Communications & Visibility Officer

THE ORGANIZATION

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.

In Mozambique we are working to eradicate early marriage and early pregnancy through projects that focus on adolescent girls in Inhambane, Zambezia, Nampula and Cabo Delgado. These projects are programmed along four strategic pillars: Girl Education, SRHR, YEE and Protection. Our work is gender transformative and includes influencing work at national and sub-regional level.

RULE PERPOSE

The Communications and Visibility Officer will be primarily responsible for the communication and visibility of Plan International Mozambique both internal and external. She/He will be the communication focal point at the Country Office for all the engagements with the PAs, providing technical guidance and support, and will be responsible to monitor Plan Visibility both internally and externaly. She/He will work under the direct supervision of the Communication & Advocacy Specialist, who will provide technical support and guidance on development and implementation of the communication and visibility plan and on specific communication and advocacy related activities.

MANAGEMENT SCOPE, REPORTING LINES, KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Direct reports – N/A

Reports to- The incumbent will report to Communications and Advocacy Specialist

Key relationships

Internal

• Director of Programs Strategy and Implementation
• Gender & Influencing Specialist
• MERL Specialist
• Business Development Department

  External

  • Media houses
  • Production and printing houses
  • Partners and other stakeholders

    Level of contact with children

    • Low contact: Occasional interaction with children

      PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

      • Typical Office environment with 35% travel in Country.

        ACCOUNTABILITIES AND MAIN WORK ACTIVITIES

        • Monitor Plan International internal and external Communication and visibility
        • Works closely with the MERL Specialist, Gender and Influencing Specialist, Technical Leads, Program Area Managers and project managers;
        • Works with Regional and Global Hub colleagues (Communications and Advocacy);
        • Work closely with Campaigns Leadership and Coordination Team
        • Work with NOs communications teams ExternalTake on child and youth safeguarding responsibilities for YSB’s work and ensure the safeguarding policy are understood and followed by project, staff, partner organization, youth associations and any other key stakeholders involved.
        • Work closely with local and international media houses
        • Partner organisations
        • Civil society organizations
        • Youth and youth organisations
        • Other INGOs
        • Government institutions and Academia

          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.