Emergency MEAL Manager - Palestine
Handicap International (HI)
Innovation, Impact, Information (M&E)
Full-time Place: Amman, with frequent travel in Gaza Strip and West Bank
Starting date: 1st November 2025
Duration of contract: 6 months
Due to the urgency of this recruitment, we encourage interested candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible. We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis.
We need you to support our field teams in deploying this massive emergency response. Your help can make a difference. Join us!
Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development programmes in more than 60 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 255 million euros, with 4794 employees worldwide.
At Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion, we truly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organisation. This is why we are engaged to a disability policy to encourage the inclusion and integration of people with disabilities.
Please indicate if you require any special accommodation, even at the first interview. For more information about the organisation: www.hi.org
JOB CONTEXT:
HI Palestine is currently operating as a stand-alone program under the authority of the Emergency Division, with a dedicated governance framework adapted to the scale and complexity of the crisis.
Palestine Coordination is split between Jerusalem and Amman, with a West Bank area office located in Ramallah and a Gaza area office in Zuwayda. In Gaza, HI operates three offices: one in the central area (Zuwayda), one in the north (Gaza City), and one in the south (Khan Younis).
The mission's operational strategy relies on 4 pillars: Health (Rehabilitation and P&O), Armed Violence Reduction, Atlas Logistics, and Education. Cross-cutting components include IHA, MHPSS, Protection Mainstreaming, and DGA.
The total budget for 2025 is expected to range between 8 and 12 million EUR.
YOUR MISSION:
Reporting to the Technical Head of Programme (THOP), the Palestine Emergency MEAL Manager is responsible for ensuring proper implementation of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Information Management systems on the project in Gaza Strip and West Bank. He or she is the direct line-manager of the MEAL team (Senior MEAL officer, MEAL officer, IM officers).
In this framework, you are responsible of:
- Develop a relevant, efficient and accessible MEAL system
Design and strengthen monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning framework that is context-appropriate, practical for field teams, and ensures data quality, reliability, and transparency.
- Review, harmonize and clarify indicators and tools
Conduct a systematic review of project indicators to ensure a common understanding across operations and MEAL teams. Standardize calculation methods, data sources and collection frequencies. Develop or adapt simple, harmonized tools to facilitate consistent data collection, consolidation and analysis.
- Adapt MEAL tools and approaches to emergency contexts
Make sure MEAL tools and methods are flexible and suitable for emergency situations, where needs change quickly and access may be limited.
- Raise awareness and train program and MEAL teams on key emergency MEAL practices, such as rapid assessments, real-time monitoring, feedback and complaint mechanisms, and quick learning processes.
- Ensure regular quality reporting
Produce accurate, timely and user-oriented MEAL reports to support accountability towards donors, partners, and affected populations as well as enhancing the advocacy with evidence-based data.
- Strengthen the capacity of the MEAL team
Implement a structured capacity-building plan combining technical trainings, coaching and ongoing support. Support the professional development of the MEAL team, with particular attention to enhancing the technical and management skills of the senior MEAL officer.
- Ensure effective and regular and coordination with operations teams
Establish strong communication and collaboration mechanisms between MEAL and operations.
- Draft an operational action plan based on the MEAL strategy
Outline the priorities and guiding principles of the MEAL strategy, and translate it into a realistic action plan with clear responsibilities, timeline and milestones for progress monitoring and adaptation.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION:
· Security conditions are challenging, according to the job duty station. The selected candidate will receive a thorough briefing on the context and security systems before deployment to Gaza.
Due to the current difficulties in obtaining an authorization to enter Gaza, it is possible that the selected candidates will have to carry out part or all of their mission from Amman. This situation is beyond our control and beyond the responsibility of our organization.
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Benefits
At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission. https://hi.org/en/join-the-team
