MERL 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.

I-   OPPORTUNITY

The MERL Specialist will be responsible for the development and revision of the country strategy and the quality procedures of the annual programme. He or she ensures that all projects have MER documents (DIPs, MER frameworks, work plans, etc.) in line with MER plan standards, and provides technical support for the design of new programme areas based on recommendations from studies or evaluations. He or she will also provide strong technical support to field teams, promote programme quality and effectiveness, support knowledge management and learning through robust monitoring and evaluation, and be accountable for the timely delivery and quality of all projects under the umbrella of the country strategy. And Ensure that the different technical areas are coordinated, integrated and mutually supportive in order to optimise programmes and projects.

II-ABOUT YOU

The M&E Specialist must have a Master’s Degree in economics, international relations, public policy, Development and or other relevant field. Additional work experience can be substituted for a BSC Hons. He/She must also have Minimum 5-7 years of progressively more responsible relevant program experience using a range of methods in performance monitoring and reporting, indicator development, data collection and analysis, data quality assessment (or equivalent combination of education and experience).

Demonstrated experience with project performance tracking systems, design and implementation. Demonstrated experience supporting proposal development efforts to ensure the use of evidence-based results frameworks leading to the design of logical implementation methodologies.

JD MERL Specialist_revised.2025..pdf

Location: Yaounde-C.O

Reports to: Head of Program

Closing Date:21/04/2025

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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