Senior Specialist MEAL

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches, and local organizations who passionately champion dignity, equality, and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and recognize the value this brings in forming strong, creative, and high-performing teams. We welcome applications from all community sections and those with experience from outside the voluntary sector. And no, you don’t have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We ask that everyone live our values of dignity, equality, justice, and love. We value a good work-life balance; therefore, we’re open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues and the option of being a homeworker for most of our roles.

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About the role

The role holder will support the implementation of the Sustainable Entrepreneurship-Led Poultry Transformation Program (SEPTP), a Mastercard Funded Programme for Young Persons in Nigeria with special focus on monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL). He/she will assist in the development, implementation, and monitoring of SEPTP’s MEAL programme, providing effective and timely support (including capacity building) to programme participants and/or partner consortium organizations. The role holder is saddled with the responsibility to develop and lead a portfolio of learning interventions to strengthen the learning and evidence the works of the consortium member staff and to embed a culture of high-quality monitoring and evaluation, evidence, and learning across SEPTP and Christian Aid’s programme/policy work, in order to maximise our impact for people living in poverty. The role will have a particular focus on ensuring that we are bringing Christian Aids evidence and learning to life through the way that it is used and applied in different contexts.

About you

The post holder should have a first degree in social sciences or a BSc in mathematics, economics, statistics, biostatistics, or engineering with 5–7 years of experience working in Climate Adaptation & Resilience /humanitarian response with local and/international partner organizations. He/She should have a strong positive attitude and the ability to manage a wide range of issues of complicated procedures, indicated by a 4-5 year learning period. She/he has at least a 5-year’ Climate Adaptation & Resilience/Humanitarian response experience in MEAL programming. Familiar with the MEAL context, with the ability to communicate fluently in the English language.

Competency questions 

Communicate effectively

Give us an example of a time when you communicated something complex in a way that could be easily understood by others. What was the situation? What did you need to communicate effectively? How did you make sure the message was understood by others? What was the impact? How did you know you were successful?

Deliver results

Tell us about a time when you planned, prioritised, and monitored your own work to meet the team’s objectives to the standards required. What was your context? What was your task/responsibility? How did you make your plan? What actions did you take? What was the impact of your actions? Were you successful?  How did you know?

Realize potentials

Please provide an example of a time when you shared your knowledge and skills to help others be more effective in their roles. What was the situation? What knowledge or skills did you have to share? What was your particular task or responsibility? What action(s) did you take to help someone(s)? What were the results? Were you successful?  How did you know?

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

At Christian Aid, we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognize the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative, and high-performing teams.

We are actively encouraging racialized minorities, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are underrepresented within our teams, especially at the senior level, and we recognize and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative, and high-performing teams. 

We have a strong Christian ethos, and we encourage applications from all faiths and none (with the exception of Director positions where there is a genuine occupational requirement to be a practicing Christian - Exempted under the Equality Act 2010).

Females are strongly encouraged to apply.