Job Vacancy For Planning & Monitoring Coordinator

• Responsible for ensuring quality in project design, planning and monitoring in line with the country strategy and the Program Quality Policy (PQP)
• Accountable for corporate system monitoring and reporting
• Supports the roll out of PQP
• Responsible for all monitoring and evaluation activities being conducted in line with Plan International's child protection and ethical principles, and promotes accountability to beneficiaries
• Member of Country Office (CO) MER unit
• Line manages one person (the Management Information Systems (MIS) officer, if in position in the CO)[1]

• The design and planning of all projects in the Country Office (sponsorship and grants) comply with high quality standards and are aligned with the Country Strategy (CS) objectives
• Activities
• Review the design and planning of programs and projects (both sponsorship and grant funded) to ensure high quality M&E components
• Ensure the intervention logic (linkages between projects and the Country Strategy at outcome level)
• Ensure sufficient M&E budgets for all sponsorship and grants projects
• Develop the MER component for grants proposals
• Develop and ensure regular updates of M&E frameworks for grant and sponsorship projects in line with the M&E minimum requirements
• Provide support to the Situation Analysis and the Country Strategy design and planning
• Provide support to the annual review process
• Provide guidance to the MIS assistance in the review process of projects
• Coach and train other staff on high quality planning and monitoring practices
• Document and disseminate internally, learning from practices on MER and program quality

• Bachelor degree in demography, measurement, planning, monitoring & evaluation, development studies, social sciences or other relevant field; master degree preferred
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in design, planning and monitoring of international development projects, preferably in education, health under five, child protection and household economic security, DRM, gender and inclusion

• Strong planning skills
• Skills in developing and managing qualitative and quantitative data collections
• Working experience in community participation in development/programming and child participation in monitoring and feedback processes
• Skills for data base management (design, entry, analysis)
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to deliver to tight deadlines
• Good presentation skills
• Language skills necessary for the recruiting Country Office
• Skills in using Microsoft Excel and other software applications relevant to MER (e.g. MAXQDA, SPSS, epi-info, CSPro or similar)
• Strong SAP skills
• Strong GIS skills

• Coaches and builds capacity of staff at CO and PU level
• Promotes innovation and learning
• Communicates clearly and effectively
• Demonstrates clear respect to all and especially children and women without discrimination
• Acts as a team player, willing to get the best outcome overall, adjusting own priorities if necessary
• Good listening skills
• Remains calm and positive under pressure and in difficult situations

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