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 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

The Opportunity

The position holder will be responsible to support the implementation of PIE’s strategy mainly through strategically leading Plan’s gender equality and inclusion interventions to ensure that PIE’s ambition of becoming a girl’s rights and gender quality organisation is realized. This would be demonstrated in undertaking responsibilities which includes provision of strategic leadership on gender transformative programming in the design and delivery of all development and humanitarian programs as well as strengthening staff’s and partners’ capacity on gender transformative programming. The leadership of the position holder will also be demonstrated through proactive internal and external engagement and partnership building (including in resources mobilization), networking and collaboration for policy engagement, and learning and knowledge management within the broader organization on gender equality and inclusion. These responsibilities will cut across both development and humanitarian sectors, with special attention paid to the nexus between the two.

The Individual

Qualifications/ Experience Essential:

• Masters in Gender Studies, BA/LLB or Master’s degree in social work, sociology, psychology, law and other disciplines relevant to Plan International Ethiopia’s work
• A minimum of eight years of experience relevant for the position, of which three years at supervisory position
• Demonstrable experience of leading gender transformative programming and influencing/advocacy models in development and humanitarian settings. Demonstrable experience in promoting gender and inclusion and in advancing children’s rights and/or gender equality in a national context
• Comprehensive understanding of relevant governments policies, strategies, programs and priorities related to gender equality and inclusion.
• Proactive engagement and networking on GEI in Ethiopia
• Experience in designing & facilitating training for staff and partners using participatory methodologies
• Knowledge and experience in rights based and gender transformative programming and influencing

Qualification Desirable:

• Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and implications to community development.
• Demonstrable experience on development and humanitarian nexus will be highly desirable

Languages Required:

• Fluency in English language is essential
• In addition to Amharic, Knowledge of Local Languages is a desirable

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Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day to day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted

Location: Addis Ababa, Country Office

Type of Role: Definite Term Contract

Reports to: Head of Program Quality

Grade: D2

Closing Date: September 03, 2023

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, 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.

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