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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.

Job Description                                                                       

Position	Guard	Grade
Department & Location	Administration	Date	June  /30/2021
Reports to (position):	Administration Assistant
Purpose:	Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian not for profit organization 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 its 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 75 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.   The position contributes to this goal by providing all round security services for personnel and property of Plan Uganda.

Dimensions of Role:

• In charge of security of staff and plan property while on duty

Typical Responsibilities – Key End Results of Position:

• Receive visitors at the gate and inform the relevant staff before the visitors are allowed entry into Plan premises and directed to the appropriate office.
• Keep the office gates, doors windows and the store under strong lock to avoid unauthorized entry and theft of Plan assets
• Switch the office lights on and off in the evening and morning respectively.
• Comply with the current policies and procedures on office security and ensure that all Plan properties are secure.
• Ensure that all goods leaving Plan premises have been authorized.
• Keep records of all visitors and vehicles coming to Plan premises.
• Work hand in hand with other guards who may be hired from time to time.
• Ensure that Plan premises always have enough security lights and the generator is running in case of no power.
• Report to the supervisor incidences of any security nature immediately.
• Ensure that vehicle/motorcycle parking conditions are adhered to and no vehicle/motorcycle is taken out of Plan Country office premises outside working hours.
• Open Country offices for staff that might come to work after working hours and answer any emergency calls as may be necessary.
• Welfare Assignments such as serving and making tea plus washing utensils used by staff

Dealing with Problems:

• Job subjects one to a risk in case of armed robbers attempting to steal property

Communications and Working Relationships:

Administration Assistant: Receiving instructions and reporting any security issues

All Staff: Allowing staff in and outside the office premises as well as assisting in any requests from them

Visitors to Plan Offices: Allowing into the Plan offices all the visitors and ensuring that their details and captured and any security issues are detected

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

Knowledge

• O Level Certificate of Education
• Security Training
• Legal Training is an added advantage

Skills

• A Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in carrying out guard services in a reputable organisation
• Experience in handling visitors

Behaviours

• Flexibility to work outside normal working hours
• Good team work and excellent interpersonal skills

Physical Environment and Demands:

The Guard sits at the assigned place of work but is prone to exposure to rainy and sunny (hot) situations as he or she opens and closes the gate

Level of Contact with Children:

Depending on the location (especially in the Program Areas), the security guard may have some occasional contact with the children who come to the office for support

Additional Responsibilities:

Child  Safeguarding Policy Responsibilities (mandatory for all staff)

• Adhere to the Child Protection Policy, Code of Conduct and reporting any CPP issues.
• Responsible for the implementation of the CPP standards as they apply to area of responsibility plus the development of actions to address identified gaps and monitoring their effectiveness.
• Ensure that all Plan International partners, visitors and associates in his/her area of responsibility are provided with, are made aware off and have signed and returned a copy of the child protection policy. Inform the partners, visitors and associates that they must comply with the policy in all contacts and communications with children during their visit.

10 Sponsorship Commitments Responsibilities

• Understand the Donor commitments and support Plan Uganda team at all times to work with them and meet the commitment toDonors and sponsors sponsors.

Location: Kampala

Type of Role: 1 year fixed term (Renewable)

Reports to: Administration Assistant

Grade: A

Closing Date: 28th June 2021

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.