Job Description

Program design, implementation, and reporting

• Ensure that all emergency and development projects in Gambella full fill gender compliance requirements.
• Make sure that all programs and sub-components contain adequate gender sensitivity and mainstreamed gender issues within.
• Facilitate implementation gender and related periodic program assessments and researches activities to be conducted using consultants or in house capacities within the standard qualities for emergency projects. 
• Support knowledge management and learning efforts by producing and documenting project monitoring reports, cases stories and articles in relation to gender programing in Gambella
• Work closely with the program and projects design team to ensure that gender components are considered in the planning from the start.
• Design, pilot and mainstream gender sensitive activities, approaches, strategies, tools and formats etc. in the Program area development and emergency programs. 
• Take an active part in the baseline, mid-term, and end evaluation with a close collaboration with the monitoring and evaluation teams.
• Collaborate with the project coordinators, and field level staff to conduct gender related capacity building activities for staff members, incentive workers, and other sector workers.
• Ensure CCCD principles and strategies are mainstreamed across gender tools and frameworks and are implemented accordingly.
• Ensure the mainstreaming of CP, DRR and inclusion in PCM process.
• Collaborate with other functions (finance, grant compliance coordinator and inclusion) to ensure that gender in emergency and development standards and processes are integrated across functions.
• . Carryout any other duty as assigned.
• Policy engagement and networking
• Provide technical inputs for the development of networks and clusters to promote effective program designing and quality implementation.
• Participate and contribute for collaborative and positive partnerships and alliances, and to influence policy that maximizes the impact of the country program.
• Support the efforts to establish linkage and good relationships with relevant government authorities, NGOs, UN Agencies, academic and research institutions and the media to draw information and knowledge for program quality and effectiveness.
• Follow up and makes proper documentation of regional government policies, strategies and plans with respect to all projects in the PA.
• Partnership development and strengthening
• Assess capacities of implementing partners on gender sensitive programing in general and as per NOs requirements in particular and accordingly design necessary capacity strengthening mechanism.
• Participate in implementing partners’ selection and approval process representing the gender aspect of programing.
• Contribute for the development of partnership principles and implementation to ensure program effectiveness and quality delivery.

1. Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Child Protection (CPP) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Job Requirements

Educational Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor degree in Gender studies, social work and other related social science, and substantial experience (minimum of 5 years) in gender and development programmes/projects
• Knowledge
• Good knowledge on Gender Mainstreaming, budgeting, analysis. Experience in gender programs and experience at community level projects.
• Experience in gender advocacy and networking. Experience in designing & facilitating training.
• Knowledge of current international development trends and thinking on programme effectiveness and in Child Rights programming
• Knowledge of the sector specific development issues such as education, health, child protection, emergency responses, inclusions and DRR issues.

Skills Specific to the Post

• Extensive knowledge on inclusion and gender.
• Knowledge of human resource and coordination role.
• Understand organizational principles, systems and have the ability to provide leadership and support to staff working at community level.
• Understanding of integrated development issues
• Knowledge of child-rights programming
• Knowledge of participatory monitoring, evaluation and research systems and processes
• Strong analytical skills.
• Good report writing skills
• Working experience with children, youth and adults.
• Negotiation and influencing skills
• Excellent writing and editing skills
• Strong team building and motivational skills
• Strong organizational and project management skills, and ability to deliver to tight deadlines

Desirable

• Knowledge of the child protection in emergencies sector.
• In-depth knowledge of project cycle management and child centred community development programming.
• Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and implications to community development.
• Knowledge of Child Protection Policy (CPP) principles and procedures
• Knowledge of effective participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Research systems and processes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to build relationships with colleagues.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presentation.
• Strong negotiation, influencing and problem solving skills.
• Numeracy and the ability to interpret financial data, in order to understand budgetary processes including planning, monitoring and reporting.
• Ability to analyse information and evaluate options including planning skills.
• Proficient in computer skills and use of relevant software and other applications.

How to Apply

The closing date for the application in December 30.2020. Qualified candidates should submit the application form found with this link http://ethiojobs.net/docs/Plan_Int_Application_Form.docx through www.Ethiojobs.net

This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia. 

More information about Plan International can be found on  http://planinternational.org 

References will be taken and background and anti-terrorism checks will be carried out in conformity with Plans Child Protection Policy. Plan operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all persons meeting the skills and experience required.

As an international child centered community development organization, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realization of children's rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

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 organization, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply.