Full-Time
MEAL Consultant
Posted on 10/31/2025
Search for Common Ground
1,001-5,000 employees
Global nonprofit mediating conflicts and peacebuilding
No salary listed
Palestine
Hybrid
In-person presence encouraged (Ramallah, Bethlehem, Hebron) for workshops.
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- Proven experience designing MEAL systems in fragile/conflict-affected settings.
- Experience in participatory indicator development and advocacy-related monitoring.
- Knowledge of Palestinian peacebuilding, governance, or civil society dynamics.
- Skills in facilitating mutual learning and reflective workshops with local partners.
- Familiarity with Search’s adaptive learning approach and participatory methodologies is an asset.
- A commitment to producing usable, context-sensitive MEAL tools that support both upward accountability and local relevance.
- Develop a standardized MEAL system and tools for the SFCG Palestine Programme through a participatory process co-led by Search staff, implementing partners, and key stakeholders.
- Co-refine programme indicators—both globally defined and local priorities identified through the Grounded Accountability Model (GAM).
- Design a toolkit of 5–7 standardized MEAL tools, including qualitative and quantitative data collection and reporting templates accessible to grassroots actors with varying technical capacities.
- Deliver two interactive capacity-strengthening workshops (each 1–2 days) for partners to enhance skills in capturing impact, applying adaptive learning, and informing programme improvement.
- Facilitate at least 3–4 participatory sessions with Search staff and partners to develop or refine programme indicators (including community-defined, qualitative, and advocacy-related indicators).
- Organize a Grounded Accountability Model (GAM) workshop among community members to co-create localized indicators of peace.
- Facilitate at least one validation workshop with partners to ensure ownership of tools and indicators.
- Work with Country Team and partners to collect and analyse field data, and to generate reports and data visualization products as needed.
- Organize at least one project reflection meeting and develop an Outcome Reflection Log.
- Deliver a finalised MEAL framework and user manual incorporating feedback; provide a final consultancy report with process, tools, learnings, and recommendations for sustainability and reflection.
- Familiarity with Search’s adaptive learning approach and participatory methodologies is an asset.
Search for Common Ground (SFCG) is a global nonprofit that works to end violent conflict and build lasting peace, operating in fragile regions such as West Africa and Yemen by bringing together communities, governments, and international organizations to foster dialogue, mediation, and capacity building. It delivers conflict resolution services and programs—mediation, community dialogue, training, and advocacy—funded by donations, grants, and partnerships, and aligned with policies like the Global Fragility Act. Its approach stands out by using inclusive, multi-stakeholder methods on the ground, connecting local peacebuilding work to broader policy and funding mechanisms. Its goal is to reduce violence and help create stable, peaceful communities by helping people understand differences and find common ground.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Washington DC, District of Columbia
Founded
1982
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- 92% Nigerian youth believe they can lead peacebuilding per September 2025 research.
- EU-funded 24-month Hustle Show in Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto boosts youth entrepreneurship.
- Dumisha Amani Zanzibar stabilized post-election tensions via 2021-2022 EC funding.
What critics are saying
- EU budget cuts post-2024 slash 40% revenues from Nigeria, Zanzibar grants in 6-12 months.
- USAID shifts defund Global Fragility Act partners, collapsing 30+ operations in 12-24 months.
- CG USA diverts resources from West Africa, Yemen, causing staff defections in 18-24 months.
What makes Search for Common Ground unique
- Common Ground Approach unites conflicting sides via dialogue and shared problem-solving.
- Social impact entertainment like The Hustle Reality Show scales peacebuilding to millions.
- Operates in 30+ countries as largest dedicated peacebuilding NGO with 40 million media reach.
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Company News
EU, group begin reality show to tackle insecurity, others. The European Union and Search for Common Ground on Tuesday launched The Hustle Reality Show (Buge Buge), a youth-focused initiative aimed at addressing insecurity and promoting peace in Nigeria's North-West. The programme, which will run across Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto States, seeks to equip young people with entrepreneurship skills, mentorship, and peacebuilding activities. Funded by the EU, the programme would run for over 24 months. Speaking at the launch, the EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Gautier Mignot, said the initiative aligns with the EU's Youth Action Plan, which prioritises engaging diverse youth, empowering those in marginalised communities, and fostering connections across social and regional divides. He said, "The Hustle Reality Show embodies all three pillars by reaching youths from different communities, equipping them with entrepreneurial skills, and building networks that cut across social, ethnic, and regional lines. "We are convinced that when young people thrive, societies become more resilient. Innovation expands. Communities become safer. And national development accelerates." West Africa Regional Director of Search for Common Ground, Francis Diakanda, said the project was designed to tackle structural drivers of violence by improving economic inclusion and supporting youth leadership. He noted that high unemployment, social exclusion, and limited opportunities have worsened insecurity in the region. Diakanda cited youth-led research conducted in September, which showed that 92 per cent of young people believed they could lead peacebuilding and entrepreneurship efforts in their communities. "The initiative was created to counter the structural causes of violence by empowering young people with livelihood skills, business opportunities and platforms to lead peace efforts in their communities. Insecurity in the North-West had been worsened by high unemployment, limited economic inclusion and the exclusion of youth from decision-making. "The project will bring together young entrepreneurs to compete in a reality-style programme featuring business challenges, mentorship, and peacebuilding activities. "This show is more than entertainment; it is a peacebuilding tool designed to inspire millions of viewers and demonstrate that collaboration, tolerance and innovation can bridge divides and reduce violence," he said. The North-West has experienced escalating insecurity over the past decade, driven by banditry, farmer - herder clashes, kidnappings, and communal tensions. Katsina, Zamfara, and Sokoto States have been particularly affected, with rural communities facing recurring violence, displacement, and the collapse of local economies.
On August 23, 2024, Tilwate Peace Network, in partnership with Search for Common Ground and Meta, organized a conference focused on digital inclusion and literacy for refugees, internally displaced persons, and host communities.
To enhance peaceful conflict transformation mechanisms, reduce tensions and promote a peaceful period after elections in Zanzibar, Search for Common Ground, in partnership with the Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) implemented the "Dumisha Amani Zanzibar" project, funded by the European Commission (January 2021 - December 2022).
After an extended search, Search for Common Ground is delighted to announce the appointment of its new President, Marjorie Newman-Williams.
Search for Common Ground (“Search”), the world’s largest peacebuilding organization, is thrilled to announce the appointment of opera singer Ryan McKinny to its President’s Leadership Council.