This role will ensure the implementation of Plan’s Child Protection Policy in PIE and focus on protection, gender equality and sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR). The purpose of this position is to empower adolescent girls to be free from harmful practices and enjoy their sexual and reproductive health rights. The post holder is responsible for the delivery of results in line with pre-agreed project plans and implementation activities at all stages throughout the project cycle.   

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Duties & Responsibilities:

In line with the “Adolescents for Change” project ambition and objectives, ensure high quality implementation of SRHR activities at the grassroots, compatibility and alignment with Plan International Ethiopia’s policies, strategies and guidelines (including Programme Quality Framework and Quality Benchmark Standards), Plan International’s approach to SRHR, and internationally agreed upon standards (MISP, Core Humanitarian Standards, etc.)

· Strengthening the quality of SRHR interventions through development and contextualisation of program tools, guidance and resources, and ensuring all staff are familiar with relevant standards and toolkits.

· Ensure the technical soundness, appropriateness and general quality in participatory planning and implementation, and identify and implement project adaptations, in collaboration with SRHR coordinators, Specialist and A4C GFFO Project Manage.

· Ensure contextualized but common approach approaches to implementation of SRHR project activities in Benishangul-Gumuz and Tigray, and ensure learnings are captured across project areas and in collaboration with colleagues from the A4C project in South Sudan.

· Support SRHR program delivery capacity of colleagues, front line staff and partners, and of other technical professionals to build capacity in SRHR of children, adolescents and young people in humanitarian contexts

· Ensure the mainstreaming of Safeguarding, protection from harmful practices and violence, Disability Inclusion in the program area and address the SRH needs of adolescents and youth.

· Ensure innovation of interventions, contexts of social and gender norms, gender equality and the rights of girls.

· Provide timely/daily follow up, updating, coordination and guidance in the delivery of the Adolescent for Change (A4C) GFFO project.

· Provide close guidance to the field office team, technical coordination into the project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; assess the outputs, outcomes and impact of program interventions and activities in the program area.

· Prepare and develop in consultation with appropriate stakeholder’s annual work plans and project plans.

· Where relevant and under the Thematic Sector Leadership and or Specialist/coordinators’ guidance contribute to the development of concept notes and proposals of related and complimentary projects

· Cascade technical capacity building initiatives to support the SRHR staff, CPiE and GBV officers and volunteers working in the project areas, including supportive supervision and quality assurance of work performed

· Liaising with key internal and external actors in the districts, local community settings, including other thematic actors within Plan International and relevant clusters, working groups, regularly attend and share updates in the SRHR Knowledge Management and experience sharing at local, regional and national level

· Take part and support advocacy on key SRHR issues, SGBV risks, CPiE interventions and support regional/zonal/woreda/refuge setting-level advocacy efforts

· Development and rollout of tools and guidance on SRHR

· Delivering relevant trainings on SRHR for all project and support staff

· Ensure M&E and learning in close collaboration with the M&E team and alignment to PMERL system of PI

Job Requirements

Educational Qualification and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health and other related field at least 3 and above years relevant experience.

• Demonstrated experience on working with gender equality and SRHR. 

• At least 2 years relevant experience in an international NGO or similar organization.

• Computer literate in word processing and excel packages.

• An understanding of child rights and their protection and fulfilment in the development context.

Qualifications / experience desirable:

• Extensive knowledge of the sexual and reproductive health rights and gender equality and girls’ rights.

• In-depth knowledge of project cycle management and child centred community development programming

• Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and implications to community development

• Knowledge of effective participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Research systems and processes

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to build relationships with colleagues.

• Gender analysis and gender mainstreaming skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presentation

• Strong negotiation, influencing and problem-solving skills.

• Numeracy and the ability to interpret financial data, in order to understand budgetary processes including planning, monitoring and reporting.

Languages required

• Fluency in English language is essential

• Knowledge of local languages is a desirable

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.

How to Apply

The closing date for the application in December 5/2023. Qualified candidates should submit the application form found with this link: CLICK HERE

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.