The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Plan International is looking to recruit the services of a talented and seasoned Monitoring Evaluation & Learning Coordinator to play a critical role in ensuring effective monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes throughout the project titled “ Standing Stronger together”. This project will be implemented in the Ashaiman Municipal in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana which has a strategic fit with Plan International Ghana’s Country Strategy which recognizes WASH as a major strategy to improve Health of program participants through interventions in hygiene and sanitation. The project has timeframe of 18 months, with proposed start in November 2023.

DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE

The MEL Cordinator Scope of responsibilities will include the following :

• Responsible for the implementation of community-based monitoring and feedback systems
• Responsible for ensuring all monitoring and evaluation activities are conducted in line with Plan International’s child protection/safeguarding and ethical principles and promote accountability toprogram participants
• Focal point for data collection and entry at the Project Level
• Member of MERL unit and of the Project team
• Works with project manager and other project team members to undertake all M&E related activities
• Works closely with project stakeholders, including Safisana (private partner), community members, and relevant government agencies,

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Responsibilities of this job require a low level of contact with children.

Plan International’s global policy on safeguarding children and young people will be adhered to at all times.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge:

• First degree in demography, measurement, planning, monitoring & evaluation, development studies, social sciences or other relevant field.
• A minimum of 5 years experience in program planning, monitoring, evaluation and research of complex development projects including WASH, Business development Services (BDS), Green skills Business and related projects
• Knowledge of feminist monitoring and evaluation, and results-based management tools and approaches is an advantage
• At least 3 years experience working with INGOs and managing a donor related funded project
• In-depth knowledge of the processes, procedures and systems in project planning, management, monitoring and evaluation.

Skills:

• Strong understanding of feminist principles, gender equality, and women’s empowerment.
• Skills for the design, entry, analysis of excel tables, access as well as for Microsoft word and PowerPoint
• Experience of SAP, Teams and PMERL an advantage
• Good in Microsoft word, excel, SPSS and other data processing tools
• Solid writing skills (report writing etc.)
• Ability to deliver to tight deadlines
• Good active listening and group facilitation skills
• Good facilitating skills

Behaviors:

• Committed to respecting deadlines
• Good listening capacity
• Able to make effort for adaptability
• Strong Team spirit
• Be proactive and being able to anticipate
• Capacity to work under pressure

Please follow this link for a full role profile & Job Description: Full Job Description M&E Coordinator – Standing Stronger Together.docx

Location: Accra

Type of Role: Monitoring &Evaluation

Reports to: Project Manager

Grade: 13

Closing Date: 28th September, 2023

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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