Global MEAL Officer for Humanitarian Advocacy

The CARE International Secretariat is seeking a Global MEAL Officer for Humanitarian Advocacy to support humanitarian advocacy initiatives in particular at country level in the planning and improvement of advocacy processes (25%) and the collection, analysis and visualisation of data that demonstrates the contribution of humanitarian advocacy processes to outcomes or impact, combined with strengthening CARE and partners’ capacity to do so (75%).

The Global MEAL Officer for Humanitarian Advocacy will be responsible for developing and/or adapting humanitarian advocacy monitoring processes, methods and tools that enable and empower in particular CARE country teams, no matter what their context or advocacy experience, and to accompany and support them in their efforts to generate the evidence and tell the story of our advocacy impact.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES – specifically but not limited to:

• Contribute to humanitarian advocacy planning (25%)

  • Support program and advocacy staff to identify gaps in data and other evidence to support problem analysis and the development of a line of action for prioritised humanitarian advocacy initiatives;
  • Establish links to available data sources that support humanitarian advocacy planning and outcome measurement, esp. at country level (e.g. HRPs, RRPs, IASC Gender Accountability Framework, IASC GBV Accountability Framework, IASC Accountability Framework on localization, participation and leadership of national and local actors, etc
  • Establish mechanisms to monitor secondary data for indicators triggering priority humanitarian advocacy efforts

• Guidance for humanitarian advocacy outcome monitoring (25%)

  • Engage with priority country, regional, Secretariat and members’ relevant (advocacy, MEAL, program) colleagues to understand and prioritise data collection and analysis needs connected to global advocacy priorities (e.g. Women participation and leadership, localization and funding to women’s organizations, more attention to and funding for GEEWGiHA etc), and in line with CARE global indicators 14, 16, 17 and 21.
  • In line with those priorities develop and adapt processes, methods and tools for the monitoring of progress (tracking and documenting advocacy wins) as well as the measurement of humanitarian advocacy outcomes; particular reference to CARE’s Advocacy Influence and Impact Reporting (AIIR) tool.
  • Support documentation and dissemination of lessons learnt, best practices, failures (“failing forward”) etc. with regards to generating and documenting evidence of humanitarian advocacy as well as of the efficiency of advocacy efforts, strategies and tactics
  • Connect and work with peers outside CARE as necessary to learn from and share learning with others;

• Support country teams in deploying and applying these processes, methods and tools (50%)

  • Identify gaps in the evidence on recording / tracking advocacy processes and in capturing / measuring outcomes from humanitarian advocacy initiatives (also based on CARE’s global data (PIIRS) on outcomes from humanitarian projects with humanitarian advocacy)
  • Assess humanitarian advocacy monitoring capacity needs and gaps, both within CARE country and regional offices as necessary but also, and critically, within partners collaborating on advocacy efforts;
  • Based on the above, establish and propose prioritisation of support to humanitarian advocacy initiatives in priority countries / crises with regards to tracking wins and outcome monitoring in line with priority themes of the humanitarian advocacy strategy
  • Conduct training and coaching with focus on priority countries / crises;
  • Convene dialogues with colleagues on humanitarian advocacy and influencing documentation and reporting (on processes, wins and results);

TEAM

The position will report to the Global Humanitarian MEAL Coordinator in the CARE Emergency Group of the CARE International Secretariat

DIRECT REPORTS

The Global MEAL Officer for Humanitarian Advocacy may supervise consultants, volunteers or interns, contributing to data analysis and visualization of data related to humanitarian advocacy.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

The position will collaborate extensively with the following roles:

Within the Secretariat:

• Global Humanitarian Advocacy Coordinator (dotted reporting line)
• Head of Humanitarian Programme Quality
• Head of Humanitarian Operations
• Humanitarian Operations and Information Coordinator
• Global MEAL Coordinator
• Head of Knowledge Management and Learning

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Undergraduate degree, or relevant experience, in monitoring and evaluation, data analysis, social sciences, development studies or other relevant area of study

Work Experience:

• Cumulative three to five years of experience working in
  • Humanitarian advocacy: designing advocacy initiatives, analysing evidence gaps, preparing evidence to support advocacy work, documenting advocacy processes, tracking advocacy outcomes or results, etc.
  • Monitoring and Evaluation: developing and implementing tools, mechanisms to collect, analyse and visualize data, preferably in humanitarian programming
  • Gender equality: developing gender analysis to inform programming, preferably in humanitarian settings or in Nexus programming

Languages:

Fluent in written and spoken English.

Good working knowledge of French preferred.

Working knowledge of Spanish or Arabic is valued.

SKILLS and ATTRIBUTES

• Strong analysis skills and proven ability to make sense of complex data;
• Excellent facilitation skills and keen interest in working with teams and collegially;
• Ability to balance qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis;
• Gender Champion with a keen interest to contribute to gender equality and the empowerment and protection of women and girls in humanitarian settings.
• Self-management and direction: autonomy, time management and prioritization skills, ability to adapt to changing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Collaboration, proactiveness and listening skills: ability to work, communicate and interact with diverse teams and building collaborative and effective working relationships.
• Problem solving: Ability to identify needs, challenges, analyse options, evaluate results, and solve problems using the most effective solutions.