MEAL Manager II - Tanzania, Mozambique & Lesotho (TaMoLe) Hub

Job Summary:

You will provide technical and management leadership of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) activities across three countries in the TaMoLe ESARO hub. Your technical skills and knowledge will enable program teams to design effective monitoring systems, ensure accountability to beneficiaries and donors, deliver effective evaluations, and advance learning, in alignment with donor and agency standards. Your work will ensure that CRS collects quality data that enables adaptive management, learning, and positioning. As part of a regional hub structure, priorities and level of support will vary over time across the three countries based on programmatic needs, staffing gaps, emergency responses, new project start-ups, and strategic priorities. The role combines technical leadership, staff management, capacity strengthening, and occasional direct operational support to projects and country programs when intensive short-term MEAL leadership is required.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Provide management support, guidance, technical oversight, and, when needed, direct implementation support for MEAL systems in new and existing projects. Support project designs, start-up, implementation, close-out, emergency response activities, and periods of operational transition to ensure compliance with CRS policies and procedures, donor guidelines, and industry best practices.
• Provide surge MEAL leadership and hands-on technical support during periods of heightened need, including project start-up, emergency response, staffing transitions, critical deliverables, evaluations, and short-term projects. When required, function as the acting or embedded MEAL Manager for a project or country program for limited periods to ensure continuity and quality implementation.
• Effectively MEAL coach talent, supporting their routine work as well as helping advance MEAL quality. Develop strategically tailored individual development plans and support performance planning cycle for MEAL staff. Advise on MEAL objectives for non-MEAL staff.  
• Coordinate and oversee the development of data management systems, ensure systems are fit for purpose, functional and supportive of adaptive management. 
• Support the establishment of FCRM systems and periodically review their effectiveness and functionality, ensuring accountability to beneficiaries and timely use of feedback information. 
• Design evaluation processes that enable learning and documentation of results. Develop TORs that are robust and appropriate to the project scope and context.
• Identify opportunities for cross learning and facilitate data-informed learning events. Support research and facilitate the dissemination of promising practices to contribute to the agency and regional learning agenda. Support effective knowledge management and generation of data rich marketing/comms products. 
• Ensure integration of innovations and best practices, including advancing use of technology in MEAL.
• Contribute to the proactive pursuit of opportunities for new funding to ensure responsible growth in line with agency, regional, and CP strategic priorities. 
• Serve as the MEAL lead to ensure quality proposals per agency and donor standards. Contribute to MEAL budgeting and staffing plans and activities for proposals.
• Design and deliver capacity strengthening activities in MEAL for staff and partner organizations.
• Prioritize support across Lesotho, Mozambique, and Tanzania in consultation with country, hub, and regional leadership, adjusting level of effort based on country program needs, project portfolios, staffing capacity, funding opportunities, and emerging priorities.

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. Catholic Relief Services works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality.  Catholic Relief Services’ 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.

CRS welcomes candidates from the countries and regions in which we work. In the event the successful candidate is an expatriate, the anticipated duration of the assignment is informed by a term limit, based on the type and level of the job and the needs of the agency.

CRS is committed to safeguarding program participants, community members, staff and volunteers from all forms of exploitation and abuse.  The successful candidate is expected to sign and adhere to CRS´ Code of Conduct.

CRS talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding the rights and dignity of all people - especially children and vulnerable adults - to live free from abuse and harm.

Disclaimer:  This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position. 

CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

General Requirements

CRS offers are contingent on the selected candidate’s ability to legally work where the position is to be performed. Every government has a unique set of work permit eligibility requirements.  All positions requiring residence or frequent travel outside a home country must undergo and clear a pre-employment medical clearance; some work permit processes require clearing a separate government administered medical examination.

CRS prioritizes candidates who are citizens/ permanent residents of the countries where we have CRS offices.