Regional MEAL Strategist for Southeast Asia Programs

Europe/Middle East Area Office; Manila; On-site; PHP 2,650,000 - 4,038,000; Full time

Job summary

Habitat for Humanity International is seeking a Senior Specialist, MEAL to provide senior technical MEAL expertise and support to TCIS projects across Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia, and to regional programmes such as Housing Finance Systems and SGB.

Working toward One MEARL, the role ensures standards, indicators and data quality are applied consistently and that evidence informs programme improvement and learning across countries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in international development, social sciences, economics, statistics, monitoring and evaluation or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive MEAL experience across multiple countries or regional programmes.
• Experience developing theories of change, results frameworks, MEAL plans and qualitative/quantitative monitoring and evaluation methods.
• Strong analytical, project management, facilitation and communication skills for complex multi-country work.
• Knowledge of current MEAL practice, including accountability, safeguarding and participatory approaches.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and application of theories of change, results frameworks, MEAL plans and indicators for regional projects.
• Provide senior MEAL support and coaching across Southeast Asia, advising programme teams.
• Integrate MEAL requirements into project management, reporting and systems.
• Design and review monitoring, data-collection and data-quality approaches; ensure reliable evidence.
• Lead internal evaluations and contribute to external evaluations, including scopes of work and methodologies.
• Analyze evidence across projects to identify trends and actionable recommendations for programme adaptation.
• Facilitate learning, reflection and cross-country knowledge sharing.

Skills

MEAL expertise

Analytical skills

Project management

Facilitation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in international development / social sciences / economics / statistics / monitoring & evaluation

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Habitat for Humanity International is seeking a Senior Specialist, MEAL to provide senior technical MEAL expertise and support to TCIS projects across Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia, and to regional programmes such as Housing Finance Systems and SGB.

Working toward One MEARL, the role ensures standards, indicators and data quality are applied consistently and that evidence informs programme improvement and learning across countries.