Catholic Relief Services MEAL Lead, Kenya Positions

Catholic Relief Services MEAL Lead, Kenya Positions

The purpose of the M&E Lead is to design, manage, strengthen and provide strategic direction to the Kenya DFSA's Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) system, ensuring cross-learning in MEAL among Kenya-based projects, as well as collaborating on learning across CRS food security and nutrition projects in the Horn of Africa and collaborating with MEAL counterparts on learning across DFSA initiatives within Kenya.

S/he will work across CRS and consortium staff to build capacity of MEAL and project staff. The M&E Lead will be responsible for coordinating and supervising MEAL activities, particularly during times of emergency, and assessments required for learning and adaptive management.

S/he will work closely with CRS program teams and partner staff to develop high quality monitoring systems and tools that address indicators set out in project proposals. S/he will ensure that learning from projects is systematically captured and used throughout the country program.

S/he will also take learning needs into account and develop and conduct capacity building for MEAL and program staff, with support of the Chief of Party (COP), Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) and Technical Advisors for MEAL.

The M&E Lead is expected to have a high level of self-initiative and use critical thinking skills to identify and fill gaps. S/he should have the ability to work sensitively and positively with the DFSA team and promote a learning environment -- success of the position relies on this.

Specific Responsibilities

MEAL Strategy and Design