Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance, and peacebuilding. We welcome as a part of our staff people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need. CRS’ processes and policies reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.
Technical Advisor II - MEAL
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Technical Advisor II - MEAL
Catholic Relief Services | CRS
Role Description You will provide technical advice, guidance, and support to a wide range of program design and implementation issues with a focus on larger projects in the area of emergency Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) in line with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices to regional and Country Program (CP) teams to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable. Your technical knowledge, advice and guidance will contribute to determining how effective, adaptive and innovative CRS’ MEAL programming is across the globe. Roles and Key Responsibilities - Contribute to the development and implementation of agency-wide strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in emergency MEAL that effectively engage partners, donors, and governments. - Help ensure a cross-sectoral approach integrating gender, protection mainstreaming, and disaster risk reduction. - Provide technical solutions to regional and CP teams, remotely and on-site, for strategic planning and how to best apply program design and implementation standards, best practices, partnership principles, tools, and M&E, ensuring high-quality implementation. - Contribute to regional and CP efforts to pre-position CRS for growth opportunities in emergency responses. - Lead or contribute to the development of the technical design for large and/or complex proposals, including defining appropriate monitoring systems and indicators. Advise project teams on integrating donor strategies, priorities, and technical requirements into CRS’ approach. - Contribute to capacity strengthening initiatives in MEAL staff and partner through helping develop learning and training strategies and agendas/curriculums, conducting trainings and workshops, and mentoring and coaching to CP staff. - Contribute to 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. - Establish and maintain relationships with donors, peer organizations, research, and other institutions. Participate in forums in MEAL to collect and share best practices and promote CRS’ work. - Contribute to the customization and design of digital forms for data collection and the design of approaches for data visualization that facilitate use of data and quality reporting for development and humanitarian programming. Qualifications - Demonstrated application of technical principles and concepts in MEAL. - General knowledge of other related disciplines to ensure a proper cross-sectoral approach. - Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, knowledge-sharing networks. - Experience in business development, project design, and proposal development in MEAL, including technical writing. - Experience in mentoring, coaching, facilitation, and training applying adult learning principles and practices. - Experience with program monitoring and evaluation, including applying data collection tools and methodologies, data analysis, and data presentation. - Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based civil society partners. - Understanding of partnership principles. - Excellent relationship management skills with ability to influence and get buy-in from people not under direct supervision and to work with individuals in diverse geographical and cultural settings. - Strong strategic, analytical, problem-solving, and systems thinking skills with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment. - Strong written and oral communication skills. - Strong presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills. - Proactive, resourceful, and results-oriented. Preferred Qualifications - Master's Degree in statistics, economics, international development, or other related field is an advantage. - Located in or able to cover UTC +0 – UTC +4 time zones. Required Languages - Fluent in English and French; Portuguese or Arabic would be an added value. Travel - Must be willing and able to travel up to 50% (i.e., 6 months out of the year); duration of a deployment will generally be from 1 to 3 months, depending on the needs of the country program/partner. - Candidates should have the capacity to live and work in difficult/stressful environments and serve wherever agency needs dictate. Supervisory Responsibilities - No
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