Location: Assosa, Ethiopia
Company: Plan International
Job Description
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 this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.
Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.
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.
We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.
The Opportunity
The Child Protection in Emergency Assistant is responsible to ensure implementation of child protection in emergency and youth program activities designed to prevent and respond to child protection risks/concerns affecting crisis impacted children in target locations. He/she will liaise with child protection activities at refugee camps and sites and other target area levels and make sure that the program is implemented in target camps/locations in line with the standards, guidelines of the program and agreement entered with respective monitoring agencies, line offices/signatory bodies. The post holder is expected to provide guidance, mentoring and coaching to Social Workers, Community Volunteers, Caseworkers and Community-based structures to enhance the quality of Child Protection Case Management and provision of Psychosocial Support services. In addition, he/she will ensure a periodic and timely reporting of Programme activities as per PIE’s internal reporting requirements.
The Individual
Technical expertise, skills and knowledge
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- BA degree in Sociology, Social Work, Psychology, Child Development, Disaster Risk Management and other related fields.
- A minimum of 2 years of humanitarian aid experience applied in emergency/recovery response operations preferably in the area of child protection and youth program Activity
- excellent knowledge of Child Protection, SRHR and SGBV minimum standards and basic principles; Good knowledge of SGBV and Child Protection case management
- Excellent knowledge of basic child protection and youth principles and child & adult development and learning
- Candidates who have experience as volunteer, internship in PIE’s community development, emergency programs or have provided volunteer services to any of government institutes is a plus;
- Knowledge of Local language is a desirable added skill and requirement;
Qualifications / experience desirable:
- Ability to deliver and manage information and data quality programs in a desirable time and work under stressful conditions.
- Proven ability to work in a team environment and independently.
- Excellent written, verbal communication skills in English and Amharic.
- Computer literate.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Gender sensitive.
- Case study/story and report writing skills.
- Analytical and strategic thinking
Languages required
- Fluency in English language is essential
- Knowledge of local language is advantageous
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.
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Location: Benishangule Gumuz, Kurmuk
Type of Role: Child Protection in Emergency Assistant
Reports to: CPiE Officer
Grade: B2
Closing Date: March 13/2024
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.