Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

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

Are you passionate about using data to drive impact and improve global programming?

Plan International is seeking a dedicated Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist to support and enhance the implementation of our global monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system (PMERL). In this role, you will play a vital part in ensuring we capture, store, analyse, and report on our organizational progress and results in a consistent and coherent manner.

As a key member of our team, you will work to strengthen M&E capacity across our offices, building awareness and enabling teams worldwide to effectively implement our frameworks, systems, and approach. You’ll take the lead in developing global evidence products that elevate programme design, demonstrate the impact of our work, and reinforce our accountability to stakeholders. Through these efforts, you’ll drive learning and continuous improvement across all levels of programming and influence.

You will also contribute technical expertise to the advancement of Plan International’s global results frameworks, particularly within our six Areas of Global Distinctiveness (AOGDs), supporting the review and refinement of methods, indicators, and tools essential for high-impact development and humanitarian outcomes.

 About you

You will have expert knowledge on monitoring and evaluation of development work across a wide range of technical areas, strong understanding of rights-based development programming and demonstrated experience of developing global standards and guidance for NGO’s on M&E.

Your analytical and problem-solving abilities, along with a deep understanding of M&E processes, tools, methodologies, and approaches, will enable you to drive organizational learning in line with the latest sector practices.

You have a track record in designing effective guidelines, tools, and templates to enhance M&E and deploying them at scale. Additionally, you are skilled in analyzing large qualitative and quantitative datasets to produce impactful reports and insights.

 Please follow this link for a full role profile; GH ME Specialist JD - Oct 2024 (002).docx

 Only CVs and cover letters in English will be accepted.  

Location:  This role will ideally be based in the UK, employed from the Global Hub for Plan International which is based in Woking, Surrey however other locations with a central time-zone where Plan International has an office* that can employ on behalf of the Global Hub and you have the pre-existing right to work and live may be considered. You may be office, home or hybrid based.
Closing Date: 20th November

 *Applicable locations include: Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.