Monitoring, Evaluation & Research (MER) Assistant

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 know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. 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.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity:

The Monitoring, Evaluation & Research (MER) Assistant is responsible for supervising all MER processes related to the Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) project. You will work closely with the Project Coordinator and Area Supervisor and shall be charged with ensuring 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 the TPM project. The MER Assistant will be based at the Plan International Cameroon Bamenda Field Office, with travels to all project locations in the Northwest Region.

The Individual/About You:

Within the framework of you delivering on your objectives, you will provide technical support to the Project Coordinator and Area Supervisor, support in delivering the monthly narrative reports, ensure that the information/data collection is made in accordance with project specifications, guidelines of the donor in accordance with strategic guidelines and Plan International Cameroon’s programmatic standards;

To best meet up with your objectives, the below will be of key value to you:

1.  University Degree in Management of Information Systems (MIS), data management and in-depth analysis or Computer Science or Statistics, economics, related disciplines;
2. A minimum of 3 years in data collection and data management, monitoring and evaluation or other relevant fields;
3. Experience in database design, database distribution and map production and capacity building to give "hands-on" training on database management and reporting;
4. Proficient in use of GIS, Advanced Excel, KOBO Collect, ODK, SPSS or STATA and other related software packages;
5. Demonstrated skills and experience in data and data analysis visualization;

Please, follow this link to review the full Job Description:  JD MER Assistant - Bamenda

Location: Bamenda

Type of Role: Fixed Term Service Contract of Nine (09) Months

Reports to: Project Coordinator and MER Officer

Grade: Hay Level 11

Closing Date: April 04th, 2025

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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