The Organisation
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances childrenโs 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 itโs 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 childrenโs rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for โ and respond to โ 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.
Dimensions of the Role
The post holder is responsible to support project designing, overseeing qualities of implementation processes, monitor, evaluate and sharing of learning by using PALS standards in general and NOsโ MERL requirements in specific. She/he ensures integration as well as smooth teamwork within and across other county programs at the program Unit level. Key components of the position also include supporting the development and implementation of MERL system in all projects, networking, developing and strengthening partnerships and mainstreaming of child centred community development.
There are no listed direct or indirect reports under this role.
Accountabilities
Program design, implementation, and reporting
- Ensure in all emergency and refugee projects of Afar Program Area donorsโ programmatic compliances issues on Monitoring and Evaluations are adequately met.
- Facilitate implementation of research activities conducted by consultants or by internal capacities within standard qualities for emergency projects.
- Support knowledge management and learning efforts by producing periodic project monitoring reports, cases stories and articles for all emergency project of Afar Program Area.
- Ensure PALS standards and areas of enquires are mainstreamed in PCM processes.
- Ensure there are learning and reflection platforms on PALS as it is a core MERL business of Plan globally.
- Lead the Management and proper implementation of SAP program system for Afar Program Area.
- Produce PA level programsโ performance reports such as monthly updates, quarterly, APPR, CPPR, etc timely and with standard qualities and communicate to the CO and PAM.
- Lead programsโ mid-term and end evaluation and provide timely feedbacks to the project holders and country MERL specialist about the outcomes.
- Collaborate with project coordinators in the PA and with COs staffs (when required) to develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks for specific emergency program/ thematic areas.
- Strategies are mainstreamed across MERL tools and frameworks and are implemented accordingly.
- Ensure the mainstreaming of CP, DRR and inclusion in PCM process.
- Collaborate with other functions (finance, grant compliance coordinator and inclusion) to ensure that PALS standards and processes are integrated across functions.
- In consultation with country MERL specialist and PET leader contribute to the development of the wider work of Programme Effectiveness team on a flexible and supportive basis.
Policy engagement and networking
- Provide technical inputs for the development of networks and clusters to promote effective program designing and quality implementation.
- Participate and contribute for collaborative and positive partnerships and alliances, and to influence policy that maximizes the impact of the country program.
- Support the efforts to establish linkage and good relationships with relevant government authorities, NGOs, UN Agencies, academic and research institutions and the media to draw information and knowledge for program quality and effectiveness.
- Follow up and makes proper documentation of regional government policies, strategies and plans with respect to all projects in the PA
Partnership development and strengthening
- Assess capacities of implementing partners on MERL system in general and as per NOs requirements in particular and accordingly design necessary capacity strengthening mechanism.
- Participate in implementing partnersโ selection and approval process representing MERL system.
- Contribute for the development of partnership principles and implementation to ensure program effectiveness and quality delivery.
Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)
Ensures that Plan Internationalโs global policies for Child Protection (CPP) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan Internationalโs Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.