after the closing date, please know that your application has not been successful for the post.