Regional Community Accountability Advisor - Asia

Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact. Program / Department Summary The Asia region is comprised of Afghanistan, Georgia, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, and Uzbekistan. Programming in these countries focuses on humanitarian response, economic and market systems development, resilience, financial inclusion, food security, nutrition, sustainable energy, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), among others. Common themes include community engagement, inclusive development, gender, and working in partnership with local government, the private sector and civil society actors. Mercy Corps’ investment in thought leadership, continual learning, and adaptive programming allows us to make changes that are essential in a fluid context, with significant ambitions to learning and sharing through building an evidence base, investment in program performance and quality, including Community Accountability Reporting Mechanisms (CARM). The region is committed to using community feedback and local partnerships around design and delivery of programs to articulate country-level impact and contributions towards solving complex global challenges. Aligned with this approach, local partnerships and Mercy Corps Asia’s locally led approach is critical to how we meaningfully engage with key stakeholders from the prepositioning stage to program closure and sustainability plans. Our locally led approach emphasizes the need to consider and integrate community voices and our partners who are on the frontlines to direct our technical approach and work together. To support this work, the Asia Regional Community Accountability Advisor will serve in a technical advisory role to support country programs in the design and implementation of CARM, as well as partner engagement, with the aim of delivering impactful programs that are responsive to community needs. The Regional Community Accountability Advisor is also a part of the global Community Accountability team and will work closely with other Community Accountability regional Advisors and the Senior Global Community Accountability Advisor, on global initiatives that support regional objective and contribute learning and input into policy and tool development. General Position Summary The Regional Community Accountability Advisor will serve in a technical advisory role to support country programs in the Asia region to manage and continually improve their Community Accountability Reporting Mechanisms (CARM) in accordance with the CARM Policy, ensuring that programs are impactful and responsive to community needs. In addition to their regional colleagues, the Regional Community Accountability Advisor will work closely with other Regional Community Accountability Advisors and the Global Program Standards team to share learning and best practice from countries within their region, support the organization to understand Community Accountability beyond CARM and help country teams to automate their CARM systems. Essential Responsibilities PROVIDE SUPPORT TO REGIONAL CARM