Education Quality & MEAL Advisor

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Quality Assurance (QA) and Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Custodianship for Education

• Serve as the quality assurance and M&E custodian for the Child Results Area for Education.
  
• Support the development, implementation, and review of global education indicators, tools, and reporting processes.
  
• Ensure education data is complete, accurate, timely, and aligned with organisational standards.
  
• Serve as the focal point with external partners on M&E tools and systems such as Tangerine.
  

Digital Education Platform Systems Operations, Training, Support, and Management

• Oversee the operation, capacity building, and day-to-day functioning of the Measuring Education Quality Achieved (MEQA) platform.
  
• In collaboration with technical experts, develop education digital observation tools and design Power BI dashboards for MEQA and future digital M&E solutions.
  
• Partner with the Digital Solutions team to integrate AI tools as appropriate and feasible.
  
• Provide technical support to users and ensure systems are fit for purpose.
  
• Contribute to system improvements, troubleshooting, documentation, and user guidance.
  

Evidence Building and Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with World Vision M&E, Education and other relevant colleagues to strengthen evidence building and use in education programming.
  
• Support the generation and synthesis of evidence for learning, performance review, and program improvement.
  
• Contribute to documentation of lessons learned, best practices, and outcome monitoring.
  
• Lead on the development of Education annual reports, case studies, and knowledge products.
  
• Lead periodic reviews of education indicator trends, data completeness, data quality, and dashboard insights with global and country teams
  

Capacity Strengthening and Support

• Lead the facilitation of M&E Education community of practice
  
• Develop learning tools in collaboration with the Knowledge Management and Capabilities Advisor
  
• Build staff capacity on quality assurance, M&E systems, data interpretation, and use of dashboards.
  
• Support coordination and alignment across education reporting and learning processes.
  
• Provide coaching and technical support to teams as needed.
  

Data Utilization, Visualization, and Dashboards

• Develop and maintain dashboards, visualizations, and summary products that support interpretation and action.
  
• Conduct routine analysis of education data to identify trends, outliers, gaps, and emerging issues; translate findings into recommendations for teams and leadership
  
• Develop and maintain monthly/quarterly analysis briefs, indicator trend reviews, dashboard summaries, and data quality reports.
  
• Promote use of data for decision-making at project, national, and regional levels.
  
• Strengthen data communication so findings are accessible to technical and non-technical audiences.
  

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

• Master’s degree in Education, Social Sciences, Digital Monitoring Systems or other relevant discipline
  
• At least five (5) years of experience working in education Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), quality assurance, or data systems.
  
• Strong background developing and managing backend digital data systems, dashboards, and reporting tools in Power BI, Excel, KOBO or similar analytics tools.
  
• Demonstrated experience producing analysis briefs, dashboard narratives, data quality reviews, and decision-support products for technical and non-technical audiences.
  
• Strong analytical, communication, and facilitation skills.
  
• Ability to learn new digital platforms quickly.
  
• Demonstrated MEAL experience.
  

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

• Education sector experience is preferred but not mandatory if strong MEAL expertise exists.
  
• Ability to work collaboratively across technical teams.
  
• Experience translating data into practical program improvement actions.
  
• Experienced facilitator and strong knowledge of adult Learning methodologies
  
• Knowledge of the global education landscape, trends and emerging issues
  
• Comfort using technology to drive program quality.
  
• Analytical and problem-solving capabilities.