Job Title: MC4ML Project M&E Officer

Application Deadline: April 30, 2022

Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalized and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to reaching the sustainable development goals and in particular the goals of gender equality. Our organization is transforming itself to meet this enormous challenge everywhere we work. We need bold, forward-thinking, and innovative individuals to lead our country operations, driving change and delivering results that will allow us to reach our target of 100 million girls. 

In Ethiopia, Plan has more than 25 years of experience in implementing its programme. Currently PIE mainly operates in seven geographical areas; Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, Gambella, Benishangul Gumuz, Afar, and Addis Ababa City Administration on different projects funded by different donors including sponsorship.

Plan International Ethiopia's main purpose is to seek Gender Justice for Girls, Adolescent Girls, and Young Women. We aim to help create an enabling environment where girls, adolescent girls, and young women are safe, valued, equally cared for, and have equal opportunities. PIE will contribute to the global strategy by aiming to reach directly 2.1 million Girls, Adolescent Girls and Young Women over the period of the strategy 2020-2024 and to reach an additional 6.3 million beneficiaries through its interventions.

This role will assist and support the implementation of the child, early, and forced marriage and adolescents’ sexual reproductive health rights project with an emphasis on Child Protection and Gender Equality and ensure to support and establish effective M&E systems. The post holder is responsible for the deliveries of results in line with approved program plans and objectives and assists the implementation of the CEFM & ASRHR project at the PA level and contribute towards achieving the country program goal of improved protection mechanisms and community practices against harmful traditions and violence against children, and promotion of adolescent sexual reproductive health rights. Plan Ethiopia has put in place a CP policy that all of its staff must adhere to and sign.

The post holder is responsible for assisting in implementation and monitoring while ensuring quality program delivery of the overall CEFM & ASRHR project as per expectations and requirements, and child protection country program activities. She/he ensures implementation of M&E systems for the project at the Program Area level. Key components of the position also include assisting in the development of strategic thematic planning, supporting the development of an M&E Plan, and strengthening partnerships for data collection and mainstreaming of child centered community development.

ACCOUNTABILITIES and MAIN WORK ACTIVITIES

A. Project design, implementation and management support

• Participates and assists with project management team (PMT) on the development of overall project implementation strategy, systems, approaches, tools, and materials.
• S/he provides inputs to ensure that child protection and gender equality perspectives in all planned strategies and activities of the project are reflected.
• S/he will collaborate with PMT to ensure that all project activities promote gender transformative and positive change for girls and child protection perspectives as Plan International GE and CP strategies.
• Supports the PMT to manage the implementation of the project ensuring that technical quality and standards are considered and respected during project(s) implementation periods.
• Supports the Program Manager in organizing regular project coordination meetings with project management team.
• Supports and assists the PMT in anticipation and mitigation of risks and trouble-shoot any unforeseen challenges during the project implementation period.
• Proactively supports the PMT in regular update the work plan, output tracker, PMF and other documents relevant for effective project management.
• Provides regular and timely updates on project progress and challenges to supervisor and other project team members 

B. Project Monitoring and Evaluation

• Manage Monitoring and Evaluation Framework  
• Under leadership of the M&E Specialist, s/he will keenly participate and contribute for development of Project outputs and outcomes monitoring and evaluation (PMP) plan, including developing and overseeing the project’s Performance Measurement Framework (PMF), Data Flow (DF) and detailed M&E Plan
• Ensure alignment between Project Logic Model and PMF, and between PMPs and data collection tools and protocols
• Facilitate field-level participatory validation of PMF and M&E Plan
• Tool development and data collection methodology      
• Ensure the implementation of practical data collection forms to track activities, outputs and outcomes, including validation and translation (if applicable).
• Support the standardization of data collection tools based on best practices
• Support the development of survey and interview protocols and guidelines
• Ensure all implementation activities and transactions have an associated data collection form
• Field test all questionnaires and facilitate debriefing session
• Establish adequate survey clusters, create accurate sample sizes and encourage random sampling
• Data collection       
• Train enumerators/staff on data collection tools and protocols
• Build staff skills in gender-sensitive facilitation
• Create protocol for survey supervisors, including cross-checking checklist and mechanism
• Oversee and conduct data collection by enumerators and program staff
• Facilitated Focus Group discussion and collect case studies
• Liaise with officials to obtain SRHR and CP related secondary data
• Compile Primary and Secondary data generated by Field staff, enumerators and secondary sources
• Carry out random spot-checks on data collection to ensure quality and consistency of data
• Ensure that data collectors follow protocols and quality controls
• Early identification of anomalies or outliers and suggest corrective actions
• Management Information System (MIS) and Reporting   
• Support the design of project Database and automated tablet-based MIS
• Overall management of the MIS at the PA level, ensuring completeness and accuracy of data and automatic reports
• Assess and correct data entry issues, including missing values, double entry and anomalies
• Undertakes regular field visits to provide technical guidance and supervision as well as regularly monitor the progress of project outputs and activities as per plan
• Generate and interpret summary tables and provide reports and recommendation to management
• Include data interpretation and discussion during project monthly meetings
• Support the organization of feedback workshops to validate data and discuss implications
• Support the project team members in lessons learned documentation, sharing and reflection for project planning and decision making.
• Draft reports on key indicators for project stakeholders and communities
• Support the development of external knowledge sharing strategies
• Coordinate input to government agencies and research institutes

Job Requirements

Qualifications/ experience essential:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, Social work, and other related field at least 3 years relevant experience of which at least two years’ experience with NGOs.
• Demonstrated experience on working with gender equality, CP , ARHR, and other related disciplines. 

Qualification desirable

• Technical expertise, skills and knowledge
• Practical experiences working in development projects, specifically implementing and managing systems.
• Knowledge of both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Knowledge of effective participatory training facilitation, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research systems and processes.
• Strong capacity to develop and implement comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plans, including data collection tools/instruments and quality assurance protocols
• Ability to coordinate large data collection processes and manage large datasets, including processing, verification, analysis, interpretation and presentation of gender-sensitive quantitative and qualitative data
• Experience working with national/provincial/district level data sources, including government statistical sources and SRHR indicators
• Experience and skills to lead technical capacity building in monitoring and evaluation amongst staff and partners
• Strong facilitation skills to lead review/reflection meetings with the project team, partners and other stakeholders and promote the use of M&E data
• Strong computer literacy skills, including experience with spreadsheet, database and statistical software
• Strong analytical and written communication skills to contribute to the development of high-quality, accurate and timely reports
• Strong collaboration skills to work successfully with internal and external partners

Languages required

• Fluency in English language is essential
• Knowledge of local language is desirable

Plan International’s Values in Practice

We are open and accountable

We create a climate of trust inside and outside the organization by being open, honest and transparent. We hold ourselves and others to account for the decisions we make and for our impact on others, while doing what we say we will do.

We strive for lasting impact

We strive to achieve significant and lasting impact on the lives of children and young people, and to secure equality for girls. We challenge ourselves to be bold, courageous, responsive, focused and innovative. 

We work well together

We succeed by working effectively with others, inside and outside the organization, including our sponsors and donors. We actively support our colleagues, helping them to achieve their goals. We come together to create and implement solutions in our teams, across Plan International, with children, girls, young people, communities and our partners.

We are inclusive and empowering

We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge inequality in our programmes and our workplace. We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives. We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential.

How to Apply

Qualified candidates should submit the application using THIS LINK

NB: Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply. This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia.  

More information about Plan International can be found on http://plan-international.org  

References will be taken and background and anti-terrorism checks will be carried out in conformity with Plans Child Protection Policy. Plan operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all persons meeting the skills and experience required.

As an international child centered community development organization, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realization of children's rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

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 organization, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.