CARE Nepal on behalf of CARE USA hereby invites applications, for the below mentioned positions, from interested candidates.

Functional Title: Senior Technical Advisor, MEAL

Responsibility Level/Grade: Advisor

Department/Project/PN: Health Equity and Rights

Workstation: Nepal

Incumbent's Name: TBD

Supervisor/Principal Evaluator/Title: Director of Programs, Innovations & Impact

Preferred Qualification and Experience

• PhD- in public health, public policy, social, behavioral or global health sciences or relevant field with applied evaluation and learning experience.
• Desired French or Spanish Language Skills for supporting different country offices
• 10+ years in relevant position/Experience implementing public health projects in development contexts, Designing and executing applied evaluations, application of quantitative and qualitative research methods, behavior and social science theories and concepts, and program evaluation in complex settings, demonstrated ability to manage and be accountable for complex, independent, strategic decision making with partners and donors.
• Experience developing and leading a strategy to identify needs of and efforts to strengthen human resource capacity in monitoring, evaluation and learning
• Experience in providing technical assistance in wider countries across South Asia, West Africa and Middle East.
• Experience managing research partners, consultants, and contracts.
• Strong writing skills including for technical, academic audiences.

Required Competencies

• Written Communications
• Drive for Results
• Drive for Results
• Creativity
• Action Oriented
• Dealing with Ambiguity

Key responsibilities and tasks

• Lead the design and implementation of learning focused HER programs and their evaluations.
• Cultivate and manage strategic relationships to advance RM and learning.
• Build capacity for health-focused monitoring, evaluation, and learning across CARE's health portfolio.
• Represent CARE's HER learning in external spaces.
• Upholding CARE's Core values and ensuring its principles.
• Safeguarding responsibilities.

As a member of the Health Equity and Rights Team, the Senior Technical Advisor for MEAL will lead the team's efforts to design, implement, and measure impact and leverage from learning-focused projects and programs; manage and develop strategic partnerships with academic and learning institutions; work with colleagues to ensure high quality impact data is produced on annual basis for health programming; identify and strengthen evaluation, learning, impact measurement and health innovations across the federation; lead the dissemination of our work amongst a wide variety of stakeholders in particular through academic and peer-reviewed forums. Successful candidates will have extensive experience designing, managing, and being accountable for the results of public health projects and programs; expertise in designing and leading applied research and evaluation that responds to donor and project needs; developing creative ideas about how to build staff capacity and comfort with evaluation and research concepts and socialize the use of new tools, frameworks and approaches; excellent written and oral communication skills; and the ability to make and justify strategic decisions.

Please visit this link https://tinyurl.com/2s35ah9a for detailed Job description of the position.

CARE Nepal participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we hereby request information from candidate's previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the candidate left employment. All CARE Nepal's offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

CARE places human dignity at the centre of its relief and development work. At the heart of CARE's efforts to impact poverty and social justice is its engagement with marginalized communities, and vulnerable adults and children. Vulnerable adults and children are particularly at risk of sexual exploitation and abuse. CARE commits to the protection from sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse (PSHEA) of vulnerable adults, involving CARE Employees and Related Personnel. CARE has a zero tolerance toward sexual exploitation and abuse and child abuse. CARE takes seriously all concerns and complaints about sexual exploitation and abuse and child abuse involving CARE Employees and Related Personnel. CARE initiates rigorous investigation of complaints that indicate a possible violation of this policy and takes appropriate disciplinary action, as warranted.

Interested candidates are encouraged to send their CV with cover letter at npl.carenepal@care.org.The last date for submitting the application is 17:00 hours, September 26, 2025.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Telephone enquiries will not be entertained.

Source: Gorkhapatra