Role Purpose

Plan International is an independent child rights and humanitarian organization committed to children living a life free of poverty, violence and injustice. We actively unite children, communities and other people who share our mission to make positive lasting changes in children’s and young people’s lives. We support children to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to claim their rights to a fulfilling life, today and in the future. We place a specific focus on girls and women, who are most often left behind.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 75 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries. Following the new CSP of Plan Ethiopia, the Emerging emergency humanitarian response, Plan is in vast emergency and recovery response throughout the country in all the Program areas.

As Alert Management & Verification Officer you will be responsible for ensuring management of alert event and behavior and verification of overall compliances. You will travel frequently to local communities and emergency responses.

 Dimensions of the Role

The post holder will ensure all work is developed and implemented in ways that improve gender equality and empower girls and women.

The post-holder will lead on enhancing alert management and verification throughout project activities and will develop appropriate tools and guidance to support the Project staff. The postholder will ensure strong linkages with PA Monitoring and Evaluation teams.

Responsibility for upholding and implementing relevant aspects of all Plan policies and procedures, including the ‘Say Yes! To Keeping Children Safe’ Policy.

Accountabilities

• Rank the alerts to indicate the degree of risk associated with detected event or behaviour.
• Works with WASH and RRM emergency coordinator and reports to all as required.
• Participate on rapid WASH needs assessment with the concerned partners and prepare narrative and detail report.
• Provide leadership with the concerned partners on the WASH Sector decision-making by humanitarian watch and alert system.
• Ensure the technical soundness for the reports on the rapid assessment for the PA office and concerned partners as required timely.
• Review the alerts received with verification and participate on rapid WASH assessment linked to HAC.
• Support on the WASH sector decision making by Humanitarian alert system and rapid WASH need assessment.
• Prepare narrative and detail technical report on the response for the WASH and emergency Coordinator as required for any input and approval. 
• Maintain emergency responding as planned timely keeping the system with providing quick notification for unusual and potentially dangerous or difficult circumstances.
• Working with beneficiaries at grass-root level and close communication with government partners and project team for timely updating the alerts management and verifications happening around the project area. 
• Performs internal operational verification and control checks of the Field Operations to assess compliance with the programme procedures.
• Provide advice on strategic aspects of verification, and refinement of day-to-day operations related to verification.
• Design and deliver induction and refresher training related to verification.
• Establish database enabling accurate verification reports to be compiled for use by the Plan and for external reports.
• Lead data entry and management of verification reports to Monitoring and Evaluation Team.
• As required, co-operate with Monitoring and Evaluation and child protection team to ensure gender mainstreaming in all activities in the area of responsibilities.
• Ensure that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant implementation standards and guidelines as applicable to area of responsibility. Including, but not limited to, ensuring staff and stakeholders are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC); relevance to area of work, and concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
• 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.

Key relationships

Internally: Field teams (all officers); SNNP PA team and CO staffs; 

Externally: contacts: 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 project area. 

Job Requirements

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Essential

• BA degree in Social Work, Sociology, Development Studies, Community Development, Economics, Statistics and other related subjects.
• Minimum of 4 years of work experience out of which 2 years are spent in NGO.
• Experience in the area of Alert Management and Verification, Monitoring and Evaluation, database management, project coordination, Knowledge management and related.
• Experience in training, familiarity with stimulation/awareness methods, knowledge in child development and, DRR and Hygiene Promotion.  
• Motorbikes Driving License

Desirable

• Previous experience in resilience related work at community level is an advantage;
• Good team spirit and ability to establish good relations with other people, organization and activity supervision skills,
• Capacity to manage priorities, precision, autonomy, creativity, flexibility
• Good knowledge of the area and local custom
• Basic computer skill (desirable and advantageous)
• Problem solving and conflict management skills;
• Gender and culture sensitivity;
• Community facilitation skills;
• Good knowledge of Local language, Amharic and English languages;
• Report writing skills
• The job holder must be committed to reside in the rural community after employment

How to Apply

The closing date for the application in March 01.2021. Qualified candidates should submit the application form found with this link 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 here

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.