Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Leads monitoring and learning for WFP Yemen, ensuring coverage, reliable data and timely reporting that improve programme decisions. The role coordinates monitoring partners and feedback mechanisms, verifies assistance activities, develops staff capability, and integrates protection, gender and accountability considerations into evidence generation, programme adaptation and operational follow-up.

• Lead the Field Office monitoring plan with risk-based priorities and resolution of gaps and backlogs
• Coordinate WFP, third-party, post-distribution, remote and field-verification monitoring activities
• Ensure monitoring data are complete, timely and available for qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Reconcile planned beneficiaries, food dispatches, distributions and people reached for country-programme reporting
• Use monitoring findings to drive programme adjustments and track actions and recommendations
• Supervise and coach field monitors, third-party monitors and partners
• Coordinate donor third-party-monitoring exercises across design, implementation and reporting
• Manage local feedback mechanisms so issues from affected populations are registered and addressed

• Advanced university degree in social sciences, statistics, development economics, performance management, monitoring and evaluation or a related field, or first university degree with additional relevant experience
• Five years of relevant experience including one year of professional experience in project monitoring, evaluation or data analysis within humanitarian or development contexts
• English and Arabic

• Experience in WFP Yemen operations

• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Field Monitoring
• Data Quality Assurance
• Qualitative Analysis
• Quantitative Analysis
• Programme Reporting
• Capacity Building
• Accountability to Affected Populations
• Protection Mainstreaming
• Gender Mainstreaming
• Partner Coordination

• Third-Party Monitoring
• Post-Distribution Monitoring

• Contract duration: 12 months
• Apply through WFP’s online recruiting system with a CV and cover letter
• Official source conflict: Structured listing identifies Marib while the posting text lists three Field Office duty stations
• Official source conflict: Structured listing deadline is 17 September 2026 while the posting text names 2 September 2026