The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic well-being, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world’s largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), working in more than 40 countries and more than 25 US cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees delivers lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you’re a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
JOB OVERVIEW:
The Partnerships Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEAL) Officer supports the quality preparation and implementation of IRC’s partner programs across the country. The Partnerships MEAL Officer will support the Partnerships Unit and the Partnerships MEAL Manager to review of report data and verification and provide guidance and training related to MEAL/Client Responsiveness and Accountability (CRA) to sub-awardees in order to strengthen their capacity, as required.
This position reports to the Partnerships MEAL Manager.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
– Support all technical aspects and actions of Partnership MEAL regarding the all sectors programming; foster high standards and practices for quality data collection, analysis, and reports. Enable accountability to clients, partners, and donors
– Participate in Partnership Project Opening, Review and Closure Meetings, including to review successes and challenges with the partner, and capture effective MEAL/CRA practices for future partnerships.
– Collaborate with partners to ensure completeness, correctness, and accuracy of beneficiary reach data and ensure databases and up to date and accurate by conducting monitoring visits
– Work collaboratively with partners to develop and implement tools.
– Review partner ITTs, and supporting documents to ensure compliance with the partnership agreement, donor regulations and IRC policy, and provide feedback to the partner as appropriate.
– Work with partners to ensure appropriate Client Feedback Mechanisms (CFM) are established and functioning.
– Participate in the review of the performance of the partner, including successes, challenges and lessons learned.
– Provide MEAL/CRA mentoring support to partners, in accordance with partner project support plans, with a focus on supporting the partner to strengthen CFMs and approach capacities that are responsive to the needs of the partner
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education:
– BA degree or equivalent in International Development or Affairs, Social Science, Business or related field.
Experience:
– Minimum of 1 year work experience with INGOs or NGOs or a related field.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
– Fluency in Ukrainian and English, Russian a plus.
– Possess basic technical knowledge of M&E approaches and techniques in some or all of the following areas: Outputs, Outcome monitoring; Theories of Change, Logical frameworks, Data collection, Basic data analysis, Accountability, Client feedback mechanisms;
– Proficiency in MS Office software suite – including Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook and experience working with databases and/or other tracking systems.
– Basic proficiency and experience with data collection such as Kobo, Comm Care, knowledge of Power Bi is an additional asset;
– Data interpretation skills, reporting writing and presentation skills.
– Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present to groups of all sizes.
– Self-starter with ability to work independently and part of a team.
– Exceptional interpersonal skills; tact, patience, diplomacy, and appropriate assertiveness.
REPORTING STRUCTURE AND TEAM COLLABORATION
Internal: Partnerships team, MEAL team
External: Partner staff – primarily MEAL focal points
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
– Travel to other locations is needed up to 30% of time
– The organization cares about staff and provides flexible working options (start early-finish early, start later-finish later, remote work)
IRC employees are eligible to the following benefits:
– Competitive salary
– Purposeful job and development opportunities
– English classes and unlimited online training courses
– Life Insurance
– Medical insurance for staff and family members
– Free psychological support to employees and their family members
– 30 calendar days of annual vacation with flexibility beyond the legally set minimum requirements
– Up to 10 days of paid medical leave
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

IRC builds diverse and inclusive teams of professionals who promote team engagement, inclusion and cohesion, critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.
The International Rescue Committee is determined to protect the people it serves, its staff and any person associated from all kinds of harm, abuse, and violence, including sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. It is committed to taking all necessary preventive measures and creating an environment where people feel safe and can report misconduct. IRC workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. The IRC also operates and enforces a set of complementary institutional policies to protect clients and staff from harm and abuse through the Adult and Child Safeguarding policies, the Respect at Work and Harassment-free Workplace policies, the Anti-retaliation and Reporter Protection policy, which are complemented by the IRC Global Reporting guidelines. These commitments are accessible in English and in Ukrainian language.
Where misconduct is alleged, IRC follows a Zero-tolerance approach and takes all necessary actions and corrective measures. The IRC investigation unit comprises of experts and trained investigators that ensures professional survivor-centered investigations are conducted if allegations of safeguarding violations are reported through the safe and accessible reporting channels that IRC makes available to its staff, partners, and clients. IRC is also an active member of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) set-up in Ukraine.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people who are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.
Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.
Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.