CRS Indonesia is seeking a Senior Project Officer Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)

 

About CRS

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.

 

CRS Indonesia is seeking a Senior Project Officer Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) (Job Code: SPO-MEAL) for the Increasing Resiliency through Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Nusa Tenggara Project (INCIDENT) funded by USAID/Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) and implemented by a consortium comprising World Neighbors (WN) and CRS Indonesia. The project seeks to increase the resiliency of vulnerable communities to climate and disaster shocks and stresses through effective preparedness strategies at community and local government level, improved agricultural practices and financial services through savings and loans. Hiring is contingent upon USAID/BHA approval of the project.

 

Job Summary:

As the MEA lead for the INCIDENT project team, you will facilitate the achievement of project objectives through coordinating and reporting on all project MEAL activities and providing MEAL-related technical guidance and advice to staff and implementing partners, advancing Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work serving the poor and vulnerable. The project is designed to leverage existing CRS and partner programming and approaches to carry out and expand interventions in the sectors of agriculture, disaster risk reduction policy and practice, and economic recovery and market systems. Your technical expertise and coordination and relationship management skills will ensure that the project applies best practices in MEAL and constantly works towards improving the impact of its benefits to those we serve.

 

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

·       Leads the development of the project MEAL system (tool development, data collection tools, learning plans, reporting, accountability, and evaluation) design for INCIDENT.

·       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.

·       Ensure learning properly accompanies project activities throughout the project cycle. 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 and complaints 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 and MEAL system. 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.

·       Supervise and perform 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. Ensure proper tracking of resource use for project MEAL activities through periodic budget reviews and follow-up with and assistance to implementing partner.

·       Support and coordinate MEAL capacity building and technical support activities to ensure assigned project MEAL activities are implemented per project guidelines and standards. Train MEAL CRS and implementing partner staff on MEAL systems, tools and the conduct of field-based MEAL activities. Optimize partner participation and capacity development in the implementation of MEAL systems.

·       Coordinate provision of any MEAL-related logistical and administrative support to staff and partners.

·       Ensure timely, project documentation for assigned MEAL activities is complete with all required documents and is filed per agency and donor requirements. Assist with preparation of trends analysis reports and documentation of case studies and promising practices.

·       Leads reflective discussions on ongoing monitoring data and provides insights to other project discussions and learning events.

Basic Qualifications

·       Bachelor's Degree required. Degree in International Relations, social science, other related fields. A Master’s degree in relevant field is an advantage and a degree in statistics, evaluation and applied research or a related field would be a plus.

·       Minimum of 4 years of work experience in project support, ideally in the field of MEAL and for an NGO.

·       Additional experience may substitute for some education.

·       Experience with digital data collection preferred.

·       Experience working with affected beneficiaries, local and national government officials

·       MEAL experience in previous USAID/BHA programs is highly desirable

 

Required Languages - English and Bahasa Indonesia.

 

Travel - Must be willing and able to travel up to 40% of time in field locations in Nusa Tenggara.

 

Duty Station - This position will be based in Bali or in Nusa Tenggara Timur Province. However, in the event of a disaster where CRS launches an emergency response, all CRS staff will be required to support the response and may be deployed to the response areas as necessary.

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

·       Analysis and problem-solving skills with ability to make sound judgment.

·       Good relationship management skills and the ability to work closely with local partners.

• Proactive, results-oriented and service-oriented.
• Attention to details, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities.

 

Preferred Qualifications

·       Experience working with partners, participatory action planning and community engagement.

·       Staff supervision experience a plus.

·       Experience monitoring projects and collecting relevant data.

·       Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

 

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Integrity
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship

 

Supervisory Responsibilities: MEAL Project Officer

 

MEAL Competencies (for CRS MEAL Program Staff)

 

Each staff member in this position is expected to have solid knowledge and ability and can apply the following competencies with minimal or no guidance, in the full range of typical situations, while requiring guidance to handle novel or more complex situations:

• Monitoring

·       Accountability

·       Learning

 

In addition, each staff member in this position is expected to have basic knowledge and ability and, with guidance, be able to apply the following competencies in common situations that present limited difficulties:

·       ·MEAL in Design

·        Evaluation

·        Analysis and Critical Thinking

·        ICT4MEAL

·        Management in MEAL

 

 

CRS encourage qualified candidates to apply regardless of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation or disability, all recruitment practice and procedure reflect CRS commitment to protection children and vulnerable adult from abuse.

 

Only applications that meet the above qualifications will be shortlisted. All applications and CVs should be sent by email to CRS Indonesia at Indonesia_HR@crs.org before or by March 12^th, 2022, with the job code in the subject.

 

***Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. 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 protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

 

CRS' talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer

 

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