EiE Officer | Afar

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 EiE Officer will play a critical role in supporting and facilitating the effective implementation of the ECHO project in emergency and crisis-affected contexts. The officer will focus on integrating education, protection, and WASH approaches into teaching and learning, promoting children’s access to quality education opportunities in these settings. The role involves coordination, capacity building, monitoring, and reporting to achieve the project’s goals.

The post holder will work closely with school management and government stakeholders, including Regional Education Bureaus, Woreda Education Offices, NGOs, and INGOs within the project areas. The position has a direct reporting line to the Emergency Project Coordinator.

Key responsibilities:

• Coordinate education-in-emergencies assessments to identify needs, gaps, and opportunities.
• Use assessment findings to adapt activities to children’s and communities’ needs.
• Coordinate research and evaluations on education approaches and their impact.
• Implement ECHO-funded education activities in line with project objectives.
• Strengthen children’s learning and psychosocial well-being through appropriate methodologies and learning resources.
• Train, coach, and mentor teachers, school leaders, PTSA/CMC members and community groups.
• Monitor project progress through field visits, indicator tracking, and data analysis.
• Prepare donor and progress reports, case studies, and documentation of lessons learned.
• Coordinate with government authorities, education partners, communities, and consortium members.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, and integration with child protection, gender equality, and disaster risk reduction programs.

The Individual

Qualifications/ Experience/Skills Essential:

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Early Childhood Development, Psychology and Social Work.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Education in Emergency (EiE).
• Proven experience in implementing education in emergency and psychosocial support programs for children in emergency or crisis-affected contexts.
• Strong understanding of EiE frameworks, policies, and best practices.
• Experience in capacity building, training, and mentoring of teachers and community members.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to gender equality, inclusion, and child safeguarding principles.

Languages required:

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing is essential.
• In addition, knowledge of local languages Afar-afh is mandatory.

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: Afar PA, Abala

Type of Role: Full time, Fixed term contract

Reports to: Emergency Project Coordinator

Grade: C1

Closing Date: 15 November 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.

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