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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.
Role Purpose
Plan International is a development and humanitarian organisation that works together with children, young people, supporters and partners to strive for a just world, where we are all equal. To do this we tackle the root causes of the challenges and inequalities that children and young girls face. Weโre there for children from birth until adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity.
The purpose of this position is to provide strategic direction and technical assistance to enable the Country offices involved in the programme to carry out programmatic work of high quality linked to civil society strengthening and partnerships. The position will play a key role in ensuring that targeted Country Offices implement the civil society strengthening and partnership work in alignment with the Space to Lead programme and in alignment with Plan Internationalโs general development of its programmatic model for civil society strengthening. The regional CSS advisor will primarily work to support the country offices in implementing their work. The position provides technical support to Plan International staff in the design, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the Sida-funded programmes in Benin, Togo and Zambia.
The role entails close collaboration with Plan International Swedenโs Thematic Advisor on Civil Society Strengthening and Partnerships. In addition to providing Country Offices with the support they need, the incumbent is also expected to provide Plan International Swedenโs Thematic advisor with support in methods development and all other work linked to programme implementation and monitoring of it. The position will work with Country Offices, Regional and Global Hubs and partner organisations as well as with the Thematic Advisors and Programme Specialists at Plan International Sweden. The regional advisor will also collaborate with the Regional Civil Society Strengthening Advisor in APAC.
The position will also support the scaling-up of Plan Internationalโs work on Civil Society Strengthening through building and securing strategic partnerships, resource mobilisation, knowledge management and organisational learning, evidence-based advocacy and external representation in regional and international forums.
We work with children, their parents, teachers and political leaders. We are present in cities, villages, refugee camps and where major decisions are made. In this way, we create long-term change for individuals as well as entire communities. We are on the ground in disasters but also work long-term. At the same time, we work actively to ensure that all countries around the world have the best interests of children at heart. We have been building powerful partnerships for children, especially girls, for over 80 years and are now active in more than 80 countries.
Dimensions of the Role
Space to Lead! is a global programme funded by Sida through Plan International Sweden, implemented between October 2025- October 2028. The Space to Lead! Programme consists of five country programmes implemented in Bangladesh, Benin, Togo, Zambia and Timor-Leste. The partner portfolio consists of around 50 partner CSOs.
Overall aim of the programme is to contribute to a vibrant and pluralistic civil society where children and youth, particularly girls and young women aged 10-24, are empowered, exercise their rights and enjoy gender equality. The programme has an overall strategic focus on civil society strengthening, with a particular focus on support to youth-led organisations, and a thematic focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and Protection from Violence (PfV). It has been developed to be relevant for the Strategy for Swedenโs Development Cooperation with Civil Society (2024)1 that funds it.
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JD_Regional Advisor on Civil Strengthening and Partnership
Location: Lome/ Country Office
Type de role:Regional Advisor on Civil Society Strengthening and Partnership
Report to: Head of Programme Development and Influencing, Togo Country Office (formal line-management)
Plan International Swedenโs Thematic Advisor for Civil Society Strengthening and Partnership.
Hay Level: 18
Closing date: 17th October 2025
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.
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