Location: Tacloban City, Philippines
Company: Plan International
The Organisation:
Plan International Pilipinas is a girl-centered, community-focused non-government organization serving the Philippines for the last 64 years.
We are a newly locally registered foundation connected to 80+ Plan International offices worldwide.
We work with around 7,000 partner communities, or barangays, across the country, delivering programs on PIER (Protection from Violence, Inclusive Health, Education to Economic Empowerment, and Resilience) and Humanitarian.
Turn data into action for children and young people's protection.
We are looking for a Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Officer to support a multi-year project addressing human trafficking, Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC), and Child, Early and Forced Marriages and Unions (CEFMU).
This role is ideal for development professionals who are passionate about using data, research, and learning to improve programs, strengthen accountability, and drive meaningful impact for children, adolescents, and youth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead project monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities across implementation areas.
- Conduct baseline, midline, and endline studies, assessments, and data collection activities.
- Track project progress and ensure activities are aligned with agreed targets and results.
- Manage project data, maintain databases, and ensure accurate and timely reporting.
- Prepare and consolidate reports for donors, partners, and project leadership.
- Facilitate learning reviews and recommend improvements based on findings and feedback.
- Build the capacity of staff and partners on monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning processes.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Social Sciences, Statistics, Social Work, Community Development, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in development work.
- At least 3 years of experience in research, monitoring and evaluation, project planning, or community development programs.
- Experience designing and implementing assessments, surveys, and research studies.
- Strong skills in data collection, analysis, reporting, and knowledge management.
- Experience working with NGOs, communities, local governments, and development partners.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Familiarity with participatory, gender-responsive, and child-centered approaches is an advantage.
Why Join This Project?
You will play a critical role in ensuring that evidence, learning, and community feedback inform decisions that strengthen protection systems and improve outcomes for vulnerable children and young people.
Apply if you're passionate about transforming data and insights into meaningful change for communities across Eastern Visayas and BARMM.
Location: Tacloban City, with field work as needed
Type of Role: Project-based (until September 2029)
Reports to: Project Manager
Flexible working arrangements
Competitive compensation package (local T&C)
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.