Role Purpose

Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalized and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to reaching the sustainable development goals, and in particular the goals on gender equality. Our organization is transforming itself to meet this enormous challenge everywhere we work. We need bold, forward-thinking and innovative individuals to lead our country operations, driving change and delivering results that will allow us to reach our target of 100 million girls. 

In Ethiopia, Plan has more than 25 years of experience in implementing its programme. Currently PIE mainly operates in seven geographical areas; Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, Gambella, Benishangul Gumuz, Afar, and Addis Ababa City Administration on different projects funded by different donors including sponsorship.

Plan International Ethiopia's main purpose is to seek Gender Justice for Girls, Adolescent Girls, and Young Women. We aim to help create an enabling environment where girls, adolescent girls, and young women are safe, valued, equally cared for, and have equal opportunities. PIE will contribute to the global strategy by aiming to reach directly 2.1 million Girls, Adolescent Girls and Young Women over the period of the strategy 2020-2024 and to reach an additional 6.3 million beneficiaries through its interventions.

As Accountability to Affected People (AAP) Officer will be responsible for building capacity to ensure feedback and complaints mechanisms are well integrated to all the project activities. You will based at the local communities and emergency responses areas.

Management scope, reporting lines, key relationships

Reports to: PA M & E Coordinator

Key relationships

Internally: The job holder has a close working relationship internally with the following departments and/or functions:

Program Area staff, project staff and various internal staff networks. 

Externally: The job holder has a close working relationship externally with the following departments and/or functions:

Program beneficiaries, local government sector offices, particularly zonal and woreda Agricultural Office, Zonal and woreda water development offices and DPPC offices. NGOs operating in the zone. 

Level of contact with children

High level of interaction with children

Physical Environment

The incumbent will spend much of his/her time in field office and targeted districts where the travel requirement is often.

Accountabilities and MAIN WORK ACTIVITIES

Accountabilities

• Ensure gender equality is core to all AAP activities, positioning the project on gender responsive humanitarian action.

• Develop appropriate tools and guidance notes in coordination with the project as well as PA staff within Plan International Ethiopia.

• Strengthened awareness of AAP approaches within the project activities, including on prevention against sexual exploitation and abuses

• Close liaison with the PA Child Protection team.

• Develop capacity of project staff to implement AAP particularly in emergency responses.

• Support the implementation of AAP sessions during staff learning events to develop understanding of project staff responsibilities.

• Document and analyse lessons coming from emergency responses and translate these into changed process or practice and disseminate across the project staff.

• Report AAP related issues to the line manager and flag-out concerns in this regard.

Dealing with Problems:

• The operational area is chronically food insecure and highly vulnerable to water borne communicable diseases and malnutrition. This deep rooted poverty can be alleviated through multidimensional program initiatives to become recurrent drought affected people resilient from this challenge. There is also chronic problems/challenges associated with water scheme sustainable management, water safety and in equality.

• Hence, it require to resolve challenges occurring in WASH sector in general during planning, implementation and monitoring of emergency WASH project cycle management by thinking and doing differently.  

Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;

• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day to day work.

• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Educational Qualification and Experience:

• BA degree or Diploma Economics, Sociology, Social Work and Social Anthropology, Community Development, and other Development Studies.

• Minimum of 2 years NGO related work experience for degree holders and 4 years of related work experience for diploma holders

• Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation.

• Experience in feedback and compliant and management.

• Experience in training provision and facilitation, familiarity with stimulation/awareness methods 

• Previous experience in resilience related work at community level is an advantage;

• Motorbikes Driving License.

Knowledge:

• Familiarity with stimulation/awareness methods,

• Knowledge in child protection and gender equality

• Familiarity with feedback mechanism at community level

• Good knowledge of the area and local custom

Languages required:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in both Amharic and English

• Good knowledge of Local language is an advantage