Peacebuilding MEAL Manager

Role Information:

Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Manager

Location: Juba, South Sudan

Reporting to: Line Management by Programme Peacebuilding Manager, and administratively, to the

Project Peacebuilding Manager in Juba

Supervising: MEAL Officers based in Abyei and Muglad

Salary: $2750 monthly gross of tax. 33 days of annual leave to include all public and religious holidays

Status: 12 month contract – 40 hours per week. This is a professional role that requires flexibility, commitment and willingness and ability to work longer hours when necessary.

Role Duties and Responsibilities:

Developing and Implementing the programme’s monitoring and evaluation systems:

• Develop and oversee the systems to monitor and evaluate activities and their impact
• Evaluate and enhance existing data collection tools used during previous monitoring exercises
• Evaluate and enhance existing metrics to measure attitudinal and behavioural change resulting from programme activities.
• Contribute to the development of Concordis’ peacebuilding methodology, policy, strategy and monitoring and evaluation

Responsible for programme monitoring and evaluation

• Ensure the programme adapts and evolves to meet the needs identified, remaining accountable to communities affected by conflict
• Monitoring against the Theory of Change and ensuring that the programme is achieving the intended impact. If not, identifying what needs to change to achieve the intended impact
• Monitoring against performance indicators to check that the project is delivering against these indicators. Identify issues and agree action plans to address these
• Capture learning and identifying what works, what didn’t work, what we’d do differently next time.
• Ensuring all monitoring and evaluation data across the project area is collected fully, with appropriate follow-up where necessary, in accordance with strict monitoring deadlines.

Responsible for Producing Timely Internal and External Reports

• Produce monthly and bi-annual donor reports on all regional programme activities in collaboration with Abyei Programme Manager.
• Generate clear, professional and visually attractive reports that explain the impact of our work and the recommendations from our dialogues
• Work with the Communications team producing informal news items, telling the story of the impact of our work and publicising the recommendations that come from dialogues that we facilitate

Responsible for Being an Active Leader of the MEAL Function and Manager within the Regional Team

• Lead on ensuring staff across the programme understand the role of MEAL in their work and have the skills to operate the required systems and capture the data
• Deliver training and coaching in MEAL techniques to the wider team
• As part of the regional Senior Leadership Team oversee the work and staff teams in the regional hubs in Abyei Town and Muglad

Person Specification:

Essential:

• At least 2 years’ peacebuilding experience in complex environments
• At least 2 years’ experience working in the Sudan/South Sudan region
• At least 2 years’ senior management experience
• At least 5 years of reporting to institutional donors on programmes worth over $1m per year
• Demonstrable experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning of peace processes
• Demonstrable excellent IT skills, including KOBO Collect, MS Office and tools to analyse large datasets
• Professional level English and a strong command of Arabic
• Exceptional writing skills
• Willing to spend at least 25% time travelling throughout the country
• Masters degree in international relations, development studies, conflict resolution or a related discipline
• Personal efficiency, resourcefulness, organisational ability and the ability to be flexible and maintain good humour in challenging circumstances
• Awareness of cultural diversity and political sensitivities and ability to address such issues with tact, diplomacy and sensitivity
• Commitment to Concordis’ mission, principles, values (available at http://concordis.international/our-mission-and-values/

Desirable:

• Fluent in Arabic and/or relevant local dialects
• Video editing experience.
• Practical experience and/or training in NGO Security Management.

A note from the Director General, introducing the role :

Thank you for your interest in this exciting new role within the growing Concordis’ team.

This programme exists because we were invited to act. Communities and authorities affected by conflict across this borderlands region recognised the impact of our longstanding work in Abyei and the surrounding borderlands, and invited us to set up an expanded programme.

The donor also recognised the impact of this work and approached us unilaterally with an offer of a significant, four-year grant to implement this programme.

At Concordis, it’s not good enough for us merely to deliver programme activities; we aim for sustainable impact for peace, addressing root causes of conflict and measuring attitudinal and behavioural change attributable to our work. Inclusivity is one of our core values, and we’re looking to see transformation of conflict that’s experienced by women as well as men, herders and farmers, people in rural settings as well as those in urban centres.

We are looking for a MEAL specialist, who is a peacebuilder at heart, and will be stationed at our office in Juba.

As MEAL Manager, you will work with the peacebuilding team to develop and implement sophisticated metrics for measuring and monitoring these changes over time, disaggregating these datasets by gender, age, ethnicity, livelihood etc. You will lead on reporting on programme delivery to the donors, extracting information from the wider team. You will also ensure that these findings are reported back to the wider team, ensuring that our programmes remain accountable to the wider population and adapt to the rapidly changing and fragile contexts in which we work.

You will also use your flair for writing and publishing skills to produce more informal news items, telling stories of the impact of our work and publicising the recommendations that come from dialogues we facilitate. This will help us amplify voices that are often ignored by decision-makers, leading to evidence-based policy-making.

You will be based in Juba and must be willing to make regular visits to regional hubs in the borderlands of Sudan and South Sudan.

Some of the reports prepared to date are at:

https://concordis.international/reports

Kind regards

Peter Marsden

Information on the programme “Building resilience in Abyei and the surrounding borderlands of Sudan and South Sudan”:

The objective of the programme is to prevent and mitigate the impact of local conflicts in Abyei and the surrounding borderlands. This region relies heavily on agro-pastoral activities, including cross-border transhumance: the seasonal movement of livestock across borders in search of good pasture.

The four-year programme aims to address the root causes of instability and conflict in Abyei and the surrounding borderlands, particularly those associated with the practice of transhumance, by improving the resilience of cross-border communities, strengthening local and border security, and promoting local dialogue, conflict resolution and intercommunal trade.

The programme builds on the work that Concordis has been doing with local communities in Abyei and the surrounding borderlands for more than a decade.

The programme has four specific objectives:

1. Conflict resolution mechanisms rooted in the local context, owned by and accountable to the affected populations
2. Improved intercommunity relations among key communities in the borderland areas
3. Fair and functioning cross-border markets, resilient to external shocks, which bring shared benefits to communities including women and youth
4. Constructive linkages between peacebuilding work in the borderlands and decision making in the capitals are promoted

Programme activities will include:

1. Consultation studies to understand the needs of local communities and identify drivers of conflict.
2. Strengthen existing traditional conflict resolution mechanisms and establish Local Advisory Groups for conflict prevention and management and to strengthen the resilience of local communities.
3. Workshops to address the root causes of conflict and identify ways to transform conflict.
4. Timely intercommunal conferences to ensure peaceful seasonal livestock movements throughout the project area.
5. Training of local market governance systems and across market value chains to promote fair and inclusive intercommunal trade
6. Facilitation of workshops at capital level to bring together local and national-level stakeholders to discuss peacebuilding solutions in Abyei and the surrounding borderlands

The nature of this regional programme means that the approach will change according to the local nuances of the conflict.

How to apply

Application Information:

How to apply:

Applications will only be considered if they are submitted as follows:

Submit your resume and a cover letter as two separate documents. The cover letter should be no longer than two pages and explain:

• Why you're interested in the job and why you'd like to work for Concordis
• How your skills and experience make you a good candidate for the person's specifications
• Which languages you can use at a professional level, including verbally and in writing.
• Your experience in a MEAL role
• The level of your IT skills including Excel and Kobo

The document must be saved in PDF format in the following format:

Your first name-Your last name–Name of the document–Date (mmyy), e.g. John-Smith-CV-0524

Method 1: Please send both documents to hr@concordis.internationalwith an email title of Juba MEAL Manager

or

Method 2: Physical applications will be received at Concordis International’s office in Juba at AFEX River Camp, Stadium Road, off Cemetery Road, Juba

Deadline :

Closing Date: Midnight 30th November 2025

Selection process:

All online applications submitted will receive an automatic response acknowledging receipt but we regret that we are unable to enter into individual correspondence with unsuccessful candidates. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next steps.

Declaration of equality:

Concordis International is committed to treating all people equally and with respect, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief, gender or sexual orientation. We actively promote equality and diversity and seek to recruit people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds to support our peacebuilding mission.

Queries:

If you have any queries or you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact the HR team by email on hr@concordis.international and we’d be happy to help.

We will keep your personal data carefully and within the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations.

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks including satisfactory references and appropriate screening. This includes criminal records checks, review of sanctions and proscribed groups lists. Concordis also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

For more information about Concordis International please visit our website at www.concordis.international