MEAL & Reporting Lead - Sudan

We are currently recruiting a MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountibility & Learning) Lead to join our Sudan team.

This is a field-based position with frequent travel to various locations across Sudan.

The role is a 6-month fixed-term international position, starting March 1, 2026.

At Relief International, we are committed to building a representative, inclusive and authentic workplace. We strongly encourage applications from candidates from minoritized backgrounds those who bring lived experience of the contexts in which we work.

This role is classified as requiring advanced pre-employment checks.

About Relief International

Relief International is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing. We work in 14 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience.

About the Opportunity

You will lead the design and implementation of a MEAL framework across Health, Nutrition, WASH, and Protection, ensuring rigorous monitoring of outputs, outcomes, and indicators to drive adaptive management. You will oversee high quality data collection, verification, analysis, and use for reporting, managing accountability to affected populations through feedback and complaints systems, and work closely with country level MEAL, Program, Technical teams, and field staff to maintain consistent data quality and foster learning.

Your Responsibilities

This role includes the following responsibilities.

• Design and implement a MEAL framework across Health, Nutrition, WASH, and Protection.
• Monitor outputs, outcomes, and indicators against approved logframes to support adaptive management.
• Ensure high quality data collection, verification, analysis, and use for reporting and decision making.
• Manage accountability to affected populations (AAP) mechanisms, including feedback and complaints systems.
• Coordinate with country level MEAL, Program and Technical teams and field level staff to ensure consistent data quality and learning.

About You

You will bring the following experience and skills.

• Experience designing and implementing MEAL systems for multisector humanitarian programs.
• Strong spoken and written English and French are essential.
• Strong understanding of logframe based monitoring, indicator tracking, and data quality assurance.
• Proven ability to manage high quality data collection, verification, analysis, and use for reporting and adaptive management.
• Knowledge of accountability to affected populations (AAP) approaches, including feedback and complaints mechanisms.
• Skilled in coordinating with MEAL, Program, and Technical teams across multiple locations to ensure consistency and learning.
• High attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and the ability to synthesize complex information clearly.
• Comfortable working in fast paced emergency contexts with tight deadlines and evolving priorities.

Research shows that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs, unless they meet every single requirement. If you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t align with every criteria described, we encourage you to apply anyway, you could be exactly what we need!

How to apply

To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page.

• You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter.
• The cover letter should be one page, and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.

Closing Date

As this is an emergency response role, we will be reviewing applicants on a rolling basis, please apply today as we may withdraw the position from the jobs board before the closing date.

As a humanitarian organization, Relief International is committed to the safeguarding of all those we come into contact with through our work. We are committed to the core humanitarian principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. Relief International expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and uphold the values and behaviors outlined in the Code of Conduct.

Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references, and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.