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 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

1. Assessment

• Provide sectoral leadership and expertise in the assessment.
• Conduct initial rapid assessment of current situation in collaboration with local specialists and affected population; determine priorities and immediate activities and resources
• Review, assess and update the child protection situation in areas affected by emergency (including, but not limited to –)
• Highlight education issues requiring a response – both immediate (less than 2 months) and medium term and make recommendations on specific PLAN actions required. Ensure core commitments to children are taken into consideration.
• Represent PLAN to Education and other protection clusters, stakeholders and Governmental and non-Governmental agencies for the purposes of the protection aspects of the assessment.
• Assess in-country resources, human, material and financial for response with relevant staff and agencies and assist in capacity building of national staff.
• Identify potential partnerships to implement recommendations, assess potential partners where available or make recommendations on how to fill gaps.

1. Program Design

• In collaboration with national and international Education and Child Protection Actors, map current institutional response capacities – including conducting an education specific 5Ws.
• In collaboration with Education Actors, develop a realistic evidence‐based, education program plan, including both programmatic and advocacy activities (results oriented).
• Design most appropriate education interventions based on the outcomes of assessments and the context.
• Ensure that issues of gender, protection, DRR, and conflict sensitivity are factored into the program design.
• Ensure PLAN’s guidelines and UN education cluster standards are considered and any departures documented.
• Work in close collaboration with other program coordinators to ensure that emergency interventions build upon each other and link in to longer term programming.
• Develop an education Program Plan, concept papers, and proposals in respect of the above.

1. Response Management and Implementation

• Work closely with the relevant implementation manager(s) to ensure that the implementation of relevant activities are planned and implemented in a phased and prioritised manner in full consultation and co-ordination with all relevant agencies both governmental and non-governmental.
• Provide technical guidance and direction to PLAN for effective planning, implementation and monitoring of agreed education plans with special emphasis on the most vulnerable children and their families.
• Design and develop appropriate surveillance, monitoring and evaluation systems for education interventions.
• In coordination with Child Protection staff, support the Monitoring and reporting of child protection concerns and violations of child rights commitments embodied in the UNCRC, resolution 1612 and other legal instruments.
• Ensure early and rigorous implementation of quality and accountability mechanisms.

1. Response Reporting & Evaluation

• Evaluate the implementation of PLAN Education activities and draft recommendations for improved program design
• Draft education interventions reports to serve as standalone deliverables or to be included in larger emergency response reports for both donor and internal purposes.
• Submitting reports to EiE Coordinator as per the agreed time line.

1. Information and Co-ordination

• Provide regular updates to Education in Emergency Program coordinator, priorities and constraints – verbally and in writing on an agreed frequency.
• Engage and follow up with relevant EiE Program Coordinators)
• Represent PLAN to governmental and non-governmental groups as needed and agreed with the Team Leader.
• Support the implementation of, and represent PLAN in, emergency education coordination mechanisms including any relevant cluster.
• Brief updates and reports on sectoral activities/strategies to donors and other stakeholders.

Location: Metekel

Type of Role: Education

Reports to: EiE Coordinator 

Grade: C1

Closing Date: 1-6-22

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.