Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at Plan International

Leadership COMPETENCIES

• Courageous in taking a lead, focused on Plan International's purpose and making the most effective contribution within their own work context.
• Behaves in line with Plan International values and safeguarding practices, inside and outside work.
• Challenges own attitudes, unconscious bias and behaviour and speaks up when they see wrong doing, especially by those who use their power over others to create fear or abuse.
• Understand and adhere to the policies, processes, practices and standards relevant to own work and keeps their knowledge and skills up to date.
• Honest and efficient in use of resources, including own time.
• Takes responsibility for own performance and development: reflecting; seeking and listening to feedback; learning from mistakes; finding people or resources to help them learn.
• Constructive and optimistic in facing setbacks, challenges and change, using own initiative to analyse issues and improve things.
• Good team player, communicating effectively and being open and supportive towards those around them.

Busine ss Management competencies

• Understands Plan International in context, including its purpose, values and country strategy, and can communicate these to varied audiences, including how Plan International will deliver on its objectives.
• Managing activities and resources including skills in project design, planning, monitoring and reporting
• Managing people and information including skills in capacity assessment and coaching, communication skills, both speaking and writing, and digital working, including personal digital skills

Technical expertise, skills, and knowledge

Qualifications/ experience essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in Arts, Social Sciences, Economics, statistics, Development Studies or any other related field from a recognized university.
• At least 3 years of demonstrated successful coordination of M&E functions and experience
• A grounded understanding of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in research and evaluation. Experience with Evaluations/research logistics, administration, and/or project or research management.
• Experience with database design and management including advanced use of Excel and data analysis and entry packages including at minimum SPSS, STATA, Atlas-TI, CSpro, and the use of ODK platforms for data collection.
• Ability to write clear and engaging reports.
• Strong demonstratable level of knowledge and experience with gender-sensitive research design, performance, monitoring, impact evaluation, and/or social and environmental research methodologies.

Qualifications/ experience desirable:

• Evidence of experience in the development of longitudinal real-time data base including online applications for the management of data.
• Experience in coaching teams/organizations in M&E system design, research methodologies, and research design.
• Previous experience with mobile data collection (KOBO, ODK, CsPro) and GIS mapping an asset.
• Experience in the application of MER systems and frameworks including the theory of change and logical frameworks.

Languages required

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Kiswahili and English.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Knowledge:

• Knowledge and experience of working with children and youths.
• Strong Knowledge of community development.
• Knowledge of the management of partners including capacity assessment and strengthening.
• Understanding of the implications of working with a rights-based approach to development and is able to analyze the situation of children’s and particularly girls’ rights in his/her working context.