Deadline: 07 February, 2024

Location: Harare, Zimbabwe

Plan International is seeking to fill the position of MEAL Coordinator.

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

Responsibilities

• Ensuring high-quality and timely delivery of all MERL products as defined in the specific project MERL strategy and aligned with the country strategy
• Develop and ensure regular updates of Project M&E frameworks for projects in line with MERL standards
• Support the development of Project M and E tools and promote their effective application in tracking project progress
• Performing quantitative and qualitative analysis of the information collected in the project, organising it into reports for different purposes and different audiences. The analysis needs to be gender-sensitive and inclusive
• Plan and coordinate data quality assurance, including frequent data auditing and data spot checks for the project
• Ensure effective utilisation of PMERL for data collection, storage, analysis, reporting, data aggregation at different levels including the use of data for reflective learning & feedback for the project
• Ensure quality and complete data entry; and reporting in the system
• Support the development and rollout of project targets and standards to ensure the delivery of quality outputs
• Provide technical guidance in developing and maintaining the project M and E database, including overseeing and leading the continuous update of project milestones in the PMERL system
• Regularly track project progress and update the project indicator performance trackers to support the project reporting obligations to different stakeholders
• Consolidate, track and share action points agreed upon monthly in all project review/reflection meetings and ensure all action points and next steps are comprehensively closed out promptly
• Support planning, design and coordination of project evaluations and research initiatives to ensure delivery of quality initiatives including implementation of the sampling methodology and data collection for evaluation and research initiatives
• Review the project evaluation and research reports and give recommendations regarding approval to programme management
• Ensure dissemination of the project evaluation/research findings to donors, partners, key stakeholders and communities and their utilisation in learning activities

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (Statistics, Quantitative Economics, Social Sciences, Social Work, Development Studies or a related field)
• At least two to three years of experience in providing M and E for Child Protection projects in development and humanitarian contexts
• Strong ability to analyse and interpret an appropriate range of data and evidence, both internal and external, using sound judgement to make balanced decisions based on insights gained, or projection of trends
• Excellent ability to use ICT resources to improve work efficiency and effectiveness, whilst working in line with privacy and safeguarding guidelines
• Strong written and spoken communication skills with the ability to effectively adjust content and presentation to suit varied audiences internally and externally to get key messages across
• Networking, advocacy and partnership building skills, including the ability to work with dynamic partnerships with private institutions and decentralised government agencies and services

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