Water for Life Initiative Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer

Ministry: Global Aid Network 

Location: Abbotsford, BC National Resources Center /  Remote

Reports to: Lead Program Manager, Water for Life Initiative

Position type: Commissioned, Full Time 

Organization Overview

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Ministry Overview

Global Aid Network Canada (GAiN) is a worldwide humanitarian relief and development organization dedicated to relieving suffering, restoring dignity, and revealing hope to people living in some of the toughest places on earth.

Restoring Lives: GAiN’s passion is to ease the challenging living situations that people experience in everyday life in developing countries by providing them with the tools and resources they require.

Revealing Hope: GAiN aspires to not only bring tangible humanitarian aid to people living in difficult situations, but to also see them come to faith in Jesus Christ and share it with others. Employing a discipleship and church planting strategy in tandem following the gift of clean water, critical aid and sustainable development, GAiN seeks to embrace people with the love of God, to let them know they are of value and significance, and to restore their dignity.

Power to Change (P2C) helps people know Jesus and experience His power to change the world.

 Position Overview

The MEAL Officer at Global Aid Network will support the design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning processes across projects. This includes developing frameworks, collecting and analyzing data, and ensuring program outcomes are effectively measured and communicated. Working closely with the Water for Life Initiative team and field partners, the MEAL Officer will be the primary contact for ensuring transparency, learning, and continuous improvement in all projects. This role is key to driving accountability and enhancing program impact through data-driven insights and research for the team. 

About the Role

In this role as the WFLI MEAL Officer, you will be responsible to achieve the following objectives:

Primary Outcomes:

Cultivating a Learning and Accountability Culture (25%)

• Develop and implement a knowledge management strategy that integrates learning with accountability across the WFLI team.

• Facilitate the collection and dissemination of lessons learned from projects and programs to enhance both internal learning and accountability to stakeholders.

• Champion the promotion of continuous improvement by encouraging open discussions around project successes and areas for growth.

• Regularly publish program briefs, learning insights, and accountability reports to ensure transparency with donors, partners, and staff.

Designing and Implementing a Comprehensive Monitoring, Evaluation, and Accountability Framework (20%)

• Maintain and update the performance measurement framework to ensure it includes relevant, measurable indicators and robust accountability measures.

• Lead the creation and implementation of project-specific monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks, ensuring they align with both program goals and donor expectations.

• Coordinate with the WFLI team to produce quarterly sustainability reports, emphasizing accountability and impact across regions and countries.

• Conduct annual evaluations based on the performance measurement framework, producing detailed reports on outcomes, sustainability, and areas for improvement.

• Research and integrate new spiritual and community impact metrics to capture the effectiveness of church mobilization strategies.

• Regularly assess spiritual impact data and make programmatic recommendations based on these insights, ensuring alignment with GAiN’s mission to demonstrate the love of Jesus.

• Ensure that accountability to church partners is maintained through regular evaluations, feedback, and shared learning.

Ensuring Effective Ongoing Monitoring and Data Use (20%)

• Oversee the ongoing monitoring program, training in-country data collectors, and providing clear accountability mechanisms to track their productivity.

• Analyze multi-year data (1, 2, 5, and 10 years) from ongoing monitoring programs to assess trends in effectiveness, sustainability, and program impact, in collaboration with the WFLI Lead Program Manager. 

• Incorporate spiritual impact metrics and community feedback mechanisms into monitoring efforts to ensure both program accountability and learning.

• Design feedback loops that ensure actionable insights from monitoring data are shared with donors, field partners, and the GAiN team for program adjustments and improvements.

Facilitating Research, Development, and Learning for Program Improvement (15%)

• Use monitoring and evaluation (M&E) data to inform research and development (R&D) efforts aimed at improving program design and outcomes.

• Collaborate with WFLI project managers to identify key learning areas and implement innovative strategies based on research and data analysis.

• Conduct internal and external research on best practices in WASH, community development, and Christian development, applying these learnings to ongoing and future projects.

• Ensure that learning from evaluations and research is captured and shared with both internal and external stakeholders, contributing to programmatic development and sector-wide discussions.

Other Responsibilities (10%)

• Active participation in weekly chapel services  and GAiN prayer time.  

• Attendance and participation in the bi-annual International Day of Prayer.

• Participate in staff meetings, Water for Life team meetings, etc.  

• Support other GAiN teams and initiatives, as required.  

Ministry Partner Development (10%) 

• Actively build a partnership team which provides financial and prayer support

About You

• You have a deep, growing, intimate relationship with Jesus Christ

• You have a genuine desire to see people’s lives transformed by Jesus

• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• You are organized, and are a good steward of your time 

• You are both a team player, and able to work independently  

• You have a bachelor’s degree 

• You have 1-2 years of relevant work experience 

• You demonstrate a desire to learn, and strive for excellence in all that you do  

  What We Offer Our Staff

  • Employer-paid extended health and dental benefits (if 25+ hours a week)

  • Health Care Spending Account  

  • Group RRSP contribution options with up to 3.5% matching after 1 year of employment

  • Access to our Employment Assistant Program (EAP) (if 25+ hours a week)

  • Paid vacation

  • Free registration for FamilyLife Weekend Getaway

  • Extra vacation week from Christmas to New Year

  • Weekly Chapel services

  • Semi-annual Day of Prayer participation

  • Discounts at our Resource Centre

  
  

  Funding
  This position requires Ministry Partner Development. The successful candidate will have the privilege to build a partnership team which provides financial and prayer support for the ministry. The financial support will cover the costs of the candidate’s salary and ministry expenses. Power to Change believes that Ministry Partner Development is biblical and God will provide everything necessary to fulfill the calling into ministry: finances, emotional strength and perseverance. Building a ministry partnership team is an integral part of being in ministry. There are many opportunities to bless and encourage the partnership team. Power to Change is committed to providing training and coaching that ensures success in Ministry Partner Development.