Pays: Ghana
Ville: Accra
Employeur: Plan International

Date limite : 13-07-2022

Description complète

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.

ROLE PROFILE

 

Title	Planning and Monitoring (P&M) Coordinator
Functional Area	Programs Department, Country Office
Reports to	MERL Manager
Location	Country Office	Travel required	40%
Effective Date	01-02-2021	Grade	C2

 

role PURPOSE

[A
concise statement, capturing the primary reasons that this role exists
and a clear articulation of the context of the role. How will this role
contribute to creating lasting change for children?]

The
purpose of the position is to support and supervise the planning, and
monitoring, of the results in Plan CO. Ensures those results are used in
a way to improve the quality of the projects in the CO. The role is a critical role in the successful implementation of the M&E framework.

Dimensions of the Role

[This
section provides a summary of the size and authority of the post. It
covers the size of the budget held, the numbers of direct reports, other
key stakeholders who may depend on it, the type of communication
required, the external representation involved and the reach of the
role.]

Financial measures or statistics relevant to post such as budget; list of direct and indirect reports

• Responsible
  for ensuring quality in project design, planning and monitoring in line
  with the country strategy and the Program Quality and Influencing
  Policy (PQIP)
• Accountable for corporate system monitoring and reporting
• Supports the roll out of PQIP
• Responsible
  for all planning and monitoring activities being conducted in line with
  Plan International’s child protection and ethical principles, and
  promotes accountability to beneficiaries
• Member of Country Office (CO) MER unit
• Line manages one-person (the Management Information Systems (MIS) officer

Accountabilities

[This
section is critical for clarifying expectations of the role, providing
the framework for its relationship with colleagues and providing areas
of accountability against which performance can be managed.

This
should include a series of brief statements that define the end results
required. e.g. drive, contribute, identify, manage, responsible for,
advise/coach, build, develop, provide, conduct, oversee, establish,
participate etc.

Statements
should ideally be worded so that they will lead to thoughts of
measurement.  For example, it is better to state something like "achieve
maintenance standards" than "undertake maintenance".  The former leads
to a measure against the maintenance standards.]

“What” is done and “why”, but not “how”; include indicators for success

1. The
   design and planning of all projects in the Country Office (sponsorship
   and grants) comply with high quality standards and are aligned with the
   Country Strategy (CS) objectives

Activities

• Review
  the design and  planning  of  programs  and  projects (both sponsorship
  and grant funded) to  ensure  high quality M&E components
• Ensure the intervention logic (linkages between projects and the Country Strategy at outcome level)
• Ensure sufficient M&E budgets for all sponsorship and grants projects
• Develop the MERL component for sponsorship and grant proposals
• Develop
  and ensure regular updates of M&E frameworks for grant and
  sponsorship projects in line with the M&E minimum requirements
• Provide support to the Situation Analysis and the Country Strategy design and planning
• Provide support to the annual review processes
• Provide guidance to the MIS assistance in the review process of projects
• Coach and train other staff on high quality planning and monitoring practices
• Document and disseminate internally, learning from practices on MERL and program quality

 

2. Improved accountability, program and reporting quality through highly efficient monitoring and feedback systems

Activities

• Design and provide support to the implementation of participatory monitoring tools
• Support/ lead the design and set up of community based monitoring and reporting systems
• Develop and implement a countrywide program performance database to monitor key Country Strategy indicators
• Set
  up feedback and implement of feedback and complaint mechanisms to
  gather data on perceptions and opinions on Plan’s work and approach from
  communities and partners
• Compile national reports for management on feedback and complaints from communities/ partners
• Supervise SAP/Y.O.D.A/other cooperate system management and reporting at Country Office (CO) and Program/grant Unit level
• Supervise
  the management of databases at CO and PU/grant level (confidentiality,
  security, storage and destruction of data collected during E&R
  initiatives in line with the global E&R standards)
• Supervise GIS management and reporting at Country Office (CO) and Program Unit (PU) level
• Fulfils Plan’s child protection policy at all times to ensure children are protected from all forms of abuse
• Performs all other duties assigned by supervisor

 

Dealing with problems:

This includes how much freedom the position has to make decisions; for example, “may approve invoices up to $1,000.”

This includes how much freedom the position has to make decisions; for example, “may approve invoices up to $1,000.”

Monitoring,
Evaluation and Research (MER) are crucial components for ensuring high
quality outcomes and impact in rights based programming. Barriers that
the Planning and Monitoring Coordinator will have to deal with include:

1. Some staff at CO and PU level have insufficient knowledge and practice regarding design, planning and monitoring processes.
2. The
   monitoring budget is often integrated in the running costs of projects
   and programs which leads to insufficient resource allocation to
   monitoring and feedback processes.
3. The
   quality and availability of secondary data from programs and projects
   makes design, monitoring and planning very challenging.
4. The budget allocated to MERL capacity building is insufficient and MERL capacity assessments are not undertaken at all times
5. Some limited data collection is done using pen and paper methods meaning inefficiencies and data reliability issues.

 

The Planning and Monitoring Coordinatorneeds to

6. Be able to communicate clearly on the remits of the work;
7. Be capable of providing capacity building and coaching on design, planning and monitoring matters
8. Convince people to modify practices and procedures that they have grown accustomed to
9. Handle challenges with pragmatism and flexibility
10. Ensure
    the principles and guidelines on the new Global Policy on Prevention of
    Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse is fully embedded and in your
    area work.
11. Ensure
    all concerned person, Child, member of a community where Plan
    International works and/or Programme Participant knows how to and feels
    safe and empowered to report any concerns, allegations or suspicions of
    Sexual Harassment, Exploitation or Abuse and the report is taking
    seriously.
12. Create
    and strengthening the capacity of all staff, Associates and visitors to
    prevent and respond in a timely, effective, safe, comprehensive and
    confidential manner to all complaints, allegations and incidents on
    Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse.
13. Support knowledge management activities and mainstreaming
14. Works with minimal supervision

 

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.

Communications and Key relationships

[This
section refers to people inside and/or outside of the organisation that
the post-holder needs to have contact with, and why. This should
include virtual presence.]

• There
  is a low contact with community members, children and other
  stakeholders to develop and implement programs that would meet Plan
  Ghana’s MERL activities implementation.
• Maintains
  high contact with staff working on programs activities at CO and
  PU/grant level to offer support for understanding and implementation of
  MERL related activities
• There
  is a high contact with other staff to support them with understanding
  MERL activities and their support in the implementation of MER related
  activities
•  

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

[This section details the skills, knowledge and expertise the postholder will be required to demonstrate in doing the job well.

This
should include clear levels of technical expertise and skills that
support our work at national, international, and global level.]

Essential

• Gained through education, training, & experience.
•  Knowledge of theories of child-rights programming and child protection (programmatic and safe-guarding)
• Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and implications to community development
• Knowledge of measuring influencing project outcomes
• Understanding of gender transformative program/projects
• In-depth
  knowledge of strategic planning processes, results based management and
  the design of MER frameworks and demonstrated experience as a
  development professional in design, planning and monitoring of  programs
  and projects
• Knowledgeable on participatory and gender sensitive monitoring tools and systems
• Knowledgeable on tool design for collecting qualitative and quantitative data for monitoring and feedback processes

 

Qualification and Experience

• A
  university degree in Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, Development
  Studies, Social science or other relevant field/ or equivalent
• At least 5 years’ experience  in program planning, monitoring, evaluation or research position;
• Knowledge of various technical sectors including child rights, food security, health, and education
• At least 3 years in working with INGOs
• A qualification in ICT is an added advantage
• Strong experience in the usage of SAP/Y.O.D.A/PMERL/GIS is required

 

Demonstrated behaviors needed by the postholder to successfully perform the role:

• Committed to respecting  deadline;
• Good listening capacity
• Able to make effort for adaptability  
• Strong Team spirit
• Be proactive and being able to anticipate
• Capacity to work under pressure
• Good capacity to communicate to ensure good understanding by audience
• In-depth knowledge of the processes, procedures and systems in project planning, management, monitoring and evaluation.

 

Skills Specific to the post needed to put knowledge into practice.

• 
  
  • Good knowledge of monitoring, research, evaluation using quantitative and qualitative principles-
  • Good knowledge of data management software ( (SPSS/STATA EXCEL, Word, Power Point, Access, etc)
  • Proficient
    in Microsoft applications and use of relevant software and other
    applications, e.g. word processing, spreadsheet, database, internet.
  • Good report writing and presentation skills
  • Good written and reading skills in English
  
  
• Strong planning skills
• Working
  experience in community participation in development/programming and
  child participation in monitoring and feedback processes

Location: Country Office-Accra

Type of Role: Planning and Monitoring Coordinator

Reports to: MERL Manager

Grade: C2

Closing Date: 13th July, 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.

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