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.
The Opportunity
The Project officer is responsible for overall management of Eat, Play, Hugs project providing all support necessary to ensure successful implementation of the project Activities. The position plays a key role in ensuring project activity strategies and best practices are shared across field teams. The Project officer will also Provide oversight the in internal and external representation activities, communication and knowledge management initiatives, as well as proper utilization of the planned project budget, donor reporting and program development opportunities as required.
The Individual
Qualifications/ experience essential:
- Bachelor degree in Social sciences, Social Work, Environmental Health, Nutrition, Education (Early Childhood care and development focused), Public Health, or another related field
- 5 years of experience at least 2- 3 years of professional experience in implementation of or -related interventions/programs
- Ability to demonstrate integrity, responsibility, respect and innovation in all aspects of the position.
- Able to supervise and delegate duties to staff and volunteers.
- Ability to identify health and Safety issues pertaining to the work environment.
- Ability to ensure confidentially, professionalism and discretion is maintained
- Ability to work with children to maximise their potential
- Strong conceptual, verbal, and written communication skills; both in English & Amharic
- Ability to initiate and organize work while establishing priorities in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment to meet deadlines with attention to detail;
- Ability to develop strong trusting relationships and sound partnerships with local government and Non-Government actors in the sector in order to gain support and achieve results;
- Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities;
- Ability to be flexible and interpersonal skills to interact with employees at all level
- Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Qualifications/ experience desirable:
- Strong negotiating skills.
- Direct (or close) experience in childcare centres or related facilities
- Experience in managing people (as this role requires managing employees of the centre including the caregivers/nannies
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Able to work with minimum supervision
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Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)
- Understand and put into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan Internationalโs Code of Conduct (CoC).
- Ensure that Plan Internationalโs global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day to day work.
- Ensure that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan Internationalโs global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.
Location: Oromia Program Area, Borena
Type of Role: Emergency Project
Reports to: Project Manager
Grade: C1
Closing Date: January 15, 2024
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, girlsโ rights and inclusion.
Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.
A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.