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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 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

PROFIL DE POSTE

Purpuse of the ROLE:

The overall objective of this project is to strengthen the livelihoods and resilience of host/refugee populations (5,000) in the Adamaoua Region in the Mbere Department, Ngaoui, Djohong and Dir districts by April 2023.

The achievements of the project are linked to Plan International Cameroon areas of global distinctiveness (AoGD) and aim to promote children’s rights and equality for girls.

Main RESPONSABILITIES:

Under the direct supervision of the MERL Coordinator and the guidance of Coordinator Project, the M&E Officer will be responsible for ensuring that all indicators critical for monitoring the FFA/CBT/Livelihood/Nutrition project are timely made available for decision making. As part of the monitoring, identify gaps in information and make recommendations for collecting this data.

Dimensions of Role:

• Guide project teams through the process of designing functional and complete monitoring systems;
• Operationalize the M&E plan designed for the WFP project, including: supporting partners in designing or using existing project MERL tools, systems and processes for data collection, management, and verification (including data audits); as well as for reporting;
• Assist the CoP in planning, designing, implementation and evaluating FFA/CBT/Livelihood/Nutrition project activities within Plan International Cameroon as the sub-recipient (SR).
• Prepare reports required for submission to the Project Officer;
• Produce monthly, quarterly and annual M&E reports based on the project performance indicators that will guide decision making and project implementation;
• Coordinate with program staff to adapt or create, relevant tools and systems for effective collection, storage, archiving and use of data;
• Ensure the collection of relevant and appropriate data which is needed for effective M&E system, and which will be utilized in the monitoring of strengths, weaknesses and gaps in the project and required for reporting;
• Ensure supervision of activities performed through spot checks that further help assure data quality from the source;
• Develop training module and facilitate capacity building for project staffs and district CSOs to enable them to monitor and evaluate their own efforts, gather relevant data and produce required progress reports;
• Assist finance team in the elaboration of project activities budget;
• Develop and monitor the PO of central level and facilitate the elaboration of PO’s at regional level;
• Coordinate with the National Malaria Control Program and any other agency, as appropriate, to ensure that current information and indicators to monitor SR performance are available;
• Assist Plan International Cameroon and partners in the strategic use of data and information so as to improve the implementation of the FFA/CBT/Livelihood/Nutrition project;
• Assist the administrative staff in the elaboration of relevant documents such as contracts of partners, call for tender. Etc;
• Perform other duties and participate in other, non-project, organisational activities and processes as and when required to do so;
• Ensures project completion on time;
• Prepares status report of the construction;
• Adherence to organizational policies on Child Protection, IT, Gender, Anti-Fraud and Corruption, Code of Conduct, Whistle Blowing, Human Resources policies and procedures.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Problems solving

• Ability to solve problems by diagnosing the root causes and using win-win approach in seeking for solutions;
• Ability to introduce innovations in programs design for quality improvement and learning;
• Show a high sense of mastery in resolving a wide range of challenges;
• Think in a strategic manner and see a “bigger picture” at all-time which contributes to establishing achievable objectives;
• Ability to provide leadership and advice to partners in the daily interactions
• Communications
• Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately;
• Adopts an appropriate communication style when communicating with the whole range of colleagues, partners, Children and communities;
• Exhibits active listening and effective feedback;
• Ability to clearly and convincingly express thoughts and ideas in written and verbal form.

Other

Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics/mathematics, agronomy, economics, project management or other related discipline;
• Familiarity with current M&E principles and approaches in development projects, including (quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection);
• At least four years of experience managing project and/or in monitoring and evaluation.

Or

• Master’s degree in monitoring and evaluation, statistics/mathematics, agronomy, economics, project management or other related discipline;
• Familiarity with current principles and approaches to monitoring and evaluation in development projects, including (quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection);
• At least one year of experience managing project and/or in monitoring and evaluation.

Knowledge and skills

• Patient, adaptable and able to improvise and work in an atmosphere that is extremely stressful;
• Effectively handles discussions with a focus on both groups and individuals to enrich participants’ understanding of particular subjects or situations, understands process and can diagnose group needs and intervenes accordingly;
• Solid writing skills (report writing, concept paper writing etc.)
  Fluency in French and English;
• Skills in using Microsoft Office and other software applications relevant to M&E (e.g. SPSS, Stata, Excel, QGIS, Epi-info… or similar)

Ability

• Coaches and builds capacity of M&E staff in COs and PIIA;
• Promotes innovation and learning;
• Communicates clearly and effectively;
• Strong team building and motivational skills;
• Demonstrates clear respect to all and especially children and women without discrimination;
• Involves others in setting and achieving goals;
• Demonstrates honesty and transparency in holding self and others to account to deliver on agreed goals and Plan’s standards of behavior;
• Sees contribution of own part of the organisation in wider Plan and external context;
• Balances future vision with practical delivery;
• Cross culturally adept;
• Acts as a team player, willing to get the best outcome overall, adjusting own priorities if necessary;
• Promotes a strong learning culture in the organization;
• Remains calm and positive under pressure and in difficult situations.

Behaviours

• Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to work under pressure well;
• Committed to Plan International’s strategy and values;
• Communicator;
• Able to work calmly under extreme pressure and at unpredictable (long) hours during emergency response;
• Coaches and builds fields agents;
• Promotes innovation and learning;
• Communicates clearly and effectively;
• Strong team building and motivational skills;
• Demonstrates clear respect to all and especially children and women without discrimination;
• Involves others in setting and achieving goals;
• Demonstrates honesty and transparency in holding self and others to account to deliver on agreed goals and Plan’s standards of behavior;
• Sees contribution of own part of the organization in wider Plan and external context;
• Promotes a strong learning culture in the organization.

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND DEMANDS:

The position holder will work in a typical office environment with some of his/her colleagues in the same office environment and others in the field.

LEVEL OF CONTACT WITH CHILDREN:

High level contact- the job responsibilities of this position does will require the post holder to frequently have any one-to-one contact with children.

Plan International’s Values in Practice

We are open and accountable

• Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
• Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
• Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
• Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
• Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people

We strive for lasting impact

• Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
• Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
• Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
• Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together

• Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
• Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
• Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
• Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering

• We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential
• We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge equality in our programs and our workplace

We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives.

Location: Meiganga

Closing Date: 31st  May 2022

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.