MEAL Officer for Bulsho Somaliland- Project Implementation Unit (PIU)

GOVERNMENT OF SOMALILAND MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (MoLGUD) REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (REOI) INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT SELECTION Country: Somaliland Project ID: P508408 Project Name: Bulsho Project – Strengthening Community Institutions for Social Cohesion, Inclusion and Resilience Consulting Service: PIU Bulsho Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer Selection Type: Individual Consultant Reference: SO-MOLGUD-567776-CS-INDV Duty Station: Hargeisa, Somaliland, with travel to project regions and districts Duration: 12 months, renewable subject to satisfactory performance Application Deadline: September 3, 2026, at 4:00 PM Hargeisa Time 1. BACKGROUND The Ministry of Local Government and Urban Development (MoLGUD) of the Government of Somaliland is implementing the World Bank-financed Bulsho Project – Strengthening Community Institutions for Social Cohesion, Inclusion and Resilience (P508408). The main objective of the Bulsho Program is to strengthen community and local institutions for improved social cohesion, inclusion, and resilience. The Program places citizens and communities at the center of government action and seeks to strengthen service delivery, local governance, citizen engagement, and the social contract between communities and government. To support implementation of the Bulsho Project, the Government of Somaliland, through MoLGUD, intends to recruit a qualified and experienced Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer as part of the Project Implementation Unit (PIU). 2. SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT The PIU Bulsho MEAL Officer will lead the implementation of the Project’s monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning system, ensuring high-quality data collection, validation, analysis, reporting, evidence generation, accountability, and learning in accordance with the Project Appraisal Document (PAD), Project Operations Manual (POM), Results Framework (RF), Monitoring and Ev