Gender in Emergencies Coordinator

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.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Gender in Emergencies Coordinator will be responsible to ensure the quality of gender in emergencies projects implemented by partners and promote mainstreaming and integration with other sector interventions including Education in Emergencies, Child Protection in Emergencies, WASH, Shelter and NFIs.

DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE

Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager for the emergency response programme, the Gender in Emergencies Coordinator is in charge of Plan International’s Gender in Emergencies response. He/She provides technical leadership and support on gender and lead on the implementation if gender aware and transformative approaches within the project(s), by linking gender equality and SGBV prevention and mitigation to other sectoral interventions. She/He works closely with the Finance, MERL, Grants, Operations and PDQ Departments as well as other technical coordinators (e.g. EiE, CPiE) and partner staff to ensure that all emergency response projects are designed and managed in a gender-responsive or gender-transformative manner.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Programming

• Provide technical leadership and expertise in gender mainstreaming across humanitarian programmes.
• Provide technical input and guidance to Business Development and Programme Teams on gender to ensure programme activities address more specifically the needs of girls, adolescent girls and young women and the barriers they face.
• Ensure activities adhere to technical approaches to build quality humanitarian programming that adheres to Plan’s ERP chapter on gender an inclusion, Sphere Standards related to gender and inclusion, the IASC Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action, GBVIEMS, PSEA in humanitarian response.
• Collaborate with like-minded organizations to conduct a multi-sectoral joint gender analysis (OXFAM, UNFPA)
• Give appropriate support to response team in continuing the collection of Sex, Age, and Disability Disaggregated Data
• Organize beneficiary sampling verifications to ensure the most vulnerable are registered and reached
• Support the creation of a Sex, Age, and Disability Disaggregated Database, and its regular update
• Support the integration of key recommendations of the Rapid Gender Analysis and Rapid MHM Analysis in the response
• Support inclusion of Sex and Age Disaggregated Data (SADD) in all assessment work and subsequent analysis of the data, ensuring that such data helps inform the design of programme interventions.
• Support programme staff with participatory methodologies with girls, boys, women and men and that consultations are held at times and places most convenient and suitable for the participants.
• Support programme and business development teams on the use of the IASC Gender and Age Marker, specific Donor Marker, and Plan’s Gender Transformative Marker to ensure all programmes at least gender aware
• Support the ongoing monitoring and evaluation activities, including collection of SADDD at the different phases of the response, ensuring that issues are highlighted and addressed.
• Support the development of appropriate accountability / feedback mechanisms ensuring girls, boys, women and men have a voice.
• Develop innovative ways to enhance the participation of girls and women in the different activities

2. Coordination & Representation
• Represent Plan International at strategic interagency gender related working groups, ensuring specific issues affecting girls and boys are raised and addressed.
• Identify relevant stakeholders (including government departments, UN agencies and partner organisations), developing and maintaining relations ensuring visibility and profile of Plan International’s gender focused programming.
• Ensure regular coordination with other Gender in Emergencies colleagues in peer agencies as well as any GenCap staff deployed to the crisis.
• Support other emergency response team members with representation on gender related issues in technical clusters and or working groups.
• Identify opportunities for collaboration and partnership with women’s rights organisations, girl-led and youth-led organisations and other humanitarian organisations.

3. Policy, Advocacy & Communications
• Supports the Information Management Officer to ensure that sitreps have a clear focus on the impact of the crisis on girls, boys, women and men, and that industry standards are followed (for example SADDD)
• Works with comms and media staff to develop material with a specific focus on the impact of the crisis on girls and adolescent and young women, including people with disabilities highlighting priority issues of concern.
• Input into policy and influencing documents focusing on how the crisis has impacted on girls, boys, women and men
• Liaise with policy and advocacy colleagues to ensure gender related issues are clearly articulated in any advocacy materials and positions produced.

4. Capacity Building
• Conduct capacity assessment of the partner staff on gender equality, develop capacity development plan for partner and project staff and ensure its implementation
• Provide high quality technical support to the project team(s) including training, development or sharing of tools and resources for the advancement of gender equality and disability inclusion
• Provide relevant training to staff and partners on gender related issues (eg. Gender equality, gender aware and transformative programming, maybe disability inclusion if they have the skillset / there is a need for it in the project(s)?SADDD, SGBV, PSEA and Safeguarding)
• Train on PSEA the staff, partners, and any other person involved in the response
• Mentor staff in conducting consultations with girls, boys, women and men, as well as any vulnerable groups as part of the programme design and monitoring phases
• Acts as a reference/contact point for Plan staff and external stakeholders for support on Gender in Emergencies issues

• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Child Protection (CPP) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Internal
• Emergency Response Team, Plan Lebanon
• Global, Gender Equality in Emergencies Core Group and the GiE Networking Group
• Plan Lebanon PDQA and programme team
• National Organisations (NO)

External
• Partners including national and international NGOs
• UN and donor representatives
• Civil society and community-based organizations, including women and girl-led organizations
• Clusters including the GBV sub-clusters

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of:
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in mainstreaming gender in humanitarian programmes throughout the project cycle.
• Sound grasp of intersectional feminism and a passion for advancing girls’ and women’s rights.
• Humanitarian principles and “do no harm” approach.
• The main Plan sectors covered in the response, including Child Protection, Gender-Based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Education and WASH
• Knowledge in the administration of benefits and compensation programs
• Knowledge of applicable local laws and regulations (NSSF, taxes, etc.)

Qualifications and Experience
• Significant field experience of gender programming in a number of humanitarian crises.
• Demonstrable experience in mainstreaming gender in the design, management, monitoring and evaluation of emergency programmes in line with SPHERE and IASC standards.
• Demonstrated experience of key practice and standards for humanitarian response such as SPHERE and CHS.
• Conversant with the international humanitarian architecture, particularly related to coordination and funding.
• Experience in building and strengthening technical expertise on gender in emergencies in humanitarian work, including in designing and delivering training .
• Knowledge of Plan policies and procedures and Code of Conduct, Sphere and the Red Cross and Red Crescent/ NGO Code of Conduct
• Proficiency in information technology/ computer skills.

Skills
• Training and facilitation
• Networking skills
• Ability to analyse data and provide a specific focus on girls in emergencies.
• Strong organizational abilities; able to prioritise and manage short-term and continuing projects across diverse themes despite competing deadlines.
• Strong negotiation, organizational, facilitating and influencing skills
• Strong commitment to child safeguarding policies both inside and outside the workplace, and experience working with children in a development environment.
• Ability and experience in adapting to systems & processes
• Strong character traits, including team work, striving for high performance, emotional stability, resilience, adaptability, and ability to handle stress, strong initiative and self-motivation, cultural and gender sensitivity, honesty and physical fitness to travel are essential.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with excellent command of spoken and written English and Arabic.

PLAN INTERNATIONAL’S VALUES IN PRACTICE

We are open and accountable
 Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
 Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
 Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
 Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
 Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people

We strive for lasting impact
 Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
 Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
 Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
 Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together
1. Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
2. Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
3. Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
4. Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering

1. We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential
2. We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge equality in our programs and our workplace
3. We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives.

LEVEL OF CONTACT WITH CHILDREN:

Mid contact: Occasional interaction with children

TRAVEL
• Travel is estimated at 30%.
• Regular international travel may be required.

Location: Beirut

Type of Role: Gender/ Emergency Response

Reports to: Emergency Response Programme Manager

Grade: C2

Closing Date: August 8, 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.

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