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 know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.
Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support childrenโs 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.
For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.
We wonโt stop until we are all equal.
Plan international has opened an office in Somalia/Somaliland and started programmes that focus on child protection, education and youth economic empowerment programming both humanitarian and development setting, working with/through partners and providing technical support to INGOs, Somalia/Somaliland NGOs and the Governments of Somalia and Somaliland in Planโs areas of expertise.
The Project Manager is responsible for ensuring that Renewed Womenโs Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Project is implemented with the highest standards and quality for impact on the lives of children as defined in the Plan International Somalia (PIS) country strategy. The incumbent will be accountable for delivery of the project on time, scope and budget as per project management standards.
ROLE DIMENSIONS:
Country projects are the means by which the Country Strategy is implemented and, therefore, Renewed Womenโs Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Project Manager fulfils a critical role in achieving results, and optimising the beneficial impact on vulnerable women and children, especially girls.
The Project Manager provides Renewed Womenโs Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Project with the highest-level technical expertise in project management; overseeing project design to implementation, partnership management, multiple donor management and reporting ensuring impact of the project with excellent influence in the Programme Area (s).
The major challenge of the role is to achieve project goals on time and to standard, adaptively managing the project to optimise PISโs beneficial impact on vulnerable children and women, especially girls. This requires the job holder to:
Have accountability for the full implementation of the project on scope, time and budget; responding to changes in context and evidence from interventions to make decisions which ensure the project reaches anticipated impact Hold project team accountable to tasks and on track in their activities, in a dynamic and changing environments with multiple stakeholdersHave strong communication and negotiation skills to deal with various stakeholders at local, national and international levels.
Key result areas:
KRA 1: Project Planning & Initiation
Lead the transition from project design to project implementation, ensuring that detailed plans, resourcing strategies, and monitoring frameworks are in place to ensure project targets are achieved on time and to standard:
Review the results of situational analysis and baseline studies and ensure full understanding of the project scope, targets and intended impact
Ensure a good understanding of other projects (both grant and sponsorship) that are being implemented in the Programme Area (PA); explore opportunities to optimise the PA team's impact and cost-effectiveness by working together
Liaise with members of the Programme Development & Quality team to understand &/or further develop the frameworks for monitoring, evaluation and quality control of the project:
Ensure Standard Operating Procedures are in place and fully understood Ensure the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framework is in place, along with relevant and user-friendly data collection tools Ensure that an effective knowledge management / record-keeping structure is in placeDevelop a detailed implementation schedule (identifying and sequencing the activities needed to complete the project) and ensure it is uploaded into a project planner / results tracker
Define/review the project governance structure as well as the donor reporting requirement; clarify what information will be needed, by whom, to provide effective oversight and accountability
KRA 2: Partnership Management
Ensure that the partner on-boarding process is well coordinated and implemented in a timely manner; maintain ongoing relationships with partners to support effective implementation of the project:
Work with the Partnership Manager to translate strategies/standards for Partner selection into concrete plans and timelines for partner on-boarding; support any partner selection processes that are still ongoing (e.g. by participating in procurement committees)
Meet with the leadership of potential partners to develop joint project concepts in line with PIS mission / Project goals; ensure that partners are supported to develop & submit project proposals (including detailed workplans and budgets)
Organise and coordinate colleagues in carrying out partner due diligence and capacity assessments, ensuring that the information gathered is incorporated in the project plan as well for planning capacity-building efforts
Once project proposals have been approved, develop partner MOUs and liaise with the Partnership Manager for review and formal signing by both PIS and the partner
Organise partner induction coaching and training, liaising with PIS colleagues (and any expert consultants) to ensure that the partner fully understands and agrees to:
Their role & responsibilities The MEL framework & data collection tools and responsibilities All risk management & accountability requirements (including safeguarding, gender equality, and any project-specific SoPs)Ensure ongoing monitoring and management of partners, in coordination with the MEL and finance teams, to make sure project activities and spend are on track, and that they will lead to impact desired
Organise regular review meetings with partners, and assist them to adaptively manage in response to contextual changes, evidence from implementation and results achieved, and work closely with PIM, partnership manager, and finance manager as needed to deal with any issues which arise with partners.
KRA 3: Communicating for Influence
Actively participate in the development and implementation of an innovative influencing & communication plan for the Renewed Womenโs Voice and Leadership (RWVL) project; ensure that plans will result in key programme stakeholders being influenced effectively:
Work with senior colleagues and the Influencing & Communications Officer to implement an influencing & communications plan that will support the achievement of PISโs outcome and impact targets and raise PISโs profile with important stakeholders
Contribute to the implementation of the Influencing Strategy in target programme areas::
Build relationships with key actors, and implement influencing interventions that drive change Build strategic partnerships, networks, coalitions and alliances relevant to the project and link with national level strategic engagements Spearhead, coordinate and promote project-specific advocacy, lobbying and influencing initiatives Represent Plan International, at all times behaving in line with Plan's values and Code of Conduct (CoC) to give a faithful representation of the organisationWork with implementation teams to ensure internal PISโs Principles of Communication are embraced.
Work collaboratively with Programme Implementation Managers (PIM) and other colleagues to develop and implement a cost-effective and impactful community engagement strategy, ensure an accurate representation of the project benefits is communicated, and carefully manage expectations
Ensure that regular community awareness meetings about Plan programs and approaches are done across all Communities, in particular ensuring that sponsored families and communities are updated on Planโs interventions and the graduation process