Project Officer - Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)

About the role

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is looking for a Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEAL) project officer for its Gaza Emergency Response. You will facilitate project objectives by monitoring and reporting on all MEAL activities and giving MEAL-related technical guidance to staff and implementing partners, helping the project apply best practices and improve its impact.

Key responsibilities

• Support the coordination and implementation of assigned project MEAL activities in line with CRS program quality principles, donor requirements and good practice.
• Monitor and report MEAL-related challenges and gaps, and help partners reflect on project experiences.
• Support the rollout of the project's feedback and response mechanism, including seeking and responding to feedback from target communities and stakeholders.
• Support field-level MEAL activities, including digital data collection, and ensure data quality through annual data quality assessments.
• Help local partners prepare MEAL aspects of reports and act as liaison between partners and the project team.
• Assess staff and partner MEAL capacity needs, coordinate MEAL-related logistical and administrative support, and complete project documentation.
• Contribute to program learning and decision-making by sharing information gathered from communities and partners.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree relevant to the area; additional experience may substitute for some education.
• At least 2 years of work experience in project support.
• Experience in participatory action planning and community engagement.
• Fluency in Arabic and English.
• Willingness to travel up to 20%.

Required skills

• Proficiency in MS Windows and MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Observation, active listening and analysis skills with sound judgment.
• Relationship management and attention to detail, accuracy and timeliness.
• Preferred: experience monitoring projects, data collection, information management, data analysis and reporting, and building the capacity of local partners.