Senior MEAL Officer

Catholic Relief Services; Philippines; Hybrid; PHP 600,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Philippines is seeking a Senior MEAL Officer to ensure the availability of quality data and evidence to support adaptive management, donor reporting, strategic decision-making, partner accountability, and learning.

The role leads the project’s results framework, indicators, monitoring plans, databases, and reporting systems, while strengthening knowledge management throughout the lifecycle, in collaboration with the PEF MEAL officer.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and operationalization of the project's results framework, indicators, and monitoring plans.
• Develop databases, reporting systems, accountability mechanisms and a learning agenda.

Job description

About CRS

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works in around 100 countries to save, protect, and transform lives, serving people in need regardless of race, religion, or nationality. Through trusted local partnerships, CRS delivers relief and development programs in emergency response, disaster risk reduction, health, agriculture, education, community savings, livelihoods, and peacebuilding.

CRS began working in the Philippines in 1945, making it the longest-running continuous CRS country program in the world. Today, CRS Philippines implements programs in emergency response and recovery, disaster risk reduction, climate resilience, livelihoods, and peace and development. With more than 70 staff across Manila, Cotabato City, Tagbilaran City, Iloilo City, Virac, and Malaybalay City, CRS works closely with church and civil society partners, government agencies, and other organizations to serve vulnerable communities across the country.

Innovative Climate Financing - Philippines Carbon Finance Pilot

is an 18-month initiative (April 2026 – September 2027) which seeks to assess and advance the readiness of indigenous peoples’ ancestral domains in Bukidnon and Davao del Norte for participation in high-integrity forest carbon markets while delivering biodiversity, livelihood, and governance co-benefits. It likewise aims to support overall investments readiness by ensuring robust technical requirements are complied with, particularly on establishing the baseline and baseline, and calculation of project removals in line with the industry’s standards. CRS works with the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) as the local implementing partner, the IP organizations, government agencies, and local stakeholders, to support IP governance strengthening, forest restoration, agroforestry and livelihoods skills strengthening, FPIC processes, biodiversity assessments, land and carbon suitability assessments, safeguarding, and the development of investment-ready carbon project opportunities.

Job Summary

The Senior MEAL Officer is responsible for ensuring the availability of quality data and evidence to support adaptive management, donor reporting, strategic decision-making, partner accountability, and learning. S/he will lead the development and operationalization of the project's results framework, indicators, monitoring plans, databases, reporting systems, accountability mechanisms, and learning agenda. S/he will work closely with Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) MEAL officer to strengthen evidence generation, knowledge management, and organizational learning throughout the project lifecycle.