Project 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

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.

The position holder will be responsible for all operational aspects of the humanitarian intervention and ensuring the quality and effectiveness of Plan’s emergency response within SNNP PA , mainly related to three core areas: Emergency nutrition, Emergency Child Protection and Emergency WASH related projects including handling manpower and budgetary aspects of the projects.

ACCOUNTABILITY AND MAIN WORK ACTIVITIES

Organize and Lead Multidisciplinary Emergency teams (25%)

• Lead a multi-disciplinary professional emergency teams working in the project site.

• Ensure emergency assessments are effectively undertaken and implement integrated emergency response, recovery and exit strategies in close collaboration with major partners and stakeholders

• Ensure all team members clearly understand and carry out their duties in accordance with personal work-plans, humanitarian principles, core values, the Code of Conduct and SPHERE.

• Work collaboratively in close relation with field, SNNP PA , and concerned CO staffs

• Ensure existing human resources needs are fully assessed, identified, described and communicated, in collaboration with the field and Country Office HR Officers.

• Promote productive work environment respectful of the Code of Conduct with zero tolerance for verbal and physical abuse or discrimination against other persons on the grounds of race, colour, sex or creed.

• Ensure all team members are fully briefed on all aspects of security, social and cultural norms and local conditions and behaviour.

• Create the conditions to ensure effective teamwork and morale is strictly observed.

• Conduct periodic performance appraisals of team members and provide timely feedback.

• Ensure logistical resources demands are fully assessed, identified, described and communicated, in collaboration with the PA and Country Office logistic department.

  📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐

  ⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐖!

• Identify training needs and work with HR department to develop and implement relevant training plans.

• Ensure compliance with all Ethiopian government legal, contractual, labour and statutory requirements.

• Communicate effectively on usage, procedures and relevant communications protocols to all emergency response team.

  Managing project budget (25%)

  • Lead humanitarian and rehabilitation projects in in the project site, implementing donor funded projects in Food Security Livelihoods and WASH sectors, responsible for the successful implementation of projects valued up to $1,200,000 USD per the project period.

  • Coordinate effectivelythe development of all project implementation plans and budgets within the framework of the agreed emergency response programme and strategy

  • Ensure effective budget management at field level, including correct coding of expenses and adherence to PIE financial management guidelines and donor requirements.

  • Monitor periodically grant budgets with OPA and CO finance teams, and in compliance with donor regulations.

  • Provide timely support for field emergency finance teams in cash forecasts, budget follow-ups, and adherence to regulations

    Project implementation coordination, monitoring, follow up and reporting(25%)

    • Coordinate the designing/development of emergency response projects and ensure projects are effectively implemented, monitored/reviewed, evaluated and progress and final reports are timely compiled and shared with CO (Livelihoods and WASH Specialists) and SNNP PA for review and then submission to donor

    • Ensure adequate monitoring, reporting and acquittal of emergency response activities in accordance with donor regulations, country and national office requests, international humanitarian accountability frameworks and relevant SPHERE standards

    • Provide continuous technical and organizational support and capacity building to field teams

    • Make regular visits to emergency response field sites to provide field staff support and address programmatic challenges;

    • Ensure the National Project Manager, ERR Lead/Deputy lead is kept informed about assessment progress, emergency response implementation and strategies, project plans, progress reports, and other significant developments;

    • Ensure different sectoral activities such as (FSL and WASH) are implemented in a coordinated and integrated manner;

    • Ensure all project activities are conducted in accordance with the agreed work-plans and proposals

      Managing relationship and networking with government, partners and other stakeholders (15%)

      • Assist and advise the National Project Manager and ERR Lead with securing donor funding for emergency projects.

      • Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with other NGO’s, UN agencies, local government, bilateral and multilateral donors, and other principle stakeholders including the military where present and if necessary.

      • Ensure that the Donor and Government reporting is done and submitted on time in accordance with their reporting template and within their reporting schedule.

        Conduct community need assessment before developing projects (10%)