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 75 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.
The Opportunity
Plan International Sierra Leone is looking to recruit a Quality Assurance, Impact and Learning (QAIL) Adviser to be part of the DFID funded GEC-T project. The role will work closely with the Deputy Team Leader (technical) to provide analysed data to inform programme decisions and support the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to have oversight.
Working across 5 districts in Sierra Leone, the QAIL Adviser will guide project partners in the successful monitoring and evaluation of the project. They will also provide support to community organisation, implementing partners and Plan programme staff to systematically measure project progress, as well as developing and maintaining quality assurance.
The candidate will be expected to start 1st May 2017.
The QAIL Advisor will be required to:
Lead the development of the projects monitoring, evaluation and learning systems for delivery partners.
Ensure that key programmatic activities and processes are well informed by programme evidence.
Ensure that quality and impact assessment is integrated into programme design, and that it contributes to the development of monitoring and evaluation skills within the consortium.
Establish and maintain a system to monitor high quality programme delivery for the project.
Provide technical support in capturing shared learning by consortium members through the project to inform programme implementation.
Develop and maintain quality assurance with an effective monitoring and learning assessment process and systems.
Plan, organise and participate in regular project steering committee meetings through which key project decisions, plans and strategies will be approved.
The Person
To be considered for this opportunity, you must have excellent knowledge and management exerience of monitoring, evaluating and implementing learning systems and have high level conceptual, programme design and analytical skills.
You should have experience working within educational initiatives, ideally those designed for adolescents to improve learning outcomes and/or reduce access constraints.
Proven coordination, contract design, management and supervision skills are imperative, whilst familiarity with history, dynamics and working environment in Sierra Leone would be an advantage.
Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Salary: Competitive Salary
Reports to: Deputy Team Leader
Closing Date: Sunday 12th Feb 2017
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
Please note that only applications and CVs written in English will be accepted.
A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Child Protection Policy.
As an international child centred community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realisation of children’s rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.
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. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.
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