Vacancy: MEAL SPECIALIST

CARE Ghana is excited to invite your applications for new job openings in our programs and operations. Not only do we offer exceptional opportunities for career growth for Ghanaians especially women and young people, but we are also proud to welcome talented people such as yourself into the global CARE community where our core values of Transformation, Integrity, Diversity, Equality and Excellence are the benchmarks against which we measure ourselves as leaders and employees

If you share these values and our passion for saving lives, defeating poverty, and achieving social justice, then CARE Ghana is the place for you. We hire and nurture great people from diverse backgrounds, abilities, and identities, striving every day and at all levels to build and sustain an inclusive workplace and a sense of belonging for our teams. Your wellbeing and satisfaction with your job in CARE Ghana matter as much to us as your performance.  Our compensation and benefits package are generous, and we offer flexible working conditions to enable you to enjoy life outside of work, and as part of our commitment to equity.

At CARE, we recognize that skills and expertise can come from a range of experiences from work and life, in addition to education or past job titles. As such, we welcome applications from dynamic, curious, and creative Ghanaians with a passion for learning and problem-solving.

Interested? If yes, please submit your CV and cover letter in response to the position below:

The AGREE Activity is a multi-faceted and integrated programme of sub-initiatives implementing gender-responsive approaches and initiatives in agricultural governance and value chain and contributing to conflict resolution and peace building in 31 districts of the 05 northern regions of Ghana. The Activity began in March 2016 as the Northern Ghana Governance Project (NGGP) and is scheduled to end in February 2026.  The Activity aligns with the objectives for USAID’s Country Development and Cooperation Strategy for Ghana to ensure: 1), Broad-Based Economic Growth Accelerated and Sustained; and 3) Sustainable Development Accelerated in Ghana’s Northern Regions.

The MEAL Specialist will be based in Tamale in the Northern Region and will be required to travel domestically at least 30% 

The Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Specialist is a key position on the AGREE Activity and reports to the Chief of Party. The MEAL Specialist will be based in Tamale with oversight responsibility to provide leadership and strategic direction in the design, monitoring and evaluation of the performance monitoring plan (PMP), ensuring compliance with the USAID performance management requirements. 

She/He will provide strong M&E leadership to the AGREE team in the development and implementation of a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation strategy for the AGREE Activity. The MEAL specialist will provide supervision and technical input in the efficient management of the Performance Monitoring and will provide the lead in data collection, analysis, cleaning and reporting on AGREE Activity. She/He will employ all available techniques and tools in line with USAID data quality assessment criteria to ensure that data gathered for reporting are valid, precise, reliable, timely and have integrity.

The MEAL Specialist will ensure that the project is well monitored and is of excellent technical quality. The role holder will also play an important role in improving information management and data quality, and in strengthening knowledge sharing and learning across the project and key community structures.

• Lead in the preparation of consolidated progress reports including identifying bottlenecks in program implementation for management advice


• Lead in the collection of M&E data and provide updates to facilitate continuous improvement


• Coordinate consortium partners MEAL Officers to ensure data quality and reporting

• Coordinate the design and implementation of evaluations in line with USAID guidelines.


• Lead in the analysis of data collected under the strategy for assessment of program and areas for improvement


• Undertake validation exercises as may be required by the project


• Lead in the design and oversee evaluations, impact studies and research components related to project data needs 

• Support dissemination of learning and best practices of outcomes of program and help staff to write up and/or share their experiences including providing data and information on the AGREE success and approaches.

• Provide technical support by collating, analyzing, consolidating monitoring data and preparing reports for quarterly and annual progress performance reporting to USAID


• Lead in the operationalization of all project MIS, Data cleaning editing and reporting into Global Food Security System and the Program Impact and Information Reporting Systems.


• Lead in the design and implementation of the project Activity Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Plan (AMELP) and information system to track delivery against project targets