MEAL Specialist

Contract length: 6 months

Hours: part-time - 50%
Location: home-based, available on Central European time zone

Travel: up to 30%, to program locations, primarily Nigeria

Reporting to: Program Coordinator, International Programs

Salary range: USD 3,800-4,500/month (prorated to part-time hours)

Deadline for applications: 6 May, 2024*

*Due to the urgency of this vacancy, screening and interviews will commence immediately and the candidate can be selected at any stage before the closing date.

CLEAR Global is an equal-opportunity employer, committed to having a diverse team where individuals of all backgrounds collaborate and learn from one another. We believe we can be most effective with diverse experience and expertise in our team. We recruit on merit, actively seek diverse applicant pools and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, age, gender identity and expression, national origin, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, marital or parental status, or sexual orientation, and welcome all types of diversity.

We offer in addition to salary:

• an innovative work environment with a diverse and passionate team,
• 20 days of annual leave and 10 days of floating holidays (prorated for part-time employees),
• the flexibility of home-based/remote work,
• accommodation and per diems when on deployment.

The role

CLEAR Global has an opening for a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning  (MEAL) specialist to undertake core MEAL tasks on specific projects and programs and move CLEAR Global’s MEAL work forward generally. The projects and programs covered are subject to confirmation, but are likely to include a project on the development of a language use data platform, training across the different country programs and a long-term review of our Nigeria program.

Areas we would like to focus on include:

• Consistent monitoring of outputs and outcomes across projects and areas of work (e.g. training), including ensuring consistent application of existing tools, and processes
• Analysis of data, findings and learnings from the projects identified
• Learning reviews/internal evaluations for the projects and programs identified
• Communicating/showcasing data, findings and learnings - internally, with partners and externally.
• Developing theories of change, MEAL Frameworks, plans, indicators, logframes for new proposals and projects.

Responsibilities

• Complete MEAL frameworks for specific projects as necessary to generate learning
• Create and coordinate necessary data collection tools created for specific projects, including guidance and advice to staff as necessary
• Compile and analyze MEAL data for specific projects
• Complete learning reviews for specific projects including presentation to the (wider) team on results and learnings
• Content (story, blog, infographic as appropriate) for external communications purposes on results and learnings
• Development of MEAL frameworks and documentation for proposals as required

Please note that these responsibilities may change over time. The role will evolve along with the overall program as projects and activities develop to reflect the changing language needs of affected people and partner agencies.

Qualifications

The MEAL Specialist should be an innovative self-starter with a strong sense of initiative, an understanding of the humanitarian sector and a track record in data analysis and MEAL. They should be enthusiastic about the importance of increasing access to knowledge and the reach, impact and accountability of services through language. The right candidate is an energetic team player and leader who agrees with CLEAR Global's basic beliefs and values and who can work virtually with team members based throughout the world.

Requirements

Required skills and experience

• 5+ years of project design and MEAL experience in the humanitarian sector, including designing and implementing MEAL systems
• A track record in delivering program learning and evidence of impact
• Experience of information management for MEAL in humanitarian programs
• Willingness to work in insecure environments required, experience of working in insecure environments a plus
• Availability to deploy for up to 30% of time to program locations and flexibility to deploy potentially at short notice and manage logistical contingencies
• Verbal and written fluency in English; strong written communication skills

Preferred skills and experience

• Demonstrated understanding of communicating with communities/accountability to affected populations/risk communication and community engagement  programming
• Experience of quantitative data analysis including skills with Google Sheets and/or Microsoft Excel
• Data visualization experience, including experience with platforms such as Microsoft PowerBI, Tableau, or other similar products
• Interest in and experience with language and communication issues in humanitarian contexts

About CLEAR Global

CLEAR Global exists to help people get vital information, and be heard, whatever language they speak. We believe that everyone has the right to give and receive information in a language and format they understand. We work with nonprofit partners and a global community of language professionals to build local language translation capacity, and raise awareness of language barriers. Our network of over 80,000 community members translate millions of words of life-saving and life-changing information a year.

Core values

CLEAR Global employees and volunteers are people who believe passionately about the value of this work and take personal responsibility for achieving the mission. CLEAR Global’s mission and organizational spirit embody the core values established in its strategic framework:

• Excellence: As the leading voice for communicating humanitarian information in the right language, CLEAR Global is a leader in the translation industry and in the non-profit sector.
• Integrity: CLEAR Global believes that every person, whether it’s the people who we serve, our volunteers or our staff, has value, deserves respect and has inherent dignity.
• Empowerment: CLEAR Global believes in using language to empower people around the world to control their own development and destiny.
• Innovation: CLEAR Global recognizes and celebrates the power of innovation to address humanitarian and crisis issues around the world.
• Sustainability: CLEAR Global recognizes that meeting our mission necessitates establishment and maintenance of a solid financial and organizational infrastructure.
• Tolerance: Our staff and volunteers are highly knowledgeable and skilled; value each other, our partner and our recipients; create a supportive work environment; and, conduct themselves professionally at all times.

CLEAR Global may re-advertise the vacancy, cancel the recruitment, or offer an appointment with a modified job description or for a different duration at its discretion.

Keywords

MEAL SpecialistMonitoringEvaluationAccountabilityLearningData AnalysisHumanitarian SectorLanguageCommunicationProgram DesignInformation ManagementData Visualization