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Plan International Cameroon is a Child Centered Community Development Organization with no religious, political or governmental affiliation working in Cameroon since 1996. Plan International is a children’s organization with primary concerns on children’s rights, safety and well-being and has in its interest to create safe environments for children with more attention paid to child protection. All employees are therefore expected to comply with our Child Protection Policy. Plan International also promotes equal opportunity employment and pays special consideration to female candidates.

Dateline: 20/02/2019

Local Position

Role PURPOSE

The purpose of this role is to provide transportation services to Plan staff in a safe, courteous and timely manner.

Dimensions of the Role

  • Vehicle maintenance and management in respect of vehicle use policy,
  • Cleans vehicle and perform routine checks to ensure it has proper working tools on a daily basis.
  • Refuels vehicle using an approved fuel voucher and records this on the vehicle log sheet timeously and as written in vehicle use policy.
  • Parks vehicle safely at designated place at the end of each working day not later than 6 pm.
  • Ensures that after hours travels have prior formal approval by the CD.
  • Ensure vehicle movement log book is filled timely and regularly.
  • To report immediately to the Administrative Coordinator, all accidents or issues involving Plan International vehicles.
  • Compliance to the motor vehicle and travel policy provisions of Plan international Cameroon.Staff and material transportation:
  • Transports staff and designated people to all areas as instructed and with approved vehicle request forms.
  • Ensure vehicles have necessary materials such as umbrellas, first aid box, map, fire extinguishers etc.
  • Ensure that all Plan assets are not left unattended in the vehicle whilst parked.
  • Files in accurately vehicle log books and submits to the Administrative Coordinator.
  • Prepares monthly vehicles’ usage reports for allocated vehicles (cost recovery).

Accountabilities

  • Observe, anticipate and  drive defensively to safeguard life and property  always,
  • Exhibit a good sense of judgment and responsibility while driving,
  • In case of accident, make sure a Police report is made before moving,
  • Works with minimum supervision.

  • Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Child Protection (CPP) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) 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 (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Key relationships

  • Low contact with service providers and suppliers for the collection of quotations, receiving and dispatch of goods, material, equipments, mails, deposits etc.
  • Maintains a  high contact with all country office and program unit staff to facilitate prompt  movement of staff towards the implementation of  Plan’s  programs and activities 

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Essential

  • – GCE O level/SSS
  • – At least 3 years driving experience in the formal sector
  • – Valid driving license with at least class B/D
  • – Experience in the NGO sector preferably with child-related development issues, would be an advantage

Desirable

  • Basic auto mechanic skills
  • Good knowledge of Highway Code
  • Good communication skills
  • Good verbal and writing skills
  • Good inter-personal skills

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.

Physical Environment

This position entails 70% travelling time within Plan offices and communities in the Program Units with 30% of the time on office related activities.

Level of contact with children

Mid contact: Occasional interaction with children

Mid contact- the job responsibilities of this position require the post holder to have occasional one-to-one contact with children and it is expected that children shall be protected at all times.

Plan international operates in an equal opportunity environment and actively encourage diversity. Only applications received in French or English will be treated and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Plan International has a Child Protection and a gender equality policies that are integral part of the recruitment process.

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Plan International is an international organisation or development which works in 51 countries across Africa, the Americas, and Asia to promote the safeguarding of children.It is a nonprofit organisation and is one of the world's largest organisations based on children, it works in 58,000 communities with the help of volunteers to improve how 56 million children live. The charity also has 21 national organisations who have been given the responsibility to oversee the raising of funds and awareness in their individual countries.

The organisation puts an emphasis on communities working together in order to address the needs of children around the world. The NGO focuses on child participation, education, economic security, emergencies, health, protection, sexual health (including HIV), and water and sanitation. It provides training in disaster preparedness, response and recovery, and has worked on relief efforts in countries including Haiti, Colombia and Japan.

Plan International also sponsors the Because I Am a Girl campaign, which has published many stories focusing on the struggle of young women in the developing world.

Plan International was founded during the Spanish Civil War by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and aid worker Eric Muggeridge. When they witnessed the conflict change the lives of children, they founded ‘Foster Parents Plan for Children in Spain’, which would later change its name to Plan International. Set up in 1937, the organisation provided food, shelter and clothing to children whose lives had been destroyed by the war.

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0 USD Yaounde CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Plan International

Plan International Cameroon is a Child Centered Community Development Organization with no religious, political or governmental affiliation working in Cameroon since 1996. Plan International is a children’s organization with primary concerns on children’s rights, safety and well-being and has in its interest to create safe environments for children with more attention paid to child protection. All employees are therefore expected to comply with our Child Protection Policy. Plan International also promotes equal opportunity employment and pays special consideration to female candidates.

Dateline: 20/02/2019

Local Position

Role PURPOSE

The purpose of this role is to provide transportation services to Plan staff in a safe, courteous and timely manner.

Dimensions of the Role

  • Vehicle maintenance and management in respect of vehicle use policy,
  • Cleans vehicle and perform routine checks to ensure it has proper working tools on a daily basis.
  • Refuels vehicle using an approved fuel voucher and records this on the vehicle log sheet timeously and as written in vehicle use policy.
  • Parks vehicle safely at designated place at the end of each working day not later than 6 pm.
  • Ensures that after hours travels have prior formal approval by the CD.
  • Ensure vehicle movement log book is filled timely and regularly.
  • To report immediately to the Administrative Coordinator, all accidents or issues involving Plan International vehicles.
  • Compliance to the motor vehicle and travel policy provisions of Plan international Cameroon.Staff and material transportation:
  • Transports staff and designated people to all areas as instructed and with approved vehicle request forms.
  • Ensure vehicles have necessary materials such as umbrellas, first aid box, map, fire extinguishers etc.
  • Ensure that all Plan assets are not left unattended in the vehicle whilst parked.
  • Files in accurately vehicle log books and submits to the Administrative Coordinator.
  • Prepares monthly vehicles’ usage reports for allocated vehicles (cost recovery).

Accountabilities

  • Observe, anticipate and  drive defensively to safeguard life and property  always,
  • Exhibit a good sense of judgment and responsibility while driving,
  • In case of accident, make sure a Police report is made before moving,
  • Works with minimum supervision.

  • Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Child Protection (CPP) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) 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 (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Key relationships

  • Low contact with service providers and suppliers for the collection of quotations, receiving and dispatch of goods, material, equipments, mails, deposits etc.
  • Maintains a  high contact with all country office and program unit staff to facilitate prompt  movement of staff towards the implementation of  Plan’s  programs and activities 

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Essential

  • - GCE O level/SSS
  • - At least 3 years driving experience in the formal sector
  • - Valid driving license with at least class B/D
  • - Experience in the NGO sector preferably with child-related development issues, would be an advantage

Desirable

  • Basic auto mechanic skills
  • Good knowledge of Highway Code
  • Good communication skills
  • Good verbal and writing skills
  • Good inter-personal skills

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.

Physical Environment

This position entails 70% travelling time within Plan offices and communities in the Program Units with 30% of the time on office related activities.

Level of contact with children

Mid contact: Occasional interaction with children

Mid contact- the job responsibilities of this position require the post holder to have occasional one-to-one contact with children and it is expected that children shall be protected at all times.

Plan international operates in an equal opportunity environment and actively encourage diversity. Only applications received in French or English will be treated and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Plan International has a Child Protection and a gender equality policies that are integral part of the recruitment process.

2019-02-21

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