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.
ROLE PROFILE
Title
YEC Officer
Functional Area
Program
Reports to
BMZ Project Coordinator
Location
Maroua
Travel required
With frequent trips to the field 40% field and 60% office
Effective Date
September 2023
Grade
B1
ROLE PURPOSE
Value Proposition
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 girls are the 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 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries. Plan International aims to reach as many children as possible, particularly those who are excluded or marginalized with high quality programs that deliver long lasting benefits by increasing its income, working in partnership with others and operating effectively. Plan International is committed to responding to children affected by emergencies in the countries of our operation.
With a new funding from BMZ, Plan International Cameroon through its PIIA in Maroua will implement from July 2023 to June 2026, the Youth learn, earn and prosper in the Lake Chad region project. Under the supervision of the BMZ Project Manager, the Youth Engagement and Consultation (YEC) Officer will ensure that the study findings and strategy on YEC are rolled out in the BMZ project implementation as defined by the Lake Chad Programme as well as the Plan Country Office, and link in to the Plan Internationalโs YEC programme activities in the rest of the Lake Chad region.
Dimension of Role
The role is expected to:
- Support the roll-out of the study findings from the YEC consultancy and related strategy document through support to technical project designs and youth engagement & consultation processes within the BMZ project and the entire Maroua PIIA Office.
- Ensure that the YEC approach is contributing to the gender-transformative programme approach being used by the BMZ project and the whole Plan International Maroua PIIA Office as part of the Lake Chad Programme with a particular focus on the participation and perspectives of female youth and adolescent girls.
- Coordinate activities in line with YEC being done at Maroua PIIA , as well as with the YEC Coordinator based in Yaounde, including the participation in exchange and learning across the countries on the YEC approach.
Key Roles/Responsibilities
Roll out of the YEC Strategy:- Developing an implementation plan of the YEC activities [IB1] [ARMM2] for the Plan International Maroua Office with a focus on BMZ project.
- Implementing programme activities within the scope of the YEC strategy (and within the context of SPO4 in the Regional Programme Strategy) directly with youth and other relevant stakeholders, as well as liaising with regional and local actors as relevant for the preparation and implementation of such activities.
- Assist the YEC Coordinator in conducting internal orientations/training for Plan staff on the YEC strategy and the roll out phase
- Technical support to intervention designs relevant for YEC
- Support the development, at field level, of an appropriate monitoring, and evaluation systems for YEC interventions, and ensure that it is functional.
- Supervision of the YEC Focal point activities of Maroua [IB3] [ARMM4] PIIA
Information and Co-ordination:
- Provide intervention updates and reports on a frequent basis and whenever required and requested to the BMZ Project Coordinator, as well as respective line manager, on the progress of the YEC strategy implementation as well as planned and ongoing YEC actions in the PIIA and Country Offices.
- Participate in regular meetings of the YEC team (YEC Coordinator, as well as YEC Officers in the other Plan International Country Offices) to strengthen YEC strategy roll out at country levels.
- Collect, analyse, and share YEC-related data at local level.
- Ensure that lessons learnt at local level on YEC are systematically documented/captured and can be used for further implementation improvement as well as development of new interventions around YEC.
Capacity Building:
- Assist the YEC Coordinator and the BMZ Project Coordinator in providing orientation/trainings to local/country office programme staff on the YEC strategy and meaningful youth engagement, participation, and consultation.