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 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) officerAccountabilities
[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
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) objectivesActivities
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 proposalsThis vacancy is archived.