Role Purpose

Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalized and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to reaching the sustainable development goals, and in particular the goals on gender equality. Our organization is transforming itself to meet this enormous challenge everywhere we work. We need bold, forward-thinking and innovative individuals to lead our country operations, driving change and delivering results that will allow us to reach our target of 100 million girls. 

In Ethiopia, Plan has more than 25 years of experience in implementing its programme. Currently PIE mainly operates in seven geographical areas; Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, Gambella, Benishangul Gumuz, Afar, and Addis Ababa City Administration on different projects funded by different donors including sponsorship.

Plan International Ethiopia's main purpose is to seek Gender Justice for Girls, Adolescent Girls, and Young Women. We aim to help create an enabling environment where girls, adolescent girls, and young women are safe, valued, equally cared for, and have equal opportunities. PIE will contribute to the global strategy by aiming to reach directly 2.1 million Girls, Adolescent Girls and Young Women over the period of the strategy 2020-2024 and to reach an additional 6.3 million beneficiaries through its interventions.

CDF is responsible to handle different activities of FSL, WASH, health and Nutrition at grass root level.  

management scope, reporting lines, key relationships

Reports to: WASH Coordinator

Key relationships

Internally: The job holder has a close working relationship internally with the following departments and/or functions:

Field teams (all officers); SNNP PA team and CO staff.

Externally: The job holder has a close working relationship externally with the following departments and/or functions:

Program beneficiaries, local government sector offices, particularly zonal and woreda Agricultural Office, Zonal and woreda water development offices and DPPC offices. NGOs operating in the zone.

Level of contact with children

High level of interaction with children

Physical Environment

The incumbent will spend much of his/her time in field office and targeted districts where the travel requirement is often.

Accountabilities and MAIN WORK ACTIVITIES

Accountabilities

• Contribute to assessments by collecting information through qualitative and quantitative data gathering methods (e.g. surveys, interviews, FGDs);
• Identify local DRR, FSL, WASH, Health & Nutrition and Child Care Practices/IYCF needs and capacities; and Participate in identifying potential beneficiaries;
• Organize/reorganize committees and clubs like Kebele Disaster Management Committees (KDMC), WASH Committees and Care Support Groups in all levels of facilities, schools and institutions;
• Conduct home and family visits and farm demonstration visits as follow-up on progress of BNFs and organize regular community meetings;
• Integrate key messages from soft components of DRR, FSL, WASH and Health & Nutrition;
• Plan and conduct different dialogues, group discussions and meetings, demonstrations (i.e. CLTS, cooking, hygiene promotion, IYCF/care practices, play and toy making, feeding), disaster risk preparedness and response exercises with the committees and key people in the community.
• Involve community members in planning and promotion of disaster preparedness, food security, WASH;
• Utilize participatory approach when mobilizing the community;
• Create awareness on the use of water treatment technologies and water chemicals and facilitate the link between the community and private vendors as well as promotion on positive health seeking behaviour;
• Disseminate the gathered results and community preparedness plan in the community and village level.
• Conduct post distribution monitoring of drought resistant crop varieties and other selected model as well as WASH inputs;
• Close follow up the livestock situation and pasture/forage availability at village level and share timely information to take appropriate action by actors in case of drought/emergency situation;
• Collect attendance of cash for work participants and daily records in clinic register of vaccination campaign in collaboration with government staffs assigned in his/her village;
• In consultation with construction supervisor, follow up of construction materials delivered to site and facilitate storage, guarding, mobilization and other social works related to the activity.
• Contribute in the development of protocols/standard operating procedures, IEC materials, and tools/methodology in collaboration with the committees;
• Identify training needs, committee co-facilitators and participants;
• Conduct relevant trainings (also to include coaching and on-the-job training) for local communities using participation learning techniques;
• Provide technical support to committees on community training preparation;
• Organize and conduct the training at decentralized place (in village level).
• Arrange meetings with the community leaders to collect data and feedback on project implementation;
• Collect security related information and giving updates to the ER Field Coordinator;
• Contribute monthly activity reports and provide regular written report according to the Plan International Ethiopia schedule and format;
• Maintain detailed program records and up to date paper work for all duties as for agreed upon formats of Plan International Ethiopia /donors requirement;
• Prepare (in collaboration with supervisor) and implement work plan.

Dealing with Problems:

• Strengthening communications between target beneficiaries and Plan Ethiopia’s ER Unit;
• Supporting visits to the target communities by donors and serving as Plan’s focal person at grassroots/Kebele level.

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

Job Requirements

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Educational Qualification and Experience:

• BA degree or Diploma in Social Work, Sociology, Development Studies, Community or Cooperative Development, Community Health, Home Economics and other related subject.
• Minimum of 2 years NGO related work experience for degree holders and 4 years of related work experience for diploma holders either as community facilitator or community development agent.
• Experience in training facilitation, familiarity with stimulation/awareness methods, knowledge in child development and in nutrition issues, DRR, Hygiene Promotion
• Previous experience in resilience related work at community level is an advantage;
• Motorbikes Driving License

Knowledge:

• Good knowledge of the area and local custom
• Basic computer skill (desirable and advantageous)

Languages required:

• Good knowledge of English, Amharic
• Good knowledge of Local language

How to Apply

The closing date for the application in January 05, 2021. Qualified candidates should submit the application form found with this link http://ethiojobs.net/docs/Plan_Int_Application_Form.docx through www.Ethiojobs.net

This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia. 

More information about Plan International can be found on http://plan-international.org  

References will be taken and background and anti-terrorism checks will be carried out in conformity with Plans Child Protection Policy. Plan operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all persons meeting the skills and experience required.

As an international child centered community development organization, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realization of children's rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

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 organization, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply.