Location: Addis Ababa, Country Office, Ethiopia
Company: Plan International
Job Description
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
The MERL Coordinator will be responsible to implement a functional MERL system at the project level in response to emergencies. Will work closely with the project and the other program teams with technical oversight and direction from the Senior MERL Coordinator on all monitoring and evaluation needs across implementing areas. The MERL Coordinator will support the provision of program staff at Plan and partner organizations with the information and training to capture monitoring metrics regularly and efficiently.
Plan International Ethiopia is looking for a MERL coordinator to support the RINBRITA project implemented in Amhara and Tigray regions. The overall purpose of this role is to strengthen the Plan’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEAL) system & accountability in our humanitarian and rehabilitation response endeavors in targeted woredas in both regions. He/she ensures that program quality is reflected within the project cycle and the project implementation is undertaken efficiently and effectively by reflecting that all MERL requirements are in place and that cross-cutting issues.
The Individual
Qualifications/ experience essential:
- Education: Degree-level study in fields such as Management, Human Resource Management, and other social sciences
- 5+ years of relevant experience out of which 3 year 3 years on a senior level experience gained in an NGO or INGO or demonstrated equivalent combination.
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Proficient in using Microsoft Suite
- Ability to effectively organize and manage multiple training initiatives.
- Experience providing full-scope training materials, from analyzing needs to lesson planning, development, and implementation.
- Experience creating yearly training plans and materials for all departments
- Excellent skills in presentation, facilitation, coaching, and creative thinking.
- Adept with a variety of multimedia training platforms and methods.
- Event management experience
- Ability to influence without power
Languages required:
- Fluency in English language is essential
- In addition to Amharic other local Knowledge of Local Languages is a desirable
Qualifications/ experience desirable:
- Experience in project management, monitoring and evaluation
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Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)
- Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
- Ensures that all staff signed safeguarding policies;
- Implement Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day to day work.
Location: Addis Ababa, Country Office
Type of Role: Definite Term Contract
Reports to: Project Manager
Grade: D1
Closing Date: August 19,2023
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.
Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.