Plan International Nepal announces vacancy for Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Specialist . Interested candidates can apply for the job. Read the full article below for the job details.

Essential

• Master’s degree in management, Social research, development studies or a related field oriented to monitoring and evaluation methods with 2-3 years of experience Or Bachelor’s Degree in related sector with 3-4 years of experience
• Demonstrated experience working in monitoring, evaluation, research, and accountability in development sector or research setting with special focus to ECD and Protection
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English and Nepali
• Proven experience in a technical capacity involving design and implementation of evaluations/research or leading evaluation/research teams and drafting technical reports
• Proven experience with quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis Experience conducting interviews with young people, children and communities
• Strong capacity and creativity in leading and facilitating participatory methodologies to meaningfully engage beneficiaries, including children, and receiving their feedback through approaches such as social audit
• Experience in capacity development of staff or partners in project monitoring, evaluation or research

Desirable

• Experience in program data management, use of data management electronic devices such as tablets is highly desirable
• Experienced in rights based approach to development
• Facilitating child led monitoring, evaluation or research 

ABOUT PLAN INTERNATIONAL

Plan International is a development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We strive for a just world, working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners in over 75 countries. Our programs are underpinned by a core of defined values, including transparency and accountability, team collaboration, inclusion and integration, as well as the overall ambition to empower girls and young women as legacy. 

Plan International has been working in Nepal since 1978 and developed a strong reputation as a respected development and humanitarian actor helping marginalised children, their families and communities to access their rights to health, education, economic security and protection. Through the support of local partners, Plan International works in 24 districts in Nepal. 
Plan International Nepal has a vision for 2030 as “an inclusive, just and safe society where all girls and young women enjoy their rights and live in freedom”. This is coupled with the ambition of taking action so that 100 million girls learn, lead, decide and thrive as “Girls and young women in all of their diversity reach their full potential as equal and active citizens” by 2023. The country strategy is put into action through the implementation of three interrelated program areas defined as follows:

LEARN: the “Education and Skills and Opportunities for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship (SOYEE)” program aims to assist vulnerable and excluded girls and young women in adapting and thriving in a changing climate;

LEAD AND DECIDE: the “Youth as Active Drivers of Change and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR)” program aims to empower girls and young women in leading change, having control over their bodies and making informed decisions; and

THRIVE: the “Early Childhood Development (ECD), Child Protection and Child Poverty” program enhances vulnerable and excluded children, especially girls, to be valued and cared for without discrimination, fear and any forms of violence.

Plan international Nepal seeks candidates who practice feminist leadership, promote diversity, actively seek innovative solutions for problems, courageously and respectfully share their opinions and ideas, break down barriers and engender cross-department collaboration, practice active listening, maintain confidentiality, build trust and are passionate about children’s rights and equality for girls

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Application Deadline : 19th June 2020