Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Officer

The Organisation

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

The opportunity

Plan International Nigeria, as part of its commitment to improving the lives of people in the country, especially in the communities we serve and ensuring that issues limiting the opportunity for people to live a life devoid of disaster will implement the Alliance for Resilience to Climate-related Hazards (ARCH) project in Adamawa and Yobe States. The project designed as a four-year intervention, up scalable to 12 years, is expected to have a spiral effect in other parts of the country beyond the project implementation states. While the project will apply the Climate Resilience Measurement for Communities (CRMC) to address flood incidence in the project states, it will also focus on engagement with relevant federal government agencies on flooding and other climate-related matters. Project actions at the states will serve as models for purposeful interventions that could be expanded to the national level. The project will focus on making communities more resilient to floods by supporting systems strengthening and providing relevant technical reinforcement to emergency management structures that need to be strengthened at the community level linked to LGA and the state levels up to the national level, ensuring coordination and purposeful collaboration among the agencies.

The Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Officer will implement the project’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) initiatives by providing timely, accurate information on project implementation and ensure that monitoring and evaluation are in line with specific project and donor requirements, and in line with Plan International’s MERL standards. The role’s support is to achieve accountability, transparency and programme quality in project locations. The post holder is to ensure that project’s activities are in line with the Logical Framework and relevant guidelines.

About You

We are looking for a holder of Bachelors’ degree and minimum of 3 years’ work experience in monitoring and evaluating programs with an organization that has a robust MERL component. Prior experience with Plan International or related non-governmental organization is preferred. In addition, experience in developing child-friendly MERL systems/tools or doing research with children is a strong asset.

He/she should have proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, research, reporting, data quality assessments, data analysis and presentation. Demonstrated strong management, coordination, teamwork and planning skills with proven ability to function effectively with multiple counterparts in private, public and NGO sectors. Strong understanding of gender transformative data collection and measurement.

Please follow this link for a full role profile; Job Description – MERL Officer

Please respond to the requirements of the role in your cover letter.

Only CVs and cover letters in English will be accepted. 

Location: Yola

Type of Role: Fixed Term

Closing Date: 24th December, 2023

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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