• Position: MEAL Assistant
• Duty Station: Taiz, Yemen
• Contract Type: Fixed-Term (Full-Time)
• Contract Duration: One year, with the possibility of extension for up to four years based on performance, project need, and funding availability
• Reporting to: MEAL officer 
• Announcement Date: 08-July-2026
• Application Deadline: 30-July-2026

About Altwasul
Altwasul for Human Development is a leading Yemeni non-profit and non-governmental organization established in 2004. With over two decades of experience, Altwasul delivers humanitarian and development programs across Yemen in areas including livelihoods, food security and agriculture, health, education, WASH, protection, shelter, nutrition, and community empowerment. Altwasul is committed to inclusive, accountable, and people-centered programming that strengthens resilience, promotes social cohesion, and supports vulnerable communities, including women, youth, persons with disabilities, internally displaced persons, and conflict-affected households.
Altwasul is also ISO 9001:2015 certified for Quality Management and holds the Institutional Commitment Certificate 2025 – 2028.

Project Background and Job Purpose

The MEAL Assistant will support the implementation of monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning, reporting, data collection, verification, filing, and evidence management activities for Altwasul’s Partnership Sector-funded projects.
The role will support the MEAL and Reporting Officer in maintaining accurate beneficiary records, collecting field data, verifying means of verification, supporting monitoring visits, updating databases, tracking feedback, and organizing project documentation.
The MEAL Assistant will contribute to monitoring activities related to enterprise development, MSME support, business coaching, market linkages, financial inclusion, VSLAs/e-VSLAs, skills development, TVET, apprenticeships, job placement, women’s economic inclusion, and community engagement.
The role is field-oriented and requires strong attention to detail, confidentiality, documentation discipline, and regular coordination with technical and field teams. The MEAL Assistant supports data collection and verification but does not replace the MEAL and Reporting Officer’s role in MEAL system design, indicator analysis, donor reporting, or final data validation.

Key Responsibilities

1. Data Collection and Field Monitoring Support

1.    Support the MEAL and Reporting Officer in collecting quantitative and qualitative data from project participants, communities, service providers, training providers, employers, enterprises, cooperatives, VSLAs, and other relevant stakeholders.
2.    Support field monitoring visits to training sites, business locations, apprenticeship sites, community sessions, trade fairs, VSLA meetings, and project-supported activities.
3.    Assist in administering registration forms, baseline tools, post-training assessments, satisfaction surveys, feedback forms, business follow-up forms, employment follow-up tools, and VSLA monitoring forms.
4.    Conduct field observations using approved checklists and report findings to the MEAL and Reporting Officer.
5.    Support verification of activity delivery, attendance, participant engagement, accessibility, training quality, safeguarding considerations, and documentation completeness.
6.    Ensure that data collection is conducted respectfully, accurately, confidentially, and in line with approved tools and procedures.
7.    Flag any data collection challenges, missing information, field constraints, or participant concerns to the MEAL and Reporting Officer.

2. Beneficiary Records, Databases, and Data Entry
1.    Support the establishment and regular updating of beneficiary databases and activity tracking sheets.
2.    Enter, clean, organize, and update data related to outreach, registration, selection, trainings, coaching, apprenticeships, employment follow-up, enterprise support, VSLAs, financial inclusion, market linkages, and complaints/feedback.
3.    Ensure beneficiary records are complete, consistent, disaggregated, and properly coded by activity, location, sex, age, disability, vulnerability category, referral source, and type of support received.
4.    Support the identification of duplicate records, missing fields, inconsistent entries, or unclear beneficiary information.
5.    Coordinate with Community Mobilizers and technical teams to correct incomplete or inconsistent field records.
6.    Support the Data Assistant where required in database cleaning, data organization, and preparation of summary tables.
7.    Maintain confidentiality and secure handling of participant data and personal information.

3. Means of Verification and Documentation Support

1.    Collect, check, scan, label, organize, and archive means of verification for project activities.
2.    Support proper filing of attendance sheets, registration forms, selection records, training records, coaching records, field visit reports, photos where approved, certificates, apprenticeship records, employer feedback, enterprise files, VSLA records, feedback forms, and monitoring reports.
3.    Maintain organized hard-copy and electronic filing systems in line with project requirements and Altwasul procedures.
4.    Check that activity documentation is complete before it is submitted for reporting, payment support, donor verification, or internal review.
5.    Coordinate with Finance and Logistics and Procurement to cross-check supporting documents where activity records are linked to payments, procurement, deliveries, grants, stipends, venues, or training costs.
6.    Support evidence folders for donor reports, internal reviews, audits, learning products, and management updates.
7.    Flag missing, weak, unclear, or inconsistent documentation to the MEAL and Reporting Officer and relevant technical staff.

4. Monitoring of Enterprise, Market Linkage, and Financial Inclusion Activities
1.    Support monitoring of enterprise development activities, including business diagnostics, business coaching, grant-readiness, business improvement plans, trade fairs, B2B meetings, market linkages, and post-support follow-up.
2.    Assist in collecting data on enterprise progress, including business activity, use of support, sales changes, market access, buyer/supplier linkages, job creation, women-led business participation, and sustainability challenges.
3.    Support verification of enterprise files, business profiles, coaching attendance, field visit notes, grant-readiness documents, and post-support follow-up records.
4.    Support monitoring of financial inclusion activities, including financial literacy sessions, advisory support, MFI referrals, financial readiness, and responsible-finance messaging.
5.    Assist in monitoring VSLA/e-VSLA activities, including group attendance, savings records, loan tracking, governance records, digital readiness, use of group-managed devices, and member participation.
6.    Report any observed issues related to weak records, unclear use of support, repayment stress, participation barriers, or documentation gaps to the MEAL and Reporting Officer.

5. Monitoring of Skills, TVET, Apprenticeship, and Employment Activities
1.    Support monitoring of skills development and TVET activities, including outreach, registration, attendance, training delivery, completion, certification, and participant satisfaction.
2.    Assist in verifying trainee files, attendance sheets, training provider records, assessment results, certificates, photos where approved, and training reports.
3.    Support monitoring visits to training centers, apprenticeship sites, job placement locations, and employer premises.
4.    Assist in collecting data on apprenticeships, mentorship, job matching, job placement, self-employment referrals, retention, income-related outcomes, and participant follow-up.
5.    Support collection of employer feedback, trainee feedback, drop-out reasons, attendance barriers, workplace concerns, and additional support needs.
6.    Ensure that employment-related records are supported by credible documentation and follow-up evidence.

6. Women’s Economic Inclusion and Participation Monitoring Support
1.    Support the MEAL and Reporting Officer and Program Officer in monitoring women’s participation, safe access, inclusion barriers, participation quality, continuity, and benefits across project activities.
2.    Assist in collecting sex-, age-, disability-, vulnerability-, and location-disaggregated data.
3.    Support participation monitoring for women, young women, women-headed households, IDP women, women with disabilities, Muhamasheen women, and other marginalized groups.
4.    Help document attendance barriers, accessibility issues, safety concerns, drop-out reasons, participation constraints, and community feedback affecting women’s participation.
5.    Support monitoring of women-friendly implementation measures, including training schedules, accessible locations, safe communication, complaint channels, and referral information.
6.    Maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive information and refer any safeguarding, protection, or sensitive feedback to the MEAL and Reporting Officer through approved channels.

7. Accountability, Feedback, and Complaints Support

1.    Support the implementation of safe, accessible, confidential, and responsive feedback and complaints mechanisms.
2.    Assist Community Mobilizers and field teams in explaining feedback channels, eligibility criteria, selection processes, project commitments, and complaint procedures to participants and communities.
3.    Support the recording, categorization, tracking, and follow-up of non-sensitive feedback and complaints in coordination with the MEAL and Reporting Officer.
4.    Immediately refer sensitive complaints, safeguarding concerns, protection risks, PSEA-related issues, fraud allegations, or misconduct concerns through approved confidential channels.
5.    Help monitor whether community feedback is being documented and used to improve communication, inclusion, and implementation quality.
6.    Maintain strict confidentiality and data protection in all accountability-related work.

8. Reporting and Learning Support

1.    Provide data, documentation, monitoring notes, and evidence summaries to support donor reports, internal reports, learning briefs, case studies, success stories, and management updates.
2.    Support the MEAL and Reporting Officer in preparing progress summaries, monitoring updates, indicator evidence, data tables, and field observations.
3.    Assist in compiling lessons learned from enterprise support, market linkages, TVET, apprenticeships, women’s economic inclusion, financial inclusion, VSLAs, and employment pathways.
4.    Support organization of project review meetings, learning sessions, community feedback reviews, and field monitoring debriefs.
5.    Ensure that monitoring findings, field observations, and participant feedback are documented and shared with the MEAL and Reporting Officer.
6.    Support preparation of audit-ready and donor-verification-ready evidence files.

Technical Validation and Quality Checks

The MEAL Assistant is expected to support data quality and documentation by checking:

1.    Whether forms are complete, signed where required, dated, and linked to the correct activity.
2.    Whether beneficiary names, IDs, locations, sex, age, disability status, and other required details are entered correctly.
3.    Whether attendance sheets match the activity report, training schedule, and participant list.
4.    Whether activity evidence confirms that the activity actually took place.
5.    Whether photos, if collected and approved, are properly labeled and linked to the correct activity.
6.    Whether enterprise, training, VSLA, apprenticeship, or employment records are complete before filing.
7.    Whether duplicate, missing, or inconsistent records are flagged for correction.
8.    Whether sensitive information is handled confidentially and stored securely.
9.    Whether feedback and complaints are recorded using approved channels and formats.
10.    Whether monitoring files are organized and easy to retrieve for reporting, donor verification, or audit.

Shared Accountability

The MEAL Assistant supports data collection, field monitoring, documentation, database updates, feedback tracking, filing, and evidence preparation.
The MEAL and Reporting Officer remains responsible for MEAL system design, indicator tracking, data validation, analysis, reporting quality, and final MEAL outputs.
The Technical Manager remains accountable for overall field implementation and technical delivery. The Program Officer leads women’s economic inclusion and market-linkage integration. The Enterprise Development Officer remains the technical lead for enterprise development and market systems activities. The Skills and Employment Officer remains the technical lead for skills development, TVET, apprenticeships, and employment pathways.
Formal accountability for donor reporting, donor communication, contractual compliance, financial approval, procurement processes, HR procedures, and sensitive safeguarding case management remains with the relevant departments and authorized management.

Required Qualifications and Skills

1.    Diploma or university degree in statistics, social sciences, development studies, information management, monitoring and evaluation, project management, business administration, or a related field.
2.    Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in MEAL, data collection, field monitoring, accountability, reporting support, community work, or project documentation.
3.    Experience supporting data collection, beneficiary registration, attendance tracking, database updates, monitoring visits, and means of verification filing.
4.    Good understanding of donor-funded project documentation, beneficiary records, field monitoring, accountability, and confidentiality requirements.
5.    Experience supporting livelihoods, enterprise development, skills development, TVET, employment, financial inclusion, VSLAs, cash, grants, or economic recovery projects is an asset.
6.    Good skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, data entry, and electronic filing.
7.    Experience using Kobo, ODK, or other mobile data collection tools is an asset.
8.    Ability to collect accurate data, organize files, and follow instructions carefully.
9.    Good Arabic communication skills; basic English is an asset.
10.    Ability and willingness to travel regularly to field locations.

Required Competencies

1.    Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
2.    Good data entry, filing, and documentation skills.
3.    Ability to follow approved monitoring tools and procedures.
4.    Ability to identify missing, incomplete, or inconsistent data.
5.    Strong confidentiality and respect for participant privacy.
6.    Good communication with communities, participants, and field teams.
7.    Ability to work closely with MEAL, technical, finance, logistics, and community teams.
8.    Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
9.    Commitment to accountability, inclusion, safeguarding, conflict sensitivity, and do-no-harm principles.
10.    Willingness to learn and improve MEAL and reporting skills.
11.    Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

What We Offer

1.    Monthly gross salary based on Altwasul’s salary scale.
2.    2.5 days of annual leave per month.
3.    National holidays in line with the Yemeni calendar.
4.    Opportunities for learning, development, and career advancement.

Safeguarding and Equal Opportunity

Altwasul for Human Development is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in its workforce and encourages qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, nationality, disability, religious or ethnic background.
Altwasul maintains zero tolerance for exploitation, abuse, harassment, discrimination, misuse of power, fraud, corruption, and any behavior that conflicts with the organization’s values, principles, and institutional commitments. Altwasul is also committed to child safeguarding and protection from sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment.
Selected candidates will be subject to reference checks, verification of academic credentials, employment history, and other relevant background checks. Applicants may be required to disclose any previous cases of sexual misconduct, other forms of misconduct, service termination, criminal records, or violations registered with relevant authorities, and to authorize former employers to disclose such information during reference checks.