MEAL Officer at Habitat for Humanity International

REPORTS TO Senior Program Manager

DIRECT SUPERVISEES None

RELATIONSHIPS All departments to ensure seamless flow of HFH programme and operations processes

Job Purpose:

Reporting to the Senior Program Manager, MEAL Officer will adapt and implement MEAL guidelines and tools in HFHK and provides support with organizational MEAL and related standards. The purpose of the position is to support the improvement of program and project efficiency and effectiveness, decision making and learning during the project life cycle through Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning. In carrying out his/her work, the MEAL Officer interacts with other technical Officers in HFHK, Africa Hub, HFHI global, partner organizations and communities across Kenya that HFHK serves.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, especially in the social sciences, development studies social work, or any other relevant discipline.
• Specialization and/or professional certification in monitoring and evaluation.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Negotiation and influence skills.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, research and report writing skills as well as excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
• Independent, self–starter and creative
• Ability to work under minimum or no supervision
• Must be a team player and ready to work in and contribute to team building environment
• Team builder, appreciates cultural diversity and inclusion, safeguarding/ protection issues etc
• Computer literate with good presentation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

EXPERIENCE

• Knowledge and experience in monitoring and evaluation, accountability, learning, research and evaluation methodologies, standards, and practices (preferably in relation to human / social development or housing and human settlement).
• Understanding of contemporary trends and innovations in MEAL.
• Demonstrated experience with qualitative and quantitative data analysis and statistics.
• Familiarity with statistical packages, qualitative data analysis software and IT applications to support MEAL and knowledge management
• Project management experience required

OTHER INFORMATION

• Ability to work long and odd hours, including weekends
• Confidentiality
• Honesty
• High levels of integrity