Description
The METAL Coordinator will provide national leadership and management oversight to ensure that the Yemen country program develops and achieves METAL commitments.
The METAL Coordinator will lead a dynamic department comprised of two teams: Monitoring & Evaluation and Client Responsiveness & Accountability.
Technical Oversight
- Provide technical leadership to ensure strong data systems and processes throughout the project cycle, from design and implementation to close-out and learning.
- Develop and operationalize logical frameworks, METAL plans, data collection tools, processes for data management, client feedback approaches, quality checks and audits, and data visualization.
- Provide METAL technical assistance to program teams during the design and inception stages, including support with logframes, indicator selection and measurement methodologies, and the development of data collection plans and tools.
- Lead the expansion of Commcare for data collection and PowerBI dashboards to enhance the timeliness and quality of data collection, analysis, and visualization.
Strategic Leadership
- Establish and drive common strategies and approaches to METAL that reflect and contextualize Strategy 100 and the Country Strategic Action Plan.
- Champion an organizational culture where data is routinely used for evidence-based decision making and program adaptation.
- Shape and implement METAL systems and approaches that meet IRC standards and practices, are responsive to program needs, and enable accountability to clients, partners, and donors.
Staff Management and Development
- Supervise the METAL team across multiple sectors and geographical areas.
- Coach, train, supervise, and mentor METAL department staff.
- Develop and implement remote management capacity building approaches to build the strengths of the METAL team.
Partnership Program Delivery
- Ensure that Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) systems integrate partnership principles and reflect partner contributions.
- Participate in Partnership Cycle Management (PCM), including joint monitoring visits, reflection sessions, and after-action reviews with partners.
- Support partners in developing and implementing MEAL plans, ensuring alignment with project objectives and donor requirements.
Program Support & Capacity Sharing
- Provide technical support and training to partners on MEAL tools, methodologies, and accountability mechanisms.
- Facilitate learning and knowledge-sharing sessions between IRC and partners to promote adaptive management and continuous improvement.
Requirements:
- A university degree in a relevant subject area (statistics, data management, social sciences, public health, economic development, or a related field).
- A minimum of 5 years of work experience within MEAL-related functions, including experience leading data collection and analysis for multi-sector and multi-donor funded humanitarian programs.
- Excellent understanding of a range of quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis methods required.
- Demonstrated ability to develop functional and user-friendly systems to utilize routine and survey data in program quality improvement and evidence-based decision-making.
- Proficiency and experience with mobile data collection software such as Kobo, CommCare, and ODK Collect is essential, as well as proficiency with Microsoft Excel, SPSS, STATA, or other similar software.