Senior Project Officer - MEAL

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Statistics, Data science, Public Health, Global Health Research, or related field required.
  
• Minimum of 5-6 years’ relevant work experience with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO, with minimum of 4 years in MEAL roles relevant to field-based experience in development, social services and infrastructure development monitoring.
  
• Additional experience may substitute for some education.
  
• Proven experience in monitoring and evaluation of light to moderately complex projects
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in information and technology management or Statistics/Mathematics, Computer Science, project management, International Relations or in the field of MEAL would be a plus.
  
• Experience working with partners, participatory action planning and community engagement.
  
• Good technical knowledge and experience in managing MEAL in a Resilience, Developmental or Emergency context.
  
• Demonstrated experience in database management and appropriateness of quantitative statistical management programs including Microsoft Access, SPSS, EPI-INFO, STATA, and Microsoft Excel. Familiarity with GIS and GPS technology and Knowledge of CommCare and Microsoft Power BI will be added advantages.
  
• Strong group process design and facilitation skills, including developing and leading workshops.
  
• Demonstrated commitment to gender-responsive programming.
  
• Staff supervision experience a plus
  

• Organize and lead the implementation of all assigned project MEAL activities as outlined in the detailed implementation plan in line with CRS program quality principles, standards, and MEAL policies, procedures, and practices, donor MEAL requirements, and industry good practices. This includes coordinating MEAL-related logistical and administrative support to staff and partners.
  
• Ensure learning properly accompanies project activities throughout the project cycle. Integrate adaptive learning and operations research practices to ensure documentation of lessons learned and utilization of best practices. Support accountability through coordinating project evaluation activities and guiding partners in their efforts to reflect on project experiences. Analyze implementation challenges and report any inconsistencies and gaps to inform adjustments to plans and implementation schedules.
  
• Lead the roll-out and implementation of the project’s feedback, complaint, and response mechanism (FCRM). Support actively seeking and responding to feedback from all members of targeted communities and other stakeholders as defined by the FCRM.
  
• Implement monitoring activities and processes according to the project’s Detailed Implementation Plan, MEAL system and donor requirements. Ensure the quality of monitoring data through annual data quality assessments.
  
• Coordinate and oversee MEAL-related working relationships with all local project stakeholders and serve as the liaison between them and the project team to mobilize local actors and promote project activities and impact. Identify and respond to key stakeholders’ information needs in MEAL activities, using a range of appropriate communication methods. This will also include supervising and performing ad hoc inspections of various MEAL processes and resources at project sites to ensure timely project activities implementation and adherence to established process standards and procedures.
  
• Support and coordinate MEAL capacity building and technical support activities to ensure assigned project MEAL activities are implemented by project guidelines and standards. Optimize partner participation and capacity development in the implementation of MEAL systems.
  
• Develop a MEAL system outlining indicators, tools, data sources, data flow, procedures, staffing, and statistical procedures required to monitor implementation and assure quality project interventions.
  
• Ensure timely, project documentation for assigned MEAL activities is complete with all required documents and is filed according to agency and donor requirements. Assist with the preparation of trends analysis reports and documentation of case studies and promising practices. When required, provide accurate data and information to meet agency (Global and Country Program) information needs and other initiatives.