MEAL & Organisational Excellence Advisor

Deadline for application: 17 May 2026 (CET)

Do you have solid experience in managing MEAL systems in humanitarian or development contexts
Are you passionate about turning evidence into action and building the systems that help organisations learn adapt and grow
Do you want to play a central role in shaping how a principled people-centred humanitarian organisation measures and improves its impact

If so you may be our new MEAL & Organisational Excellence Advisor joining our Headquarter team in a strategic cross-cutting role that sits at the heart of how we work connecting our field reality with organisational decision-making and ensuring that learning is not just documented but truly embedded in how we operate.

The Job

Working in close collaboration with country-level MEAL managers programme managers and HQ colleagues you will lead the development and continuous refinement of Mission EASTs organisational MEAL framework ensuring it is fit for purpose evidence-driven and aligned with our programme strategies and theories of change.

You will be the driving force behind institutionalising adaptive learning and results-based management across the organisation. This means not only building robust systems tools and data management processes but also fostering a culture where evidence informs decisions at every level from field teams and partners to senior leadership.

Specifically you will:

Shape organisational strategy and performance

• Steer Mission EASTs organisational MEAL framework ensuring alignment across programme structures results frameworks and theories of change
• Institutionalise adaptive learning and systems thinking and synthesise insights from monitoring and evaluation into strategic advice for senior management supporting sound decision-making on impact operations and advocacy
• Lead the organisations CHS ECHO and other certification processes and oversee compliance with donor standards including GDPR

Build and strengthen MEAL systems

• Maintain robust MEAL systems across the organisation and embed results-based management across HQ and country offices including robust indicators value-for-money frameworks and adaptive monitoring approaches
• Oversee MEAL and project databases data quality processes standards and policy compliance as well as feedback and complaints mechanisms
• Ensure data is collected stored and used safely ethically and in line with Mission EASTs data protection commitments

Drive learning and accountability

• Systematise and facilitate structured learning processes e.g. annual reviews lessons learned sessions and cross-unit knowledge sharing ensuring insights lead to tangible improvements
• Contribute to shared learning between Engagement Programme and Country teams maintain the digital Knowledge Centre and support annual and IATI reporting from a MEAL perspective
• Work with communications colleagues to translate evidence into compelling visibility and advocacy materials

Invest in people and capacity

• Train and support partners field offices and HQ staff on MEAL systems quality standards tools and good practice and provide MEAL advice along the whole programme cycle
• Nurture country-level MEAL teams as a coherent connected community of practice
• Support MEAL recruitment processes across the organisation

This is a staff function reporting to either the Secretary General or the International Director

You

This role is for someone who combines technical depth with strategic vision someone who can draft advocacy bullet points for the management in the morning provide input into a programme results framework at midday and facilitate a reflective learning session in the afternoon. You are equally comfortable advising senior leadership and building the confidence of a field-based data collector. You believe that accountability is not a compliance exercise but a commitment to the people Mission EAST serves.

Your Experience & Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in designing managing and strengthening MEAL systems in humanitarian and/or development contexts
• Strong knowledge of MEAL frameworks log frames and Theory of Change development
• Solid understanding of CHS donor compliance requirements (including ECHO) Value-for-Money approaches and GDPR
• Proficiency in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies and hands-on experience with digital data collection tools
• Proven experience in capacity building facilitation and training of diverse teams across organisational levels

It is an advantage if you also have:

• Advanced degree in a relevant field (social sciences development studies statistics or related discipline) or equivalent professional experience
• Experience working in or with organisations operating in fragile or conflict-affected contexts
• Familiarity with IATI reporting standards
• Experience leading or contributing to CHS certification or audit processes
• Knowledge of Results-Based Management approaches
• Experience with data visualisation tools and/or MEAL database management

Skills & Competencies

• Strong systems thinking able to see and work across the whole organisational picture not just individual programmes
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to synthesise complex data into clear actionable insights for varied audiences
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in Danish and English including the ability to produce high-quality reports guidance documents and learning materials in both languages (communication and cooperation with Danish stakeholders are part of this role)
• High integrity and sound judgement in handling sensitive data and confidential information
• Ability to work collaboratively and with cultural sensitivity across diverse teams geographies and organisational levels
• Strong coordination and organisational skills

It is an advantage if you also have:

• Knowledge in languages relevant to Mission EASTs operational contexts
• Experience working in a small-to-medium sized NGO where versatility and initiative are essential

Personal Qualities

We are looking for someone who:

• Is genuinely committed to accountability to affected people and to continuous organisational improvement not as a compliance exercise but as a core professional value
• Brings both rigour and pragmatism: able to set high standards while remaining flexible and solutions-oriented in complex environments
• Is a natural collaborator and relationship-builder who can earn trust across country offices partners and HQ with equal ease
• Takes initiative and ownership and is comfortable working with a degree of autonomy in a small headquarters team
• Approaches learning with humility welcoming feedback and modelling the reflective practice they help embed in others

You must be able to regularly travel abroad to programme locations - up to 70 days a year sometimes for few weeks.

We offer:

• An open fulltime employment under Mission Easts Danish terms and conditions with a salary in accordance with our salary policy and scale at level 18 starting at 41.86766 there is no support for relocation
• Opportunity to shape your work and contribute to Mission EASTs continuous development
• An informal working environment with committed and skilled colleagues - both in the office and around the world
• Flexible working hours with fixed hours from 10 to 15 and possibility of up to two home working days per week (Thursday and/or Friday)
• International travel activity
• This position is based at Hellerup Denmark
  

Application

Deadline for application: Sunday 17 May midnight (CET)

If you have any questions about the position please contact Pierre Vernet HR Director

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Mission East wants to promote equality and diversity and we therefore encourage all qualified people to apply for the position - regardless of ethnic background gender age sexual orientation disability or religion.

We on the other hand have zero tolerance for fraud sexual exploitation and abuse harassment or gender-based violence and we conduct a thorough screening of our preferred candidate. We carry out reference checks and are members of the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme a network that shares all SEAH issues in relation to potential new hires.

About us

Mission East is an international relief and development organisation founded in Denmark. We work to create hope dignity and new beginnings. Every day and when crisis strikes.
We work closely with local communities in some of the worlds most vulnerable dangerous and hard-to-reach areas. We go the extra mile to reach the people who are most often overlooked. With our work we restore their dignity strengthen their resilience and promote justice for the benefit of both people and our planet.
Mission East is active in 10 countries: Afghanistan Armenia Lebanon Nepal Nigeria Sudan Syria Tajikistan Chad and Ukraine. Here we and our local partners support the most vulnerable people in lifting them out of crises poverty and marginalisation.

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Senior IC