TITLE: MEL Officer
REPORTS TO: Director, Strategic Learning & Impact
DEPARTMENT: Strategic Learning & Impact (SLI)
DIVISION: Global Programs
LOCATION: New York, NY or Remote USA
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
EFFECTIVE DATE: 3/22/2024
PRIMARY FUNCTION/PURPOSE: The MEL Officer provides MEL technical assistance and
management for external grant-funded and other priority projects. The Officer works closely
with Episcopal Relief & Development Program Officers and partner MEL staff to achieve high
quality monitoring, evaluation, learning, reporting, and use of results – meeting Episcopal Relief
& Development’s standards and specific grant compliance requirements. The position
contributes to MEL resource development and provides MEL capacity-building with
implementing partners and program staff to ensure quality data is gathered, analyzed and used
for project improvement and results dissemination. The position is part of highly collaborative
teams, both MEL-knowledge management and cross-functional program. The MEL Officer
works with the Director, SLI in supporting Episcopal Relief & Development’s core values and
strategic goals.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform
the essential functions.
Advances MEL on priority projects
- Manages the MEL plan for priority grant-funded projects, coordinating with Senior MEL
Manager, project teams and partners on project design, data collection, and reporting
- Provides technical insight to project teams for effective MEL execution
- Provides technical review of externally funded partners’ MEL reports, and contributes
content to reports.
- Facilitates project team’s data interpretation process to effectively communicate key
results to institutional funders and ensures MEL compliance
- Advises Program Officers and partners on effective use of monitoring data for project
improvement during implementation.