Combating the Negative Effects of HTP in Upper Egypt M&E Officer

The Organization

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 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

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Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in ten of the 27 governorates in which the country is divided: two urban (Cairo and Alexandria) and eight rural (Giza, Beheira, Kalyoubia, Damietta, Qena, Assuit, Sohag and Aswan). Plan Egypt’s work focuses on child rights, implementing programmes designed to enable communities to improve the lives of the most marginalised children and their families. Plan Egypt’s Country Strategy focuses on five strategic objectives listed below:

1. Improve the quality of early childhood care & education;
2. Promote economic empowerment of vulnerable young men & women;
3. Facilitate girls in realising their full potential in an enabling and gender responsive environment that protects them from all forms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence;
4. Support adolescents and young people, particularly girls to become active drivers of change and lead the way towards more equitable and inclusive societies;
5. Promote adolescents and young people, particularly girls to be empowered to take informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and live free from gender-based violence

   Purpose:

   • Reporting to the Project Coordinator (PC) of “Combating the negative effects of harmful traditional practices, including FGM/C in upper Egypt the M&E Officer through working together with the MEL Manager, project team and other Plan staff. Should be responsible to develop, communicate and implement project M&E plan, establish M&E methodologies, processes and tools for the project, in cooperation Develop/critically analyze M&E reports and review project narrative reports.

     Dimensions of the Role:

     • This role acts as the front-line in working directly with communities through different community partners.
     • This role has no direct reporters.
     • This role requires budget monitoring skills as well as familiarity with other monitoring mechanisms.
     • This role requires close relationship and coordination with other PU team members.

       Accountabilities and Typical Responsibilities - Key End Results of Position

       Project design and Implementation

       • Support the process of baseline study, and mid-term and final evaluations and ensure dissemination of results with all relevant stakeholders.
       • Process, analyze and review learnings, findings and outcomes of the project.
       • Measure progress in gender and inclusion outcomes, analyse gender-relevant data and document the results/changes in social norms and recommendations in reporting on programmes.
       • Analyse data and evidence (including research findings) from a gender and inclusion lens, with the support of the MEL Manager and other Plan staff.
       • Support project team in reviewing and analyzing case studies, success stories and other learnings collected at the field level and once finalized share them with Plan Egypt relevant teams for learning.
       • Assess, plan and implement activities to build M&E capacity at different levels, including project staff and partners, in cooperation with the MEL Manager.
       • Support project team in organizational reporting processes, including annual counting and quarterly reports.
       • Ensure standardization of M&E tools and methodologies across partners.
       • Promote and facilitate participation and feedback of communities in Plan Egypt’s M&E activities.
       • Take part in creating a supportive network of M&E staff to jointly learn from, develop and innovate M&E practice and methodologies.

         Monitoring, Reporting and Documentation

         • Consolidate/write project reports in line with the laid down requirements and Plan standards.
         • Work with the Program team in documenting project achievements and lessons learnt.
         • Contribute to documentation and sharing of best practices with all stakeholders
         • Facilitate and coordinate joint reflection sessions at Sub County and/or County level

           Build and manage stakeholders

           • To engage and maintain cordial stakeholder relationships for effective project delivery throughout the project cycle
           • Maintain a high level of external communication/contact at the community, County levels. This is to facilitate the implementation of the project activities effectively.
           • Maintain good working relationships with other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs).
           • Engage and influence different technical working groups at sub-county level