MENA Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Adviser
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Contract: 24-months fixed term contract, renewable
Salary: ยฃ34,032 + ยฃ1865.92 monthly allowance
This is an Unaccompanied position
Could you provide strategic MEAL expertise across multiple countries, strengthening National Society capacities, ensuring accountability, and supporting evidence-based programming in some of the most complex humanitarian contexts in the MENA region?
About the Role
The MENA MEAL Adviser will play a pivotal role in supporting and facilitating accountable, evidence-based, and quality programming across the MENA region. Working closely with the MENA regional team and country representatives, you will promote best practice in MEAL and strengthen sustainable National Societies in line with the British Red Cross localisation approach.
In response to operational priorities, 30% of your time will focus on the BRC Delegation in oPt and another 30% on Syria, both requiring regular technical accompaniment, field visits, and close partner coordination. The remaining 40% will be dedicated to other MENA countries, particularly Lebanon, where trategic engagement with the Lebanese Red Cross remains a priority.
Reporting to the MENA Regional Representative, and with technical collaboration with the Senior PMEAL Adviser and Country Representatives, you will:
Provide expert technical advice on MEAL across multiple country contexts, ensuring BRC-supported programmes meet quality, accountability, and compliance standards. Support National Society partners to build MEAL capacity, adapt tools to local contexts, and embed participatory approaches. Strengthen MEAL systems, including planning, programme logic, monitoring frameworks, evaluations, and learning processes. Ensure the integration of Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA), Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI), and Movement-wide standards into project-level MEAL practice. Collaborate with Movement partners to align MEAL priorities, share learning, and promote best practice. Support evidence generation for donor reporting, ensuring findings are timely, accurate, and actionable. Contribute to organisation-wide improvements in BRCโs International Quality Methodology and other quality assurance tools.What We Are Looking For
You will have a strong technical background in MEAL, ideally with international humanitarian or development experience in multi-country contexts. You are skilled at turning quantitative and qualitative data into actionable insights, and comfortable advising on complex MEAL systems at regional and country levels.
You will have:
Proven experience designing and implementing MEAL systems or leading MEAL functions in international settings. Strong facilitation, training, and mentoring skills to build MEAL capacity in diverse cultural contexts. Experience with participatory approaches, project cycle management, and inclusive practice. Knowledge of the international humanitarian system and Movement-wide MEAL standards, including CEA and PGI integration. Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills with partners and stakeholders. Willingness to travel up to 90 days a year, often to challenging environments, with flexibility to adapt to evolving needs.A higher-level academic qualification in a relevant discipline is useful. Additional certifications in M&E, project management, or humanitarian standards are desirable. Fluency in English is required; proficiency in Arabic or French is an asset.
Please see Role Profile for more information.
Closing date for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 14th September 2025.
Should you have any questions on this role please email us at international_recruitment@redcross.org.uk quoting the job title.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include:
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