Apply: Plan International M and E Coordinator

Deadline: 14 April, 2022

Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria

Plan International is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator.

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the development and implementation of humanitarian programme monitoring and evaluation plans to capture project performance and results, including information management, data reporting, monitoring and evaluation tools development, assessments, and all humanitarian monitoring and evaluation activities
  • Develop and oversee data flow pattern for humanitarian programmes that will ensure timely data collection and reporting
  • Monitor programme delivery in field locations and verify the data reported by programme/project team
  • Develop and monitor log frame/result-based matrix as per theory of change of the project and monitor LFA to populate with baseline data and indicators as per project proposal and track the progress on indicators
  • Ensure monitoring and evaluation-specific elements of staff and local partner capacity strengthening plans are successfully implemented
  • Report results of programme/project activities to donors by providing written documentation about progress towards achieving indicators/targets, as appropriate
  • Provide coordination and supervision on monitoring and evaluation to ensure technical integrity
  • Ensure high quality implementation in close collaboration with the project/unit heads, EIE and other sector specialists
  • Coordinate evaluation/research/surveys to monitor and evaluate project interventions, document results and provide feedback to stakeholders to guide decision-making
  • Ensure that all projects establish and maintain community feedback mechanisms
  • Lead efforts to utilise training monitoring systems to track and monitor trainers and participants at training events
  • Utilise the project data collected to inform strategic decision-making and project planning
  • Conduct targeted evaluations and operations research, including design, data collection, management and analysis
  • Ensure quality of data through data verification procedures, including routine data quality audits
  • Cultivate strategic monitoring and evaluation relationships and alliances, and represent monitoring and evaluation activities in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
  • Ensure relevant data is entered into organisation-wide data management system designed to capture, analyse, and disseminate project data
  • Ensure teams meet up with reporting deadlines
  • Promote and support the dissemination of project information among the project team
  • Supervise humanitarian monitoring and evaluation staff across different projects

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and five years of work experience in monitoring and evaluating large multi-year international development programmes
  • Master’s degree (preferred)
  • Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, research, reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis and presentation
  • Demonstrated strong coordination, teamwork and planning skills with proven ability to function effectively with multiple counterparts in private, public and NGO sectors
  • Strong understanding of monitoring and evaluation, policy and compliance requirements
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including excellent facilitation skills and demonstrated technical writing skills for publication
  • Strong PM&E knowledge and skills
  • Skills in digital data collection and management
  • Ability to work effectively with diverse teams
  • Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
  • Strong technical skills, including ability to process and analyse data using one or more statistical software packages
  • Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications
  • Capability to travel both within and outside the country

To apply and for more information, click here.

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