Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator at Plan International

Akwajobs   (Bamenda, North West Cameroon)

Posted : 11 January, 2020

Category : Monitoring and Evaluation   Location : Bamenda, North West Cameroon

Job type : Full Time

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Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator

Date: 24-Dec-2019

Location: Bamenda, NW, CM

Company: Plan International

Plan International is an independent non-profit development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. However, these are often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. In addition, it is 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. Moreover, 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 75 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

ROLE PROFILE

Title M&E Coordinator

Functional Area Humanitarian Response - Disaster Risk Management

Reports to ERM

Location Bamenda PU Travel required Yes

Effective Date January 2020 NA

Role PURPOSE

Working in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas, Plan International aims to reach as many children as possible, particularly those who are excluded or marginalized with high quality programs that deliver long lasting benefits  by increasing its income, working in partnership with others and operating effectively. Plan International is committed to responding to children affected by emergencies in the countries of our operation. Given the current humanitarian crisis in the North West and Sout West  Regions of Cameroon, Plan International is engaged in providing life-saving humanitarian assistance, protection, education and psychosocial support. Its operations are implemented in key sectors of Child Protection, Education, WASH, NFIs, Livelihood and Food Assistance and in coordination with all other humanitarian institutions.

Dimensions of the Role

This position is responsible for supervising all M&E processes related to the response in the NW/SW. S/he will work closely with the ERM. S/he shall be charged with ensuraing the quality of internal and external reports, including defining and executing data editing and corrections, creating/accessing database, developing forms, documentation of procedures and data analysis for Bamenda PU. The M&E manager will be based at the Plan International Cameroon PU office in Bamenda, with travels in all project locations.

Accountabilities

• Provide technical support to the ERM
• Provide technical support to the montly Sit-rep design
• Ensure that the information/data collection is made in accordance with projects’ specifications, guidelines of donors and in accordance with strategic guidelines and Plan International Cameroon’s programmatic standards
• Organize/supervise project specific data collection, their processing and analysis in the context of monitoring the indicators of the projects
• Train Plan staff, and members of parter organizations on the use of data collection tools
• Support specific project database, like the Child Protection Information Management System or the GBV Information Management System
• Ensure quality control of data and information collected, through the development and/or review of new tools for the data collection in accordance of the logical frameworks of the projects, the quality assurance system of Plan International
• Guarantee the quality of internal reports, including the monthly narrative reports and the workbook
• Guarantee the quality of external reports, including those addressed to donors and clusters
• Provide support to the analysis of key projects indicators with produce graphs, maps and infographics
• Based on the data collected, conduct needs and gap identification for the relevant sectors
• Proactively gather information from relevant partners and other organisations which may be of use for making strategic decisions
• Develop an information-sharing platform as a web-portal
• Guarantee the quality and timely submission of the 5Ws matrix with information and data from projects in the PU
• Attend all relevant coordination meetings related to M&E, i.e UNOCHA’s IM working group.

1. Information and Co-ordination

• Provide regular weekly updates with inputs from all project managers
• Guarantee the monthly sit-rep is submitted to the ERM by 25th of every month
• Guarantee all 5Ws are submitted by 20th of every month.

2. Human Resources and Administration

• Assess the PU needs in terms of M&E and build a team able to support all projects.

Dealing with Problems:

• Maintain neutrality to the on-going crisis
• Excellent and innovative leadership skills will be utilized to properly implement the activities, in accordance with the standards, principles and with possible resistance from colleagues as is often the case in emergency response work
• S/he should work under pressure and accept travels and stays in areas often austere

Ensures that Plan International’s 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 International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Key relationships

• Keeps and maintain high contact with the ERM and the Project Coordinators
• Maintains high contact with local partners as needed arises.

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Essential

Qualification and Experience

• University Degree in Management of Information Systems (MIS), data management and in-depth analysis or Computer Science or Statistics, economics or related disciplines
• A minimum of 4 years in data collection and data management, monitoring and evaluation or other relevant fields
• Experience in database design, database distribution and map production and capacity building to give "hands-on" training on database management and reporting. Proficient in use of GIS, Advanced Excel, SPSS or STATA and other related software packages
• Demonstrated skills and experience in data and data analysis visualization.

Knowledge, Skills, Behaviors, and Experience Required to Achieve Role’s Objectives:

• Have a good editorial capacity (capacity of drafting of reports)
• Excellent written and spoken skills in English; Knowledge of French is an asset

Desirable

Plan International’s Values in Practice

We are open and accountable

1. Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
2. Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
3. Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
4. Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them
5. Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people

We strive for lasting impact

1. Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
2. Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
3. Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
4. Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together

1. Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
2. Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
3. Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
4. Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering

1. Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
2. Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
3. Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
4. Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

Physical Environment

• Work both at the office and in the field
• Ability to work under pressure and in remote areas
• Periods of intense work at all times of day and night
• Working in multiple locations.

Level of contact with children

Low level: Meet children less often.

NEXT STEP:

To apply for this job, kindly click on "Apply". Your application should include:

• A cover letter
• A comprehensive CV including details of two referees, one of whom should be your current of most recent supervisor

Location: Yaoundé/Bamenda – CAMEROON

Closing date: January 12th, 2020

Plan International Cameroon operates in an equal opportunity environment and actively encourages diversity.  Only applications received in French or English, will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Plan international has a child protection and gender equality policies that are integral part of the recruitment process.

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