Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer (Consortium Focal Point) At RET International

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Background

RET is committed to working in emergencies, protracted crises and fragile contexts to alleviate the deepest suffering, build people’s resilience and improve their self-reliance.

We are one of the leading NGOs in offering tailored solutions and relevant programs to reduce gaps and respond to the real needs and challenges of communities.

We assume a crucial catalytic role in sustainable development. Our goal is to bring about significant positive change that empowers vulnerable young people, especially young women, to take control of their lives and realize their social and economic rights.

We accompany individuals, refugees, returnees, internally displaced persons and host communities, adopting the fundamental principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence.

Within the framework of the projects that RET International implements in Venezuela, the position of MEAL Officer – Consortium Focal Point is published.

Job description

Job Objective

The MEAL Officer – Consortium Focal Point will be responsible for leading and technically coordinating the project’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning system at the consortium level, ensuring the harmonized implementation of the MEAL Plan and the systematic monitoring of the Results Framework, indicators and goals committed to the donor.

The incumbent will be responsible for technically coordinating the MEAL Officers/Focal Points of RET and the Consortium’s partner organizations and for consolidating, reviewing and validating the information submitted by each organization, ensuring its quality, integrity, consistency, traceability and comparability before its use for monitoring and reporting the overall results of the project.

It will also lead the implementation of common procedures for participant registration, duplication and deduplication control among organizations, longitudinal cohort monitoring, data quality and protection, means of verification, accountability to affected populations (AAP), evaluation and learning, promoting the use of evidence for decision-making, programmatic adaptation and accountability to the donor and participating populations.

Job location

The position is based at the RET National Office, located in the Caracas Metropolitan Area, with frequent field missions according to the needs of the project.

Reporting and coordination line

  • Report to the Project Coordinator and the RET Program Management.
  • Directly supervises the Consortium’s Information Management Officer (IM), in accordance with the established organizational structure.
  • Coordinates technically with the RET MEAL Officer and the MEAL Officers/Focal Points of the Consortium’s partner organizations, promoting the homogeneous application of the MEAL system.
  • Works in close coordination with the Project Coordination, Consortium technical teams and other members of the Consortium Management Unit (CMU).

Specific Responsibilities

1. Leadership and harmonization of the Consortium’s MEAL system

  • Lead the design, harmonization, implementation and updating of the MEAL Plan, Results Framework, MEAL Toolbox and common Consortium procedures, ensuring their consistent application by all participating organizations.
  • Ensure that all partners use common definitions, methodologies, tools, counting criteria, frequencies, disaggregations, and procedures for measuring and reporting indicators.
  • Operationalize the indicators of the Results Framework, ensuring that their calculation methods, numerators, denominators, sources, frequencies, inclusion/exclusion criteria, disaggregations and Means of Verification are clearly defined.
  • Establish and monitor the consortium’s schedules for collecting, validating, consolidating, analyzing, and reporting information.
  • Provide technical guidance to partner MEAL teams on the interpretation and application of the MEAL requirements established for the project.

2 ***. Consolidation of RET and partner information***

  • Receive periodically from the RET MEAL Officer and from the MEAL Officers/Focal Points of the partner organizations the previously reviewed and validated information corresponding to their respective interventions.
  • Review, validate and consolidate the information submitted by the Consortium organizations, verifying completeness, consistency, timeliness, comparability and correspondence with the Results Framework.
  • Identify inconsistencies, gaps, deviations or errors and request the necessary clarifications and corrections from the respective MEAL focal points before incorporating the information into the consolidated results.
  • Maintain, in coordination with the GI Officer, the consolidated database of the Consortium and the master matrices for monitoring indicators and goals.
  • Ensure the traceability of consolidated results from the reported data to the corresponding source and means of verification.

3. Single registry, duplication control and consortium deduplication

  • Lead the implementation of the harmonized participant registration mechanism and the duplication and deduplication control procedures at the consortium level.
  • Establish common criteria, identifiers, and rules that allow for the identification of possible duplicate records among organizations, territories, activities, and intervention modalities.
  • Coordinate periodic cross-checks between the databases submitted by RET and the partners to identify and resolve duplications and ensure the reporting of unique participants.
  • Document the criteria, rules, results, and adjustments derived from the deduplication processes, ensuring their traceability.
  • Coordinate with the GI Officer the technical procedures necessary to automate, where possible, the duplication and consolidation controls.

4. Cohort and indicator monitoring

  • Design and supervise the harmonized system for longitudinal monitoring of the cohorts required by the Results Framework, ensuring that partners maintain traceability of participants throughout the measurement period.
  • Verify the consistency of the universes, numerators, denominators, and records used to calculate the indicators.
  • Pay special attention to the indicators that require periodic monitoring of access, attendance, retention, continuity, completion, learning, well-being and perception of safety, in accordance with the definitions established in the Results Framework.
  • Periodically analyze the performance of the indicators and generate alerts about deviations from the goals.

5. Quality, integrity and data protection

  • Design and implement a consortium data quality protocol, including criteria for completeness, accuracy, consistency, timeliness, integrity, and traceability.
  • Plan and coordinate periodic Data Quality Assessment (DQA) exercises on the information reported by the Consortium organizations.
  • Coordinate with the GI Officer the processes of debugging, validation, integration and secure storage of the consolidated databases.
  • Ensure compliance with protocols for the protection of personal data, informed consent, confidentiality, access and security of information.
  • Serve as the Consortium’s technical focal point during DQA, external assessments, and donor verification exercises.

6. Means of Verification

  • Establish and supervise the consortium system for the organization, review, validation, traceability and archiving of the Means of Verification (MoV).
  • Ensure that each organization maintains the corresponding MoVs for the reported results in accordance with common standards and procedures.
  • Verify that the consolidated results have sufficient, relevant, and traceable evidence.
  • Coordinate periodic checks between databases, reported results, and MoV.

7. Accountability to affected populations (AAP)

  • Lead the harmonization and monitoring of the Consortium’s AAP system, ensuring common minimum criteria for receiving, registering, classifying, referring, responding to and closing feedback and complaints.
  • Consolidate and periodically analyze the AAP information generated by partners to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Ensure that information derived from AAP is used in the processes of programmatic review and adaptation.
  • Coordinate with the relevant focal points the safe and confidential referral of sensitive cases of PSEAH, child protection and GBV.

8. Consortium reports and analysis

  • Consolidate and validate the Consortium’s MEAL results and prepare the project’s periodic and final reports.
  • Ensure consistency between quantitative information, narrative analysis, reported results, and means of verification.
  • Prepare dashboards, consolidated matrices, and analysis products that allow visualization of performance by indicator, partner, territory, and population.
  • Generate alerts and technical recommendations for the Project Coordination in the event of identified deviations, gaps, or risks.

9. Assessment, learning and adaptation

  • To technically coordinate the baseline processes, interim and final evaluations, studies and measurement exercises planned by the project.
  • Facilitate regular performance review and learning exercises with RET and partners.
  • Promote the use of MEAL evidence for programmatic adaptation and continuous improvement.
  • Lead the systematization of learning, good practices and evidence of change relevant to the project.

10. Capacity building and technical coordination

  • Identify MEAL capacity gaps among participating organizations and develop a technical support plan.
  • Train and provide technical assistance to MEAL Officers/Focal Points and relevant RET teams and partners on indicators, tools, data quality, deduplication, cohort tracking, MoV, AAP and reporting requirements.
  • Facilitate regular technical coordination sessions between the MEAL teams of the Consortium.
  • To technically represent the Consortium in the information management and monitoring spaces of the Education Cluster, when appropriate, ensuring interoperability and alignment with existing sectoral mechanisms.

Secondary and Cross-Cutting Responsibilities

  • Represent the Consortium Management Unit (CMU) at technical meetings for Monitoring, Evaluation and Information Management with donors, United Nations agencies and local educational authorities when expressly delegated by the Consortium Head or the MEAL Manager.
  • Actively participate in the technical formulation of new project proposals or expansions of the Consortium, contributing to the design of the Theory of Change, the Logical Framework, the definition of SMART Indicators, the identification of means of verification and the projection of socio-educational goals.
  • Support the Information Management Officer (IM) in the exploration, piloting and implementation of new technologies or digital platforms to automate the capture, processing and visualization of data in the field, improving the efficiency of the Consortium’s MEAL system.
  • Lead the systematization of case studies, stories of significant change (Most Significant Change), impact infographics and systematization of good pedagogical or inclusion practices for institutional dissemination and visibility to the donor.
  • To ensure the strict application of institutional policies on personal data protection, informed consent and confidentiality in the handling of files and records of vulnerable beneficiaries of the Consortium.
  • To serve as a technical focal point during Data Quality Assessments (DQA), donor field monitoring visits or external evaluations of the Consortium, facilitating access to required files, databases and means of verification.
  • Perform any other additional tasks inherent to your functions or technical support to the team that may be required by the Consortium’s Head or the MEAL Management of RET.
  • To provide technical, programmatic and results information about the project, and to support the development of new proposals and initiatives, contributing data, evidence, lessons learned and other relevant inputs derived from the implementation.

Additionally, like all RET staff

  • Work with confidence and integrity and have a clear commitment to RET’s core values ​​and principles, ensuring that activities and performance comply with RET’s Code of Conduct, PSEA and other Internal Manuals and Policies;
  • Working as a team to achieve institutional goals
  • To manage institutional resources transparently, effectively and efficiently fulfilling assigned tasks.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team, demonstrating management and leadership skills;
  • Ability to communicate clearly and sensitively with relevant institutions and organizations, and with internal and external stakeholders, as a representative of RET. These skills include effective negotiation and representation;
  • To ensure the safety and maintenance of the facilities and equipment;
  • To propose alternative solutions to problems that arise in the work area, from a constructive perspective.

Qualifications and requirements

Training and experience

  • University degree in Social Sciences, Statistics, Economics, Demography, Systems Engineering, or related fields. Postgraduate studies or specialization in Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, or Applied Statistics will be considered an asset.
  • Experience: Minimum of 4 years of progressive experience in monitoring, evaluation, information systems design and data management functions in social or humanitarian projects.
  • Specific experience: At least 2 to 3 years leading or coordinating MEAL/M&E components in multi-actor consortia, NGO alliances or complex humanitarian responses.
  • Proven experience in Education in Emergencies (EiE), Child Protection or Humanitarian Response projects funded by international donors.
  • Experience in the design and implementation of Accountability Mechanisms to Affected Populations (AAP/FCRM).
  • Venezuelan nationality or legal work permit in the country (essential).
  • Languages: Fluent spoken and written Spanish (essential). Intermediate/advanced command of English (desirable for donor reports).

Technical Skills

  • Solid command of MEAL, results-based management, Theory of Change and results frameworks.
  • Advanced experience in operationalizing and measuring indicators, including numerators, denominators, methodologies, eligibility criteria, disaggregations, frequencies and MoV.
  • Demonstrable experience in the design and management of MEAL systems for consortia or multi-partner projects.
  • Advanced capacity to consolidate, validate, and analyze information from multiple organizations and sources.
  • Knowledge and experience in single participant registration, inter-institutional deduplication, and longitudinal cohort follow-up.
  • Experience in Data Quality Assessments (DQA), data auditing and traceability, and MoV.
  • Knowledge of AAP and feedback and complaint mechanisms with cycle closure.
  • Knowledge of the protection and responsible management of personal data in humanitarian contexts.
  • Proficiency in KoboToolbox/ODK and advanced handling of Excel and data visualization tools.
  • Knowledge of the INEE Minimum Standards and monitoring systems applied to Education in Emergencies.
  • Ability to coordinate, negotiate and technically lead without a direct hierarchical relationship, essential to work with the MEALs of partner organizations.
  • Ability to translate complex evidence into programmatic analyses and recommendations for decision-making.
  • Facilitation skills and capacity building of multidisciplinary and multi-organizational teams.

How to apply

Applications

Professionals who meet the required profile can submit their resume (CV) along with a signed cover letter, including their salary expectations and three (03) verifiable work references from the last few years, until October 27, 2026. Applications should be sent to rrhh.ven@theret.org, indicating in the subject line: “Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer (Consortium Focal Point)”.

Due to the urgency of the recruitment process, RET reserves the right to review CVs continuously, and shortlisted candidates may be interviewed before the indicated closing dates. Therefore, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. RET cannot respond individually to each candidate due to the high volume of applications expected. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an initial interview.