Career Opportunities: MERL Manager (50804)
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 know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.
Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. 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.
For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.
We won’t stop until we are all equal.
ROLE PURPOSE
Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organisation working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries
Our lobal strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalised and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to reaching the sustainable development goals, and in particular the goals on gender equality.
The position contributes to this goal by leading Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) initiatives for Plan International Rwanda’s programmes and manages the MERL team in the country office and in the field. The position has an overall accountability for planning and implementation of all MERL activities, including development of systems, processes and an organisational culture that delivers evidence-based programmes.
The MERL Manager provides strategic guidance, vision and management for the successful implementation of MERL in Plan International Rwanda in close collaboration and direction from the Head of Programs. S/he also supervises MERL staff and ensures the strategic and functional integration of all MERL activities as well as active collaboration with partners, NOs, Regional MERL Network and various Global Technical Networks as required. The MERL Manager oversees all MERL activities, provides technical direction and support, and ensures the accurate reporting of results for program activities in line with the Plan International MERL Policy, Standards and Processes.
Responsible for leading key aspects of the Programme and Influence Quality Policy (PIQP) and the Programme and Influence Approach (PIA).
click here to view the Job Description: MERL Manager-JD.docx
Location:Country Office
Type of Role: Programs
Reports to: Heads of Programs
Grade: Level 16
Closing Date: 10th November, 2024
Application Link
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.
