MERL Officer - Roster

About the role

Plan International, an independent development and humanitarian organisation advancing children's rights and equality for girls, is recruiting a MERL Officer in Ethiopia. The role supports the planning, implementation and continuous improvement of monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning activities, and works on a roster basis.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain monitoring systems, data collection tools, databases and reporting mechanisms to track project performance and support evidence-based decisions.
• Collect, analyse and interpret project data, monitor progress against targets, run data quality assessments and prepare timely reports for donors and stakeholders.
• Coordinate assessments, baseline studies, surveys, evaluations and research, integrating findings and lessons learned into programme planning.
• Promote learning and accountability by documenting best practices, supporting feedback and complaints mechanisms and producing knowledge products on project achievements and impact.
• Provide technical support and training to project staff on MERL tools, data management and reporting, and embed gender equality, inclusion, safeguarding and accountability principles across projects.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in social sciences, development studies, economics, statistics or management.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in gender-transformative monitoring, evaluation, research and learning programmes or projects, or an equivalent combination.
• Experience in staff/team management, coaching, mentoring, capacity building and performance reviews.
• Knowledge of Plan International's global and national strategies and policies.
• Understanding of Safeguarding Children and GEI policies and the Code of Conduct, including induction of colleagues and submission of safeguarding and GEI data.

Required skills

• Practical knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methods such as log frames, result chains and theories of change.
• Ability to communicate authoritatively on the area of expertise and build effective working relationships across a network.