Senior Specialist

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JRThe International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities.

A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
** Background:
** We aim to make our programs a model for the highest global standards and to cultivate power and lasting change not just for our clients but for all people affected by humanitarian crises. To achieve that vision, the IRC’s Technical Excellence (TE) group, located within the Crisis Response, Recovery and Development (CRRD) Department, provides technical assistance to IRC’s country program staff and shares what we learn to influence policy and practice.

IRC’s Technical Excellence team is comprised of technical units which have deep expertise in their respective fields:
Education, Economic Wellbeing, Health, Violence Prevention and Response, Monitoring Evaluation Technology Accountability & Learning (METAL).
** Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) at the IRC:
** To ensure that we are effectively carrying out our mission, we have committed to implement outcome-driven and evidence-based programs, measure what we achieve, act on what we learn, and generate new and relevant evidence. We need to produce high-quality data that can inform decision-making while also meeting donor requirements. The Global MEAL Practice team, within the METAL Unit, is responsible for global guidance, resources, and coordination to ensure that staff across all our programs are equipped with the skills and tools they need to generate and manage the right data for programmatic decision-making across the IRC.
** Job Overview:
** The Senior Specialist, MEAL serves as an organization-wide specialist for performance indicators, program monitoring, and evaluation.  The position acts as a central counterpart to sector-specific Technical Unit (TU) MEAL Focal Persons and Regional METAL Teams, helping them to implement and learn from organizational/program indicator data and evaluations.
** Major Responsibilities:
*** Lead IRC’s annual statistics and global reach calculation process, which requires coordination across sectoral Technical Units, Country Programs, and Regional Measurement Advisors to collect, review, analyze, and present data on key organizational indicators.
* Maintain and routinely coordinate updates of IRC’s core indicator list, indicator selection tool, and supporting resources. Provide leadership on indicator standards and quality; work closely with Technical Units to ensure the indicators and definitions are relevant to IRC’s organizational priorities and aligned with global standards.
* Support the development, maintenance, and translation of standard organizational MEAL tools, capacity building resources, and learning platforms to improve data quality and use across the organization.
* Support strategic global and regional evaluations as needed; provide technical guidance and quality assurance on evaluation planning, design/methods, analysis, dissemination, and data use for decision-making.
* Lead trainings for sectoral Technical Units, Country Programs, and Regional staff on various MEAL topics.
* Leverage opportunities for learning between technical units, country programs, and other relevant units across the IRC.
** Key Working Relationships:
** Position reports to:
Global MEAL Practice Lead
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* Job Requirements:

*** Essential qualifications,…