MEAL Coordinator, Senior MEAL Coordinator

The Gurkha Welfare Trust Nepal is the field arm of The Gurkha Welfare Trust UK, a charitable Trust established and registered in the UK in 1969, and working particularly for the ex-Gurkha Veterans and their communities across Nepal.

We are inviting applications from qualified, committed, and eligible individuals for the following positions based at the Trust’s Headquarters in Pokhara.

1. Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator.

2. Senior MEAL Coordinator.

1. MEAL COORDINATOR

Key Responsibilities:

The MEAL Coordinator is accountable to the Information Support Manager for internal HR and administrative management, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and procedures. The role is directly accountable to the MEAL Team for the development and implementation of MEAL strategy, prioritisation of workloads, and the effective delivery of MEAL objectives across the organisation.

Working closely with the Senior MEAL Coordinator, programme teams, and the UK MEAL Team, the postholder will support the implementation of agreed targeted monitoring visits, plans, frameworks, and reporting requirements, ensuring that MEAL activities are delivered in line with organisational priorities and standards.

Please read through the Job Description for further information on job responsibilities.

Essential and Desirable Criteria:

•  Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Public Health, Social Science, Public Administration or related field with 5 years of work experience in MEAL.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and critical analytical skills.
•  Experience in Infrastructure Technical Monitoring, Research studies, and good knowledge in Management Information System (MIS) and computer applications.
• Professional technical knowledge/expertise in research study, data collection, survey, statistics and data analysis.
•  Experience in documenting success stories, case stories for learning and writing high-quality reports and well-spoken English.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, flexible and effective in delivery of service and good time management and Strong organisational skills.
•  Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge in Cross Cutting Components topics like Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) and DRR within the programme.
•  Must have excellent computing skills in Ms-Word, Excel and Power Point.
• Professional technical knowledge/expertise in demography, statistics, and data management; Methodology of MEAL, theories, standards and models, quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods, validity/reliability testing of data, data analysis and interpretation, and statistical inference methods.
• Professional technical knowledge/expertise in Activity Monitoring & Evaluation, Evaluation Design, data analysis, and reporting.
•  Knowledge of Nepal Government Development Planning Procedures, Local Self-Governance Act, WASH, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), school and medical will be an advantage.

2. SENIOR MEAL COORDINATOR

Key Responsibilities:

The Senior MEAL Coordinator is accountable to the Information Support Manager for internal HR and administrative management, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and procedures.

The role is directly accountable to the UK MEAL Team for the development and implementation of MEAL strategy, the prioritisation of workloads, and the effective delivery of MEAL objectives across the organisation.

Working closely with the UK MEAL Team, the postholder will provide technical leadership and oversight to MEAL Coordinators in the implementation of agreed monitoring plans, targeted monitoring visits, MEAL frameworks, and reporting requirements. The role will ensure that MEAL activities are delivered consistently, efficiently, and in line with organisational priorities, standards, and best practices.

Please read through the Job Description for further information on job responsibilities.

Essential and Desirable Criteria:

•  Master’s degree in public health, Statistics, Development Studies, Social Sciences or a related field, with substantial experience in NGO/INGO, humanitarian or development programmes with 7 years of work experience in MEAL.
• Experience in Research studies, and good knowledge in Management Information System (MIS) and computer applications.
• Ability to mentor MEAL teams, coordinate with programme staff and partners, train colleagues, and communicate findings clearly to management and donors.
•  Ability to design, document, and produce high-quality survey reports, monitoring reports, assessment reports, and impact evaluation reports, ensuring findings are evidence-based, well analysed, and effectively communicated to support decision-making, learning, and programme improvement.
•  Ability to collect, analyse and interpret data using tools such as Excel, Kobo/ODK, databases, and produce reports.
•  Analytical, detail-oriented, organised, ethical, collaborative, adaptable and solution-focused, with the ability to use evidence to improve programme quality and decision-making.
•  Excellent communication, presentation, and critical analytical skills.
•  Professional technical knowledge/expertise in research study, data collection, survey, statistics and data analysis.
• Must be able to share and contribute to the ethos and vision of the Trust.
•  Knowledge of Nepal Government Development Planning Procedures, Local Self-Governance Act, WASH, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), school and medical will be an advantage.

3. REMUNERATION

The Senior MEAL Coordinator position falls in EG6L1 in our pay structure, with a basic monthly salary of NPR 193,171. The MEAL Coordinator position falls under EG5L1, with basic monthly salary of NPR 152,282. Current salary is applicable for internal candidates transferring level.

All other benefits and facilities will be provided in accordance with GWT(N) Standing Instructions.
The initial contract duration is three years, with the possibility of extension based on organisational needs and individual performance.

4. ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATIONS

Qualified, eligible, and interested applicants are invited to submit their applications by Saturday, 31October 2026.

Please click here to apply.

Internal candidates are to refer to Chapters 6.10.17 to 6.10.20 of the SI for details regarding eligibility criteria for level transfer and promotion.

Only applications submitted online will be accepted. Applications sent through email will be discarded. Telephone inquiries will not be entertained.

The Gurkha Welfare Trust Nepal is an equal opportunity employer

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