[Hiring] Global Meal Officer @ECHO

Role Description

The Global Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer is part of the Global MEAL team and contributes to ECHO’s development and roll-out of a Global MEAL system to foster the growth of a learning organization. The role helps ensure timely, accurate and useful program information is collected, analyzed and communicated through ECHO’s reporting processes, with reports reviewed and approved by the appropriate directors and executives. This role requires a curious, proactive self-starter who gets excited about supporting our organization to move beyond a compliance attitude towards reporting on what happened, to always asking more questions on why and how change did or did not happen and what that means for strategic decision-making. This is a support role with room for initiative and independent work under the direction of the Global MEAL Lead; it does not carry decision-making authority.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Growing a Learning Organization:
  • Assist the Global MEAL Lead in improving ECHO’s global MEAL practices.
  • Support teams at Regional Impact Centers to implement their learning agendas by contributing to their MEAL planning, tool development and activity planning.
  • Document emerging results, lessons and stories of change for reporting and learning.
  • Proactively participate in the Impact Learning Circles and engage in outcome harvesting and mapping exercises on a continuous basis.
  • Facilitate regular reflection on monitoring and evaluation findings with program and regional teams.
• Regular Monitoring and Reporting:
  • Support MEAL officers and reporting officers based at Regional Impact Centers with monthly reporting.
  • Assist in managing the ECHO Kobo Toolbox account, including projects, tools and membership.
  • Review submissions for completeness, consistency and data quality.
  • Consolidate regional data, analyze progress against indicators, targets and annual plans and produce regular data summaries.
  • Format and design reports with a clear layout and visual presentation that make data and stories of change easy to read and use.
• Support Tracking of Progress Towards Strategic Framework Logframe:
  • Contribute to the development of both qualitative and quantitative tools.
  • Train and assist teams in data collection towards Strategic Framework Logframe indicators, including occasional in-person trainings on site.
  • Contribute to dashboarding and visualization of data.

Qualifications

• Core Skills and Competencies:
  • Technical MEAL Knowledge: Basic quantitative and qualitative monitoring, reporting, data analysis, and evaluation abilities.
  • Relational Project Management: Strong emphasis on prioritizing building relationships above completing tasks with strong organizational and time-management skills.
  • Communication Skills: Ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders and collaborate in a cross-cultural, team-oriented environment.
  • Data Protection and Safeguarding: Experience with data protection and safeguarding, and a commitment to upholding the dignity of communities.
  • Learning attitude: A proactive self-starter with a demonstrated commitment to long-term personal growth and professional development.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Technical proficiency: Experience with Microsoft Sharepoint, Kobo Toolbox, and PowerBI.
  • Report design: Demonstrated skill in the formatting, layout, and design of reports.
  • Contextual knowledge: Experience with community-led MEAL approaches and holistic flourishing frameworks.

Requirements

• Education: A bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g., social sciences or information systems) is required.
• Experience: A minimum of 1 year of experience in MEAL practices in an NGO or foundation organizational setting.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Health Insurance with Monthly Employer Contribution
• Retirement Plan with Monthly Matching Employer Contribution
• Phone Stipend

Work Environment

Primarily a computer-based office or remote work environment. There are occasional times when work is conducted in an outdoor or field office setting, such as during site visits and trainings.

Physical Requirements

This position is almost exclusively computer-based and requires the ability to sit and work at a computer for extended periods and to communicate effectively in person and through virtual platforms.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work may vary based on organizational needs. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required.

Work Location

This position may be performed remotely, in a hybrid arrangement, or at an ECHO Regional Impact Center, depending on organizational needs and position requirements.

Travel

Travel domestically and internationally may involve up to 10% of time annually.

Other Duties

Undertake additional tasks as assigned, demonstrating flexibility and responsiveness to the organizational needs.

AAP/EEO Statement

ECHO is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner.