Knowledge and Programme Advisor Education and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights

Knowledge and Programme Advisor Education and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights for the duration of 3 years for 36 hours a week (Starting date: asap) In this position you will be responsible for developing and implementing the MEL system for the joint Oxfam Novib - OGB project " My Rights, My Voice: Engaging marginalised children and youth in their rights to health and education services", with a special emphasis on learning and downward accountability. The programme is a three-year multi-country programme which will deliver a holistic and contextualised vision of children's and youth's rights to health and education in eight countries - Niger, Mali, Afghanistan, Tanzania, Georgia, Nepal, Pakistan, and Viet Nam - adapting activities and focus depending on the specific condition of children and youth in the countries where projects will be implemented. The overall goal of the programme is to achieve sustainable changes in policies, practices, and beliefs to meet the specific health and education needs and aspirations of children and youth, with a particular focus on the rights of girls and young women. The Position Key tasks of the position Develops and/or contributes to the development of MEL plans in collaboration with key stakeholders, which guide MEL activities throughout the programme: Policies, procedures and instruments/tools etc in the field of planning, monitoring and evaluation / risk management in order to plan, monitor and evaluate partners performance and Oxfam's own performance. Ensures quality of application of the instruments and ensures coherence between instruments, procedures and guidelines in the field of planning, monitoring and evaluation for this project. Takes initiatives in the field of innovative projects, experiments and pilots in the field of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and transforms the outcomes of these initiatives into instruments and procedures. Provides training and coaching in the application and the use of these instruments and procedures. Provides technical assistance and advise on request and on own initiative to the line management and to country offices. Supports country programmes in identifying learning needs Ensures cross country learning and programme development by facilitating a strong on-going (partially) 'virtual' peer learning network between Country programs/partners Ensures (of contributes to) timely and quality reporting to SIDA

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You have - You have completed an academic or HBO level degree and at least 5 years work experience in a similar position - You have experience with planning, monitoring and/or evaluation - You have experience in creating a learning environment - You are result oriented, have strong analytical skills and are a team-player - You have excellent communication skills in English and preferable in French - You have excellent (intercultural) communication skills

Contact
Contact persoon: Sahzade Altay
Telefoonnummer: 070-3421 925
E-mailadres: jobs@oxfamnovib.nl
website: http://www.oxfamnovib.nl
opmerkingen: We Offer This position is new and has not yet been classified. The preliminary classification is scale 9. The gross salary will be € 2.581,-- to € 3.971,-- on the basis of 36 hours per week. Evaluation of this function profile will happen soon. This vacancy is open for both internall and externall candidates. In case candidates have equal qualifications the Internal candidates have priority over external candidates. Application Procedure: Are you interested? Send your application in writing, including a motivation letter and curriculum vitae and mentioning reference number 5-6602 to jobs@oxfamnovib.nl to the attention of Sahzade Altay, HR Consultant, no later than December 6^th, 2011. The selection interviews will be held on December 9^th and 12^th 2011. Further information about the job can be obtained from Lindy van Vliet, programme manager basis social services M&E, phone number: 994 or Ton Meijers, head of the Knowledge and programme management department (KPM), phone number: 704. For information about the procedure you can contact Sahzade Altay: phone number 925.