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 know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. 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.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

The Project Coordinator (PC) will be responsible and accountable for the overall project management and coordination, quality programming and results achievement, financial management and compliance, project team management, stakeholder and partner relations, and donor deliverables. Feminist principles of collaboration, participation, transparency and respect for the agency of women’s organizations will be integrated in all aspects of this role. The PC will be responsible for development of deep and meaningful partnerships with the government structures at various level, service providers, different work units of PIE as well as WLOs and local partners at grassroots levels, to enhance the project’s outreach and intended objective/ambition. Simultaneously, PC will be in charge of building and/or maintaining links to, partnerships and networks with the government and relevant government bodies to enhance sustainability in the continuation of structures and mechanisms established under this project as well as that ensure evidence generated as a result of the project has the potential to scale and influence broader GBV prevention and responses, linking with One-stop centers (OSCs), champions of change for support and services including social healing, health facilities, law enforcement services, economic empowerment, access to life saving SRHR and CP/GBV information and services to GBV risk groups and survivors as per the safe programming principles and standards, policies/strategies, SOPs, guidelines and project agreement documents.

The Individual

• BA/BSc Degree in Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), Project Management, Development Studies, or Social Sciences related fields.
• Minimum of 5 years of substantial experience in which 3 years broad experience in project management in development and humanitarian settings under INGO environment.
• Experience of managing donors funded complex and large project budgets (> €1mil).
• Experience in developing and implementing Child Protection (CP), Gender Based Violence (GBV), and Sexual and Reproductive Health related projects.
• Good knowledge and understanding of development and humanitarian principles and established international child protection and CP/GBV and SRHR policies, strategies, programs and priorities, and NGO Code of Conduct.
• Fluency in English language is essential and In addition to Amharic Knowledge of Somali Languages is an additional

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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 the team members under supervision 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: Jigjiga, Ethiopia

Type of Role: Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Prevention and Response Project in Ethiopia

Reports to: Project Manager

Grade: D1

Closing Date: August 10, 2024

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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