SRHR Officer | Assosa, Ethiopia

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.

Accountabilities 

SRHR Intervention; Spearhead regular implementation of the project’s SRHR interventions and support the close collaboration with child protection activities of the project. A strong understanding of SRHR (including adolescent-responsive SRH services), SGBV, protection from violence/CPiE, adolescent needs and gender equality.

Expected Outcomes:

• In line with the “Adolescents for Change” project ambition and objectives, ensure high quality implementation of SRHR activities at the grassroots, compatibility and alignment with Plan International Ethiopia’s policies, strategies and guidelines (including Programme Quality Framework and Quality Benchmark Standards), Plan International’s approach to SRHR, and internationally agreed upon standards (MISP, Core Humanitarian Standards, etc.)
• Strengthening the quality of SRHR interventions through development and contextualisation of program tools, guidance and resources, and ensuring all staff are familiar with relevant standards and toolkits.
• Ensure the technical soundness, appropriateness and general quality in participatory    planning and implementation, and identify and implement project adaptations, in collaboration with SRHR coordinators, Specialist and A4C GFFO Project Manage.
• Ensure contextualized but common approach approaches to implementation of SRHR project activities in Benishangul-Gumuz and Tigray, and ensure learnings are captured across project areas and in collaboration with colleagues from the A4C project in South Sudan.
• Support SRHR program delivery capacity  of colleagues, front line staff and partners, and of other technical professionals to build capacity in SRHR of children, adolescents and young people in humanitarian contexts
• Ensure the mainstreaming of Safeguarding, protection from harmful practices and violence, Disability Inclusion in the program area and address the SRH needs of adolescents and youth.
• Ensure innovation of interventions, contexts of social and gender norms, gender equality and the rights of girls.
• Provide timely/daily follow up, updating, coordination and guidance in the delivery of the Adolescent for Change (A4C) GFFO project.
• Provide close guidance to the field office team, technical coordination into the project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; assess the outputs, outcomes and impact of program interventions and activities in the program area.
• Prepare and develop in consultation with appropriate stakeholder’s annual work plans and project plans.
• Where relevant and under the Thematic Sector Leadership and or Specialist/coordinators’ guidance contribute to the development of concept notes and proposals of related and complimentary projects
• Cascade technical capacity building initiatives to support the   SRHR staff , CPiE and GBV officers and volunteers working in the project areas, including supportive supervision and quality assurance of work performed
• Liaising with key internal and external actors in the districts, local community settings, including other thematic actors within Plan International and relevant clusters, working groups, regularly attend and share updates in the SRHR Knowledge Management and experience sharing at local, regional and national level
• Take part and support advocacy on key SRHR issues, SGBV risks, CPiE interventions and support regional/zonal/woreda/refuge setting-level advocacy efforts
• Development and rollout of tools and guidance on SRHR
• Delivering relevant trainings on SRHR for all project and support staff
• Ensure M&E and learning in close collaboration with the M&E team and alignment to PMERL system of PIE.
• Support the quality and timely reporting and documenting of project activities including preparation of  regular updates, monthly, quarterly and yearly SRHR program progress reports.
• Capacity Development & Relationships:

Through participatory approaches, the- SRHR officer will provide capacity development and ongoing coaching to project staff and implementing partners, if any. Cultivating strong and respectful relationships with team members and partners will be an essential component of this accountability.

• Expected Outcomes:

Provide capacity development and ongoing coaching directly to all project staff to work together, collaborate, and  working with government sectors, partner organizations, specifically in strengthening SRHR interventions as per the project ambition.

• Knowledge Management & Reporting:

Expected Outcomes:

• In collaboration with the project team, SRHR Coordinator and SRHRiE Specialist, Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) team, influencing and communications team, and stakeholders compile and document innovations, case stories, lessons learned and best practices of SRHR project to inform organizational business and impact on other program development
• Design and implement dissemination plan to share knowledge (including tacit knowledge from District/Programme Areas context)  and findings with relevant stakeholders, including implementing partner organizations, government, donor agency, and direct beneficiaries specifically adolescent girls and boys etc.
• Representing Plan’s rights-based positions on ASRHR in meetings with partners, governments, community members and other key stakeholders.
• As an integral member of the project team, ensure high quality data and learnings are available to inform planning, implementation and decisions  and SRHR program  influencing.
• Contribute to regular project narrative reports, ensuring gender responsiveness and disability inclusiveness, high quality data and learnings are available to complete reports on time and shared /populated in the PMERL system of PIE.
• Identify and develop / improve opportunities for continuous improvement of systems, processes and overall learning and development with Plan International Ethiopia.

Adherence to Plan International Policies

Ensure that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Policy and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant implementation standards and guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct, their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Plan International’s Values in Practice

We are open and accountable

• Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
• Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
• Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
• Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
• Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people

We strive for lasting impact

• Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
• Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
• Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
• Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together

• Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
• Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
• Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
• Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

       We are inclusive and empowering

• Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
• Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
• Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
• Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

Location: Assosa/Metekele

Type of Role: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in emergencies

Reports to: SRHR Coordinator

Grade: C1

Closing Date: May 16,2023

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.