Ukraine Crisis Response (UCR) – MEAL Manager

The escalation of conflict in Ukraine has forced more than 5 million people – mostly women and children – to flee to neighbouring countries. With the escalating crisis, the needs are growing by the hour. More than half of Ukraine’s children have either fled for safety within the country or are living as refugees.

Since the conflict started, our teams have been on the ground assessing and responding to the urgent needs of those searching for safety. We are working to support internally displaced people in Ukraine as well as refugees in Romania, Georgia and Moldova.

Here’s where you come in:

As the MEAL Manager, you will ensure that programs/projects meet World Vision’s quality standards for monitoring, accountability, evaluation and learning across the Ukraine Crisis Response (Romania, Moldova, Ukraine). You will oversee the systematic collection and analysis of objectively verifiable evidence to monitor the Response’s progress in meeting objectives of the Ukraine Crisis Response strategic plan. This position will ensure setup of functional M&E systems, humanitarian accountability mechanisms and quality assurance mechanisms with required protocols and guidelines. You will also lead the quality reviews of MEAL processes and products and provide timely feedback to key stakeholders.
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Requirements include: **

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences/Development Management/International Development/Statistics or relevant field.
• Minimum of 5 years in Monitoring and Evaluation especially in emergency context and grant funded projects is critical.
• Proven experience in establishing a fully functional MEAL system for an organization that’s supported by bilateral & multilateral international donors. Priority given to those with experience in multi-country response settings.
• Proven experience in leading large-scale data collection activities (mix methodologies) from designing to report writing.
• Thorough knowledge on Sphere, Core Humanitarian Standards, child rights, human rights, DNH, DAC evaluation criteria are essential.
• Thorough knowledge on the humanitarian operations coordination, cluster operations, and major donor M&E requirements is essentials
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel internationally across the multi-country response, and domestically.

• Effective in written and verbal communication in English. Proficiency in other languages such as Ukrainian or Russian would be desirable.

• The position will require travel to and work in intense contexts, including those with high volatility and deemed high security risks.