MEAL Manager Palestine
Norwegian Refugee Council · Palestine, IA · 1 mo ago
On-siteOTHRFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: h3 headings for sections present with real content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Must not include sections like Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. The posting includes "Salary/benefits: Grade 9 on NRC’s Palestine National salary scale." Also mentions duty station, travel. So we can have sections: About the role? Actually there is background, what we are looking for, what you will do, what you will bring, what we offer (duty station, travel, salary/benefits). Also responsibilities section appears later but duplicates responsibilities? There's a "Responsibilities" heading later but seems generic values. We need to include only sections with real specific content. The "Responsibilities" heading later contains generic values about NRC employees values, not specific to role. That is boilerplate; we should drop it. The earlier "What You Will Do" already lists responsibilities. So we should not duplicate.
We need sections: About the role? The posting has "Background" and "What We Are Looking For". Could treat "About the role" as background? But we should not invent headings not present? The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says we can use those as examples, but we should include a section only when posting has real specific content for it. So we can choose appropriate headings from that list that match content.
We have background about NRC Palestine: could be "About the role" or maybe "About the organisation". But "About the role" is appropriate for description of role context. We'll include
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It says we can use those as examples, but we should include a section only when posting has real specific content for it. So we can choose appropriate headings from that list that match content.
We have background about NRC Palestine: could be "About the role" or maybe "About the organisation". But "About the role" is appropriate for description of role context. We'll include About the role
with paragraph(s) summarizing background.
Then we have "What We Are Looking For": could be "Requirements" or "Qualifications". Actually that section describes what they are looking for: experienced MEAL Manager. That's more like "Qualifications". We'll use Qualifications
maybe.
Then "What You Will Do": responsibilities -> Responsibilities
.
Then "What You Will Bring": could be "Skills" or "Requirements". Actually it's a list of experience/education etc. Could be "Requirements". We'll use Requirements
.
Then "What we offer": includes duty station, travel, salary/benefits. Could be "Benefits" and maybe "Pay". Since they give salary grade, we can include Pay section. Also duty station and travel could be in Benefits or maybe a separate "Schedule"? Not schedule. We'll put Benefits section with duty station, travel, salary/benefits. Also maybe Pay section separate? The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine duty station, travel, salary/benefits into Benefits. But they also explicitly mention Pay. Could create Pay section for salary grade. However that might be thin. Better to have Benefits section covering duty station, travel, salary/benefits. That's substantive.
We must not include sections like Schedule if not present.
We must preserve all substantive information: need to include details like background paragraphs, what we are looking for paragraph, responsibilities bullet list, what you will bring bullet list, what we offer details.
We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc.
We must remove boilerplate like EEO, equal opportunities, etc. The posting includes "NRC is an equal opportunities employer..." That's boilerplate; we should drop it. Also "We think outside the box..." etc. That's also generic; drop.
Also "Important information about the application process" etc is boilerplate; drop.
Also "Why NRC?" etc drop.
Also "Responsibilities All NRC employees are expected to work..." drop.
Also "About Us" etc drop.
Also "Safeguarding is central..." drop.
Thus final HTML includes sections: About the role, Qualifications, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So for responsibilities list, we need
- . For requirements list (what you will bring) also list. For benefits list (duty station, travel, salary/benefits) also list.
We need to preserve all substantive info: ensure we don't lose any details.
Let's extract content.
Background paragraph(s):
"The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has been present in Palestine since 2009. NRC implements programming directly and in collaboration with partners in five Core Competencies: Shelter & Site Management, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH), Information Counselling and legal Assistance (ICLA), Protection from Violence (PfV) and Education. NRC Palestine implements programming both directly as well as through a wide network of partners. Last year, NRC served nearly 600,000 unique program participants. NRC’s programming in Palestine has a strong humanitarian, protection and resilience focus that looks to meet vital needs through sustainable solutions to increase early recovery outcomes through integrated programme responses. In this complex, challenging operating environment in Palestine, NRC is working to strengthen the quality, responsiveness, integration, and sustainability of our programmes. This requires high-quality monitoring, evidence, accountability and learning systems in place in order to ensure the oversight and effectiveness of our programmes for the people we serve. **Please note for this role, applicants must be legally eligible to work in Palestine. We are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position. **"
We need to keep that note about eligibility. It's substantive.
What We Are Looking For paragraph:
"An experienced, motivated Monitoring, Evidence, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Manager who will lead the strategic direction and quality assurance of MEAL in the country office. The role holder will design and implement a strategy, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and budgets for the function, which aims to ensure the Country Office (CO) is meeting and exceeding NRC’s MEAL minimum standards. In close collaboration with programme leadership, the role leads CO learning agenda and evaluation planning required to feed into programme and strategic decision making at key learning moments. As a functional manager this role is part of a technical matrix structure and works collaboratively with both the technical and the operational management structures at country and area offices. If you are a passionate seasoned humanitarian professional with experience in management, MEAL systems and methodologies, working with partners and capacity building, then this is the role for you!"
What You Will Do responsibilities list (bullet points). Need to capture each bullet.
List:
- Support the design of theories of change, MEAL tools, and indicators with Programme and Advocacy teams; ensure that MEAL plans are developed and implemented.
- Development and sign-off on logframes during program design and proposal development processes.
- Contribute to CO-level procedures, policies, and guidance to institutionalise MEAL across the mission.
- Promote MEAL as a strategic priority by contributing to country strategy processes and supporting programme Specialists in using MEAL data.
- Support NRC Palestine’s implementing partners with best MEL practice, ensuring alignment of systems and accurate reporting
- Ensuring learning moments are institutionalized, with systems in place for analyzing and using data and supporting programmed managers to interpret and use learning for strategic and programmed decision making. This includes contributing to the development, learning and adaptation of multi-year programmed strategies and organizational strategic reviews
- Ensure learning through evaluations, after-action reviews and lessons learned exercises based on the CO learning agenda and integrate findings across the Project Cycle Management (PCM) phases.
- Act as the in-country focal point for programmatic digital systems—supporting system adoption, and overseeing troubleshooting, user feedback, and coordination with global teams—while ensuring compliance with data governance frameworks.
- Ensure harmonization of monitoring approaches across both area offices, to enable analysis and reporting to be consistent across programmes and locations.
- Work with senior Programme staff to increase data literacy and familiarization of use of data and evidence as an approach towards strategic planning.
- Advocate for programme learning and raise concerns to management when learning seems to be lacking.
- Engage with Global MEAL units to adapt good practices, receive technical support in line with global MEAL procedures, and ensure CO’s experience feeds into global learning.
- Support programme teams to make contextual adaptations to the MEAL framework in line with global guidance, such as MEAL planning and implementation for integrated programmes, Hard to Reach contexts, working with partners, working with development donors or in acute emergencies.
- Carry out any other tasks related to the position or the MEAL function as delegated by the line manager.
What You Will Bring (requirements) list:
- Minimum 6 years of MEAL experience, including managerial experience, NGO and/or international organisation, preferably in emergency or post-conflict settings, with experience supporting internally displaced persons (IDPs) and working in camp or remote management environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Information Systems Management, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of MEAL principles and current approaches in relief and development settings, using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
- Skilled in data analysis, interpretation of trends, and communication of findings to support evidence-based decision-making.
- Experience in mobile and online data collection systems and in data management and analysis platforms.
- Experience handling sensitive community feedback in line with data protection principles.
- Experience coordinating with the UN system, INGOs, donors, and local authorities at field level.
- Technical expertise in programme evaluation methodologies and approaches.
- Proficient in facilitating participatory discussions, learning workshops, and capacity-building activities.
- Advanced in spoken and written English.
- Familiarity with the political and humanitarian context in Palestine.
- Experience implementing MEAL systems in hard-to-reach or remote-managed areas.
- Experience supporting MEAL for one of NRC’s Core Competencies is an asset.
- Experience with local partners capacity building in complex or sensitive environments.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office standard applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) is required; experience with Microsoft 365 collaboration tools (e.g., SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Planner) is an advantage
What we offer:
- Duty station: West Bank, Palestine or Gaza
- Travel: Approximately 30% to areas of operation.
- Salary/benefits: Grade 9 on NRC’s Palestine National salary scale.
Also note the eligibility note again appears later but we already included.
We must not include boilerplate like "NRC is an equal opportunities employer..." etc.
Now construct HTML.
We'll have:
About the role
... background paragraphs including eligibility note.
Qualifications
... What We Are Looking For paragraph.
Responsibilities
- ... each responsibility.
Requirements
- ... each requirement.
Benefits
- Duty station: West Bank, Palestine or Gaza
- Travel: Approximately 30% to areas of operation.
- Salary/benefits: Grade 9 on NRC’s Palestine National salary scale.
We should also maybe include the eligibility note inside About the role paragraph.
Make sure not to add extra sections.
Check that we didn't miss any substantive info: The background includes mention of five Core Competencies list; we kept that. The note about eligibility is there.
The "What We Are Looking For" paragraph includes details about role holder designing strategy, SOPs, budgets, etc. We kept.
The responsibilities list we captured all bullet points.
The requirements list we captured all bullet points.
The benefits list we captured duty station, travel, salary/benefits.
We omitted the repeated eligibility note later; it's fine.
We omitted the "Please download the detailed job description to learn more about the position." That's a call to action; maybe considered boilerplate/application instruction; we should drop.
We omitted "What we offer: Duty station: West Bank, Palestine or Gaza
- . For requirements list (what you will bring) also list. For benefits list (duty station, travel, salary/benefits) also list.
We need to preserve all substantive info: ensure we don't lose any details.
Let's extract content.
Background paragraph(s):
"The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has been present in Palestine since 2009. NRC implements programming directly and in collaboration with partners in five Core Competencies: Shelter & Site Management, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH), Information Counselling and legal Assistance (ICLA), Protection from Violence (PfV) and Education. NRC Palestine implements programming both directly as well as through a wide network of partners. Last year, NRC served nearly 600,000 unique program participants. NRC’s programming in Palestine has a strong humanitarian, protection and resilience focus that looks to meet vital needs through sustainable solutions to increase early recovery outcomes through integrated programme responses. In this complex, challenging operating environment in Palestine, NRC is working to strengthen the quality, responsiveness, integration, and sustainability of our programmes. This requires high-quality monitoring, evidence, accountability and learning systems in place in order to ensure the oversight and effectiveness of our programmes for the people we serve. **Please note for this role, applicants must be legally eligible to work in Palestine. We are unable to provide work permits or visa sponsorships for this position. **"
We need to keep that note about eligibility. It's substantive.
What We Are Looking For paragraph:
"An experienced, motivated Monitoring, Evidence, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Manager who will lead the strategic direction and quality assurance of MEAL in the country office. The role holder will design and implement a strategy, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and budgets for the function, which aims to ensure the Country Office (CO) is meeting and exceeding NRC’s MEAL minimum standards. In close collaboration with programme leadership, the role leads CO learning agenda and evaluation planning required to feed into programme and strategic decision making at key learning moments. As a functional manager this role is part of a technical matrix structure and works collaboratively with both the technical and the operational management structures at country and area offices. If you are a passionate seasoned humanitarian professional with experience in management, MEAL systems and methodologies, working with partners and capacity building, then this is the role for you!"
What You Will Do responsibilities list (bullet points). Need to capture each bullet.
List:
- Support the design of theories of change, MEAL tools, and indicators with Programme and Advocacy teams; ensure that MEAL plans are developed and implemented.
- Development and sign-off on logframes during program design and proposal development processes.
- Contribute to CO-level procedures, policies, and guidance to institutionalise MEAL across the mission.
- Promote MEAL as a strategic priority by contributing to country strategy processes and supporting programme Specialists in using MEAL data.
- Support NRC Palestine’s implementing partners with best MEL practice, ensuring alignment of systems and accurate reporting
- Ensuring learning moments are institutionalized, with systems in place for analyzing and using data and supporting programmed managers to interpret and use learning for strategic and programmed decision making. This includes contributing to the development, learning and adaptation of multi-year programmed strategies and organizational strategic reviews
- Ensure learning through evaluations, after-action reviews and lessons learned exercises based on the CO learning agenda and integrate findings across the Project Cycle Management (PCM) phases.
- Act as the in-country focal point for programmatic digital systems—supporting system adoption, and overseeing troubleshooting, user feedback, and coordination with global teams—while ensuring compliance with data governance frameworks.
- Ensure harmonization of monitoring approaches across both area offices, to enable analysis and reporting to be consistent across programmes and locations.
- Work with senior Programme staff to increase data literacy and familiarization of use of data and evidence as an approach towards strategic planning.
- Advocate for programme learning and raise concerns to management when learning seems to be lacking.
- Engage with Global MEAL units to adapt good practices, receive technical support in line with global MEAL procedures, and ensure CO’s experience feeds into global learning.
- Support programme teams to make contextual adaptations to the MEAL framework in line with global guidance, such as MEAL planning and implementation for integrated programmes, Hard to Reach contexts, working with partners, working with development donors or in acute emergencies.
- Carry out any other tasks related to the position or the MEAL function as delegated by the line manager.
What You Will Bring (requirements) list:
- Minimum 6 years of MEAL experience, including managerial experience, NGO and/or international organisation, preferably in emergency or post-conflict settings, with experience supporting internally displaced persons (IDPs) and working in camp or remote management environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Information Systems Management, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of MEAL principles and current approaches in relief and development settings, using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
- Skilled in data analysis, interpretation of trends, and communication of findings to support evidence-based decision-making.
- Experience in mobile and online data collection systems and in data management and analysis platforms.
- Experience handling sensitive community feedback in line with data protection principles.
- Experience coordinating with the UN system, INGOs, donors, and local authorities at field level.
- Technical expertise in programme evaluation methodologies and approaches.
- Proficient in facilitating participatory discussions, learning workshops, and capacity-building activities.
- Advanced in spoken and written English.
- Familiarity with the political and humanitarian context in Palestine.
- Experience implementing MEAL systems in hard-to-reach or remote-managed areas.
- Experience supporting MEAL for one of NRC’s Core Competencies is an asset.
- Experience with local partners capacity building in complex or sensitive environments.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office standard applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) is required; experience with Microsoft 365 collaboration tools (e.g., SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Planner) is an advantage
What we offer:
- Duty station: West Bank, Palestine or Gaza
- Travel: Approximately 30% to areas of operation.
- Salary/benefits: Grade 9 on NRC’s Palestine National salary scale.
Also note the eligibility note again appears later but we already included.
We must not include boilerplate like "NRC is an equal opportunities employer..." etc.
Now construct HTML.
We'll have:
About the role
... background paragraphs including eligibility note.
Qualifications
... What We Are Looking For paragraph.
Responsibilities
- ... each responsibility.
Requirements
- ... each requirement.
Benefits
- Duty station: West Bank, Palestine or Gaza
- Travel: Approximately 30% to areas of operation.
- Salary/benefits: Grade 9 on NRC’s Palestine National salary scale.