M&E Officer - OCHA

Overview

Design and implement M&E activities for projects focused on children's rights and gender equality.

You have:

• Experience in monitoring and evaluation of development projects, especially in humanitarian contexts.
• Strong understanding of data collection and analysis methodologies.
• Ability to prepare comprehensive and coherent reports on project outcomes and activities.
• Proven experience in collaborative work with project teams and external partners.
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal.

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.

The Opportinity:

Under the overall guidance of the MERL Regional Coordinator and the GBViE & CPiE Coordinator, the M&E Officer will be responsible for designing and implementing the M&E activities of the Projects; assisting the Coordinator in preparing M&E reports on project progress and monitoring the project activities on a regular basis, maintaining the MIS of the Projects and will be responsible for the collection & analysis of different data in relation to the project activities. The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer works in close collaboration with project team and Country Office Program and MERL team, district local government departments and partners.

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Location: Nakivale

Type of Role: Contractual for only 6 months and is contingent to confirmation of Funding.

Reports to: MERL Regional Coordinator.

Grade: Level 13.

Closing Date: 7 March 2026

Screening for CVs will be done on a rolling basis.

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.

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