M&E Manager

• Serve as the technical backbone for NEAR's Annual Member Survey, including instrument development, data collection coordination, data cleaning, and quantitative analysis.
• Maintain NEAR's indicator framework and results tracking systems across programs and initiatives, conducting data audits and flagging gaps.
• Provide data backbone support for donor-funded programs, including MEL framework development and donor reporting.
• Own and maintain NEAR's MEL data systems in Asana, including dashboards and data management protocols.

This role strengthens NEAR's data and measurement capacity, enabling evidence-based decision-making and demonstrating the collective impact of locally led humanitarian and development efforts, thereby reshaping the top-down system to one that is locally driven and accountable.

• Strong quantitative data analysis skills, including data cleaning, statistical summarisation, and cross-tabulation across large datasets.
• Strong survey methodology experience with proficiency in web-based survey platforms such as SurveyMonkey.
• Experience maintaining indicator frameworks across multiple concurrent donor-funded programmes and conducting data quality audits.
• Ability to produce clear data visualisations and dashboards for non-technical audiences.

12-month full-time contract; remote position with global candidates welcome; time zone overlap across multiple regions required.

NEAR (Network for Empowered Aid Response) is a membership-based movement of local organisations aiming to reshape the humanitarian and development system to be locally driven, equitable, and accountable. It is hosted by Adeso, an African-based international development and humanitarian organisation.