MEAL Specialist at International Rescue Committee

Major Responsibilities

• Collaborate with regional teams (Regional Measurement Advisors and Regional Technology Senior Specialists) and Technical Advisors to support implementation of the PID, including but not limited to training and metadata quality control across deployment countries.
• Analyze existing guidance for gaps and support the development of communication materials appealing to diverse audiences across the organization including trainings, case studies, blogs, etc. to socialize and improve PID uptake.
• Track deployments and establish a system for organizing and documenting feedback and decisions to support development of new requirements and a future roadmap.
• Support alignment between IRC’s standard Core Indicators and the PID by collaborating with the technical units to define data elements to be used in both.
• Other measurement unit responsibilities as mutually agreed.

Job Requirements:

Education And Work Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in social sciences, development studies, monitoring and evaluation, business or other relevant field.
• At least 4 years of professional experience, including program support, monitoring and evaluation and technology implementation roles in humanitarian/development projects in low resources contexts.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Understanding of program monitoring, and experience with collection and analysis of output, process and outcome indicators.
• Experience with data analysis and visualization, in Excel, Power BI, Tableau or similar.
• Excellent organizational and written and spoken communication skills.
• Ability to learn fast and work independently in a culturally diverse environment, listen and respond sensitively to different communication styles, and work through change in a proactive and positive manner.

Preferred experience & skills:

• Experience with user acceptance testing (UAT) and IT project management and information systems deployment
• Knowledge of at least one other IRC language (French, Spanish or Arabic).

Working Environment:

• Standard office working environment; may require some remote work and employees may be required to share workspace.
• Some international travel as needed, up to 20%.