M&E Specialist – Ukraine

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.

The Role

The conflict in Ukraine is resulting in a major humanitarian crisis with over 3 million people having fled to neighboring countries, and millions displaced within Ukraine. Plan International is responding to the crisis and working in partnership with civil society organisations in Ukraine to meet the key needs of those affected by the crisis as well as host communities.

As M&E Specialist, you will play a key role in the support to Ukrainian country level activities, ensuring high quality information and analysis is provided across the Plan International federation. Representing Plan International in external fora, you will ensure the organisation is seen as a leader in gender focused programming in humanitarian response. You will provide M&E leadership, technical support, and guidance to Plan International teams and partners in Ukraine. The position will be based in Ukraine.

The Requirements

Essential

• Significant experience in 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, and organizational learning, that is up to date with best practices in the sector.
• A theoretical and practical understanding of gender attitudes and power dynamics, including why they exist and how they change, and how these attitudes and dynamics shape MERL approaches and methodologies.
• Experience providing M&E technical support to teams and partner organisations.
• Experience of capacity building with a variety of audiences.
• Able to analyse large amounts of data and generate powerful reports and information from them.
• Excellent communication skills. Fluency in English, written and spoken

Desirable

• Proficiency in Ukrainian and Russian languages.
• Valid Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) certification.
• Previous experience working in active conflict and/or post-conflict environments

To view the full job description, please follow this link: Role Profile_ME Specialist_Ukraine v00.06.docx

Location: Ukraine with travel to operational locations in Ukraine on a regular basis, sometimes at short notice.

Type of Role: Fixed Term

Duration: 12 months (with possibility to extend)

Closing Date: 24th 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.