The Senior Specialist, MEAL provides senior technical Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) expertise and support to Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter (TCIS) projects across Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia, and to assigned regional programmes, including Housing Finance Systems (HFS) and Small and Growing Business (SGB). Working towards HFHI's One MEARL Vision, the Senior Specialist helps ensure agreed organisational standards, indicators, systems and practices are consistently applied and that evidence informs programme improvement and wider organisational learning.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the technical development and application of theories of change, results frameworks, MEAL plans, indicators and measurement approaches for projects, programmes and proposal development across the region.
- Provide senior technical MEAL support, coaching and guidance across assigned projects in Southeast Asia, promoting consistency and alignment across countries and programmes.
- Collaborate with programme and project teams to integrate MEAL requirements into project management, reporting and organisational systems throughout the project lifecycle.
- Develop and review monitoring, data-collection, reporting and data-quality approaches and provide technical quality assurance.
- Design and lead internal evaluations, assessments and applied research, and lead technical inputs to external evaluations, including scopes of work, methodology review and coordination with evaluators.
- Analyse and synthesise evidence across projects to identify trends, risks, learning and evidence gaps, and translate findings into practical recommendations for programme adaptation.
- Facilitate reflection, learning and knowledge-sharing processes and contribute to learning agendas, evidence products and cross-country learning.
- Contribute technical expertise and learning to relevant Collective Impact Initiative workstreams, including advancement of the One MEARL vision.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in international development, social sciences, economics, statistics, monitoring and evaluation or a related field; postgraduate qualification preferred.
- 5+ years of progressive MEAL experience, including technical experience across multiple countries or regional/complex programmes.
- Demonstrated experience developing theories of change, results frameworks, indicators and MEAL plans, and applying qualitative and quantitative monitoring, research and evaluation methods.
- Strong analytical, project management, facilitation and communication skills.
- Knowledge of current MEAL practice, including accountability, safeguarding and participatory approaches.
- Proficiency with data-collection, analysis and visualisation tools, including Excel and Power BI or Tableau.
Preferred: experience in market systems development, housing, housing finance, financial inclusion or private-sector development; familiarity with systemic MEAL approaches, SGBs and impact investment metrics; applied research and capacity strengthening experience.
Hybrid, full time. Locations: Cebu, Manila and Makati City, Philippines.
Closing date: 2026-11-13
HOW TO APPLY:
Apply online via the Habitat for Humanity Workday careers portal: https://habitat.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/HFHI-Office-Cebu/Senior-Specialist--MEAL---TCIS_JR103687/apply