Global MEAL Advisor

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Deliver senior technical leadership and strategic advisory assistance regarding Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) across HALO programmes.

• Offer technical advisory support and ensure quality assurance on MEAL methodologies, procedures, tools, and programme-specific guidelines.

• Lead the creation and enhancement of data collection and analysis tools.

• Assist programmes in leveraging data to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

• Aid programmes in establishing accountability systems for the communities they serve.

• Identify, evaluate, and disseminate lessons learned from programmes.

• Ensure teams adhere to global beneficiary definitions and standard output metrics.

• Provide both remote and on-site technical assistance to programmes.

• Conduct scheduled Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) visits for process development, implementation, staff training, and identifying delivery challenges and opportunities for efficiency.

• Represent HALO as a MEAL technical authority in external forums, donor discussions, and sector working groups.

• Analyze and present data regarding HALO’s outcomes and impact.

• Lead the ongoing enhancement of HALO’s global MEAL capacity-building strategy.

• Coordinate and implement training sessions for national staff MEAL focal points.

• Enhance disability and inclusion across programmes, including disability data collection, referrals, and analysis.

• Support gender-responsive analysis and incorporate gender considerations into MEAL frameworks, indicators, tools, evaluations, and learning.

• Train Programme Officers and Field Officers and propose training modules.

• Develop and refresh online MEAL courses in Litmos.

• Assist with external evaluations from the tender stage through final report review and dissemination of lessons learned.

• Conduct MEAL reviews of proposals and reports.

• Uphold HALO's values, policies, code of conduct, and safeguarding standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in developing MEAL processes and guidance for programmes.

• Extensive experience in designing and implementing quantitative data collection tools in S123.

• Expertise in designing and implementing qualitative data collection tools, including focus group discussions and key informant interviews.

• Experience in both quantitative and qualitative data analysis.

• Ability to develop and deliver online and in-person training.

• Proficient in developing logframes, results frameworks, and theories of change to meet donor reporting requirements.

• Experience working across multiple countries or regions with varied donor expectations.

• Skilled in writing project baseline documentation.

• Capable of designing and implementing accountability mechanisms.

• Knowledgeable in the implementation of learning and feedback loops.

• Strong presentation and communication abilities.

• Capacity to quickly establish positive relationships with diverse groups.

• Ability to work independently and meet short deadlines.

• Willingness to undertake extensive travel to remote and high-security locations.

• Approximately 50% of work time dedicated to travel.

• Desirable: Experience collaborating with external evaluators and/or donors assessing project impact.

• Desirable: Field experience in the humanitarian sector.

• Desirable: Proficiency in data visualization using Power BI.

• Desirable: Experience with cross-cutting issues such as Gender, Conflict sensitivity, or Environment.

• Desirable: Strong understanding of Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) operations.

• CV limited to 2 pages and cover letter not exceeding 1 page.

• A tailored cover letter for this position is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Contributory pension plan, with HALO matching up to 5% of contributions.

• 25 days of annual leave plus 8 Public Holidays.

• Non-contributory life assurance.

• Occupational health services.

• Private medical insurance.

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Cycle to work scheme.