Technical Advisor I, MEAL

🕒 July 17

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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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

• Provide technical MEAL advice and support to Country Program teams on program design and implementation • Support agency-wide MEAL strategies, standards, tools, and best practices while engaging partners, donors, and governments • Integrate gender, protection mainstreaming, and disaster risk reduction through a cross-sectoral approach • Provide remote and on-site technical solutions for strategic planning, data collection, monitoring and reporting, data management and quality, data analysis and visualization, and feedback, complaints, and response mechanisms • Contribute to or lead MEAL sections of technical proposal designs and support proposal preparation, submission, and approval • Advise project teams on integrating donor MEAL strategies, priorities, and technical requirements • Contribute to or lead project MEAL system development in accordance with donor requirements and CRS policies • Customize and design digital data-collection forms and data-visualization approaches • Document MEAL systems, including creating, maintaining, and periodically reviewing MEAL Operating Manuals • Support MEAL capacity strengthening for staff and partners through training strategies, workshops, coaching, and mentoring • Collect and analyze program data and share lessons learned and best practices • Contribute to donor, peer organization, research institution, and MEAL forum relationships

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in international development, statistics, economics, microfinance or another related field • Minimum of five to eight years of relevant work experience with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO • Minimum of two years of field-based experience in MEAL • Demonstrated experience with project MEAL, including development of indicators, data collection tools and methodologies, data analysis, and data presentation • Experience developing and producing curricula, tools, evidence, and other products to support MEAL • Demonstrated experience transferring knowledge to diverse audiences through training, mentoring, and other formal and informal methods • Proficiency in MS Office packages, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint • Kobo and/or CommCare administration experience required • Proficiency with web conferencing applications, information management systems, and knowledge-sharing networks • Knowledge of technical principles and concepts in MEAL • Experience in project design and proposal development, including writing proposal content • Knowledge of capacity-strengthening best practices • Experience with program monitoring, evaluation, and analysis • Experience networking and managing relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based civil society partners • Strong knowledge of descriptive statistics and database building and management • Knowledge of design requirements and regulations of major emergency donors, including the US Government, EU/ECHO, and UN agencies • Knowledge of humanitarian principles, standards, and systems • Proficiency in English and Spanish, verbal and written • Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% • Ability to live and work in difficult/stressful environments and serve wherever agency needs dictate • Ability to legally work where the position is performed • Successful candidates requiring residence or frequent travel outside their home country must clear pre-employment medical clearance

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Life insurance • Vision insurance • Generous retirement savings plan • Collaborative, mission-driven work culture