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ABOUT ME Natalia Pykina
MEAL Specialist
6+ years of MEAL-related experience
in the NGO field, a track record of [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
contributing to 12+ projects within
the international development
sector, including
WORK EXPERIENCE
Health/Rehabilitation, MHPSS, GBV,
Nutrition, WASH, and Child
MEAL Coordinator
protection sectors.
Momentum Wheels for Humanities, Lviv, Ukraine | June 2023 –
My experience includes framework December 2025
design, indicators development,
 Implement, oversee, and manage the MEAL system for Ukraine
donor reporting, qualitative and projects, adhering to the guidance and compliance standards of
quantitative analysis, evaluations, USAID/other donors.
 Develop and update project monitoring plans (PMPs), MEAL
workflow optimization. Skilled at
manual, and causal logic result frameworks for all projects in
collecting, cleaning, and monitoring Ukraine.
data from multiple data sources,  Development and establishment of data flows as well as
including KoboToolbox and Excel data identification of project data sources, data collection tool types,
database management tools, and data analysis/visualization tools,
sources.
such as centralized project-level Excel workbooks to compile and
sum data for indicator reporting or other database management
platforms.
 Develop and update data collection tools (electronic and paper
SKILLS forms) to ensure coherence in indicator tracking across project
sites and partners and to achieve the project’s learning goals.
 Manage and support the collection, management, and analysis of
 Power user of Excel, Power Bi, project data, including sub-awardee and partner data in project
KoboToolbox/Ona countries, in line with USAID/other donor and general best MEAL
 Verbal and written Intelligence practices.
 Support and advise colleagues on activity-level MEAL reporting,
 Detail-oriented
ensuring quality and consistency across technical areas.
 Organizational skills  Review, clean, and consolidate data.
 Multi-tasking  Develop and conduct MEAL trainings for field and partner staff on
data collection, management, and reporting tools and protocols.
 Ability to work efficiently in a
team and individually Develop and compile training toolkit, training materials, guides,
and instructions for project/partner personnel.
 High communication Skills  Provide and consolidate MEAL inputs for internal and donor
 Data visualization reporting and compliance requirements, including analyses and
visualization of data, and indicator progress reports provision.
 MEAL Officer
E D U C AT I O N
International Medical Corps, Mariupol/Stryi, Ukraine | 2020- June 2023
Specialist’s and Bachelor’s Degree in  Design, set up, implement, and maintain effective monitoring and
Humanities: evaluation systems to collect basic information about project
Translator from two foreign languages
activities at all stages.
(English, German)| 2005-2010
Priazovskyi State Technical University,  Identify priority data needed for operational and planning means
Mariupol, Ukraine and develop tools and data collection methods for monitoring of
the progress against project indicators and program outcomes.
 Design, test, implement, and review routine project monitoring
and reporting forms, databases, and data flow mechanisms.
LANGUAGES  Rolling out, planning, and implementing the mission-wide
Community-Based Feedback and Response Mechanism (CBFRM) in
 English – Advanced line with the AAP (Accountability to affected populations)
 Ukrainian – Native framework.
 Russian – Native  Coordinate needs/baseline assessments, including coordination
with other agencies, survey creation, quantitative and qualitative
data collection, prompt analysis, and dispersal of findings.
HOBBIES  Conduct site visits according to the monitoring plan previously
worked out and approved to monitor and assist partners in the
 Sports data collection process to ensure data quality.
 Outdoor activities  Roll out and support MEAL activities of partner organizations,
including MEAL plan design, the creation of the MEAL manual, and
 Reading
MEAL training.
 Preparation and submission of monthly, quarterly, baseline,
annual, final, and other types of reports.
 Take on the role of the Focal Point for the Field Office site from
MEAL department, managing a team consisting of up to two
workers.

Program Assistant
International Medical Corps, Mariupol | June 2019- 2020
 Support in data collection, data input, and analysis.
 Support in preparation of reports, assessments, and surveys.
 Assist in developing and maintaining of filing system for program
documentation.

Assistant/translator
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Mariupol,
Ukraine | February 2019-April 2019
 Assistance/interpreting during the election observation mission.

Translator
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), Mariupol, Ukraine| August 2018
 Translation during the affected population interviews. Consent
forms collection.

Translator
Olympia Marriage Agency, Mariupol | 2011-2019
 Work with big databases.