Regional MEL Specialist

PlanBørnefonden is looking for a Regional MEL Specialist preferably with Education and/or EiE experience to support the implementation of the PlayMatters project. PlayMatters seeks to increase play-based learning opportunities for 800,000 pre-primary and primary school aged refugee and host community children in Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania. The project is implemented by an international consortium consisting of five partners in partnership with the LEGO Foundation.

The position
The Regional MEL Specialist will work closely with the Plan International Country Offices and PlayMatters Consortium partners to support the collection and aggregation of key monitoring indicators, build capacity of project staff and ensure data quality. In addition, the MEL Specialist will be part of PlanBørnefonden’s Impact and Evidence Team contributing to impact reporting, learning and documentation. Key tasks include:

• In collaboration with the PlayMatters MEAL Team led by International Rescue Committee serve as part of the regional focal points across the three countries on KPIs, regional core indicators, regional DQAs, reporting, regional tool development, SOP adherence, and capacity building.
• Provide MEL support to Plan International’s Country Offices ensuring M&E systems are aligned with the Consortium MEL Plan for effective monitoring of key outputs and outcomes.
• Enhance capacity of Plan country MEAL and technical teams on indicator interpretation, adherence to SOPs and reporting timelines.
• Work with Plan country MEAL teams to analyze routine monitoring data and contribute to efforts to build a culture of evidence and learning in the 3 countries.
• Coordinate and lead Plan's engagement in the MERL workstreams in PlayMatters in close cooperation with the Plan Senior Programme Manager, Regional Technical Advisor and the IRC Research and Learning Advisor.
• Support update and roll-out of country-level MEL plans in collaboration with Country Offices and Consortium partners, including country indicator frameworks and tools to measure the redesigned country level approaches under PlayMatters 2.0.
• Support the delivery of baseline/midline/endline assessments in Plan's areas of operation.
• Represent Plan in PlayMatters Consortium MEAL Team meetings.
• Contribute to MEL activities and the PlayMatters’ learning agenda.
• Coordination with PlanBørnefonden’s Impact and Evidence Team, including support with explaining/extracting data for Impact Reports and integration and dissemination of learning and evidence.
• Ensure gender and inclusion are mainstreamed in the Consortium’s MERL work

The candidate:

• Graduate degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Development Studies, Political Science, Social Sciences, Statistics, Population Studies, Anthropology, etc.)
• Minimum of at least seven (7) years of experience in design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning systems in an international context, preferably with Education and/or EiE
• Experience with Quantitative Research Design and understanding of the link between quantitative and qualitative knowledge processes and methods (mixed methods).
• Experience with data collection tools such as CommCare and/or KoBo Toolbox
• Experience with databases and data analysis, including setting up dashboards e.g. Power BI
• Well organized and able to manage several processes at once
• Pro-active, self-motivator, able to take initiatives with limited supervision.
• Strong cooperation and communication skills.

Conditions of employment
Duty station is Kampala, Uganda or Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Please note the applicant should have the right to work in one of the above countries. No relocation package is offered. International/domestic travel 4 - 8 weeks a year is expected.

The preferred starting date is September 1, 2024.

How to apply
Please send a current CV and cover letter by clicking "Apply" below. Application deadline: August 1, 2024.
For any questions about the position, please contact Joseph Opondo, Regional EiE Advisor, [email protected]. Questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Katrine Schultz: [email protected]

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About Plan International. Plan International is a global independent development and humanitarian organisation focusing on children and young people's rights and gender equality for girls. Plan International works to safeguard the rights of children and young people and to lift millions out of poverty. We work in 52 developing countries in Africa, Asia and South and Central America.

About Plan Denmark. PlanBørnefonden is one of Denmark's largest privately funded child rights organisations. We are a part of Plan International and operate in more than 70 countries. Our aim is to ensure the rights of children and young people in the most vulnerable and fragile areas of the world with a special focus on girls. Our work is centered on the following priority areas:” Healthy, Safe and Playful Early Childhoods”, “Young People Driving Change”, and “Building Resilience and Responding to Emergencies”.

Plan International is committed to equal employment opportunities and we encourage everybody – irrespective of age, gender and of religious, sexual, national or ethnic affiliation – to apply for this position.

Department: ProgramDeadline: 01 August 2024Location: PlanBørnefonden / Mimersgade 47, 2200, København N, Denmark