Requisition ID: req59310 Job Title: MEAL Advisor, Climate Resilient WASH Sector: Monitoring & Evaluation Employment Category: Fixed Term Employment Type: Full-Time Compensation: USD 92,000.00 - 104,000.00 Annually Location: New York, NY HQ USA Work Arrangement:Open to Remote Job Description This role is only open to current IRC employees The International Rescue Committee’s chlorination pilot aims to improve access to safe drinking water for vulnerable populations in crisis-affected areas of Nigeria, Chad, and Somalia by installing and maintaining in-line chlorination (ILC) devices at community water sources. The pilot’s primary goals are to evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness, and cost-efficiency of systematic water chlorination in humanitarian contexts; ensure consistent delivery of safely chlorinated water to over 1,680,000 people; and generate the evidence needed to inform broader scale-up within and beyond the pilot countries. By integrating technical implementation with community engagement, behavior change, and rigorous monitoring and evaluation, the project seeks to reduce the incidence of waterborne diseases, especially among high-risk groups like children under five and pregnant and lactating women. Job Overview The MEAL Advisor, CR-WASH will be a key team member within the Health Unit’s growing Environment & Climate Health Global Practice Area. S/he will lead the development and implementation of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) plan for the GiveWell-funded chlorination project in Nigeria, Chad, and Somalia. The primary objective of this role is to ensure the project generates high-quality data that supports evidence-based decision-making and fulfills donor requirements. To achieve this, the MEAL Advisor will work under the Technical Lead, Climate Resilient WASH and collaborate closely with country teams and Environmental Health (EH) Technical Advisors to develop a standardized framework, tools, and approach to measurement. This includes providing support to in-country MEAL teams and overseeing the external firm responsible for collecting baseline, midline, and endline data. The Advisor will also ensure that the project’s electronic data system is fully functional, user-friendly, and accessible to a wide range of stakeholders across the organization, enabling effective monitoring of project progress and impact. Major Responsibilities Project MEAL Leadership • Lead the development of a detailed MEAL plan for the project, including indicators, data elements, targets, and data sources, and process for monitoring data quality. • Develop the data architecture for the CommCare data collection tools, and the PowerBi dashboard and provide ongoing support for necessary enhancements and changes to these systems. • Provide training for MEAL staff on indicator definition, targets, data collection tools, and use of PowerBi and MEAL technical subjects as appropriate. • Directly manage the external monitoring firm and ensure effective coordination between the firm and country teams, including establishing clear roles and responsibilities, facilitating meaningful engagement of the IRC teams in the deliverables, and ensuring clear and regular communications between the firm, country teams, and the donor. • Ensure data quality through development of daily remote support to the country MEAL teams to ensure collection of high-quality data, lead in-country data quality audits, and support to the country MEAL teams to provide quarterly data quality audits. Learning and Capacity Strengthening • Identify areas of weakness of MEAL systems and processes and work with stakeholders to improve them through tool development and/or changes, capacity strengthening, coaching, or other means. • Collaborate with the Technical Lead, CR-WASH, the Finance Officer, Environmental Health TAs, the Global Practice Lead for Environment & Climate Health, and the BUR lead, to develop a robust learning agenda and peer-learning approach that positions the project for success and scale-up by driving impact, cost-effectiveness, and adaptability • Facilitate strong cross-learning and peer-exchange between project country MEAL teams, between MEAL staff for this , and among broader internal MEAL networks, fostering a culture of sharing and learning at the MEAL practitioner level • Cultivate a culture within the project MEAL team that embraces failures as learning opportunities and leads to deeper outcomes for more clients. Communications and Reporting • Respond to and coordinate data requests, including ensuring high quality reporting, from donor, regional and global leadership ensuring consistency and transparency across the project. • Represent IRC in external forums to share project lessons, including within the network of other MEAL practitioners within GiveWell-funded chlorination pilot project implementing organizations • Provide support to the Health Unit on the measurement of Climate Resilient WASH for other projects Key Working Relationships • Position is managed by the Technical Lead, Climate Resilient WASH and works closely with the project Finance Officer • Direct Reports: External agency collecting baseline, midline and endline data • Management in Partnership: Software Developer Key Internal Relationships: • Global Practice Lead for Environment & Climate Health • Health Unit MEAL Team, including MEAL Leads for other strategic projects • Environmental Health Technical Advisors for the three regions • Regional Measurement Teams across the three regions • Best Use of Resource (BUR) team • Country program teams – both program and MEAL – who are implementing the water chlorination project Desired Experience and Skills Education and Experience: • University degree in related field plus Master’s degree in Public Health, Statistics, or related field is required. • A minimum of seven years of international experience is required leading health M&E within humanitarian settings. • Demonstrated expertise and experience working on the monitoring and evaluation of environmental health is highly desired. Skills and Competencies: • Ability to work optimally and respectfully on diverse teams and across diverse contexts. • Strong ability to work independently; takes initiative and produces results; strong problem-solving skills; ability to accept feedback and integrate it • Strong communication and presentation skills • Strong data analytical skills and understanding of monitoring of environmental health programs in low resource contexts • Dedication to contributing to a positive work environment and commitment to upholding diversity, equality and inclusion principles • Excellent interpersonal skills with a high level of English and French oral and written skills is required. • Ability to develop and support data collection using digital technology for health platforms (CommCare, PowerBi) is desirable. • Ability to travel globally up to 30% of the time, occasionally on short notice. Compensation: Posted pay ranges apply to US-based candidates. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements. US Benefits :We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. In the US, these include: 10 sick days, 10 US holidays, 20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure, medical insurance starting at $143 per month, dental starting at $6.50 per month, and vision starting at $5 per month, FSA for healthcare and commuter costs, a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching, disability & life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles. #LI-DNI