Action Against Hunger-Horn and Eastern Africa is part of the Action Against Hunger International network, which provides humanitarian relief in over 40 countries worldwide in the sectors of nutrition, health, water/sanitation, and food security. Action Against Hunger Horn and Eastern Africa is an independent NGO, currently managing operations in Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Uganda. Action Against Hunger-USA has over $60 million in programs, and approximately 2000 staff based in New York City, Washington D.C, Nairobi, and country offices. Additional growth is anticipated.Summary of positionTheRegional Strategy, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning Advisorplays a key role in Action Against Hunger Horn and East Africa Region by supporting strategy development processes and ensuring consistent design, application and engagement with MEAL systems and initiatives. S/he will lead strategy development and execution and harmonize the MEAL approaches across 8 country offices to ensure efficiency across mission and ensure compliance with Action Against Hunger MEAL minimum standards, guidelines, and procedures. S/he will also ensure data quality by designing MEAL systems, procedures, policies, and MEAL Guidelines to harmonize data across different missions. Purpose:Provide technical oversight to strategy development, execution and performance management across the region – ensuring that investment and programming priorities are aligned with strategyProvide technical oversight in the planning, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Action Against Hunger HEARO MEAL activities. Ensure that MEAL supports Provide technical support to the programs and build capacity in the country Mission through harmonizing learning and knowledge sharing. EngagementEngage with technical and operations teams, country program teams, and counterparts in the Action Against Hunger network to strengthen a culture of M&E in the organization and to create a conducive environment for its roll outRepresent Action Against Hunger USA in relevant internal and external fora and working groups, including the Action Against Hunger MEAL Working Group.Delivery:Standardize strategy development and performance management approaches and tools – ensuring consistency of strategy execution and measurement of progress across ACF USA field operationsStrengthen country program MEAL systems by rolling out Action Against Hunger's Multi-Sectorial M&E Guidelines and Minimum Standards; identifying strategic opportunities to generate and use data from MEAL, and improving and maintaining systems to foster the quality of Action Against Hunger HEARO interventions through improved monitoring and evaluationLead roll-out and implementation of Action Against Hunger Multi-Sectorial M&E Guidelines and Minimum Standards at HQ and country level Support and oversee application and implementation of MEAL systems in country programs in accordance with the Guidelines, Minimum Standards, and Action Against Hunger global reporting framework. Promote active learning and development from Action Against Hunger internal and external MEAL exercises. Develop/strengthen a MEAL community of practice (CoP) and use the CoP as platform to promote innovation, share best practices and build staff core competencies in strategy development and MEALSupport technical specialists to develop and roll-out sectoral quality assurance tools – ensuring to assure technical quality and consistency of application of ACF core programming approachesPromote innovations in MEAL – including technology which enhances MEAL efficiency (achieving the highest possible standards in impact measurement communications.Support and oversee all evaluative efforts in the region (including baselines, midterm reviews, endline evaluations) and conducting meta-analysis to inform policy, practice and programming decisions.Strength context analysis in country offices – ensuring that ACF gains technical and thought leadership in detection and anticipatory action which significantly contributes towards prevention and mitigation of hunger and malnutrition Design and roll-out a comprehensive MEAL and project management training for all ACF field staffLead the implementation of the Core Humanitarian Standards in the Horn and East AfricaI.Supervisory responsibilities:Directly supervises a regional monitoring systems specialistTechnical supervisory line to MEAL focal in country (via matrix mechanism)II. Gender Equality commitmentsFoster an environment that supports values of women and men, and equal access to information. Provide a work environment where women and men must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance Respect beneficiaries' women, men, boys and girls regardless of gender, sex orientation, disability, religion, race, color, ancestry, national origin, age or marital status, Value and respect all cultures. III.Physical demandsWhile performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods and to concentrate on work, including typing, and turn out heavy volumes of work accurately, within short time frames under stressful situations in the context of a moderately noisy office with many interruptions. Must be able to proofread own work accurately so that only minor corrections are needed on an infrequent basis.To travel to the field, the employee must attest to a level of physical fitness capable of enduring physically difficult, highly stressful situations which may include the necessity to walk long distances, to eat a limited diet and/or to reside in potentially uncomfortable housing or tents. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.V. Working Conditions, Travel and EnvironmentThe duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as required. Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business purposes. While performing the duties of this job in the field, the employee may be exposed to precarious settings under high security risks and/or very basic living conditions and outside weather conditions, as well as infectious diseases
