The orgnization
Plan International is an independent child rights and humanitarian organisation committed to ensuring children live a life free of poverty, violence and injustice. We actively unite children, communities and other people who share our mission to make positive lasting changes in childrenโs and young peopleโs lives. We support children in gaining the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to claim their rights to a fulfilling life, today and in the future. We place a specific focus on girls and women, who are most often left behind. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries. Plan International Jordan was established in 2016 and has programmes throughout the country on education, youth empowerment, and protection (CP, GBV, SRHR) in (Amman, Karak, Jarash, and Azraq camp). Planโs Global Gender Equality and Inclusion policy states that the core objectives of Plan Internationalโs work are to achieve gender equality, promoting gender justice, realizing girlsโ rights and fostering an inclusive society. This commitment is reflected in our five-year country strategy, our Values and Behaviors Framework, and our Theory of Change.
We aim to:
- confront and challenge discrimination and human rights violations based on gender. This includes gender-based violence and other forms of exclusion.
- challenge stereotypes and unequal power relations between women, men, boys, and girls to promote gender equality, girlsโ rights, and inclusion.
- foster an organizational culture that embraces and exemplifies our commitment to gender equality, girlsโ rights and inclusion, while supporting staff to adopt good practices, positive attitudes and the principles of gender equality and inclusion.
ROLE PURPOSE
Plan International Jordan is seeking an experienced Head of Technical and Quality Unit with an ability to to provide leadership to the program thematic development and quality assurance within an organization, with a focus on protection and/or girls rights programming, in support to the Plan Internationalโs development and Syria crisis programmes in Jordan. The Head of Technical and Quality Unit will be responsible to ensure the effectiveness and quality of the education, child protection, ECCD, education and YEE programmes implemented by national and local partners and promote integration with other sector interventions including the linkages with the monitoring , evaluation, research and learning component.
Dimensions of the Role
He/She will lead the technical support provided through proposal development, programme design and implementation. She/he will also be responsible to ensure quality of all programs and projects implemented by the Office. The post holder will oversee the work of the technical specialists as well as the MERL team.
Accountabilities
- Country Office Strategy Development and Technical Programming:
- Provides leadership in strategy formulation, implementation planning, execution, and monitoring to ensure alignment with global Plan international guidance, regional strategy, country context, priorities and requirements of donors and other Plan International frameworks.
- Develop and review technically sound sector approaches and strategies that will enable the PIJO to respond to humanitarian emergency and sustainable development needs of the operational areas of Plan International.
- Leads Technical specialists in the development and implementation of technical approaches including; the Gender/SRHR, CP & GBV, YEE, ECD, and Education
- Programme Design:
- Lead on proposal drafting and submission with relevant regional and NO staff including; identifying priority areas of intervention, identification of potential partnerships, and ensuring timely and quality submission to donors.
- Lead rapid and detailed education/ child protection/ ECCD/ and livelihood assessments in new target areas; determine priorities and immediate activities and required resources.
- In close collaboration with the regional specialists, define objectives and key outcomes of Plan Internationalโs overall programmatic response in Jordan in line with national strategies.
- Develop an evidence-based programms plan including programmatic, research and advocacy priorities, closely linked to other sector programmes.
- Ensure that programmes are in line with global and international Minimum Standards; such as the MS for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, INEE, and gender- and conflict-sensitive.
- Quality Management and Implementation:
- Ensure that a robust monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL) system is in place, and that the country office engages in the collection and use of evidence and that this is shared across the global organization, and that reliable data is used for decision-making.
- One key aspect of the department is ensuring continuous positive engagement of its technical specialists including (Education, CP GBV, Livelihoods, and ECCD specialists) with the project teams in a view to; support program quality in line with global standards and key performance indicators, informing the future projectโs design and delivery, and set up joint action plans for common vision of success.
- Work closely with Plan International Jordanโs implementing partners to ensure that activities are implemented in a coordinated and phased manner, in accordance with Plan Internationalโs approachs, best practices and policy.
- Coordinate with the technical team to provide technical guidance and direction including ongoing training, coaching and mentoring to Plan International Jordanโs and partnersโ staff members to ensure quality programming in compliance with Plan Internationalโs quality standards and policies.
- Ensure that quality data collection and information management systems are in place for appropriate programme analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy.
- Ensure regular communication with programme managers and project coordinators to integrate appropriate technical input and priorities in program design implementation.
- Coordinate with the technical team to undertake regular field monitoring visits to assess progress and identify technical quality issues and/or other implementation issues, provide solutions and implement modifications as required.
- Coordination and Communication:
- Coordinate with the technical team to undertake regular field monitoring visits to assess progress and identify technical quality issues and/or other implementation issues, provide solutions and implement modifications as required.
- Ensure regular communication with programme managers and project coordinators to integrate appropriate technical input and priorities in program design implementation.
- Ensure that quality data collection and information management systems are in place for appropriate programme analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy.
- Coordinate with the technical team to provide technical guidance and direction including ongoing training, coaching and mentoring to Plan International Jordanโs and partnersโ staff members to ensure quality programming in compliance with Plan Internationalโs quality standards and policies.
- Work closely with Plan International Jordanโs implementing partners to ensure that activities are implemented in a coordinated and phased manner, in accordance with Plan Internationalโs approachs, best practices and policy.
- One key aspect of the department is ensuring continuous positive engagement of its technical specialists including (Education, CP GBV, Livelihoods, and ECCD specialists) with the project teams in a view to; support program quality in line with global standards and key performance indicators, informing the future projectโs design and delivery, and set up joint action plans for common vision of success.
- Ensure that a robust monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL) system is in place, and that the country office engages in the collection and use of evidence and that this is shared across the global organization, and that reliable data is used for decision-making.
- Quality Management and Implementation:
- Programme Design:
- Leads Technical specialists in the development and implementation of technical approaches including; the Gender/SRHR, CP & GBV, YEE, ECD, and Education
- Develop and review technically sound sector approaches and strategies that will enable the PIJO to respond to humanitarian emergency and sustainable development needs of the operational areas of Plan International.
- Provides leadership in strategy formulation, implementation planning, execution, and monitoring to ensure alignment with global Plan international guidance, regional strategy, country context, priorities and requirements of donors and other Plan International frameworks.
- Country Office Strategy Development and Technical Programming: