MERL Coordinator - DGD & Real Fathers at Plan International Rwanda

Career Opportunities: MERL Coordinator - DGD & Real Fathers (49384)

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 MERL Coordinator will lead the research, monitoring, evaluation, documentation and learning components of relevant identified thematic program(s). He/she will build capacity of Plan International and partner staff in M&E skills and lead learning-based documentation of program progress. She/he will lead the development of the program M&E tools, checklists including supporting the Project Manager and MERL Manager to produce quality program level reports. S/he will take lead in documenting change realized through routine monitoring, collection of most significant change stories on program implementation following established guidelines, as well as ensuring quality assurance and technical oversight of projects within given thematic area(s).

The MERL Coordinator will ensure effective tracking and measurement of outcome indicators for the overall thematic area and leading learning and reflection initiatives, S/he will be responsible for aggregating national level statistics of a given thematic area in a comprehensive and timely manner to facilitate the country program reporting obligations. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Kindly click here to view the full Job Description: JD MERL Coordinator _ CO _ May 2024.pdf

Location:Counrty Office

Type of Role: Fixed term Till December 2025

Annual gross salary: Rwf13,019,604

Reports to: MERL Manager

Closing Date: 22 May 2024

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.

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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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