Senior Specialist, MEAL

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in approximately 70 countries. Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Habitat works toward our vision by building strength, stability and self-reliance in partnership with families in need of decent and affordable housing. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage.

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Senior Specialist, MEAL 

Job Summary

  • The MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) Sr. Specialist supports MEAL activities in regions across the globe through providing surge capacity through a period of organizational change. This includes MEAL capacity strengthening, indicator and instrument design, and capturing and disseminating learning. This role will lead various time-bound monitoring, evaluation and accountability to communities initiatives across regions in which Habitat for Humanity operates, under the direction of MEAL leaders across the globe.

This is a three-year position and it can be located remotely in the U.S., Bratislava, Slovakia; San Jose, Costa Rica; Nairobi, Kenya; Manila, Philippines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Surge Capacity: (40%)

  • Provide virtual surge MEAL capacity during start ups, scale ups, transitions, or emergencies, stabilizing systems and supporting local MEAL teams.
  • Provide virtual MEAL support for existing programs, under the direction of regional MEAL leaders.
  • Operationalize MEAL policies and processes across regions; contribute to updates based on field feedback and evolving donor requirements.
  • Translate global MEAL strategy into regional execution by aligning country and project MEAL plans with organization wide frameworks, standards, and quality benchmarks.
  • Contribute to the development of project and program design and proposal development

Data Integrity: (20%)

  • Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and consistency of program data through regular quality checks and validation processes.

Global MEAL support: (30%)

  • Support the Global MEAL Team to deliver organizational MEAL priorities
  • Input into the creation and review of MEAL guidance, training materials, and toolkits.
  • Support the design and delivery of global MEAL workshops and events
  • Support the onboarding and mentoring of MEAL personnel as needed.

Collaboration: (10%)

  • Be an active member of the global MEAL team and HFHI MEAL Network
  • Participate in regional MEAL communities of practice and peer to peer learning activities

Minimum Requirements
Education

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Years of Related Experience

  • 5 + years of experience of monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning at project or program level

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Prior knowledge and experience with output and outcome measurement and development of tools and platforms to facilitate such processes.
  • Prior knowledge and experience with setting up and running mechanism to ensure accountability to communities
  • Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
  • Proficiency in communicating in a wide range of formats to different audiences
  • Experience in designing and delivering (facilitating) MEAL related capacity strengthening activities.
  • Comfortable working both independently and in team environments.

Preferred Requirements

  • Spanish or French language proficiency helpful
  • Experience working as part of a global team
  • Experience working in a regional MEAL Advisor role or for a multi-country program
  • Experience collaborating virtually and in remote settings.
  • Understanding of or experience with federated networks

Method of application

If you are interested and qualified, kindly submit your application via the link provided below,

https://www.habitat.org/about/careers/senior-specialist-meal-10872br?utm_source=Jobinkenya

Deadline May 24, 2026.

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