Recent Vacancies at Plan International, 12th December, 2018

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Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-profit organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood, and enable children to prepare for - and respond to - crises and adversity. We believe in the power and potential of every child, but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Programme and Partnership Manager Location: Abuja Role Purpose

• The purpose of this role is to build better programs and partnerships that advances the rights of the child and gender equality.
• The role therefore will focus on promoting and building effective and fruitful partnerships, recognizing that Plan Nigeria cannot achieve its purpose and ambition by working alone, but by working in partnership with other groups and organizations - children groups, girls’ groups, adolescent groups, community groups, civil society organizations, government, institutions, the private sector, and others.
• The role will also focus in providing strong all round technical support to the program team; support in the development of new program areas and in resource mobilization; nurture, support and manage small projects; and support policy work around this streams.
• The post holder will be supervised by the Head of Programs and Business Development and expected to work very closely with other members of the program team, particularly the Project Leads and the Resource Mobilization Manager.
• The position is a member of the Country Management Team (CMT).

Dimension of Role

• The Program and Partnerships Manager’s role is about developing and implementing strategies to grow effective partnerships and programs that contribute effectively to the delivery of the Country Program’s purpose, ambition and goals, while also meeting partners’ objectives.
• The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of Plan Nigeria partnership efforts; promoting inclusive partnerships based on principles and values; and working with the program team to identify the most appropriate implementing and strategic partners.
• The post holder will also be responsible in building partners and staff competencies in the management of partnerships; and in ensuring risks in partnership relationships are reduced to the barest minimum.
• In addition, the holder of this position will contribute to programme development, manage small projects and nurture programme initiatives, and support in resource mobilization.
• This role requires creativity while being realistic and practical. And calls for being proactive in writing proposals, preparing budgets, and working with others to gain consensus on a program approach.

Key Roles/Responsibilities Program Development & Quality Management:

• Participates fully in strategic planning, annual planning and budgeting and other program planning processes, and ensures that implementing partners are involved where appropriate.
• Provides leadership and management for all direct reports and ensure the establishment of and functioning of a strong, effective and coordinated team.
• Develops and implements a partnership strategy/framework and annual plan that contributes to the attainment of the Country Program’s purpose and ambition.
• Coordinates the management of ongoing relationships with existing partners and where relevant, leverage those relationships to greater collective impact.
• Participates as an active member of the Country Management Team (CMT) that oversees the general management of the Country Program.
• Regularly communicates to the Program and Partnership Unit on organizational priorities and key decisions as a member of CMT.
• Represents Plan International Nigeria with external stakeholders, by attending meetings, making presentations, and providing advice where necessary.
• Ensures that team members and all other colleagues uphold Plan shared values in all aspects of their work, perform their duties and functions in a collaborative, effective and supportive team environment.
• Coordinates with all other units as may be required for the support necessary to advance the work for partnership development.
• Identifies best practices and incorporates new ideas for partnership building.
• Ensures proper stewardship of Plan Nigeria resources, and adherence to government and donor policies and regulations.
• Leads the monitoring of partners’ progress in the implementation of program activities and expenditure.
• Ensures the integration of partners’ voice into program planning and the development of innovative projects.

Partnership Development:

• Responsible for the overall management of the Humanitarian and Development Partner Development process, including reports, budget management and planning.
• Continually carries out partner mapping and facilitates the identification of full range of potential partners, and conducts mutual appraisal and risk assignment with them.
• Facilitates effective negotiation, development, appropriate signing and management of partnership agreements for partners and Plan International.
• Supports the Head of Programs and Business Development and in collaboration with partners to carry out annual partnership reviews for improved relationship and effective attainment of the partnership objectives.
• Promotes and ensures Plan International partnership principles, values and standards are understood and applied in Plan Nigeria partnership relationships.
• Supports partners to continually carry out self-capacity assessment that highlights areas in need of support, and agree on a Capacity Development plan for each of the partners, which may include training, mentoring, field trips, shadowing, exchange visits, and others.
• Works with partner organizations on program planning and design, and integrate their ideas and objectives into the Plan program, focusing on supporting partner ideas and strategies where possible.
• Sets up a monitoring agreement with each partner, with a duel emphasis on compliance and risk management for funds and goods, as well as a monitoring plan to measure the impact of the capacity building program on organizational capacity and ability to implement good quality programs.
• Ensures that the partners receive adequate support on finance, logistics, HR, reporting and other organizational requirements.
• Builds a close, two way working relationship where partners are respected, listened to and supported and creates an open channel to discuss challenges and constraints as they arise.
• Supports program and other teams to identify appropriate and realistic entry points for work with partners on the ground, and ensure that the teams have the support to carry this out effectively and sensitively.
• Supports in the mobilization of partners towards a greater voice on issues affecting the rights of children, particularly the girl and gender equality.
• Ensures learning from partners is fed into Plan Nigeria strategic planning.
• Facilitates partners’ direct access to donor funding, without passing through Plan International, where possible.
• Engages with partners in the humanitarian and development programs to capture learning and achieve synergy.
• Builds and manages relationships with strategic partners (including institutions) at different levels, current and potential funders to support the country program implementation and growth.

Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge

• A graduate of any Social Studies discipline, preferably post-graduate (master’s or higher) Degree in a Development Studies – specializing on development related discipline.
• Have at least 5 years’ experience working in the sector, including field and management experience.
• Advanced experience in partnership development.
• Strong knowledge of child and women’s rights and gender justice.
• Strong evidence of influencing decision and policy makers, and brokering cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Proven record of accomplishment of leadership within an international organization
• Compelling influencer and communicator – able to inspire, build consensus and bring people together around a common agenda.
• Experience with a diverse set of stakeholders at all levels of an organization.
• Project management and grant development experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing, implementing, and monitoring programs
• Demonstrated problem solving skills, collaboration experience, creativity and willingness to innovate.
• Experience in drafting project reporting and monitoring project progress.
• 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 protocol.

Behaviors:

• 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 he/she does, respecting deadlines, working continuously to improve performance.
• Takes responsibility for his/her actions, and learn from success and failures.
• Uses resources as intended, and can account for how he/she 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.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Job Title: Child and Youth Safeguarding Technical Advisor Location: Abuja, FCT, NG Role Purpose

• Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child.
• We recognize that the abuse and exploitation of children and young people occurs throughout the world and in all societies and includes physical, sexual, emotional abuse and neglect. Furthermore, children and young people may be vulnerable and at risk due to, for example, reasons of gender, sexual orientation, disability and age, or illness. All children and young people have equal rights to protection.
• Therefore, the purpose of this position is to ensure Plan Nigeria is fully committed to providing a safe, protective, and supportive environment for all children and young people and intend that their welfare will at all times be the paramount consideration.  Furthermore, to seriously promote safe and protective practices for children and young people and, to protect them from all forms of harm.

Dimension of Role

• Actively facilitates and promotes collaboration, engagement, communication, team work, and learning and sharing on safeguarding and safe and meaningful engagement at National level.
• Leads and promotes a culture commitment to attain the Plan International Standards on keeping children and young people safe, ensuring it remains alive, current and reflects emerging risks in the sector.
• Assist in the preparation of grant proposals and reports and participate in the follow-up and evaluation of grant-funded projects.
• Each month meet PO staff to discuss progress, identify and find solutions to problems and share program pattern, new directions and submit report to Head of Programmes.
• Do at least 10 working days field visit per month in the POs and submit report to Head of Programmes and POM/PAM.
• Execute other tasks at the request of the Supervisor or the CD within the domain of his/her competence.
• Provides technical and professional advice and support to Child and Youth Safeguarding Focal Points within Plan International Nigeria, empowering them to take full ownership of their role and strengthen the implementation of the policy and procedures within their departments and Programs.
• Provides technical support, input and/or implementation of safeguarding for specific Country/ regional level tasks as delegated by the Regional Child and Youth Safeguarding Technical Advisor (Country/Regional level tasks may be Safeguarding in - Emergency Response, Engagement, Case Management, Programming, and Sponsorship for example).
• Designs, develops and conducts specific projects and activities in relation to ensuring a robust child and youth safeguarding framework across Plan International Nigeria. This will include the design and development of guidance, toolkits and training materials.
• Carries out investigations into concerns or reported incidents or provides distance or onsite support on case management and case review.
• Proactively works with members of National and Local level Child and Youth Safeguarding networks to ensure the safe and meaningful engagement of children and young people.

Key Roles/Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the Field Team, Head of Programmes and Business Development, team leads and sector Specialists, the Child and Youth Safeguarding Technical Advisor will:
• Strengthen keeping children and young people safe and protected to contribute to the current global strategy.
• Ensure accountable and engaged leadership in keeping children, young people, girls and boys safe and protected.
• Strengthen the mainstreaming of and embedding protective measures of keeping children and young people safe across our programming and influencing activities and interventions.
• Ensure our partnerships embed and embrace principles of keeping children and young people safe and protected.
• Ensure that where children and young people, girls and boys participate in activities or engage with us this is done in a manner that is safe and meaningful for them and Plan International.

Qualifications and Experience

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain advice on Child and Youth Safeguarding Policy implementation procedures and practices which ensures the strengthening of keeping children safe and protected and the attainment associated standards in Nigeria. This should give full consideration to the safeguarding implications of different individual identities (e.g. gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, ethnic origin, race, color and or any other aspect of their background or identity).
• Support Child and Youth Safeguarding focal points to identify, manage and monitor risks to keeping children and young people safe and protected.
• Provide technical support to Youth Engagement Focal Points on safe and meaningful engagements
• Provide high quality technical support and advice on the implementation of the policy, implementation of associated procedures including those related to safe and meaningful engagement, attaining the CYSP implementation standards and dealing with concerns and policy breaches.
• Initiate/support/contribute to the design, development and/or delivering of training on keeping children and Young People safe and protected for various modalities (self-directed, online, face to face) and for various audiences (staff, managers, partners, children) to ensure high levels of understanding and awareness on the organization’s commitment to and framework for keeping children and young people safe, including reporting and responding to concerns.
• Support/contribute to/ or initiate the design, develop and/or delivering CYSP briefing information to make sure staff and particularly CYSP focal points have quick access to clear information on keeping children safe.
• Ensuring that the Country Director is made aware of potential and emerging risks/issues that could impact on the organizations commitment to keeping children and young people safe and protected and particularly as they pertain to focus areas outlined above.
• Responding to and providing high quality technical advice on and support for CYSP issues reported, supporting country management risk assessment and decision making on actions to address the issue and determining the level of escalation required and maintaining a high level of confidentiality and sensitivity.
• Responding to CYSP cases may require post holder to carry out:
• An administrative investigation
• A case management review
• A Country office or Partner review - a review of the safeguarding environment and policy implementation of the country office or partner organization, in all cases there would be a requirement to identify what went wrong, gaps to be addressed and implications for management.
• Bachelor's degree and not less than 5 years of work experience in Human Rights or equivalent in a large multi-year international development programs, with a robust Child and Youth Safeguarding component. Master’s degree is preferred.

Essential Skills & Knowledge:

• Knowledge of human rights, child rights, inclusion and gender equality.
• Knowledge and/or experience of child and Youth Safeguarding programming and/or child protection in emergency interventions a significant bonus.
• Knowledge and use of different learning modalities to design and deliver blended learning techniques.
• Knowledge of risk assessment approaches.
• Expertise and substantial experience of safeguarding and child rights in an international development setting.
• Knowledge and understanding of safe and meaningful participation and engagement of children and young people and a deep understanding of safeguarding and protection issues that may arise.
• Expertise, technical knowledge and substantial experience in responding to issues, breaches, investigation and case management.
• Experience at providing advice and developing and delivering training on keeping children and young people safe on a diverse range of issues and to a diverse audience.
• Understanding of safeguarding standards within the sector (e.g. Keeping Children Safe Coalition standards).
• Excellent conceptual understanding of the organizational risks associated with keeping children and young people safe and protected.

Desirable Skills & Knowledge:

• Excellent ability to influence, build strong relationships and inspire people at all levels.
• Highly effective at using skills and or creativity to identify and develop procedural, briefing materials and training programs that are user friendly, fit for purpose, robust and cost effective.
• Strong analytical and report writing skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Training, facilitation and clear communication skills.
• Ability to think and work under pressure.
• Ability to challenge behavior/attitudes in a non-confrontational evidence based manner.
• Self-motivated and efficient with the ability to prioritize tasks.
• Advanced Excel and computer skills.
• Please include those requirements that are desirable.

Behaviours:

• 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.
• 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 Organizational development.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply   Application Deadline 24th December, 2018.

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