MONITORING, EVALUATION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEARNING (MEAL) DIRECTOR, EGYPT At CARE USA

CARE seeks a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Director for the anticipated USAID-funded Ending Violence against Women and Girls Activity. This project aims to address and eliminate gender-based violence/violence against women and girls, including female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), child, early and forced marriage (CEFM), and seasonal marriage as forms of trafficking in persons.

The Activity will: (1) support positive behavioral change to end VAW/G; and (2) expand access to quality integrated VAW/G support services and responsive interventions, such as medical, legal, psychosocial, and economic empowerment services. The Activity will respond to the U.S. and Egyptian Governments’ shared policy priorities focused on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

The MEAL Director is responsible for overseeing the monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning function including the full range of activities required to identify and address knowledge gaps, successes, challenges and sustainable impact. The Director will oversee the Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) approach, MEL plan, learning agenda, and data collection, analysis and reporting to ensure the program achieves and demonstrates desired results. The Director will partner with other members of the core program team to manage implementation and ensure program quality.

This activity is expected to be a five-year program in the $25M range.

This position is pending donor approval and funding. Egyptian candidates as well as international candidates are encouraged to apply.

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead all MEL and CLA-related systems, processes and activities. Partner closely with all staff to ensure MEL/CLA tools, systems and synergies are applied and leveraged within all activities in the implementation areas.
• MEAL Director will lead the development of a full-fledged MEAL strategy in coordination with USAID concerned staff and COP.
• Ensure high quality collection and analysis of intersectional and disaggregated project data.
• Ensure the activity includes active, intentional, and adaptive learning based on project evidence.
• Improve peer-to-peer learning, knowledge management, sharing and application, activity-based capacity strengthening, evidence and data utilization, and CLA in support of adaptive management both within and beyond initial refinement.
• Develop internal feedback channel between MEAL and project team to utilize data generated by MEAL team for decision-making and corrective measures.
• MEAL Director will build capacity of MEAL staff and together with them, s/he will facilitate capacity building of all project staff on MEAL topics, including partner staff, to ensure consistent and systematic data collection that can be compared throughout the project.
• Promote programmatic learning to improve the quality of programs.
• Ensure appropriate and continued coordination and joint planning with all stakeholders, USAID and other related donor activities.
• Engage project stakeholders to gather implementation-related information and lessons and ensure its use; disseminate evidence and learnings.
• Provide technical support in evaluations and other research activities, including engaging in ToR preparation, selection of consultants, review of evaluation design and data collection methodology, data quality assurance, data analysis, involvement of stakeholders and dissemination plan.
• Ensure quality of data of all project partners as well as external evaluators by developing and implementing standard Data Quality Assurance.

Qualifications :

· Master’s degree in statistics, economics, international development, demography or relevant field preferred; additional years of experience in lieu of a masters is acceptable.

· Minimum of 8+ years of MEAL experience on USAID-funded activities. Excellent qualitative and quantitative analytical skills.

· Experience with MEAL for gender activities including gender-specific data collection and analysis issues, system design, indicators, and related sensitivities.

· Knowledge of ICT for MEAL and data visualization skills is a plus.

· Demonstrated track record of strategic, systems thinking, managing resistance to change, and change management.

· Proven leadership experience in organizational and peer-to-peer learning, capacity strengthening, and collaborative learning and adaptation. Familiarity with CLA, Participatory Learning and Action and other qualitative and quantitative research approaches.

· Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with host governments, donors, other donor-funded projects and stakeholders, local organizations, and partners.

· Demonstrated commitment to principles of Gender Equity, Diversity, Belonging and Inclusion.

· Demonstrated commitment to Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Harassment (PSEAH).

· Strong oral and written communication skills; excellent demonstrated interpersonal and negotiation skills.

· Written and oral fluency in English and Arabic (Egyptian dialect preferable) is required.