There is a New Job Advertisement At Plan International. The company is looking to hire an Evaluation and Research Coordinator.
Typical Responsibilities
- Evidence for success or failure and knowledge on what works and what doesn’t in programs through the planning and implementation of high quality E&R
Activities
- Facilitate the development of annual evaluation and research planning in a participatory mannvvvvvvvver
- Ensure that all research and evaluation initiatives comply with Plan’s global standards
- Develop/ revise Terms of Reference (ToR) for E&R initiatives
- Submit research ToR to the global Research and Knowledge Management (RKM) team for approval
- Organize ethical clearance for research projects in compliance with Plan’s global research standards
- Support the recruitment of consultants for E&R initiatives; assess their work and make recommendations about future recruitment
- Ensure quality of evaluation and research initiatives whether internal or external
- Develop implementation plans for evaluation initiatives
- Provide input and quality control for E&R data collection tools as well as quantitative and qualitative data analysis
- Support/ lead the implementation of E&R projects including baseline studies
- Review evaluation and research reports and give recommendations regarding follow-up actions for program management
- Lead the implementation of internal evaluation and action research initiatives, including the design of tools
- Lead post intervention studies
- Lead the Annual Review process (TOR and budget development, organisation of data collection and workshops)
- Write-up annual review report
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Knowledge, Qualification And Skills
Knowledge
- 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
- In-depth knowledge of results based management and demonstrated experience as a development professional in E&R
- Knowledgeable on participatory and gender sensitive evaluation and research tools
- Understanding of gender transformative program/projects
- Understanding of measuring influencing project outcomes
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in demography, measurement, statistics, monitoring & evaluation, development studies, social sciences or other relevant field; master degree preferred
- At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in evaluation and research of international development projects, preferably in education, health under five, child protection and household economic security, DRM, gender and inclusion
Skills
- Skills in developing and managing qualitative and quantitative data collections
- Working experience in community participation in projects and child participation in E&R processes
- Skills for data base management (design, entry, analysis)
- Strong analytical skills and ability to translate key findings into concrete programmatic recommendations;
- Ability to deliver to tight deadlines
- Good presentation skills
- Language skills necessary for the recruiting Country Office
- Skills in using Microsoft Excel and other software applications relevant to MER (e.g. MAXQDA, SPSS, epi-info, CSPro or similar
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