Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) Officer

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

The AAP Officer ensures the effective implementation, coordination, and monitoring of Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) mechanisms across sectors and partners, with a focus on Shelter, Non-Food Items (NFI), and WASH interventions. The officer manages client feedback systems, ensuring timely collection, analysis, and use of data to inform program decisions while upholding confidentiality and protection standards.

They support program teams in assessing performance against AAP commitments, produce high-quality reports, facilitate knowledge sharing on emerging practices, and contribute to communication, outreach, and knowledge management to strengthen project quality and accountability. The role also ensures that feedback informs sector-specific programming, including shelter upgrades, NFI distributions, and WASH services.

 

The Indvidual

Qualifications/ Experience/Skills Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, International Development, Humanitarian Studies, Social Work, Human Rights, International Law, or related field. Postgraduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in AAP, MEAL, or community engagement within humanitarian or development projects.
• Extensive expertise in accountability mechanisms and capacity to support effective community communication, with emphasis on women, children, and marginalized groups.
• Proven experience in data collection, analysis, and reporting for programmatic decision-making.
• Excellent facilitation, interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
• Strong understanding of participatory Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research systems and processes.
• Ability to work effectively in multicultural and multi-partner environments.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and data visualization tools.

 

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Safeguarding Children and Program Participants (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 per the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understand 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.

 

Location: Gambella Program Area, Nyinyange

Type of Role: Project based contract until August 2026  

Reports to: Project Coordinator for shelter and wash project    

Closing Date: March 03, 2026

 

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

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 organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.