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The PIIA Manager oversees leadership in the development and strategic oversight of Plan International Guinea’s programme Impact and influencing work. S/he oversees the operations of the REACH, SHOW as well as Green Skills for Guinea Projects.

The position holder ensures Plan International’s programme and influencing initiatives meet highest levels of technical outcomes, produce results for children, and particularly girls, and contribute to the achievement of Plan’s local and global strategic plans. S/he oversees the annual program & influencing process, monitors progress towards the achievements of CS goals as well as global strategic goals, and defines measures to ensure Plan International’s programme & influencing work is effective within the area of jurisdiction, and puts the organization’s global programme & influencing approach into practice, whether in humanitarian or emergency circumstances. S/he works proactively to engage all important stakeholders around one integrated vision for the realization of children’s rights in Guinea-Bissau and the equality of Guinea girls.

Role Profile

PositionProgramme Impact & Influencing Area Manager (PIIAM)

 

Department & LocationProgramme – Bafatá
Reports to:

 

Country Director
Location/contract typeBafatá, /

local position

Guinea-Bissau National and local resident only

Amount of travel required35%
DateAugust 2018GradeD2

Working in 50 countries for the development of Africa, Asia and the Americas, Plan International aims to reach as many children as possible, especially those who are excluded or marginalized, with high quality programs that provide lasting benefits, increase their income, work in partnership with others and working effectively.

Purpose: 

The PIIA Manager oversees leadership in the development and strategic oversight of Plan International Guinea’s programme Impact and influencing work. S/he oversees the operations of the REACH, SHOW as well as Green Skills for Guinea Projects.

The position holder ensures Plan International’s programme and influencing initiatives meet highest levels of technical outcomes, produce results for children, and particularly girls, and contribute to the achievement of Plan’s local and global strategic plans. S/he oversees the annual program & influencing process, monitors progress towards the achievements of CS goals as well as global strategic goals, and defines measures to ensure Plan International’s programme & influencing work is effective within the area of jurisdiction, and puts the organization’s global programme & influencing approach into practice, whether in humanitarian or emergency circumstances. S/he works proactively to engage all important stakeholders around one integrated vision for the realization of children’s rights in Guinea-Bissau and the equality of Guinea girls.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversees the development of an influencing plan and ensures that Plan International projects include effective and measurable influencing activities that result in outcomes for girls and wherever possible contribute to Plan’s global influencing agenda and a global movement for girls and gender equality
    • Ensures that Plan International programme & influencing risk management plan/dashboard is in place and monitored regularly
    • Puts in place planning and implementing measures to ensure that strategy and programme & influence initiatives are gender transformative and inclusive, and that they build resilience and strong partnerships and contribute to a global movement for girls and gender equality
    • Assesses technical needs to implement Country Strategy and projects and works together with other members of the CMT such as Country HR Manager to ensure Plan International has the technical capacity needed to deliver on strategy and programme & influencing plans
    • Puts measures in place to ensure that all programme & Influence initiatives – whether development or humanitarian – implemented follow to nationally and globally recognized technical standards as well as to Plan’s own.
    • Professional development needs of his/her team are identified and addressed in collaboration with HR, and ensures solid coaching & management of the team work is adequately done as per corporate standards.
  • Ensures that every project has a results framework/Theory of Change and a sound monitoring & evaluation plan in place, and that this adequately costed and implemented in accordance with global standards and guidance using corporate systems.
  • Ensures that plan programme and influence initiatives are reported adequately as per global standards and guidance
  • Ensures that lessons learnt from projects are documented and discussed within the team and the wider organization, and that they inform the continuous improvement of Plan International’s work
  • Ensures grants acquisition through the development of high Concept Note and proposals with full participation of the Programmes, Influencing Strategic team and partner organizations.
  • Acts as spokesperson on behalf of the organization on Plan Internationals’ programme work in the area of operation.

Impact of results:

Plan International’s programme work worldwide is focused, relevant, continuously improves and demonstrates the achievement of results for vulnerable and excluded children, and particularly girls.

Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviours Required to Achieve Role’s Objectives:

Knowledge:

  • Master’s Degree in International Development, Integrated Development Studies, Social Work, Research and Public Policy, Development Planning, or equivalent, with a minimum of five years progressive experience in a related field;
  • At least 5 years practical experience in Advocacy, Policy and campaigns with special focus on Girls’ Rights;
  • Committed to Plan International’s Purpose
  • Expertise and substantial experience in international development programming relevant for Plan International’s Areas of global distinctiveness
  • Knowledge and experience in rights based programming
  • Knowledge of human rights, child rights, girls’ rights, inclusion and gender equality
  • Knowledge and experience in programme design, monitoring & evaluation, learning and knowledge management

Skills:

  • Excellent skills in teamwork, collaboration, facilitative and networked ways of working,
  • Advocacy and representation skills and experience
  • Management skills and experience
  • Strong people management skills: leader of leaders, empowering, coaching, nurturing and developing

Leadership Behaviours:

  • Uses evidence-based results to make choices and drive change
  • Committed to work, taking initiative to be innovative and creative to achieve results
  • Has the courage to challenge the status quo, to question the way we work
  • Strives for quality in all they do, respecting deadlines, working continuously to improve performance
  • Takes responsibility for their actions, and learn from behaviour, successes and failures
  • Uses resources as intended, and can account for how has used resources
  • Supports gender equality and diversity, and challenges forms of inequality or harassment
  • Encourages children young people, partners and colleagues to be meaningfully involved in decisions that affect them
  • Creates an environment where children, young people, partners and colleagues are supported and safe
  • Actively seeks win-win partnerships and find common ground. Helps the team to achieve their goals
  • Helps colleagues and partners do their work and ask for help. Provides space for colleagues, teams and partners to grow
  • Listens to and understand views of colleagues and partners. Draws on their experience to ensure high quality work
  • Upholds and demonstrates Plan’s values and behaviours

Office: Guinea Bissau Country Office

Location: Bafata, Guinea Bissau

Employment status: Full time

Contract status: Local

Deadline for submission:22/11/2019

Female applications are highly encouraged

ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED

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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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The PIIA Manager oversees leadership in the development and strategic oversight of Plan International Guinea’s programme Impact and influencing work. S/he oversees the operations of the REACH, SHOW as well as Green Skills for Guinea Projects.

The position holder ensures Plan International’s programme and influencing initiatives meet highest levels of technical outcomes, produce results for children, and particularly girls, and contribute to the achievement of Plan’s local and global strategic plans. S/he oversees the annual program & influencing process, monitors progress towards the achievements of CS goals as well as global strategic goals, and defines measures to ensure Plan International’s programme & influencing work is effective within the area of jurisdiction, and puts the organization’s global programme & influencing approach into practice, whether in humanitarian or emergency circumstances. S/he works proactively to engage all important stakeholders around one integrated vision for the realization of children’s rights in Guinea-Bissau and the equality of Guinea girls.

Role Profile

PositionProgramme Impact & Influencing Area Manager (PIIAM) 
Department & LocationProgramme – Bafatá
Reports toCountry Director
Location/contract typeBafatá, /local positionGuinea-Bissau National and local resident onlyAmount of travel required35%
DateAugust 2018GradeD2

Working in 50 countries for the development of Africa, Asia and the Americas, Plan International aims to reach as many children as possible, especially those who are excluded or marginalized, with high quality programs that provide lasting benefits, increase their income, work in partnership with others and working effectively.

Purpose: 

The PIIA Manager oversees leadership in the development and strategic oversight of Plan International Guinea’s programme Impact and influencing work. S/he oversees the operations of the REACH, SHOW as well as Green Skills for Guinea Projects.

The position holder ensures Plan International’s programme and influencing initiatives meet highest levels of technical outcomes, produce results for children, and particularly girls, and contribute to the achievement of Plan’s local and global strategic plans. S/he oversees the annual program & influencing process, monitors progress towards the achievements of CS goals as well as global strategic goals, and defines measures to ensure Plan International’s programme & influencing work is effective within the area of jurisdiction, and puts the organization’s global programme & influencing approach into practice, whether in humanitarian or emergency circumstances. S/he works proactively to engage all important stakeholders around one integrated vision for the realization of children’s rights in Guinea-Bissau and the equality of Guinea girls.

Responsibilities:

  • Oversees the development of an influencing plan and ensures that Plan International projects include effective and measurable influencing activities that result in outcomes for girls and wherever possible contribute to Plan’s global influencing agenda and a global movement for girls and gender equality
    • Ensures that Plan International programme & influencing risk management plan/dashboard is in place and monitored regularly
    • Puts in place planning and implementing measures to ensure that strategy and programme & influence initiatives are gender transformative and inclusive, and that they build resilience and strong partnerships and contribute to a global movement for girls and gender equality
    • Assesses technical needs to implement Country Strategy and projects and works together with other members of the CMT such as Country HR Manager to ensure Plan International has the technical capacity needed to deliver on strategy and programme & influencing plans
    • Puts measures in place to ensure that all programme & Influence initiatives – whether development or humanitarian - implemented follow to nationally and globally recognized technical standards as well as to Plan’s own.
    • Professional development needs of his/her team are identified and addressed in collaboration with HR, and ensures solid coaching & management of the team work is adequately done as per corporate standards.
  • Ensures that every project has a results framework/Theory of Change and a sound monitoring & evaluation plan in place, and that this adequately costed and implemented in accordance with global standards and guidance using corporate systems.
  • Ensures that plan programme and influence initiatives are reported adequately as per global standards and guidance
  • Ensures that lessons learnt from projects are documented and discussed within the team and the wider organization, and that they inform the continuous improvement of Plan International’s work
  • Ensures grants acquisition through the development of high Concept Note and proposals with full participation of the Programmes, Influencing Strategic team and partner organizations.
  • Acts as spokesperson on behalf of the organization on Plan Internationals’ programme work in the area of operation.

Impact of results:

Plan International’s programme work worldwide is focused, relevant, continuously improves and demonstrates the achievement of results for vulnerable and excluded children, and particularly girls.

Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviours Required to Achieve Role’s Objectives:

Knowledge:

  • Master’s Degree in International Development, Integrated Development Studies, Social Work, Research and Public Policy, Development Planning, or equivalent, with a minimum of five years progressive experience in a related field;
  • At least 5 years practical experience in Advocacy, Policy and campaigns with special focus on Girls’ Rights;
  • Committed to Plan International’s Purpose
  • Expertise and substantial experience in international development programming relevant for Plan International’s Areas of global distinctiveness
  • Knowledge and experience in rights based programming
  • Knowledge of human rights, child rights, girls’ rights, inclusion and gender equality
  • Knowledge and experience in programme design, monitoring & evaluation, learning and knowledge management

Skills:

  • Excellent skills in teamwork, collaboration, facilitative and networked ways of working,
  • Advocacy and representation skills and experience
  • Management skills and experience
  • Strong people management skills: leader of leaders, empowering, coaching, nurturing and developing

Leadership Behaviours:

  • Uses evidence-based results to make choices and drive change
  • Committed to work, taking initiative to be innovative and creative to achieve results
  • Has the courage to challenge the status quo, to question the way we work
  • Strives for quality in all they do, respecting deadlines, working continuously to improve performance
  • Takes responsibility for their actions, and learn from behaviour, successes and failures
  • Uses resources as intended, and can account for how has used resources
  • Supports gender equality and diversity, and challenges forms of inequality or harassment
  • Encourages children young people, partners and colleagues to be meaningfully involved in decisions that affect them
  • Creates an environment where children, young people, partners and colleagues are supported and safe
  • Actively seeks win-win partnerships and find common ground. Helps the team to achieve their goals
  • Helps colleagues and partners do their work and ask for help. Provides space for colleagues, teams and partners to grow
  • Listens to and understand views of colleagues and partners. Draws on their experience to ensure high quality work
  • Upholds and demonstrates Plan’s values and behaviours

Office: Guinea Bissau Country Office

Location: Bafata, Guinea Bissau

Employment status: Full time

Contract status: Local

Deadline for submission:22/11/2019

Female applications are highly encouraged

ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED

2019-11-23

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