Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Manager for South Sudan, based in Juba At IMPACT Initiatives

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BACKGROUND ON IMPACT AND REACH

IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organisation manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative and the PANDA Initiative. The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis and GIS. IMPACT was launched at the initiative of ACTED, an international NGO whose headquarter is based in Paris and is present in thirty countries. The two organizations have a strong complementarity formalized in a global partnership, enabling IMPACT to benefit from ACTED’s operational support on its fields of intervention.

We are currently looking for a MEAL Manager to support IMPACT and the South Sudan Cash Consortium, based in Juba, South Sudan.

Position: MEAL Manager for the South Sudan Cash Consortium

Contract duration: 12 months

Starting Date: May 2025

Location: Juba, South Sudan.

COUNTRY PROFILE

IMPACT, through REACH and PANDA, has been implementing programming in South Sudan since 2012. Assessments of conflict affected areas, mapping and service provision analyses for major IDP sites around the country, running large-scale IDP return intentions assessments and information management support to clusters and consortia are among IMPACT’s key activities.

REACH South Sudan implements assessments across multiple core units:

Monitoring of the humanitarian situation in South Sudan, through ad hoc rapid assessments in times of sudden escalations in conflict or natural disasters and monthly humanitarian needs monitoring and coordination of the Needs Analysis Working Group.

Providing direct technical support to humanitarian clusters through active engagement with coordination bodies, dedicated assessments and information products, and strategic engagement to promote innovative methods towards understanding sector-related needs in South Sudan.

PANDA is IMPACT’s lever on humanitarian aid responses which focusing on improving outcomes for beneficiaries through direct engagement with partners and their activities. Where REACH works through soft power and partnerships to affect systemic change, PANDA is direct action that allows us to ensure that system and its participants are trustworthy and delivering the most effective, efficient and equitable response possible. PANDA is praxis – it is how IMPACT manifests our vision of acting as a catalyst of change within the aid community to work through focused or multidimensional analysis of projects, programmes and policies to identify their results, strengths and weaknesses, and how they can be improved, then proposes or implements a concrete plan for improvement. IMPACT South Sudan has worked on multiple PANDA Initiative projects in recent years particularly in the area of food security and agricultural investments.

More information on IMPACT’s work in South Sudan can be found here: South Sudan | Impact. (https://www.impact-initiatives.org/where-we-work/south-sudan/)

POSITION PROFILE

Beginning in May 2026, IMPACT will serve as the MEAL lead for the ECHO-funded South Sudan Cash Consortium. IMPACT is seeking a MEAL Manager to lead MEAL activities for the consortium, to coordinate consortium M&E leads and to supervise a consortium-dedicated Data Officer.

The consortium brings extensive, long-standing operational presence across all targeted locations in South Sudan. Consortium members contribute complementary technical expertise: Save the Children (SC) provides consortium leadership and oversight of the technical approach; Action Against Hunger (ACF) leads advocacy and communication; Concern Worldwide (CWW) leads linkages between MPCA and nutrition outcomes; DanChurchAid (DCA) leads sub-thematic integration as well as protection and gender-transformative programming along War Child; Mercy Corps leads market and vendor engagement, and Crisis Modifier implementation; and IMPACT Initiatives (IMPACT) will lead on MEAL and provide overall MEAL support to the consortium.

Drawing on its experience supporting cash consortia in Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan, IMPACT will act as the technical partner overseeing MEAL tasks. During the inception phase, IMPACT will work jointly with implementing partners to develop a detailed MEAL plan to guide implementation, which will be regularly updated. This plan will include harmonizing and strengthening existing M&E and assessment tools, including PDM, beneficiary registration, and verification systems, to ensure data comparability and enable consolidated analysis and information products at consortium level, including dashboards, while providing evidence for multi sectoral actors in areas of intervention. IMPACT will emphasize strengthening local partners’ capacities throughout the MEAL process, covering research design, data collection, analysis, and reporting.

In addition to the responsibilities above, the MEAL Manager will provide explicit leadership and coordination support to the cash consortium’s baseline, endline surveys and post-distribution monitoring activities and lead the production of all M&E-related consortium reports.

This position requires strong IM including database and data analysis skills, prior experience in an emergency context, an analytical mind, creativity and independence. Candidates should have strong writing and presentation skills and be able to clearly think through and articulate implications of findings and methodologies. The MEAL Manager will have outstanding organizational and time management skills and be equipped to successfully engage and coordinate partners throughout the year.

The MEAL Manager will be a member of the Consortium Management Unit (CMU) as well as the Cash Consortium Technical Working Group (TWG). Day-to-day management of the year-long project is ensured by a dedicated Consortium Management Unit (CMU), led by a Cash Consortium Director based in Juba.

The MEAL Manager will be functionally line managed by the Cash Consortium Director. Human Resource management will be managed by IMPACT. The MEAL Manager will work in close coordination with the CMU, TWG and the IMPACT Country Representative.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The MEAL Manager’s responsibilities include

RESEARCH CYCLE MANAGEMENT

  • Develop the Cash Consortium’s MEAL plan in line with donor and partner expectations and requirements
  • Lead the implementation of the MEAL plan throughout the year
  • Lead the harmonization process of all Consortium M&E tools including evaluation and monitoring tools
  • Develop streamlined reporting pathways for partner activities and outputs in conjunction with the Consortium director and MEAL Working Group
  • Understanding key research cycles and how this research contributes to strategic response objectives.
  • Managing relevant research cycles, including oversight of research design, data collection, or analysis.
  • Manage M&E related consortium donor reporting.
  • Coordinate the Consortium CFM/CRM across partners.

CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING

  • Keeping up to date with the shifting context in South Sudan.

RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Overseeing development and implementation of the consortium dashboard.
  • Leading the research cycle including research design, tool development and harmonization, and overseeing partner data collection throughout the year.
  • Producing high quality research outputs in English including quarterly newsletters and baseline, endline, PDM reports and other reports as required.

STAFF MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING

  • Supervise the REACH Data Officer assigned to support consortium data and information management.
  • Supervise and support other REACH staff as assigned
  • Capacitate Consortium partner staff in M&E-related activities throughout the year, potentially through training, workshops and other remote or in-person mechanisms.

COORDINATION

  • Lead and coordinate the Consortium MEAL Working Group.
  • Participate in the Consortium Technical Working Group and the Consortium Management Unit.
  • Participate in the Cash Working Group and present consortium activities on a regular basis.
  • Coordinate all 22 Cash Consortium partners in the area of M&E activities and ensure that all partners have and maintain a clear understanding of their respective responsibilities.
  • Coordinate partner inputs to reporting mechanisms.
  • Coordinate with IMPACT HQ departments including appropriate research units at necessary steps in the planning and production of key outputs.

The MEAL Manager will maintain the strictest confidentiality on all data collected and related processes. They will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of any information and data belonging to IMPACT and its partners, or collected during their assignment with IMPACT.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Academic qualifications Excellent academic qualifications are required. A master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g. international studies, development, humanitarian response, data science, political science, etc.) is an asset.
  • Years of work experience At least 3-5 years of relevant working experience in a humanitarian setting or equivalent, which could include assessments, monitoring and evaluation, research design and analysis.
  • Research skills Excellent quantitative and qualitative research data analysis experience is required.
  • Organization and Time Management Excellent organizational and planning skills with the ability to develop and execute a multi-faceted multi-partner work plan
  • Attention to detail Strong attention to detail and the ability to ensure appropriate indicator and tool application that meets all donor and partner requirements
  • Communication/reporting skills Excellent verbal and written communication and drafting skills in English for effective reporting are required.
  • Software skills Knowledge of R, STATA, Python or equivalent statistical software. Proven knowledge of Microsoft office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Knowledge of ArcGIS an advantage.
  • Dashboard Development Experience with dashboard development and management using Tableau, RShiny, PowerBI or an equivalent software is highly desirable.
  • Familiarity with aid system Good understanding of the aid system and the research community. Prior experience with humanitarian coordination forums is an asset.
  • Thematic experience Prior experience with Cash and Markets is an asset.
  • Consortium Experience Prior experience working in or leading portions of a consortium is an asset.
  • Cross-cultural work environment Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility.
  • Experience in geographical region Past experience in the region is desirable; knowledge of the national context in South Sudan would be a significant asset.
  • Language skills Fluency in English required.
  • Security environment Ability to operate in a complex and challenging security environment

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

  • For this position, salary between 3’420 CHF and 3’480 CHF monthly (before income tax), etc as well as a monthly living allowance of 300 USD
    NB – IMPACT salaries are strictly determined by our salary grid depending on the grade of the position and the level of education of staff. A location-dependent security and/or isolation adjustment is then applied as a recognition that some staff are required to work in difficult places where living and working conditions are much more difficult than elsewhere.
  • Accommodation and food provided in a guesthouse. NB – IMPACT is hosted by ACTED in this country
  • Enrolment in Swiss private pension fund (Swisslife – approx. 9.975% of staff gross salary), health insurance, life insurance and repatriation assistance
  • Accompanied status does not apply to this position*.*
  • Flight tickets every 6 months & visa fees covered (in-country travel costs and professional expenses are fully covered)
  • R&R after 3 months (flight ticket up to 500$ + 200$ of living allowance)
  • Contribution to the luggage transportation: between 20 and 100 kgs, depending on the length of the contract (+ luggage and personal property insurance)
  • Annual leave of 36 days per year. Public holidays of the country of assignment. Family/compassionate leave when applicable.
  • Predeparture induction – 3 days at IMPACT Initiatives’ HQ in Geneva + one week pre-departure training in ACTED HQ in Paris, including a 4-days in situ security training;
  • Enrolment in IMPACT Initiatives Research Foundational Learning Programme within the first 3 months from the start of contract.
  • IMPACT prioritizes the psychological safety of its staff and the health insurance provided covers, among others, up to 1000 € per year of psychosocial counselling fees
  • This is not a family duty station.

How to apply

Please apply directly on te website via te following link: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Manager for South Sudan, based in Juba (Link For External Applicants) | Impact