First LAST NAME

MEAL Officer · Available immediately
Goma, DR Congo · +243 000 000 000 · [email protected] · linkedin.com/in/first-last

Profile

Humanitarian professional with 5 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation of food security and protection projects in emergency settings (DRC, Burundi). Experienced with ECHO, BHA and UNICEF funding, mobile data collection (KoboToolbox) and accountability to affected populations.

Professional experience

MEAL Manager – NGO name, Goma (DRC) · Jan 2023 – present

• Designed the logframe and M&E plan of 3 projects (total budget USD 4.2M, ECHO and BHA funding).
• Supervised 6 enumerators; baseline and endline surveys with 2,400 households.
• Set up a complaints and feedback mechanism: 1,150 cases handled in 2024, 95% closed within 30 days.

M&E Assistant – NGO name, Bujumbura (Burundi) · Mar 2021 – Dec 2022

• Monthly indicator tracking, Power BI dashboards, donor reports.
• Trained 40 community volunteers in data collection.

Education

Master of Public Health – University of …, 2020
Bachelor in Statistics – University of …, 2017

Certificates

Monitoring & evaluation (MEAL) – Humanitarian Academy, Humanitaires Jobs (certificate HJ-XXXX-XXXX)
Sphere, PSEA, HEAT (field security)

Skills

Logframe, theory of change · KoboToolbox, ODK, advanced Excel, Power BI, SPSS · Donor reporting · Accountability (AAP)

Languages

French: native · English: fluent (C1) · Swahili: intermediate (B1)

References

Available on request (two former supervisors).

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Nationality: … · Date of birth: … · Address: … · Phone: … · Email: …

Format based on the Personal History Profile (P11 / PHP) required by United Nations agencies: experience from most recent to oldest, with exact dates, working time, supervised staff and quantified achievements.

Work experience

Job title – Organization, location · from DD/MM/YYYY to DD/MM/YYYY · Full time · Staff supervised: 4 · Contract type: …

Duties: describe in 4 to 6 lines your responsibilities (programme management, budget, coordination, partners).

Achievements: 2 or 3 measurable results (e.g. "vaccination coverage increased from 62% to 85% in 3 health zones").

Supervisor: name, title, email (may we contact? yes/no)

Education

Degree, field, institution, country, years (from … to …). Highest degree first.

Languages (level: read / write / speak / understand)

English: fluent / fluent / fluent / fluent
French: fluent / fluent / fluent / fluent
Arabic: basic

Key skills linked to the UN competencies

Professionalism · Teamwork · Planning and organizing · Communication · Accountability · Client orientation

Training and certificates

BSAFE (UN security), Prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, Ethics and integrity, Humanitarian Academy certificates (no. HJ-…).

References

Three professional references, including one direct supervisor.

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Address · Phone · Email

To: Human Resources Manager
NGO name – Location

Location, DD Month YYYY

Subject: application for the position of [job title] – reference [vacancy no.]

Dear Hiring Manager,

I am writing to apply for the [job title] position in [location]. [NGO name]'s work with [populations / sector] matches the experience I have gained over the past [X] years.

At [current organization], I [main responsibility], which allowed me to [quantified result]. I also [second achievement linked to the vacancy: team management, donor relations, emergency context…].

I understand the realities of field work: security, cluster coordination, accountability to affected people and the humanitarian principles. I speak [languages], an asset when working with local teams and partners.

I am available from [date] and would welcome the opportunity to discuss my application with you.

Yours sincerely,

First LAST NAME

UN agencies often ask for a short "motivation statement" (2,000 to 3,000 characters) in the online form. Address the "competencies" and "required qualifications" of the vacancy, one per paragraph, with a concrete example for each.

Why this post and this agency?
[Agency]'s mandate in [field] and its work in [country] reflect my [X]-year commitment to [populations]. This [title, grade] post would allow me to bring my experience in [field] to [objective of the post].

Experience matching the requirements
The vacancy requires [requirement 1]: at [organization], I [concrete example and quantified result]. It also requires [requirement 2]: I [example].

Competencies
Teamwork: [example]. Planning and organizing: [example]. Communication: [example, languages].

Values
I share the UN values (integrity, professionalism, respect for diversity) and have completed [PSEA, ethics…] training.