Field Officer: Monitoring, Evaluation& Learning (South Gaza)

About CRS 

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding. 

Job Summary

You will assist project monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) implementation for the Gaza Emergency Response by working directly with local partners and community members, coordinating various MEL-related project activities and events in support of Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work to serve the poor and vulnerable. Your service and community relations skills ensure that the local partners and communities feed into and benefit from the project that consistently applies best practices and continuously works towards improving its impact.

Roles and Key Responsibilities

• Support the coordination and monitoring of project activities at the field level, ensuring implementation schedules are met as per the detailed activity plan, and that adherence to MEAL-related systems for quality project implementation are strengthened.
• Coordinate communication and facilitate MEL-related information sharing among the project team, implementing partners, and project participants at the community level to assist local partners in strengthening community interest, involvement and support networks.
• Liaise with various community stakeholders and mobilize them to ensure full involvement of community leaders, community representatives, and local government representatives in the overall implementation and improvement of project MEL activities.
• In coordination with the project team support MEL-related capacity building events for community representatives.
• Coordinate, monitor, and report on MEL-related volunteer activities.
• Compile data provided at the community level as per project requirements and contribute to the preparation of reports.
• Contribute to program learning by posing thoughtful questions, reflecting upon and sharing with project management the information gathered from community members and partners.

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Basic Qualifications 

• High School diploma required. Bachelor’s degree a plus.
• 2 years of work or volunteer experience in community development and mobilization.
• Additional education may substitute for some experience.
• Computer skills required.

Required Languages

Arabic with strong English proficiency

Travel

20% in Gaza, security permitting

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities  

• Observation, active listening and analysis skills with ability to make sound judgment
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with diverse groups

• Proactive, results-oriented and service-oriented

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)  

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.  

• Integrity 
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships 
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship

Supervisory Responsibilities

No supervisory responsibilities.

Key Working Relationships  

Internal; Meal Manager, MEL Officers (project and field), Accountability Officers, Head of Office

External: Partner MEL Staff

MEAL Competencies (for CRS MEAL Program Staff)

Each staff member in this position is expected to have basic knowledge and ability and, with guidance, be able to apply the following competencies in common situations that present limited difficulties:

• Monitoring
• Accountability
• Analysis and Critical Thinking

In addition, each staff member in this position is expected to have elementary understanding of and to demonstrate a willingness and potential to learn about:

• Evaluation
• Learning
• ICT4MEAL
• Management in MEAL

APPLICATION INSTUCTIONS: Interested candidates with relevant education and work experience are invited to complete an application which addresses the positions requirements. In order to be considered for the position, candidates must submit both a CV and a cover letter, in English. Applications which fail to meet these requirements will not be considered. Applications must be submitted online at http://jobs.crsjwbg.org and will be reviewed on a rolling basis. This posting will remain open until filled, however, submission by September 6th, 2024 is strongly advised.