About SCM:
The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), is an independent, non-governmental, and non-profit civil society organization founded in 2004. It works to achieve justice, defend human rights, promote media freedom, support civil society, and encourage active citizenship. SCM has gained extensive experience in combating impunity and strengthening the rule of law.
Since 2011, SCM has held Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Its work focuses on documenting human rights violations and submitting legal files to hold perpetrators accountable, while strengthening the role of victims and their families, and supporting journalists and human rights defenders, as well as independent media as a tool for building democracy.
Type of Announcement: External
Vacancy code: 01/Meal2026
Announcement Date: 22 September 2026
Application deadline: 01 October 2026
Employer: Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)
Program/ Project / Department: Reports to the Meal Manager
Job title: Meal Officer
Number of positions available: 1 (One)
Workstation: Damascus – Syria (with the ability to travel)
Expected starting date: 15 October 2026
Type and duration of contract
Temporary contract
One-year renewable contract
With a renewable three-month probationary period.
Roles and responsibilities
- Support the implementation of SCM’s Monitoring and Evaluation framework and procedures across all projects and programs.
- Conduct regular follow-up on project activities to ensure implementation is progressing according to approved work plans, timelines, indicators, and donor requirements.
- Track project outputs and indicators and update monitoring tools, trackers, and Performance Indicator Tracking Tables (PITTs) on a regular basis.
- Collect, organize, review, and verify means of verification (MoVs) and supporting documents for project activities and indicators.
- Conduct routine data quality checks to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency, and reliability of reported information.
- Follow up with project teams to ensure timely submission of monitoring data, reports, attendance sheets, surveys, assessments, and other required documentation.
- Participate in field monitoring visits, activity observations, spot checks, and beneficiary verification exercises when required.
- Assist in designing and administering monitoring tools such as surveys, feedback forms, attendance trackers, and data collection templates.
- Support the analysis of monitoring data and contribute to the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and donor reports.
- Maintain organized digital and physical archives for monitoring data, reports, and means of verification.
- Identify implementation delays, documentation gaps, data inconsistencies, or risks and report them to the MEAL Manager and relevant project teams.
- Support project teams in understanding and applying monitoring requirements, indicators, targets, and reporting procedures.
- Assist in baseline studies, assessments, evaluations, and other MEAL-related activities as assigned.
- Contribute to proposal development by supporting indicator tracking plans, monitoring methodologies, and data collection approaches.
- Perform any other monitoring and evaluation-related tasks assigned by the MEAL Manager or senior management.
Required skills and qualifications
Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field (Development, Social Studies, computer sciences or statistics, or a related field.
Experience
- At least three years of M&E experience.
- Demonstrated experience in program design monitoring and evaluation or management.
- Experience in monitoring and evaluating capacity-building activities..
- Must have adequate knowledge and experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection methods and analysis.
- Capacity-building experience in project monitoring, reporting, and evaluation
- Experience in using artificial intelligence tools responsibly.
Skills
- Computer knowledge including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (additional experience with data analysis software is preferred).
- Fluent in Arabic, with strong skills in English.
Workplace overview
The Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression is an independent, non-governmental, and non-profit civil society organization founded in 2004. It works to achieve justice, defend human rights, promote media freedom, support civil society, and encourage active citizenship. The Center has gained experience in combating impunity and promoting the rule of law.
The center has had special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council since 2011, and its work focuses on documenting human rights violations and submitting legal cases to hold perpetrators accountable, while promoting the role of victims and their families, and supporting journalists, human rights defenders, and independent media as a means of building democracy.
Advertisement type: Outdoor
Job code: 01/Meal2026
Announcement date: September 22, 2026
Application deadline: October 1, 2026
Employer: Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)
Department/Program/Project (Administrative Affiliation): Reports to the Director of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Department
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Officer
Number of vacancies advertised: 1 (one)
Work location: Damascus – Syria (with the ability to travel)
Expected start date: October 15, 2026
Type of contract and contract period
One-year temporary contract,
renewable
, with a three-month probationary period, also renewable.
Roles and responsibilities
- Supporting the implementation of the organization’s approved Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework and procedures across all projects and programs.
- Conduct periodic follow-ups on project activities to ensure that implementation is proceeding in accordance with work plans, timelines, approved indicators and donor requirements.
- Monitoring project outputs and performance indicators, and regularly updating monitoring tools, tracking tables, and performance indicator tracking tables (PITTs).
- Collecting, organizing, reviewing and verifying means of verification (MoVs) and supporting documentation related to project activities and indicators.
- Conducting periodic data quality checks to ensure the accuracy, completeness, consistency, and reliability of the reported information.
- Follow up with project teams to ensure that follow-up data, reports, attendance forms, questionnaires, evaluations and required documents are submitted on time.
- Participating in field follow-up visits, monitoring activities, conducting surprise checks, and verifying beneficiaries when needed.
- Assistance in designing and implementing follow-up tools, such as questionnaires, feedback forms, attendance tracking sheets, and data collection forms.
- Supporting the analysis of follow-up data and contributing to the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and donor reports.
- Maintaining an organized digital and paper archive of follow-up data, reports, and verification methods.
- Identify delays in implementation, gaps in documentation, data inconsistencies, or risks, and report them to the MEAL Officer and relevant project team managers.
- Supporting project teams in understanding and applying monitoring requirements, indicators, objectives, and reporting procedures.
- Assistance in carrying out baseline studies, assessments, various studies and evaluations and other MEAL activities as assigned.
- Contributing to the preparation of project proposals by supporting indicator tracking plans, follow-up methodologies, and data collection methods.
- Perform any other follow-up and evaluation-related tasks assigned by the MEAL officer or senior management.
- Required qualifications and skills
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field, such as development, social studies, computer science, statistics, or any related field.
Experience
- At least three years of experience in the field of monitoring and evaluation (M&E).
- Proven experience in designing, monitoring, evaluating, or managing programs.
- Experience in monitoring and evaluating capacity-building activities.
- Sufficient knowledge and experience in methods of collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data.
- Experience in capacity building in the areas of project monitoring, reporting and evaluation.
- Experience in dealing with artificial intelligence tools professionally.
Skills
- Proficiency in computer use, including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and preferably additional experience in using data analysis software.
- Proficiency in Arabic with strong English language skills.
How to apply
- To apply, please fill out the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWakfDHosckDriQp4qTCm9kj9SC0WOe8pATj1pWzoTOqEJxQ/viewform - When applying through the application above, please upload a CV in PDF format with the full name of the applicant in the title.
- Any application received after the deadline will be rejected.
- CVs will be reviewed after the deadline of submission, and only shortlisted will be called for interviews. We apologize for not sending replies to all.
- To apply for this vacancy, please fill out the form via the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWakfDHosckDriQp4qTCm9kj9SC0WOe8pATj1pWzoTOqEJxQ/viewform - When filling out the form, please upload a resume in PDF format and name the file with the applicant’s full name.
- Any application submitted after the deadline will be ignored.
- The review process for resumes will begin after the application period ends, and only candidates who advance to the second stage of the recruitment process will be invited for interviews. We regret that we will not be able to respond to the remaining applicants.