MEAL Advisor, Climate Resilient WASH at International Rescue Committee

Major Responsibilities 

• Project MEAL Leadership
• Lead the development of a detailed MEAL plan for the project, including indicators, data elements, targets, and data sources, and process for monitoring data quality.  
• Develop the data architecture for the CommCare data collection tools, and the PowerBi dashboard and provide ongoing support for necessary enhancements and changes to these systems.
• Provide training for MEAL staff on indicator definition, targets, data collection tools, and use of PowerBi and MEAL technical subjects as appropriate. 
• Directly manage the external monitoring firm and ensure effective coordination between the firm and country teams, including establishing clear roles and responsibilities, facilitating meaningful engagement of the IRC teams in the deliverables, and ensuring clear and regular communications between the firm, country teams, and the donor. 
• Ensure data quality through development of daily remote support to the country MEAL teams to ensure collection of high-quality data, lead in-country data quality audits, and support to the country MEAL teams to provide quarterly data quality audits. 
• Learning and Capacity Strengthening
• Identify areas of weakness of MEAL systems and processes and work with stakeholders to improve them through tool development and/or changes, capacity strengthening, coaching, or other means.
• Collaborate with the Technical Lead, CR-WASH, the Finance Officer, Environmental Health TAs, the Global Practice Lead for Environment & Climate Health, and the BUR lead, to develop a robust learning agenda and peer-learning approach that positions the project for success and scale-up by driving impact, cost-effectiveness, and adaptability
• Facilitate strong cross-learning and peer-exchange between project country MEAL teams, between MEAL staff for this , and among broader internal MEAL networks, fostering a culture of sharing and learning at the MEAL practitioner level
• Cultivate a culture within the project MEAL team that embraces failures as learning opportunities and leads to deeper outcomes for more clients. 
• Communications and Reporting
• Respond to and coordinate data requests, including ensuring high quality reporting, from donor, regional and global leadership ensuring consistency and transparency across the project. 
• Represent IRC in external forums to share project lessons, including within the network of other MEAL practitioners within GiveWell-funded chlorination pilot project implementing organizations
• Provide support to the Health Unit on the measurement of Climate Resilient WASH for other projects 

Key Working Relationships 

• Position is managed by the Technical Lead, Climate Resilient WASH and works closely with the project Finance Officer
• Direct Reports: External agency collecting baseline, midline and endline data 
• Management in Partnership: Software Developer 

Key Internal Relationships: 

• Global Practice Lead for Environment & Climate Health 
• Health Unit MEAL Team, including MEAL Leads for other strategic projects 
• Environmental Health Technical Advisors for the three regions 
• Regional Measurement Teams across the three regions 
• Best Use of Resource (BUR) team 
• Country program teams – both program and MEAL – who are implementing the water chlorination project 

Desired Experience and Skills 

Education and Experience: 

• University degree in related field plus Master’s degree in Public Health, Statistics, or related field is required. 
• A minimum of seven years of international experience is required leading health M&E within humanitarian settings. 
• Demonstrated expertise and experience working on the monitoring and evaluation of environmental health is highly desired.