PMEAL Advisor Location: London Contract type: up to 12 months Fixed Term (maternity cover) Hours per week: 35 (typically Mon - Fri) Salary: up to £40,841 dependent on experience (plus London Weighting of £3,344, if applicable) per annum Are you a French speaking professional, passionate about humanitarian causes and using your PMEAL (Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning) and CEA (Community, Engagement, Accountability) skills to positively impact the lives of disaster-affected people? This might be a great opportunity for you. The British Red Cross are recruiting for a dynamic professional to work within the PMEAL Advisory team. The overall purpose of the role is to support and facilitate quality programming and stronger National Societies. A day in the life of a PMEAL Advisor Working within a team of regionally or focus area-aligned PMEAL Advisors you will lead, facilitate, and enable BRC-supported programmes and our partner National Societies to strengthen their approaches to planning, monitoring, accountability, evaluation, and learning. Reporting to the Senior PMEAL Advisor, you will lead or contribute to initiatives that will strengthen BRC's overall approach to quality programming to have a greater impact on the lives of disaster-affected people. This is an exciting niche opportunity. You will be supporting a region or a cluster of countries (likely West and Central Africa and the Overseas Territories). The role will also support other teams such as the Cash, Livelihoods, and other technical areas on request and in agreement with the PMEAL team. In this diverse and largely autonomous role, you will also assist in assuring that the Safe and Inclusive Minimum Actions are incorporated into all programmes supported by BRC and will be a champion for ensuring that CEA is mainstreamed. This role will involve some short periods of international travel (potentially up to three months of the year) and may require you to work in a physically demanding environment. To be a successful PMEAL Advisor you should have: A good knowledge of PMEAL or MEAL theory and methodologies within the international humanitarian or development sector, you will have significant hands-on experience of monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessment. Fluent in French, you will be a great communicator and collaborator, able to establish effective relationships with internal and external project and programme partners and communicate to different audiences and persuade or influence decision makers. It is essential that you have field-level experience that includes designing and implementing key CEA approaches, such as establishing and managing complaint and feedback mechanisms, 2-way information sharing, behaviour change communication initiatives and community-led design of programmes. Closing date for applications is 23.59 on Sunday 1st October 2023. Interviews are expected to take place soon after. If you have any questions about the role, please email us at , quoting reference number #8656 In return for your commitment and expertise, you'll get: Holidays: 36 days annual leave (including bank holidays) + option to buy 5 extra days (pro rata for part time). Pension scheme: Up to 6% contributory pension. Flexible working: We do our best to accommodate your preferred work style. Learning & Development: Wide range of career opportunities + comprehensive learning. Discounts: Access to Blue Light Discount Card and employee benefits platform. Wellbeing Support: Access to mental health and wellbeing assistance. Team Working: Support our mission in a collaborative team. Cycle2Work: Lease a bicycle through the scheme. Season ticket loan: Interest-free loan for commuting expenses. At The British Red Cross, we pride ourselves on our diverse workforce, and ensuring we have an inclusive environment for all our staff and volunteers. We remain committed to ensuring our teams can bring their true selves to work without risk or fear of discrimination. We do this through regular data reporting, and the support of our internal Race and Equality Network (REEN), LGBT+ Network, our Disability and Wellness Network (DAWN), Gender Network, Carers Network and Youth Network.