About The IRC
We are, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international Non-Governmental organizations, providing relief, rehabilitation and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking dynamic, analytical, and highly motivated individual for the position of Senior EH/WASH MEAL Manager for IRC’s office in Addis Ababa. The ideal candidate has worked for an (I)NGO in the programs department (e.g. design, management, monitoring) and has concrete experience with monitoring and evaluation, and tracking systems and processes, especially in WASH.
The IRC is implementing multiple grants funded mainly by UNHCR, EU, USAID, ECHO, CDC, UNICEF, and others hence the position will undertake the Monitoring, Evaluation, accountability and learning actions under these grants. Additionally, the MEAL Manager contributes to the overall program quality through the coordination, and implementation of enhanced monitoring and evaluation, accountability, and learning strategies; the emphasis is on streamlining processes and tools for efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability throughout the project cycle across the IRC’s various sectors and grants. The MEAL Manager will fully utilize and work in line with IRC’s guidelines such as Monitoring for Action, the Indicator Selection Tool, Outcome and Evidence Framework and the Client Responsiveness strategy.
The position is based in Addis Ababa with 50% travel to the field sites for assistance, support and monitoring of program activities.
Key Job functions/responsibilities:
Capacity Building
Leadership and Working Relationship
Reporting line: Position reports to EH coordinator and MEAL coordinator (Management in Partnership)
Staff Management: Not directly managing staff but collaborating with the EH and MEAL team in Addis Ababa as well as in the field.
External Working relationship
Externally, Partners, government ministries/agencies, clusters Leads and other engaged in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning.
Job Requirements