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THE ORGANIZATION
Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries. Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalized and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to reaching the sustainable development goals, and in particular the goals on gender equality. Our organization is transforming itself to meet this enormous challenge everywhere we work. We need bold, forward-thinking and innovative individuals to lead our country operations, driving change and delivering results that will allow us to reach our target of 100 million girls.
In Mozambique we are working to eradicate early marriage and early pregnancy through projects that focus on adolescent girls in Inhambane Sofala and Nampula provinces. These projects are programmed along our three strategic pillars: Girl Education, Sexual Reproductive Health Rights, Youth Economic Empowerment and climate change. Our work is gender transformative and includes influencing work at national and sub-regional level.

ABOUT THE ROLE
Training Specialist will lead on/ manage the overall training process of community facilitators and mentors for Safe Spaces Programme. This position is contingent upon award of the programme to Plan International.

Direct reports – None

KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Internal
•    Plan International Mozambique (Head of Program, Gender Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Program Area Managers, Communications Officer)
•    Global and Regional functional and thematic leads
•    Plan Inc. National Organizations
External
•    National and Local authorities
•    Partner organizations
•    Other INGOs

This position will have a direct coordination with the Team Leader and will have a working relationship with the Head of Program and Program team, as well with key stakeholders.

LEVEL OF CONTACT WITH CHILDREN
Low contact: low interaction with children
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
This position entails working on consultancy basis.

Maputo with frequent travel to six provinces of the country (Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambézia, Sofala, Manica, Maputo).
Specific online meetings or physical meetings at Plan’ office will be required with relevant team members and other key stakeholders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Overall management of the training of community facilitators and community mentors
• Design training packages and deliver ToT  in Social and Behaviour Change Communication programs in the context of Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescent Girls and Young Women
• Select/ recruit a group of trainers to participate in the ToTs organised by the INJ as per INJ requirements
• Provide technical assistance/ Manage trainers who will be training pre-selected by the INJ candidates for community facilitators and community mentors at the district level
• Manage evaluation process of pre-selected candidates at the end of the training and provide the INJ with the results of the evaluation/ suggest the final list for selection. The candidates with the best performance in the evaluation will be offered the position by the INJ and contracted directly by the INJ
• Oversee/ manage logistics for all the training sessions
• Adapt/contextualize training curriculum, training materials and instruments to assess quality of the training originally developed by the INJ
• Support the process of editing and graphic design of the training materials led by the INJ
• Manage printing and distribution of the training materials and manuals
• Manage relationship/ coordinate with relevant staff and teams at the INJ re: the training / contracting process of community facilitators and community mentors
• Support the process of collecting the training data including pre- and post-training surveys using the M&E tools developed by INJ.
• Support the implementation of the Project’s Grievance Response Manual under the EU SOU CAPAZ program through the training, coordination and monitoring of community facilitators and as relevant in other duties
• Adhere to Plan International’s global policies for Child Protection (CPP), Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion and support as necessary to ensure they are fully embedded across all project activities in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility
• Prepare training reports in line with the MERL plan/INJ requirements
• Input to Inception, relevant Progress Reports, and Completion Report (as necessary)

REQUESTED PROFILE 
    At least a Bachelor’s degree in Pedagogy, Psychology, or Educational Sciences
    Minimum of 8 years of experience designing training packages and acting as Trainer of Trainers in Social and Behaviour Change Communication programs in the context of Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescent Girls and Young Women
    Must have a deep knowledge of the institutional, social and cultural reality of Mozambique
    Mozambican national
    Must be fluent in Portuguese and English
    Experienced in report writing

We highly encourage Women to Apply

Position contingent upon award

Location: Maputo with frequent travel to the provinces

Plan is an Equal Opportunity Employer and as such qualified female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
Early application is encouraged, as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Child Protection Policy.
As an international child-centered community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realisation of children’s rights, including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.
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. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.
Plan International operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all areas of the international community.