Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Lead

Permanent. Full time. Hybrid working. (You will be required to attend the office for a minimum of 2 days per week with the option to work remotely for the remaining 3 days)

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Salary: £49,663 per year

If we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert before the scheduled closing date. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply at their earliest convenience.

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don't have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply.

We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we're open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues and the option of being a homeworker for most of our roles too.

About the role

Reporting in to the Head of Impact for the Multi Country Cluster region (MCC), the
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Lead
will lead Christian Aid's MEAL and as part of the MCC Senior Management Team, will work across Humanitarian, Development and Advocacy programmes in MCC countries to drive impact.

The role will work closely with partners and together identify areas for accompaniment support.

The post-holder will lead in the development, implementation and monitoring of Christian Aid, donor and sector MEAL approaches and requirements, providing effective and timely support (including capacity building) to programme staff and partner organisations, ensuring high-impact initiatives to maximise our impact.

The role will develop and promote Christian Aid's profile and visibility with donors, sector stakeholders and beyond foster a mindset of connection, as well as drive digital technology and decolonised approaches in MEAL across all Christian Aid programming, share their ideas and insights.

Some of the main responsibilities for the
MEAL Lead
will include:

• Support MCC Senior Management to create a team environment and delivery of high-quality impactful programmes.
• Develop and lead project proposals based on strong planning, monitoring and evaluation procedures, ensuring financial policies and procedures are complied with, including reporting requirements, to maximise impact and income.
• Supported by the Organisational Effectiveness and Communications team, provide visibility and promotion of research and learning products for the MCC that will maximise our impact.
• Ensure humanitarian, development and advocacy programmes meet the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) through remote and in country engagement.
• Working with partners to co-create appropriate MEAL systems.
• Input into all major bid developments.
• Oversee the development of best practice in community-based approaches to accountability within Christian Aid
• Provide accompaniment support to partners.
• Manage monitoring and evaluation systems to ensure they are maintained, updated, used and that they contribute to quality programming, driving meaningful change.
• Lead on outcomes and impact measurements ensuring they are reported effectively to donors in order to maximise income.
• Collaborate with Communications colleagues, to enable the development of a communications plan for the MCC and storytelling to supporters that will showcase high-impact initiatives that maximise our impact.
• Support decisions related to projects and programmes informed by Christian Aid's corporate strategy, including the 4 themes and aligning with organisational values and goals.
• Develop strong lessons learned feedback into programme design and improve the quality of future programming, to support a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Represent Christian Aid in the sector, sharing innovation and learning from our MEAL practice widely, promote the exchange of ideas and knowledge, and creating strategic partnerships with other actors in the M&E sector.
• Develop, capture, and share best practice in community-based approaches to accountability within Christian Aid.
• Collaborate with the Programme Quality & Operations Lead to complete global CHS audits processes to deliver high quality work.
• Together with Organisational Effectiveness colleagues, participate in / co-lead relevant global CoP(s)

About you

Who we are looking for

Essential:

• Degree in Social Sciences, Information Management, Statistics, Research or related fields.
• Significant experience of working in development/humanitarian/advocacy work.
• Understanding to promote decolonised MEAL and digital MEAL initiatives.
• Detailed understanding of current thinking/debates on monitoring, evaluation and learning and VFM.
• Substantial experience in developing M&E plan, systems and databases using MS office and software applications.
• Detailed understanding and significant experience on developing and analysing MEAL frameworks.
• Highly developed report writing including donor reports.
• Significant experience of compliance, project-cycle management procedures and processes.
• Significant experience of commissioning and managing consultants.
• High level understanding of accountability and partnership approaches and demonstrable experience of developing accountability mechanisms at field level.
• Highly developed analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent facilitation skills.
• Highly developed written and oral communications skills.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to work in a diverse team and manage complex and sensitive organisational relationships.
• Highly developed ability to manage complex workloads and deliver work to tight deadlines.
• Highly developed ability to promote and influence culture change.
• Understanding of CHS commitments and other accountability frameworks, including community feedback mechanisms

Further information

At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.

We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams.

We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of and sympathy with Christian Aid's faith identity.

All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the
Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme
. In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this.