Program Manager I, MEAL – Health Systems Strengthening Project

🕒 July 28

🦀 Maryland – Remote

🦀 Maryland – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📋 Program Manager

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Catholic Relief Services

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1943

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Food & Beverage • Logistics

Catholic Relief Services is a global humanitarian organization that eases the suffering of and provides development assistance to people in need in over 100 countries. As the official international relief organization of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, CRS focuses on emergency response, health, agriculture, education, and justice and peacebuilding. Their work is guided by Catholic values and the organization aims to serve the poor and vulnerable, regardless of race, religion, or nationality.

📋 Description

• The MEAL PM will act as the technical advisor and process lead for quality Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) for the Project. • Manage tools and recommend methods appropriate to scope, context, and technical requirements of these projects. • Coordinate MEAL activities, maintain relationships with partners and other project stakeholders to support project objectives and advance CRS work serving the poor and vulnerable. • Utilize technical MEAL skills and knowledge to manage and analyze data, ensure donor compliance, and support learning initiatives to ensure continuous improvement and the delivery of high-quality programming in the country program. • Develop MEAL system and manage MEAL implementation activities through the project cycle - co-design, start-up, implementation, and close-out - in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and best practices. • Provide technical support for quality MEAL system design and implementation, including tools and methods appropriate to scope, context, and technical requirements of a project. • Lead planning for and analysis of qualitative and quantitative MEAL data, while ensuring data quality and data management practices. • Integrate data analysis, and reflection to drive improvements in ongoing project activities to strengthen evidence-based and high-quality programming. • Ensure compliance with donor and agency MEAL requirements by consistently applying established standards and monitoring adherence across activities. • Maintain collaborative relationships with community members and key stakeholders by engaging regularly, fostering open communication, and supporting meaningful participation in program activities. • Identify staff capacity needs and technical MEAL assistance needs of partner organizations. Contribute to capacity strengthening and required interventions to support quality project implementation. Train project stakeholders in the MEAL system and donor requirements. • Support the production of donor reports and organize quarterly partner meetings. • Report annual Global Results in the CRS system and ensure all the reports are uploaded to centralized systems. • Communicate agency approach to MEAL and key findings to CP colleagues and partners. • Share MEAL learning and experiences in broader regional discussions.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in international development, International Relations, Sociology, Statistics or in a related field is required. • Minimum 5 years of relevant field-based experience in coordinating or managing light to moderately complex projects required, preferably with an international NGO. • Experience communicating with communities and implementing accountability mechanisms. • Leadership experience in MEAL is highly desirable. • Experience engaging with partner organizations. • 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. • Critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment. • Strong relationship management skills and the ability to work effectively with local stakeholders. • Data analysis (quantitative and qualitative) and database management skills. • Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting in English. • Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented mindset. • Attention to details, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities. • Fluency in English. • Must be willing and able to travel up to 35% to remote and low resource locations.

🏖️ Benefits

• CRS offers U.S. based staff a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, and a generous retirement savings plan.