The Organisation
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances childrenโs 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 itโs 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 childrenโs rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for โ and respond to โ 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.
BACKGROUND
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances childrenโs rights and equality for girls. Plan has over 80 yearsโ experience and works in more than 75 countries across the world. We strive for a just world, working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners.
Plan International has been working in Tanzania since 1991. Our work supports marginalised children and youth, especially adolescent girls, to grow up physically and mentally healthy and ready to shape their future. We create an enabling environment and empower girls to be active drivers of change in realising their rights. We prioritise working with partners, and ensuring all of our work is evidence based
Vijana na Ubora, Malengo na Afya (VUMA) project is a 7-year Global Affairs Canada (GAC) funded project, aiming at increasing realisation of Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) for Adolescents Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in all their diversity in Katavi region. The project will increase AGYWโs individual and collective agency by building Sexual Reproductive Health Rights, Sexual Gender Based Violence, Mental Health, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Nutrition by empowering them via increased social capital; and by helping them to acquire skills, capacities and increased financial capital. The project will also strengthen the provision of gender and adolescent-responsive and inclusive (GAR&I), integrated and innovative ASRHR and protection services and support for AGYW by building community, school, health facility and governmental capacity, infrastructure, planning and management.
In addition, the project will work with local Women Rights Organizations (WROs), Youth Led Organizations (YLOs), adolescent groups and stakeholders to ensure that gender equality (GE), ASRHR and protection frameworks, policies and services are gender-responsive and evidence-based.
role purpose
This role will coordinate the planning and implementation of VUMA project activities in collaboration with the project Manager, technical specialists and implementing partners to deliver major project objectives efficiently. She/he will ensure that the project is embrace in the theory of change and aligns with government guidelines and work towards gender equity during the undertaking of the activities. She/he will participate in the planning, implementation and monitoring project progress, prepare donor reports and coordinate project meetings. This position reports to the project Manager.
Dimensions of the Role
- Assist Project Manager in coordination and support to relevant partners staff, project team and project beneficiaries in activities implementation processes.
- Coordinate regular project progress and review meetings with community volunteers, implementing partners and other stakeholders as needed
- Ensure effective monitoring and supportive supervision of partners activities as per supportive supervision plan developed
- Ensures Gender is mainstreamed into all project related activities in the region and maintain gender sensitivity towards staff and partnersโ organizations
- Collection, documentation and sharing of project case studies, success stories best practices and learnings in collaboration with M&E specialist and implementing partners.
- Coordinate and ensure activities base reports are developed and shared from the project implementing partners, Project assist and consolidates for monthly and quarterly updates.
- Effectively Coordinate, Monitor, supervise and support all key/relevant stakeholders at regional and district level in project implementation region.
- Represent the project team in district and regional government and other stakeholders meeting or workshops.
- Under the direction of Program Manager, He or She will be responsible in coordinating the project administrative work, including preparation for the meetings, follow up on the procurements purchase requisitions and filed work plan
- Participates in the development of action plans, budget preparation, and help implement them to achieve project goals and results
- Performs any other duties to be assigned by Program Manager to support the achievement of project or organizational goals.
Accountabilities
- Prepare and submit to Project Manager high quality activity plan, weekly updates, quarterly and annual narrative report for all activity.
- Work with the Project Manager to provide effective coordination and management of partnerships as well as with all other actors with a focus on achieving desired results in line with desired project impact.
- Support timely communications of project activity plans with project partners and all other stakeholders to ensure smooth running of the project
- Ensure monitoring of project activity implementation by different project partners and ensure they are in line with the project detailed implementation plan
- Establish good working relations with children, families, community leadership, and community-based organizations (CBOs), government extension staff and other stakeholders at district levels
- Liaises with M&E Coordinator to prepare and assess monitoring and evaluation reports to identify gaps, strengths/weakness, identify lessons learned and use the knowledge gained to guide and improve implementation.
- Assist Program Manager in develop monthly activity implementation plan with project partners and monitor activities implementation and provide monthly updates.
- Coordinate quality implementation on activities on livelihoods promotion, adolescent and sexual reproductive health, child protection systems strengthening, promotion of education
- Prepare project implementation reports as per requirement of donors and project on a timely manner
- Coordinate periodic review and reflection workshops/meetings to review project plan and strategies and document learning and evidences