Descrição
Title:
MEAL Specialist (Systems & Partnerships)**
Reports to:
Program Implementation Manager
Location:
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Hello,Hello!
So you’re interested in joining us? Welcome, we’re happy you’re here.
When you Join Alight, you’ll find
A team with deep experience in co-designing solutions that create new value around the world. We know we need to always be better, and we believe in the power and abundance of everyday people, everywhere, to change the world with us.
A culture of radical accountabilityto our customers -as we help build a meaningful life for and with the displaced, we ask them what they want and then deliver on it.
An organization that refuses to settle for anything less than delivering human-worthy services.
- If you are looking to be part of a living, breathing, ever-changing organization full of disrupters and doers, then read on!_
Our Purpose and Work in Europe and Ukraine**
In Europe and Ukraine, Alight supports communities affected by the war through a combination of immediate assistance and longer-term recovery programs. Our work focuses on restoring safety, dignity, and resilience for people whose lives have been disrupted by prolonged conflict.
Alongside rapid, practical support that responds to urgent needs, we implement longer-term initiatives that strengthen mental health and psychosocial wellbeing, support veterans and their families, and help communities recover through access to energy, winterization, and essential services. We work closely with local partners, authorities, and international teams to design solutions that are context-driven, adaptable, and rooted in community priorities.
Our response in Ukraine and the region continues to evolve with the realities on the ground, shaped by close collaboration with our team based in Kharkiv, who work directly alongside communities to adapt and deliver programs where they are needed most.
Who We Are
We are on a journey to build Alight, a new platform of amazing people and organizations providing lifesaving services and creating breakthrough solutions for and with the displaced (wearealight.org).
Alight is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, sexual expression, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status. Alight complies with all applicable laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
We strive to represent the diverse communities we serve. Applicants who contribute to this diversity and those who bring lived experience with displacement are strongly encouraged to apply.
THE ROLE:
The MEAL Specialist at ALIGHT Ukraine acts as the architect of the mission’s data ecosystem. Their primary mission is to transition from fragmented reporting to a systematic, digital-first data pipeline for MHPSS activities. This role bridges the gap between ALIGHT’s global standards and the operational reality of national partners, ensuring high-quality, ethical, and real-time data for decision-making.
Primary Roles & Responsibilities:
Systematic Data Infrastructure (The Architect):
Workflow Automation**: Design and maintain a standardized end-to-end data flow for MHPSS activities, ensuring data moves seamlessly from field collection to ALIGHT’s central dashboards.
- Standardized Toolkits: Develop a "Master Toolbox" of digital forms (KoboToolbox/ODK) for PSS groups, individual counseling, and outreach, ensuring 100% uniformity across all hubs.
- Database Management: Maintain a secure, encrypted SQL or Excel-based master database that consolidates data from multiple national partners.
National Partner Coordination & System Integration:
System Harmonization**: Lead the technical onboarding of national partners into ALIGHT’s MEAL systems, ensuring their internal tools align with ALIGHT’s reporting requirements.
- Data Quality Audits (DQA): Implement a systematic monthly audit of partner data to identify gaps, outliers, or logical errors in MHPSS reporting.
- Partner Empowerment: Transition partners from "data providers" to "data users" by creating custom PowerBI/Excel dashboards for their specific use.
Specialized MHPSS Monitoring:
Ethical Data Safeguards**: Enforce strict "Zero-Identification" protocols for MHPSS data, ensuring systematic anonymization of sensitive beneficiary files before analysis.
- Do-No-Harm Systematization: Integrate "Safe Identification and Referral" (SIR) tracking into all monitoring tools to ensure every protection risk identified is systematically followed up.
- MHPSS Indicator Tracking: Develop and maintain standardized monitoring indicators for psychosocial support activities, including psychological consultations, family resilience sessions, peer support activities, and capacity-building trainings.
- Service Quality Monitoring: Conduct