Dimensions of Role

• 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]

Typical Responsibilities - Key End Results of Position

• 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

Qualification Required & Experience

• 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

Skills

• 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

Behaviours

• 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

Location: Accra

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Closing Date: 08 May, 2019