Plan International is a humanitarian, child-centered development organisation that works in over 60 countries to pursue its vision of a world where all children realise their full potential in societies that respect human rights and dignities. Plan International is an independent, equal opportunity, non-profit organisation without political or religious affiliation. Child protection is key in all that we do.
Working in Zambia since 1996, Plan International Zambia’s development and capacity building programmes focus primarily on education, health and sanitation, economic empowerment, and child protection and participation. Plan’s work is guided by our Child-Centered Community Development (CCCD) approach. Plan International Zambia has programme units in: Central, Luapula, Eastern, province and in Lusaka, where the Country Office (CO) is located.
Plan’s is looking for innovative, motivated self starter individuals to fill the following vacancies:
- Monitoring & Evaluation Officer – Making the Law work for Girls and Boys (Lusaka)
Job Purpose: To ensure programme effectiveness and learning in the delivery of the Child Protection Country Programme. Will provide Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) support to the Child Protection Country Programme and Partners working with on this programme. This also includes the development of the Monitoring & Evaluation Systems and Plan, monitoring tools, and operational planning, reporting and capacity building of partners in M&E. The position reports to the Quality Effectiveness Manager.
Key responsibilities for this position include;
- Supporting development and review of programmes and projects to ensure that strategies and approaches used are in line with the EC Project log frame and conditions,and the Country Strategic Plan.
- Supporting the development of Monitoring Evaluation & Research Plans for program effectiveness and learning in the delivery of the EC project and other programs that fits into the project.
- Strengthening and institutionalising corporate monitoring systems and tools for the Child Protection Country Programme for effective management of outcomes and results of the EC Project.
- Facilitating development of Program Unit’s participatory monitoring and evaluation systems including Community Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) Systems for enhanced accountability.
- Providing technical leadership in planning and coordination of Baselines, Assessments, Evaluations, Research and other studies to enhance performance measurement and learning with partner organization on the EC project.
- Supporting the development of PUs / programs and projects objectives and indicators for tracking progress.
- Leading the Child Protection program team in generating and sharing lessons learnt and best practices from Monitoring Evaluation & Research activities for continuous program improvement.
- Facilitating capacity-building of staff and partners on M&E to ensure quality data collection and management.
- Coordinating production of timely and high quality project/ program monitoring and evaluation reports for evidence based accountability in line with EC conditionality
Individual specifications include:
- Possession of a Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences, demography or equivalent from a recognized university.
- 3-5 years working experience with at least 3 years practical work experience in monitoring & evaluation
- Demonstrated skills in usage of statistical packages for data analysis.
- Experience in Participatory methodologies with communities to capture information and data.
- Proven understanding of programming concepts and child protection Approaches to Development
- Knowledge and understanding of EC conditionality, M&E and result framework.
- Good knowledge of programming processes, systems and principles, and the ability to provide leadership and support to staff working in partner organizations and at community level.
How to Apply:
Self Starter!! Innovative!!! Strategic Thinker !!! Striver for High Performance!!! Are you the one we are looking for?
All applications close Monday 9 November 2015. For full details on the job profile and application requirements, please send an email, clearly stating the job title of interest to jobszambia@plan-international.org.
Plan International provides equal employment opportunities to qualified and experienced women and men
