Emergency Project Coordinator

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 Emergency Project Coordinator ensures that the project is implemented in alignment with humanitarian principles, including the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS), Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS), Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), Sphere Standards, and Plan International’s sectoral strategies, policies, and guidelines. The ERC leads and manages the IHOPE project within the Sudanese refugee response, specifically in Amhara, Metema, Gendawuha at Aftit settlement site and Metema entry point, under the ECHO-funded project. The overall objective of this integrated project is to ensure access to quality basic education for the most vulnerable children affected by conflict, while also addressing the protection needs of children and other vulnerable individuals through different assistance in target communities.

The ERC oversees planning, implementation, and monitoring activities, including conducting sectoral and internal assessments, enhancing organizational visibility across platforms, and applying outcome harvesting to track progress and impact. The role includes human resource management, technical guidance to programme teams, and capacity building across all project components. The ERC ensures that all activities are gender-sensitive, particularly addressing the needs of girls and women.

This position requires close coordination with stakeholders and affected communities to promote participatory approaches, accountability, and quality programme delivery, thereby strengthening the programme’s ability to respond to the complex needs of refugee populations.

 

The Individual

• MSc/MA/BA in Sociology, Psychology, Social work, Law, Political Science & International Relations, community development, disaster risk management or other related fields of social science studies.
• At least 5+ years of relevant experience, out of which 3 years of senior-level experience or demonstrated equivalent combination. Specifically, in humanitarian emergencies (conflict, natural disasters, displacement).
• Good managerial experience, including managing budgets, teams and multi-sectoral projects.

• Experience working on multi-sectoral humanitarian projects (e.g., Education, Child Protection, WASH and FSL).
• Well-experienced in developing tracking systems and preparing performance progress narrative, periodic donor and internal reports using internal and donor standard tools and newly developed tools. DRM reports, HRP and RRP reports.
• Experience in managing multi-sectoral projects in complex humanitarian settings, specifically life-saving assistance.

 

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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 the team members under supervision 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.

 

Location:   Amhara (Metema, Gendawuah)  

Type of Role: ECHO Project (Project end date 30 June 2027)  

Reports to: Consortium Manager – ECHO

Grade: D1

Closing Date: 27 July 2025

 

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.