Program Manager II, MEAL

About the role

Act as the technical advisor, consultant, and leader for quality Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) design on a large, complex, multi-country child protection systems strengthening and family care reform project. Develop, implement, and manage tools and methodologies to meet the programs’ technical requirements. Oversee MEAL activities, maintain relationships with partners and other project stakeholders to support project objectives and advance Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work serving the poor and vulnerable. Utilize technical MEAL skills and knowledge to manage and analyze data, lead milestone verification and reporting processes, provide technical assistance to support government MEAL system strengthening, ensure donor compliance, and support learning initiatives to promote continuous improvement and the delivery of high-quality programming across participating countries and partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and management of the technical MEAL for this project throughout the program cycle to ensure compliance with CRS quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices.
• Develop, implement, supervise and strengthen data collection, management and reporting systems at all levels (community, child protection and health structures, and partners), ensuring the quality, reliability and regularity of data.
• Lead the development and implementation of milestone tracking, verification, and reporting systems to support achievement and documentation of project deliverables.
• Ensure harmonized monitoring, reporting, data management, and learning approaches across participating countries, partners, and technical workstreams.
• Provide technical oversight for monitoring and measurement of child protection systems strengthening family strengthening, family-based care, safeguarding, and integrated early childhood development outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership to country-level MEAL staff, government counterparts, local partners, and technical resource organizations to assess, strengthen, and expand the use of national child protection, care, and ECD information and MEAL systems, promoting the use of government systems for monitoring, reporting, learning, and milestone verification as feasible.
• Lead the development of and promote cross-country program learning, knowledge management, and adaptive management through the analysis