Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist

The Organisation 

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. 

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 85 years and are now active in more than 75 countries. 

The Role

The conflict in Ukraine has resulted in a major humanitarian crisis. Over 5 million people have fled to neighbouring countries, and millions are displaced within Ukraine. Plan International is responding to the crisis and working in partnership with civil society organisations in Poland, Romania, and Moldova to meet the needs of those affected by the crisis as well as host communities.

Plan International has been present in Romania since early February 2022, and has established partnerships with civil society organisations, ensuring national actors are equipped with technical support, best practices, and flexible resources, with a primary thematic focus on Child Protection, Education, and Mental Health & Psychosocial Support.

As Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Specialist you’ll play a key role in supporting in-country activities and ensuring high quality information and analysis is provided across the organisation. You will provide M&E leadership, technical support, and guidance to Plan International teams and partners in Romania.

If you'd like to join the Plan International response and make an impact on women and children affected by the Ukraine Crisis, we can't wait to hear from you.

The Requirements 

• Significant experience implementing M&E activities in a variety of humanitarian crises, particularly displacement and refugee settings 

• Strong understanding of implementing processes, approaches, tools and methodologies that facilitate and deliver M&E in these contexts 

• A theoretical and practical understanding of gender attitudes and power dynamics, including why they exist and how they change, and how they shape M&E approaches and methodologies 

• Experience providing M&E technical support to teams and partner organisations 

• Capacity building experience with diverse, cross-cultural audiences 

• Ability to analyse large amounts of data and generate powerful reports and information from them 

• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills. Proficiency in Romanian desirable. 

Please follow this link for the full role profile: Role Profile_ME Specialist_Romania v00.03.docx 

Location: Bucharest, Romania 

Type of Role: 6 month fixed-term contract with potential to extend 

Closing Date: Monday 29th August 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.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.