Provide quality Sexual Reproductive Health and Right services (40%)

• SRHR officer will actively promote gender transformative approach to SRHR.
• Responsible for project design, project implementation and monitoring while ensuring quality project delivery of the overall sexual and reproductive health rights. .
• Given that a significant and increasing amount of the work is done through community mobilization, a key aspect of the role is nurturing, developing and facilitating the achievement.
• Ensure the technical soundness, appropriateness and general quality in project design and planning and implementation
• Ensure the mainstreaming of CP, Disability and Inclusion in the project implementation.
• Ensure gender equality and the rights of girls.
• Provide timely the delivery of SRHR component in project implementation.
• Involved the project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Prepare and develop in consultation with appropriate stakeholders annual work plans and project plans.
• Ensure M&E and learning in close collaboration with the M&E team.
• Ensure quality and timely reporting and documenting of project activities including preparation of quarterly/yearly project progress reports; 

Project Management and Implementation (20%)

• Work closely with the SGBV Manager to ensure that the implementation of relevant activities are planned and implemented in a phased and prioritized manner in full consultation and co-ordination with all relevant agencies both governmental and non-governmental.
• Design and develop appropriate surveillance, monitoring and evaluation systems for SRHR interventions.
• In coordination with Child Protection staff, support the Monitoring and reporting of child protection concerns and violations of child rights commitments embodied in the UNCRC, resolution 1612 and other legal instruments.
• Ensure early and rigorous implementation of quality and accountability mechanisms.

Reporting & Evaluation (20%)

• Evaluate the implementation of the SRHR activities and draft recommendations for improved program design
• Draft the project interventions reports to serve as standalone deliverables or to be included in larger response reports for both donor and internal purposes.
• Submitting reports to SGBV Manager as per the agreed time line. 

Information and Co-ordination (20%)

• Provide regular updates to SGBV Manager, priorities and constraints – verbally and in writing on an agreed frequency.
• Engage and follow up with relevant SGBV Manager
• Represent PLAN to governmental and non-governmental groups as needed and agreed with the Team Leader.
• Brief updates and reports on sectoral activities/strategies to donors and other stakeholders when needed.

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.

Job Requirements

Qualifications/ experience essential:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, Social work/Health and other related field at least 2 and above years relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience on working with gender equality and SRHR. 
• At least 2 years relevant experience in an international NGO or similar organization.
• Computer literate in word processing and excel packages.
• An understanding of child rights and their protection and fulfilment in the development context.

Qualifications / experience desirable:

• Extensive knowledge of the sexual and reproductive health rights and gender equality and girls rights.
• In-depth knowledge of project cycle management and child centered community development programming
• Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and implications to community development
• Knowledge of effective participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Research systems and processes
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to build relationships with colleagues.
• Gender analysis and gender mainstreaming skills
• 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.

How to Apply

The closing date for the application in May 16,2021. 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 at the website

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.