MEAL Manager, Haiti RFSA

Job Overview

You will manage and provide technical oversight for MEAL in the development and implementation of the Haiti RFSA (Ayiti pi Djanm) programming, ensuring effective MEAL systems and processes are in place that support high-quality programming advancing Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work in serving the poor and vulnerable. Your MEAL-related management skills and knowledge will ensure that the CP delivers high-quality programming and continuously works towards improving the impact of its Resilience programming.

Roles and Key Responsibilities

• Provide management, guidance, and technical oversight for MEAL throughout the RFSA project cycle to ensure project design, start-up, implementation and close-out are in line with CRS quality principles and standards and MEAL policies, procedures, and practices; donor MEAL guidelines, and industry best practices.
• Effectively manage talent for MEAL and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff wellbeing. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, and complete performance management for direct reports (Haiti RFSA MEAL team).
• Champion the development of program learning – identify opportunities for learning, research and publications in Resilience and implementation of MEAL policy. Facilitate the dissemination of promising practices and lessons learned to contribute to the agency´s knowledge management agenda. Promote the application of learning to improve program quality and to strengthen agency influence among external stakeholders. Ensure integration of innovations and best practices.
• Provide management, guidance, and technical oversight for the development and implementation of high-quality MEAL systems and processes, including ICT4MEAL and the application of responsible data principles as per agency and donor requirements in the Haiti RFSA. Promoting MEAL policies and industry good practices, champion the analysis and use of project performance data in Ayiti pi Djanm to inform decision-making and identify lessons learned. Facilitate connections between consortium members to generate and share evidence-based learning.
• Provide management, guidance and technical oversight for RFSA evaluation events and research including the development of terms of reference or study protocols that include evaluation/learning questions, a balance of qualitative and quantitative methods, appropriate consideration of ethical and data protection standards, and the necessary technical rigor. Oversee the quality of evaluation data through good data management. Support the identification, recruitment, and management of external evaluators or research partners to ensure high quality evaluation, research, and learning.
• Oversee MEAL-related technical assistance and capacity strengthening activities for staff and partner organizations to enhance program quality and impact.
• Contribute to capacity strengthening initiatives in CLA for staff and partner through helping develop learning and training strategies and agendas/curriculums, conducting trainings and workshops, and mentoring and coaching to CP staff.
• Led knowledge management and learning through collecting and analyzing program data, evaluating strategic projects, assisting with measuring program impact, capturing and sharing lessons learned and best practices, and research and internal reports.
• Provide leadership to ensure effective accountability systems across all aspects of the project as well as utilization of feedback to influence management and adaptation of project.
• Oversee the identification, assessment and strengthening of partnerships relevant to MEAL in and the appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches.
• Oversees timely and appropriate project MEAL expenditures in line with financial plans and efficient use and stewardship of project material sources.

Basic Qualifications

• Bacherlor’s Degree in International Development, International Relations or in the field of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning required. Additional experience may substitute for some education.
• Minimum of 8 years' experience in relevant field-based project management experience required, with at least 3 years working experience in the MEAL.
• Experience in managing MEAL for complex projects

Preferred Qualifications

• Master´s Degree.
• Experience in an international NGO an advantage.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• MEAL skills and experience required.
• Experience working with large donors, USG preferred.
• Strong conceptual knowledge about theories of change, logic model, food and nutrition security indicators, M&E plan, data quality assurance, and data utilization
• Experience with innovative learning practices including Internal Change Management for CLA, Evaluative thinking and Adaptive management.
• Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge to diverse audiences (capacity strengthening) through training, mentoring, and other formal and non-formal methods, using adult learning methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in developing and operationalizing a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan focusing on learning; familiarity with FFP M&E and Reporting Policy and Guidance for the components of an M&E plan.
• Ability to work in a challenging and stressful environment with unexpected challenges.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to make sound judgment and decisions and offer innovative solutions
• Strong relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship.
• Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information management systems.
• Good experience in project grants management, including project design, preferably for grants from multiple public donors, including USAID.
• Demonstrated ability to write high quality technical proposals.
• Experience engaging with partner organizations
• Good presentation and facilitation skills
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented
• Required Languages: English and French fluency required
• Travel: Must be willing and able to travel up to 30-50 % domestically with periodic international travel.
• Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes – Direct supervision of MEAL Officer, Data Analyst, Sr ICT4D Officer, and Accountability Officer