Monitoring and Evaluation Lead at Catholic Relief Services – Philippines | (Hybrid)

Position title: Monitoring and Evaluation Lead

Location: Philippines | (Hybrid)
Responsibilities:

• Manage MEAL Activities: Oversee and implement all Component 5, MEAL activities throughout the project cycle, ensuring alignment with CRS quality principles, DENR and GEF guidelines, and best practices. Ensure the use of appropriate systems and tools by the project team and partner staff.
• Tool Development and Data Analysis: Develop quantitative and qualitative tools, conduct data collection, analyze data, and present final reports. Facilitate reflections on key learnings.
• Champion Learning: Identify opportunities for learning, research, and publications in restoration and MEAL policy implementation. Disseminate promising practices and lessons learned. Promote learning among project staff and partners. Analyze and evaluate project performance data, addressing issues and concerns using participatory processes.
• Capacity Building: Identify staff capacity and technical assistance needs of partner organizations. Support capacity strengthening interventions to ensure quality MEAL implementation.
• Partnership Management: Identify, assess, and strengthen partnerships relevant to MEAL, applying appropriate partnership concepts, tools, and approaches.
• Monitoring Systems: Collaborate with field teams and partners to build and use effective monitoring systems aligned with approved logic models and work plans.
• Database Management: Design and manage a database to maintain collected data, ensuring accuracy and consistency over time.
• Reporting: Produce quarterly, semiannual, and annual reports on project progress and impact. Assist in writing Project Progress Reports, including reflections and adaptive management.
• Adaptive Management: Investigate emerging data for adaptive management proposals and contribute to annual reflection workshops.
• Evaluation Support: Provide logistical and coordination support for project evaluations.

Component and Outputs

Component
Component 1: Knowledge and decision support system	Engage ICRAF in developing a monitoring system to capture information related to the outcome and output level targets in the establishment of the What to Plant Where platform
Component 2: Ecological Restoration Site Development	Develop an evaluation scheme including peer reviews for the priority propagation protocols Provide advice in the evaluation of the functional project supported seed sources and nurseries
Component 3: Adoption of restoration best practices	Facilitate consultation with various community in determining mechanisms for improved participation of local community, members including indigenous peoples, women, and youth, in restoration work. Support partners/grantees by reviewing the criteria, selection process and learning needs assessment tools of viable Biodiversity Friendly Enterprises
Component 4: Policy coherence
Component 5: Effective monitoring, and evaluation (M&E)	Development and implement the M&E system integrating gender and social inclusion Reporting to the Agency updated data for Tracking Tools Lead the submission of required monitoring reports Facilitate the installation of the grievance mechanisms with support from the ESS safeguards Specialist Monitoring and reporting to Agency on identified risks and impact, and management Monitoring of Core Indicators and reporting to Agency on progress, including for MTR and TE updates
Component 6: Project Management Costs (PMC)	N/A

Qualifications:

• Education: Master’s degree in environmental science and management, or a relevant field.
• Experience: Minimum of 4 years of relevant field-based experience in coordinating or managing light to moderately complex projects, preferably with an international NGO.
• Skills:
  • Experience engaging with partner organizations for knowledge transfer through training, mentoring, and other methods.
  • Demonstrated MEAL field experience, including data collection, manipulation, synthesis, and analysis. Proficiency with SPSS or similar data analysis software is highly preferred.
  • Proficiency in MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), web conferencing applications, and information management systems.

Required Languages: Proficiency in English.

Travel: Must be willing and able to travel up to 30%.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Project Management: Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Analytical Skills: Strong expertise in analyzing data.
• Writing Skills: Strong technical writing skills.
• Research Methods: Experience in designing and implementing tools and strategies for quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis, and report production.
• Statistical Software: Experience using statistical software such as R or Stata is desired.
• Database Software: Expertise in using database software such as Excel and Smartsheet is preferred.
• Management Standards: Familiarity with Program and Project Management Standards (PPMS) and results-based management principles, tools, and techniques is preferred.
• Language Proficiency: Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
• Field Experience: International, developing country field experience is preferred, especially in a monitoring and evaluation role in a development or conservation context.
• Relationship Management: Strong relationship management skills with the ability to influence and gain buy-in from individuals not under direct supervision.
• Strategic Thinking: Strategic, analytical, problem-solving, and systems thinking skills with the capacity to see the big picture and make sound judgments.
• Presentation Skills: Presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills.
• Proactivity: Proactive, resourceful, and results-oriented.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), web conferencing applications, information and budget management systems, and knowledge-sharing networks.

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Integrity
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship

Supervisory Responsibilities: none

Key Working Relationships

Internal to CRS: Project Management Unit (PMU) Lead, ESS Officer, Head of Programs, PM2-Climate Resilience, Regional MEAL focal and PM2 MEAL Manager.

Executing Agency: DENR – BMB -Caves and Wetland Division focal person, DENR – Foreign Assisted Support Project Section focal persons

External: NGO partners, Government partners, Local Government Units, Technical partners, and

Research and academic institutions.

CRS is proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Selection and hiring decisions are made without regard to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, veteran status or any other protected area.