**This position is contingent on funding confirmation**
CRS Moldova and Ukraineย
About CRSย
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transformย lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion, or nationality. CRSโ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance, and peacebuilding.ย
CRS Moldova and Ukraineย
Building on a modest pre-existing presence, the Moldova and Ukraine Country Office (CO) rapidly expanded its programming following Russiaโs full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Between 2022 and 2025, CRS reached over 500,000 people through a comprehensive emergency, recovery and development strategy encompassing shelter and infrastructure, winterization, basic needs, education, livelihoods, protection, and care reform. The CO also prioritized strengthening partner capacity and fostering local leadership to amplify impact and reach millions more. Looking ahead, priorities include diversifying programming for the most vulnerable, integrating systemic outcomes for scale, and deepening partnerships across both countries. CRSโ portfolio is resourced by institutional donors and private emergency funding.ย
In Ukraine, CRS has provided technical support and accompaniment to Caritas Ukraine (CUA) in managing the U.S. Government (USG) Department of State (DOS)-funded programย Multi-Sector Assistance to War-Affected People in Ukraineย since February 2024. The next phase of the project is expected to significantly broaden its scope and scale, delivering critical services to a larger number of war-affected communities. Through capacity sharing and accompaniment, CRS supports CUA on all aspects of implementation including program management, technical sectors, MEAL, grants management and reporting, operations, compliance and risk management. The support is led and coordinated by a Project Director, with active involvement from the Country Office senior management, programming and operations teams, as well as regional and global advisors, and strategic engagement of agency senior leadership.ย
This position is focused on and based in Ukraine.ย
ย
Job Summary
As MEAL Technical Advisor II, you will lead the provision of technical support on Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) and Information Management (IM) for Caritas Ukraine for the USG DOS funded program,ย Multi-Sector Assistance to War-Affected People in Ukraine. ย
Your MEAL and IM-related technical knowledge, advice and guidance will ensure that strong systems and practices are in place to track program progress, assess performance and results, and support learning, adaptive management, and reporting. You will work with partner staff through close accompaniment to ensure MEAL systems and practices are aligned with donor requirements and CRS/Caritas program quality, management and MEAL standards and best practices. Your technical knowledge, management experience, and strong relationship skills will help advance CRS and partnersโ work to support the most vulnerable and conflict-affected people across Ukraine.ย
ย
Roles and Key Responsibilities
Provide technical solutions to CRS and CUA teams, remotely and on-site, for strategic planning and how to best apply program design and implementation standards, best practices, partnership principles, tools, ensuring high-quality implementation of MEAL activities. Provide guidance and technical oversight for the development and implementation of high-quality MEAL systems and processes, including ICT4MEAL/IM systems, to ensure project design, start-up, implementation and close-out are in line with program quality principles, CRS and partner MEAL standard and policies, donor MEAL guidelines, and industry best practices. Provide technical support to design and deploy effective IM systems, digital tools for data collection, and data analysis and visualization that facilitate use of data and quality reporting. Contribute to or lead the periodic review of data quality and MEAL and IM systems for large and complex emergency programming and support CRS and partner staff to identify and apply corrective actions. Contribute to knowledge management and learning through collecting and analyzing program data, evaluating strategic projects, assisting with measuring program impact, capturing and sharing lessons learned and best practices, and research and internal reports. Strengthen MEAL capacity of staff and partners through training, mentoring, and development of learning strategies, curricula, and practical tools. Establish and maintain relationships with donors, peer organizations, research and other institutions. Participate in coordination forums for MEAL to collect and share best practices and promote CRS and partnersโ work.Preferred Qualifications
Masterโs degree International Development, Humanitarian Assistance, Information Management, MEAL or related fieldย
Knowledge, Skills and Abilitiesย ย
ย
Demonstrated application of technical principles and concepts in MEAL and IM,ย including applying data collection tools and methodologies, data analysis, and data presentation, in multisectoral humanitarian programming, preferably with an international NGO. General knowledge of other related disciplines to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach.ย Experience working with partner organizations on project management and accompaniment, capacity strengthening and institutional development. Experience in business development, project design and proposal development in including technical writing and production of MEAL-related technical documentation.ย Experience in mentoring, coaching, facilitation, and training applying adult learning principles and practices. Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based civil society partners. Understanding of partnership principles. Excellent relationship management skills with ability to influence and get buy-in from people not under direct supervision and to work with individuals in diverse geographical and cultural settings. Strong strategic, analytical, problem-solving and systems thinking skills with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment Strong written and oral communication skills Excellent facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills Proactive, resourceful and results-oriented Experience with information management, database design and management, including concepts of relational databases and hands-on experience with one or more RDBMS preferred. Experience in PowerBI and one or more of the following digital data collection tools strongly preferred: CommCare, KoBo Collect, RedRose Collect. Expertise in statistical software such as Stata, R, or SPSS preferred. Experience using both quantitative and qualitative MEAL approaches strongly preferred Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, knowledge-sharing networks.Required Languages:ย English fluency (written and verbal) is required, knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian is an advantage.
Travel:ย up to 30% of field travel within Ukraine, primarily to partner offices.ย
Supervisory Responsibilities:ย To be determined.
Key Working Relationships:ย
Internal:ย Project Director, Program Team, Head of Programs,ย Country Representative, BD/Grants Management Coordinator, Head of Operations, Deputy Head of Operations, CRS Global/Regional staff, Humanitarian Response Department staff
External:ย Caritas Ukraine national and local offices,ย institutional donors, local government, USG, United Nations and international NGOs, humanitarian clusters and working groups in Ukraine
Basic Qualifications
Bachelorโs degree in International Development, Humanitarian Assistance, Information Management or MEAL required.ย Minimum of eight years of relevant international experience in an advisory or management role with progressive responsibilities, with minimum of three years focused on MEAL Previous experience providing technical assistance and developing successful proposals for external donor funding is required.Agency Competencies (for all CRS Staff):
Personal Accountability โ Consistently takes responsibility for oneโs own actions.ย Acts with Integrity - Consistently models values aligned with CRS Guiding Principles and mission.ย Is considered honest. Builds and Maintains Trust - Shows consistency between words and actions. Collaborates with Others โ Works effectively in intercultural and diverse teams. Open to Learn โ Seeks out experiences that may change perspective or provide an opportunity to learn new things.Agency Leadership Competencies:
Lead Change โ Continually looks for ways to improve the agency through a culture of agility, openness, and innovation. Develops and Recognizes Others โ Builds the capacity of staff to reach their full potential and enhance team and agency performance. Strategic Mindset โ Understands role in translating, communicating, and implementing agency strategy and team priorities.What we offer
CRS offers U.S. based staff a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, and a generous retirement savings plan.ย Benefits packages for successful candidates employed outside the U.S. are based on the country of employment/in-country office where the candidate will perform the role.ย CRSยด work culture is a collaborative, mission-driven culture committed to improving the lives of the poor throughout the world.
CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries. CRSโย relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance, and peacebuilding.ย ย CRSโ processes and policies reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.
CRS welcomes candidates from the countries and regions in which we work. In the event the successful candidate is an expatriate, the anticipated duration of the assignment is informed by a term limit, based on the type and level of the job and the needs of the agency.
CRS is committed to safeguarding program participants, community members, staff and volunteers from all forms of exploitation and abuse.ย ย The successful candidate is expected to sign and adhere to CRSยด Code of Conduct.
CRS talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding the rights and dignity of all people - especially children and vulnerable adults - to live free from abuse and harm.
Disclaimer:ย This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.ย
CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
General Requirements
CRS offers are contingent on the selected candidateโs ability to legally work where the position is to be performed. Every government has a unique set of work permit eligibility requirements.ย ย All positions requiring residence or frequent travel outside a home country must undergo and clear a pre-employment medical clearance; some work permit processes require clearing a separate government administered medical examination.
CRS prioritizes candidates who are citizens/ permanent residents of the countries where we have CRS offices.