Meal Specialist

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**Position**: MEAL Specialist

**Reports to**: Lead, Resource Diversification & Compliance

**Position Term**: Full Time Permanent

**Workplace Type**: Remote across Canada

World Vision is a Christian development, relief and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome the root causes of poverty and injustice. We offer an exciting working environment where people contribute to make a difference in the lives of children and communities around the world.
The Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Specialist will provide technical support for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) across Programs and Policy (P&P) (as part of the Impact Value Stream) by developing M&E systems/platforms that track and measure results, utilizing data for programmatic decision-making, accountability and learning. The position will strengthen M&E strategies through the development and management of performance monitoring systems for individual projects, monitoring designs and project implementation to ensure adherence to M&E standards. The position supports P&P to ensure optimal program results for partners and to cultivate strategic donor relations and funding opportunities by leveraging results for resource acquisition, policy influence and ensuring the effective use of evidence to demonstrate impact. The position represents World Vision Canada internally and externally, working collaboratively with the other members of Impact Value Stream, Programs & Policy technical specialists as well as other World Vision Canada departments and the larger World Vision partnership.
The MEAL Specialist is housed in the Program and Policy division reporting to the Sectoral Integration and Technical Branding Lead and operationally working under the Impact Value Stream. The MEAL Specialist will work collaboratively with other members of the Impact Value Stream, Technical Specialists, and program staff within Program & Policy Division and other colleagues at WVC. The MEAL Specialist will also interface with staff from the World Vision field offices. The position is remote based in Canada with some overseas travel.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
Ensure development of impact driven and digitally enabled M&E systems to deliver maximum, efficient and effective results:

- Provide technical guidance to M&E system design and infrastructure to support aggregation of program results to provide consolidated program information for decision-making.

Ensure development and implementation of MEAL standards, processes and provide ongoing technical guidance:

- Promote M&E standards and guidelines, best practices, and state-of-the-art approaches among WVC staff and project partners.
- Investigate and pursue opportunities to increase the quality of P&Ps Monitoring and Evaluation efforts, in collaboration with field partners and WVC colleagues.
- Provide technical support and oversight to design teams in the development and implementation of an M&E system for each, while ensuring the quality and relevance of the project’s monitoring and evaluation design.
- Ensure quality of M&E related data to be collected throughout program implementation for initiated projects.
- Support project teams to utilize the Collaborative, Learning and Adapting Approach to continually assess project progress and inform project management decision-making.
- Provide technical guidance to Program/Grant Managers and field teams on conducting baseline assessments, evaluations and setting up monitoring and reporting systems.
- Ensure P&P is leveraging evaluations to support knowledge mobilization activities and donor pre-positioning.
- Support the analysis of quantitative and qualitative field data for specific projects and meta-analysis of impact across the grant portfolio. Manage database of indicators for consistent integration and reporting.

Strengthen internal relationships and capacities to support MEAL goals:

- Ensure WVC funded programs and policy influence initiatives are aligned with WVI global Monitoring and Evaluation technical standards as well as global best practices contributing to improved child wellbeing.
- Provide technical guidance to the vetting, selection and monitoring of external MEAL consultancies.
- Facilitate and serve as a project liaison for externally-managed evaluations.
- Strengthen the capacity of critical stakeholders, both in WVC and the field,