Plan International Job Vacancy

Plan
international is an independent child-centered international development and
humanitarian organization striving for a just world that advances children’s
rights and equality for girls. Plan International has no religious, political
and government affiliation. For over 80 years, we have supported girls and boys
and their communities around the world to gain the skills, knowledge and
confidence they need to claim their rights, free themselves from poverty and
live positive fulfilling lives. Plan currently works in 70 countries including
Nigeria.

We
are currently implementing the Kaduna State Peace Building Academy Project. Our
objective is to create and implement an integrated program of policy and
accountability development, peace building promotion, stakeholder influencing
and thought leadership to ensure maximum impact in promoting children’s rights
and equality for girls.

We
are recruiting to fill the following vacant positions below:

Job
Title: Policy,
Research and Influencing Manager
Location: Abuja
Reports to: Head of Programs & Business Development
Contract Duration: 2 Years
Grade: E
Department: Programs
Reports to: Head of Programs & Business Development

Purpose

To
create and implement an integrated program of policy and accountability
development, peace building promotion, stakeholder influencing and thought
leadership to ensure that Plan International Nigeria has maximum impact in
promoting children’s rights and equality for girls.
To
contribute to positive policy and legislative changes, as well as
increases in national and local budgets, at national, state and local
government levels for the attainment of Country and Global Strategies of
Plan International.
To
establish, foster and maintain relationships with critical stakeholders
including policy makers, community and religious leaders, partners,
donors, networks, and other critical establishments with the aim of
bringing lasting change in discriminatory social norms, attitudes,
behaviours, policies, laws; and in the inadequate allocation, ineffective
and inefficient use of public funds that limit children and girls from
attaining their rights and full potentials.
To
work closely with other units to ensure influencing is evidence based and
the programs and influencing approach is applied.
To
ensure the effective and efficient implementation of Kaduna State Peace
Building Academy Project.

Dimensions
of the Role

The
position holder will lead in the development, implementation and periodic
review of policy and accountability, defining effective tactics and
partnership strategies, and influencing projects’ design and activities,
engagement with broad range of stakeholders, support to projects’
financial and administrative management processes, protocols and systems,
including identified risk elements.

Key
Result and Typical Responsibilities
Leadership and Program Quality:

Develop
and lead a coherent and coordinated policy and accountability, and
influencing program that promotes children’s rights and equality for
girls.
Develop
and pursue Influencing strategies with key stakeholders and decision
makers in order to create an environment conducive to change, to achieve
specific changes in policy which Plan International Nigeria wish to
achieve, and to prevent detrimental changes from occurring, working closely
with the Heart of Programs and Business Development and other relevant
units.
Ensure
the Plan Nigeria influencing Strategy and initiative are aligned with both
the Country and Global strategies.
Develop
key positions on our priority influencing areas to drive and support
campaigns, media, and other relevant activities at community, local
government, state and national levels aimed at creating peaceful
environment that assure the rights of children and equality for girls.
Produce
a wide range or high quality written outputs for various audiences
including high-quality, Well targeted research reports, policy briefings,
key messages, blogs and other outputs.
Foster
strong relationships and work closely with Internet and external
stakeholders in policy and influencing work to keep abreast of key policy
changes and relevant external issues, and to maximize their role as
advocates for the change Plan International Nigeria aims to achieve.
Proactively
involve children, youths, especially girls and women in peace building
effort, and in the development of policy thinking and positioning,
building on and contributing to Plan International Nigeria existing
evidence and insight,
Participate
actively in building the capacity of beneficiaries on peace building using
peace building history, skills, and concepts.
Identity
and build strategic partnerships and engagement wth organizations,
networks, political contacts and other key stakeholders to further Plan in
the delivery of its influencing agenda.
Provide
regular updates to supervisor and other project teem members to informs
project programming decision making and advocacy efforts.
Ensure
strong linkages with the Programs and Monitoring, Evaluations and Research
(MER) unit so that advocacy and policy approaches are based in evidence.
Work
to strengthen linkages between partners and community support structures
and with them Implement community outreach services.
Represent
Plan at meetings and events where necessary,
Ensure
project reports to donors and Plan International and on progress in
Influencing and Its contribution to change making are evidence based and
timely
Work
with Regional Office and International Headquarters to strengthen and
support influencing.
Collaborate
with the Regional Office and neighboring country offices on key
region-wide Initiatives.
Assume
any other responsibility as assigned by Head of Programs & business
Development.

Administration
and Finance:

Ensure
that administrative support functions are established and maintained in
accordance with Plan International administrative policies and procedures.
Ensure
with the Head of Finance the establishment, as necessary, and maintenance
of Plan International financial management and accounting systems for all
activities and assets.
With
support from Finance and Administration Team, ensure that all finance
policy and procedure are adhered to.
Oversee
budget preparation, Setting the parameters and ensuring spend and forecast
are in line with plans
Coordinate
mobilization of financial resources related to emergency activities.
Ensure
that reliable communicational/Information management facilities are
established and maintained.
Initiate
and provide support to development and procurement of consultancy
services, and supervise consultants working on policy,and influencing
projects.
Ensure
project staff are familiar with usage, procedures and relevant protocols.
Ensure
with the Procurement & Logistics Manager/Officer the establishment and
maintenance of a functional procurement and supply chain management
system.
Ensure
with the Procurement Logistics Manager/Officer the timely and appropriate
establishment of all logistics Infrastructure.

Human
Resource Development:

Supports
the Country HR Manager in recruitment’s processes as required, strengthening
administrative records, documentation and controls and builds capacity of
partner and program staff.

Learning
end Knowledge Management:

Shares
relevant administrative and programmatic information with the Program team
and support the proper documentation of all transactions on the projects.

Resource
Mobilization:

Support
resource mobilization effort through contribution to budget preparation
for proposal writing and related engagement

Communications
and Working Relationships:

Provide
timely responses concerning administrative queries linked with relevant
projects or programmes.
Report
in the Head of Programs & Business Development;
Work
amicably with other members of the Plan International Nigeria team im
project location and Abuja to ensure effective and efficient program and
influencing delivery.
Work
with the CO Communications Advisor in the development of constructive
working relationships with media representatives to build international
and public profile and ensure positive coverage and the timely provision
of situation reports and fundraising material to Plans International
Headquarters and National Organizations.
Ensure
at information, publicity and fundraising material recognizes and respects
the dignity of the affected persons.

Knowledge
and Experience

Graduate
education, preferably post-graduate education (Master’s or higher) in
Development, Politics, Human Rights, Peace Building and Conflict
Resolution, and over 5 years of experience in policy and influencing,
peacebuilding, youth leadership, or civil society strengthening, or a
related field and demonstrated experience in management of community-based
projects.
Demonstrated
experience in using with success key influencing strategies such as
advocacy, lobbying, movement building, or policy development.
Extensive
experience managing peacebuilding, youth leadership, or civil society
strengthening projects in developing country contexts and preferably in
Nigeria or ECOWAS states.
Significant
experience in carrying outpower, legislation and policy and political
analysis to inform strategies and projects.
Experience
in developing and delivering advocacy strategies in development and/or
humanitarian contexts.
Strong
knowledge of child and women’s rights and gender justice.
A
history of productive involvement with local partners, including from
government, traditional leadership, and civil society
Demonstrated
expertise in and commitment to developing the leadership of young people
Demonstrated
expertise in designing, implementing, and monitoring
inclusive,gender-equitable development programs
Demonstrated
knowledge and background in community mobilization and engagement
Demonstrated
problem solving skills, collaboration experience, creativity and
willingness to innovate
Experience
drafting project reporting and monitoring project progress
Excellent
written and spoken English language skills
Experience
of managing people and ability to build, develop and motivate a high
performing team, prioritizing effective cross organizational working as a
key element of high performance.
Experience
of managing budgets and planning and reporting protocols.
Knowledge
of Hausa language preferred but not required.

Behaviours:

Uses
evidence based results to make choices and drive change.
Taking
initiative to be innovative and creative to achieve results.
Strives
for quality in all they do, respecting deadlines, working continuously to
improve performance.
Takes
responsibility for their actions, and learn from behaviour, success 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.
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 behaviors.
Team-orientated,
versatile, personable and flexible.
Calm
under pressure.
Ability
to work comfortably and sensitively across cultures.
Provides
good and adequate administrative support to enable the project meet its
agreed program outcomes.
Actively
seeks for support in addressing difficulties in execution of duties.

Skills
& Knowledge:

Analytical,
strategic thinking and negotiating skill,
Ability
to build effective relations for influencing.
Basic
financial and administrative skills
Communicates
clearly and effectively appropriate to the audience
Possession
of good report writing skills
Passion
for leaning and development
Good
computer literacy skills.
Ability
to prioritize and multitask work when dealing with competing deadline,
sometime with limited resources
Team
player.

Physical
Environment and Demands:

Travel
to Program activities to provide support where necessary.

Child
Protection and Gender Inclusion:

Ensures
that the Child Protection Policy (CPP) is fully embedded in accordance
with the CPP Implementation standards 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 the CPP and Code of Conduct (CoC),
its relevance to their area of work and that concerns are reported and
managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
Ensure
that global policies for Child Protection and Gender Equality &
Inclusion are fully embedded.

Level
of Contact with Children:

Low
contact – the job responsibilities of this position require the post
holder to have very infrequent contact with children. Despite this, it is
expected that children shall be protected at all times.

Job
Title: Gender
Based Violence/ Gender Technical Advisor
Location: Borno
Contract Duration: 1 Year
Grade: D1
Department & Location: Humanitarian Program Nigeria.
Reports to: Emergency Response Manager

Purpose

The
GBV/Gender Technical Advisor will support the emergency response team in
developing and scaling up Plan International GBV response and will serve
as the key technical person in ensuring that all Plan International
Nigeria response program are gender transformative.
The
post holder will support capacity building of response staff and local
partner organizations.

Dimensions
of Role

Plan
International believes that gender inequality and Gender-based Violence
(GBV) affect our programs thus our ability to effectively protect and
promote the children’s rights including those of women and adolescents,
therefore seek to be gender transformative in our program design and
implementation in our humanitarian response.
Gender
Equality is a priority cross-cutting theme within Plan International and
the GBV/Gender Technical Advisor will support this effort in driving this
work forward.
The
GBV/Gender Technical Advisor will provide dedicated technical support to
integrate gender and GBV in Plan International North East Nigeria
response.
The
post holder will support with project development, implementation,
monitoring and reporting including staff capacity development.

Key
End Results and typical Responsibilities
Technical Gender:

Lead
the planning and implementation of assessments including compilation,
analysis and interpretation of gender and GBV issues including statistical
data analysis and reports on gender and GBV.
Coordinate
with project managers and technical specialists to ensure comprehensive
gender analysis and projects are gender transformative.
Conduct
periodic gender audits across Plan International projects to ensure
projects meet the required gender transformative marker.
Build
the capacity of project staff and partner organizations through gender
transformative training and follow up support
Technical
GBV
Provide
technical guidance, oversight and support to improve the provision of
quality case management and psychosocial support (PSS) services to meet
the needs of women, girls, boys and men survivors.
With
support from the CPiE Specialist, develop SOP and guidelines for GBV case
management and ensure all GBV project Officers and Case Workers trained
and are implementing such standards
In
coordination with CPiE Specialist support the training of health care
workers and roll out of integration of Clinical Care for Sexual Assault
Survivors' (CCSAS) services into selected health facilities in
program locations.
Support
in the development of tools for GBV Case Management and ensure that
project officers and Case Workers are trained in the use of the tools.
Play
a leading role in conducting GBV Safety Audits and community safety action
plans
Coordinate
and lead advocacy efforts with other actors and sectors, particularly
WASH, Food Security, Nutrition, Livelihoods, Health; to ensure specific
measures are put in place to mitigate risks of GBV among
women
and girls by these sectors in line with the provision in the Inter-Agency
Standing Committee Guidelines.
Identify
and raise technical challenges faced in the delivery of case management
services and propose tools and mechanisms to overcome them in a timely
manner.
Build
the capacity of Project Officers and local partner NGO staff to meet
minimum standards for GBV program in Emergency, including training and
mentoring GBV and CP Officers Information and Coordination
Represent
Plan International in field level coordination including inter-agency
sector working groups (GBV, MHPSS, SRH, CP)
Build
relationships with partners, government, other NGOs and UN agencies to
establish/strengthen appropriate GBV referral systems to ensure survivors
access services in a timely and confidential manner and enhance
multi-agency and multi-sectoral cooperation and coordination
Human
Resource Development
Working
with CPiE Specialist supports the orientation, on-going
development/training and capacity building of project and local partner
staff in Gender and Gender Based Violence in emergencies to ensure a high
level of expertise in line with donor and organizational requirements
Resource
Mobilization/ M&E
Contribute
to the development of concept notes and proposals for GBV and Child
Protection projects, in close coordination with Project Managers and
support from CPiE Specialist.
Support
Project Managers to prepare for projects start up workshop, mid-term
reviews and projects close out meetings
Undertake
regular field monitoring visits to assess progress and identify technical
quality issues and/or other implementation issues and provide solutions.
Support
the Project Manager to ensure all areas of program implementation are in
line with technical proposals, project timelines, and budgets.

Dealing
with Problems:

Ability
to manage competing priorities and expectations from internal and external
stakeholders and remain calm and resilient in the face of pressure.
Manage
multiple and work with distant colleagues to form a virtual efficient
administration team;
Use
Plan procedures to settle conflicts among colleagues;
Resolve
problems that are not covered by established process.
Analyse
possible causes of problems and suggest solutions to get them resolved.
Refer,
whenever necessary, the case to the Humanitarian Programme Manager for
consideration. Communications and

Working
Relationships:

Working
contacts inside and outside the organization; include the purpose and
level (high, medium, low) of the contact
Plan
Nigeria Humanitarian Response Unit
Various
departments within Plan Nigeria (HR, Finance, Admin, Programs etc)
Project
Managers and coordinators of projects considered to be part of the Lake
Chad Programs

Qualifications
and Experience

Advance
Degree in Public Health, Social Science, Law or related field (Bachelors
with 5 years of experience will substitute for advance degree).

Skills
& Knowledge:

Substantial
(over 3 years) experience of addressing gender inequality and gender-based
violence in multiple contexts;
Experience
(2 years) of humanitarian contexts including in a range of different emergencies,
particularly slow- onset, rapid onset and protracted conflict emergency
responses, including remote management/restricted access;
Proven
record of program design in a development or humanitarian context;
Experience
conducting assessments – including gender analysis – and revising
monitoring and evaluation tools to capture gender and protection
considerations for different sectors;
Effective
communication skills, written and verbal, and the ability to present
arguments clearly and effectively to a wide range of internal and external
audiences;
Creative,
strategic and analytical thinker and experience providing strategic advice
and direction in humanitarian contexts;
Commitment
to and understanding of gender equality, child rights, and humanitarian
standards such as the
Demonstrated
capacity to deliver training and integrate Core Humanitarian Standards
within programs.

Behaviours:

Creates
strong sense of purpose and commitment within own part of the team and with
stakeholders
Holds
self and others to account to deliver on agreed goals and standards of
behaviour
Demonstrates
a high degree of professionalism/integrity
Strategic
thinking and effective contribution to own work and Organisational
development.
Sound
judgement and decision-making in complex situations
Strong
emotional intelligence including self-awareness.
Leads
by example to motivate high performance of others
Very
strong commitment to continuous learning

Physical
Environment and Demands:

Travel
to project locations is required as necessary to ensure that programs are
effectively monitored. The GBV/Gender Advisor will be based in Mubi
Adamawa State, Nigeria, with travel to Maiduguri and other field locations

Level
of Contact with Children:

High
contact- the job responsibilities of this position require the post holder
to have frequent contact to low contact with children.
It
is expected that children shall be protected at all times.

Job
Title: Complaints
& Response Mechanism (CRM) Assistant
Location: Abuja
Contract Duration: 1 Year
Grade: B
Department: Humanitarian Unit
Reports to: M&E Coordinator

Purpose

To
be responsible for management of Toll free helplines, CRM database by
ensuring proper documentation and aggregation of CRM data including
complaints received, investigated and responded to as well as providing
detailed summaries of complaints issues to feedback to the program team
during monthly and quarterly meetings/reports.

Dimensions
of Role
The post holder will work as part of emergency response unit in Maiduguri Borno
while also supporting Adamawa state. He/she will support with management of
toll free:

Helpline
program activities, documentation, feedback and reporting. The role
requires a team player with excellent communication and interpersonal
skills.
Key
End Results and typical Responsibilities Programme development &
Quality Management
Support
the set up and implementation of a Beneficiary Complaint and Response
Mechanism for humanitarian projects
Receive
calls on the toll free line
Provide
adequate response and referral for the callers
Ensure
a proper filing system for all the complaints and feedback received
through the helplines
Provide
detailed summaries of complaints issues to line manager for operational
meetings and forums
With
the support of the line manager identify complaint and other feedback
trends which indicate where the Programs can improve.
Support
the community mobilization and M&E officers the management and
analysis of other sources of complaints such as suggestion boxes,
community meetings etc
Provide
reports as requested concerning complaints received from the helpline
Receive,
investigate and respond to beneficiary complaints under the direction and
supervision of Program/field Managers
Follow
up on complaints and feedback internal referrals with appropriate offices
and sectors and respond to raised pending issues
Negotiate
suitable resolutions to complaints with the beneficiaries under the
direction of the
Program/Field
Manager
Bringing
hearts and minds together for children

Human
Resource Development:

Support
in strengthening program & administrative records, documentation
and control for the humanitarian unit.
Learning
and knowledge management
Shares
relevant information with the Humanitarian Unit and support the proper
documentation of all transactions on the projects.

Resource
Mobilisation:

Support
resource mobilization efforts through contribution to budget preparation
for proposal writing and related engagement for the humanitarian unit.

Dealing
with Problems:

Use
Plan procedures to settle conflicts among colleagues;
Resolve
problems that are not covered by established process.
Analyse
possible causes of problems and suggest solutions to get them resolved.
Refer,
whenever necessary, the case to the Project Manager and other relevant
parties for consideration.

Communications
and Working Relationships:

Working
contacts inside and outside the organization; include the purpose and
level (high, medium, low) of the contact
Prepare
and submit relevant programmatic and administrative/logistics reports for
domestic consumption.
Work
with team to gather timely responses concerning programmatic queries
linked with relevant projects or programmes.
Report
to the Project Manager or delegate;
Work
amicably with other members of the Plan International Nigeria team
including finance, administration, procurement committee and the
humanitarian team in Abuja,
Adamawa
and Borno states to ensure effective and efficient programme delivery.

Qualifications
and Experience

A
B.Sc or HND in related area Economics, Commerce, Public or Business
Administration courses.
At
least 1year practical work experience in similar role.
Skills
& Knowledge
Ability
to communicate in English, Hausa and Kanuri
Basic
programmatic and administrative skills
Communicates
clearly and effectively
Possession
of good report writing skills
Passion
for learning and development.
Good
computer literacy skills.
Team
player

Behaviours:

Provides
good and adequate administrative support to enable the humanitarian
projects meet agreed program outcomes.
Actively
seeks for support in addressing difficulties in execution of duties.

Physical
Environment and Demands:

Based
in Maiduguri which is a high security volatile area.

Level
of Contact with Children:

Medium
contact the job responsibilities of this position require the post holder
to have some contact with children. Despite this, it is expected that
children shall be protected at all times.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV’s and a comprehensive
cover letter setting out your reasons for applying for the post and outlining
the qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills that you feel you can
bring to the role, to: Nigeria.Recruitment@Plan-international.org
Indicate the job title and location as subject if the mail, only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted.

Application
Deadline 8th
March, 2018.

Note

Plan
International Nigeria is an equal opportunity employer ad does not
discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender or disabilities.
Plan
International Nigeria is fully committed to child protection to prevent children
from all forms of abuse.
Women
are encouraged to apply.