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.

DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE

We know that this crisis will have devastating long-term effects on women and children in the region and Plan International intends to play a vital role in responding to these needs together with the needs of vulnerable polish people.

The Education Specialist will provide a key understanding of the current Polish context and framework, supporting and advising education, early childhood and disability inclusive projects, ensuring quality intervention in these areas and contributing to the development of the sectorial strategy. Moreover, the Education Specialist will support the implementation of programming in Poland, ensuring the continuity and further scale up of the Education interventions in Poland (including inclusive education and early child development), supporting the organization and the partner organisations’ programme planning, implementation and monitoring.

Accountabilities

• Scoping education partners, tracking meetings, keeping detailed notes, and working closely with partnership teams to secure national partnerships
• Development of concept notes and proposals, independently and with local partners
• Supporting partners with capacity-strengthening training and co-learning opportunities
• Coordinating with education working group led by UNICEF and any forums/working groups set up by national partners for the education response
• Engaging with MoES and local education authorities, wherever possible
• Supporting needs assessment (joint or multi-sectoral) as required
• Developing links with UNICEF and UNHCR country and regional teams
• Liaising with Child Protection and other sectoral specialists as required
• Collaborating with Plan International’s teams in the region and GH EiE technical lead to ensure an organized and coordinated regional response.
• Supporting the development of Plan International’s regional response plan
• Visiting partners, schools, non-formal education programmes, early learning centres and intervention sites
• Providing support to policy and influencing activities at national, regional, and global level in close collaboration with Plan International and in-country teams
• Inputting into SitReps on a regular basis and developing activity reports as required
• Any other activities as identified by team leads

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Location:Warsaw, Poland

Type of Role: Fixed Term contract upto 12 months

Reports to: Programmes Manager

Closing Date:31 Jul 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, 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.

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