M&E Specialist - Deployment Roster at Plan International

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 are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: M&E Specialist - Deployment Roster

Req ID: 22742
Location: Nigeria
Reports to: Emergency Response Manager

Emergency Roster

• The Emergency Roster is a database of pre-selected deployable internal and external candidates who have the appropriate skills and experience to support emergency preparedness and response. It also stores information on these candidates.
• The purpose of the roster is to ensure that we have the right people in the right place and the right time with the right skills.
• Roster Members are expected to deploy to an emergency response within 72 hours or once an entry visa is received. A Roster Member is selected from the Emergency Roster as and when a roster request is received from one of our country offices.

Purpose

• The M&E Specialist will deploy, often at short notice, to support a CO respond to a particular emergency.
• The specialist will be responsible for designing the M&E strategy and overseeing all M&E activities.
• The specialist will support programme teams in capturing and analyzing data to help strengthen Plan Internationals programmes.

Key Tasks

• Ensure all M&E activities have a clear focus on the specific needs of young girls, adolescent girls and young women.
• Support the development and analysis of assessments as required, in line with Plan International’s standard tools.
• Ensure programmes are collecting and using Sex and Age Disaggregated Data (SADD)
• Develop an M&E strategy and oversee its implementation ensuring alignment with Plan International’s global M&E Framework SPHERE and CHS.
• Input in to the regular sitrep providing analysis of programme data.
• Ensure appropriate accountability mechanisms are in place and responsive to feedback and complaints.
• Support the development of funding submissions, and donor reporting

Knowledge & Experience

• Strong knowledge and understanding of the Humanitarian Programme Cycle
• Experience in conducting M&E activities in emergency operations.
• Strong experience in establishing accountability mechanisms.
• Experience of representation with a wide range of external stakeholders
• Experience of managing programmes in insecure locations.

Skills:

• Good knowledge of SPHERE and the CHS.
• Strong team management, staff capacity building and motivation skills in teamwork and networking.
• Excellent skills in donor proposal / report writing
• May be required, to work during late hours, weekends and holidays in order to ensure timely delivery of programmes.
• Language skills desirable (for example English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic)

Application Closing Date
23rd August, 2018.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online