Program Manager I - MEAL (Kenyan Nationals Only)

• Act as the technical advisor and process lead for quality Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) for the project. Provide leadership, management, and technical oversight for the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the project's MEAL system. Ensure the timely availability and use of high-quality performance, participant feedback and learning information to monitor implementation, measure results, meet donor and CRS requirements, strengthen accountability and support adaptive management.
  
• Supervise project MEAL staff and work closely with project leadership, technical teams, implementing partners and other stakeholders to strengthen MEAL capacity, promote evidence-based decision-making, and improve program quality.
  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret qualitative and quantitative evidence and translate findings into practical recommendations.
  
• Strong data management, database and data quality assurance skills.
  
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively across program, technical, operations, compliance and partner teams.
  
• Strong data management, database and data quality assurance skills.
  
• Excellent facilitation, presentation and written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to prepare clear technical and management reports.
  
• Strong planning and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and deliver high-quality outputs within established timelines.
  
• Proactive, resourceful, results-focused, and solution-oriented, with strong attention to accuracy, accountability and documentation.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, International Development, Public Health, Food Security, Economics or another relevant field.
  
• Experience with institutional donor-funded programming, preferably including food security, nutrition, resilience or humanitarian assistance.
  
• Demonstrated experience with commodity and food distribution tracking systems.
  
• Experience providing MEAL leadership for a large-scale, multi-sectoral, or multi-partner program.
  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, International Development, Public Health, Food Security, Economics, Social Sciences or in a related field is required. Additional experience may substitute for some education.
  
• Minimum of seven years of relevant field-based experience, including progressive responsibility for designing, managing or strengthening MEAL systems for moderately complex donor-funded programs projects, preferably with an international NGO.
  
• Demonstrated experience managing integrated MEAL systems, including monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning, data management, and reporting.
  
• Strong experience in quantitative and qualitative methods, indicator management, data analysis and data-quality assurance.
  
• Experience with digital data collection, participant registration, management information systems and data-visualization or reporting tools.
  
• Experience designing or managing assessments, baselines, endlines, evaluations, or other project learning studies.
  
• Demonstrated experience working with implementing partners and strengthening staff and partner MEAL capacity.
  
• Experience supervising staff and building collaborative, high-performing teams.
  
• Experience contributing to project design, donor reporting, and compliance for institutional donor-funded projects.
  
• Experience engaging communities and implementing participant feedback and complaints mechanisms.
  
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), standard statistical data analysis packages (SPSS, Stata or R), web conferencing applications, and information management systems.