The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian network, with 191 member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. IFRC uses the Triple R – response, resilience and respect – to deliver on Strategy 2030. IFRC responds to disasters and crises, ensuring timely, coordinated and locally led humanitarian action. IFRC supports its members in building community resilience in the areas of climate and environment, health and wellbeing, and migration and displacement. IFRC promotes respect for our fundamental principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality, including in our work on values, power and inclusion. The IFRC focuses throughout on our core mandate – our raison d’être – of strategic and operational coordination, humanitarian diplomacy, National Society development, and accountability.
IFRC is led by its Secretary General and has its Headquarters in Geneva and five regional offices in Africa (Nairobi); the Americas (Panama); Asia Pacific (Kuala Lumpur); Europe (Budapest); and MENA (Beirut) as well as representation offices, service centres and delegations across the globe.
The IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.
Based in Kyiv, the Senior PMEAL Officer supports the Danish Red Cross (DRC) Ukraine Country Office and the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) in the development and implementation of projects and operations (70% of the role). The position also provides remote PMEAL support to the DRC Nepal Country Office and the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) (30% of the role), with in-country support in Nepal if needed. The Senior PMEAL Officer is responsible for implementing PMEAL frameworks for DRC programmes and strengthening the quality of PMEAL systems and functions by providing technical assistance and guidance across all relevant areas of PMEAL – planning, monitoring, evaluation/review, learning and accountability. The position will strengthen the PMEAL capacity of URCS and NRCS and provide capacity-building support to the DRC teams in both country offices. The Senior PMEAL Officer will work in close cooperation with URCS and NRCS counterparts and DRC programme, project and support staff.
The Senior PMEAL Officer will, together with the Senior PMEAL Delegate, serve as the focal point for strategic, portfolio and programmatic Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (PMEAL) across the assigned portfolio, providing 70% support to the DRC Ukraine Country Office and Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) operations and 30% support to the DRC Nepal Country Office and Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) operations. Support to Nepal will primarily be provided remotely, with in-country support undertaken as required.
The core purpose of the role is to ensure that DRC remains accountable to the communities served through its National Society partners, as well as to donors and key stakeholders across both country programmes. This includes supporting programme teams to ensure that DRC programmes are designed and implemented in accordance with DRC Project Management Standards, Standard Operating Procedures, the Core Humanitarian Standard and other relevant sector standards. The role will support the design, implementation, monitoring, learning and reporting functions across both country offices, ensuring consistency in quality standards, accountability commitments and evidence-based decision-making.
The role will maintain a specific focus in Ukraine on leading assessments, baseline and endline studies, Post-Distribution Monitoring exercises, beneficiary surveys, reviews, evaluations and other analytical exercises conducted by DRC, URCS or external consultants to inform programme quality and strategic engagement. In Nepal, a key priority will be to provide technical PMEAL leadership to operationalise country-level Theories of Change and accompanying Operational Frameworks, translating them into practical monitoring systems, measurable results frameworks and evidence-based programme management approaches, while contributing to the high-quality design of new programmes and proposals.
Planning and project development
Reporting & Donor compliance
Duties applicable to all staff
1. Actively work towards the achievement of the DRC’s goals
2. Abide by and work in accordance with the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles
3. Perform any other work-related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager
Required
Bachelor’s or graduate degree in a relevant humanitarian or social sciences or other relevant education
Required
Preferred
Required
Values: Respect for diversity; Integrity; Professionalism; Accountability
Core competencies: Communication; Collaboration and teamwork; Judgement and decision making; National society and customer relations; Creativity and innovation; Building trust
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