Job Opportunities at Plan International

Role Purpose

• Plan International Nigeria aims to respond effectively, rapidly, and at significant scale to the core humanitarian needs of children and their families affected by the Boko Haram crisis in the North Eastern Nigeria.
• Specifically, Plan International Nigeria aims to minimize disruption to formal and non-formal education systems and to restore formal education services; strengthen the proactive environment for children and their families including age and gender appropriate services during and after disasters; create opportunities for and build capacity of young people affected by the armed conflict to generate income and to improve their life skills; and to become recognized actor in both in linking related community based interventions to national coordination and interagency mechanisms where Plan International Nigeria will gradually take on leadership functions.
• Therefore, the Emergency Response Manager is responsible for the quality and effectiveness of Plan International Nigeria emergency response Programme.
• Overseeing the development and implementation of the Emergency Response Plan (incl. project implementation of different projects with different institutional donors and National Offices), maintaining the emergency master budget, ensure the regular development of Sitreps, representing the organisation at various clusters, working groups and towards external as well as internal (i.e Regional Office, IH, Lake Chad Basin Unit) humanitarian actors, being the overall line manager for the whole emergency response team which is spread across three locations (Abuja, Maiduguri and Mubi).

Dimensions Of The Role

• In 2009, the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram became active in the North eastern Nigeria. The insurgency scaled up in 2010 when the group started suicide attacks as well as attacks on so-called soft targets in Borno and Adamawa States in Nigeria. Since then, more than 500,000 Nigerians have fled to neighbouring countries of Niger, Cameroon and Chad, and 2.2 million
• were internally displaced - around 1.2 million children in Nigeria were forced to leave their homes, 50% of these children under the age of 5. The activities of the Boko Haram terrorist group have paralyzed most business activities, deepened poverty and dislocated a huge population of people. Although the government has made some significant military gains against the group in recent time, the humanitarian situation remains deep and ravaging.
• The Emergency Response Manager is expected to provide strategic leadership in all areas of emergency programming. He/she is responsible for the quality and effectiveness of Plan International Nigeria’s emergency response in Northeast of Nigeria. The Emergency Response Manager strengthens the country office’s overall capacity to be prepared for and respond to emergencies in accordance with Plan’s principles and practices.
• The Emergency Response Manager is a key member of the Country Leadership team, leads and manages the emergency team and is the interface between the Emergency Team and the Country Director, the Lake Chad Program Coordinator and the Director of Programme quality and Innovation. He/she is the leader of the Emergency Response Team, responsible and accountable for developing, coordinating and managing all emergency activities. Emergency Response Manager has overall responsibility for the security and well-being of emergency staff. He/she is also expected to actively contribute to the delivery of Plan International Nigeria Country Strategic Plan.

Accountabilities
Assessment, Programme Design and Planning:

• In association with the Director of Programme quality and Innovation, ensure emergency assessments are executed and from them; an integrated emergency response, implementation and exit strategies are developed.
• In consultation with Technical Working Groups, leads the Emergency Response team, to identify key sectoral assessments to be undertaken.
• Ensure that Plan International Members are provided with regular sitreps (approved by the Country Director) and are aware of humanitarian developments and Plan Nigeria’s response to them.
• Develop program initiatives that focus on strengthening the Comprehensive Emergency Response Framework.
• Coordinate the development of all project implementation plans and budgets within the framework of the agreed emergency response programme and strategy.
• Ensure the Country Director and the Director of Programme quality and Innovation are kept informed about assessment progress, emergency response implementation and strategies, project plans, progress reports, and other significant developments.
• Ensure Plan International Nigeria adheres to best international standards for emergency responses.
• In collaboration with the Business Development Team at the Country Office, identify funding opportunities with National Offices and lead proposal development with the Technical Specialists.
• Pro-actively network and build external relations and lead fund raising efforts and build up a portfolio of grants to finance a multiyear response plan in close coordination with the Business Development Unit.
• Lead in the development and design of all external emergency response proposals, budgets and reports, and ensure they are completed to the highest possible standard.
• Provide support to Lake Chad Program Unit.

Emergency Project Management and Implementation:

• Maintain ongoing surveillance of the developing humanitarian emergency situation and adjust activities accordingly.
• Ensure adequate monitoring, reporting and acquittal of emergency activities in accordance with PLAN DRM strategy, policies and protocols.
• Ensure that different sectoral activities are implemented in a coordinated and cohesive manner in line with work plans and donor commitments.
• Ensure emergency activities are carried out in accordance with the Sphere Minimum Standards and Humanitarian Charter in disaster response.
• Strengthen linkages across all program departments to ensure a strong, coherent program approach in line with the Emergency Response and Recovery Program
• Regularly keep National Offices informed of program progress and key humanitarian issues
• Ensure that an overall monitoring and evaluation framework is regularly updated
• Support the conduct of research and other empirical evidence gatherings at the field approved by the Country Director.

General Management and Leadership:

• Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with other NGOs, UN agencies, host government, bilateral and multilateral donors, and other principle stakeholders including the military where present.
• Attend all the relevant inter-agency coordination and working groups meetings.
• Create the conditions to ensure effective teamwork and morale; and ensure staff well-being is addressed.
• Attend regular CMT and Emergency Response Team meetings and ensure follow up of action points.
• Promote a productive work environment with zero tolerance for verbal or physical mis-conduct, or discrimination against other persons on the grounds of race, colour, sex or creed i.e. the Red Cross and NGO Code of Conduct.
• Support country-wide disaster management capacity building initiatives
• Ensure all emergency staff are fully briefed on all aspects of security, social and cultural norms and local conditions and behaviour.
• Recommend changes to the emergency team composition and functioning with Country Office and partners to maximise emergency programme quality and effectiveness.
• Conduct performance appraisals of emergency staff as required, ensure regular feedback and mentoring on individual performance.
• Ensure the Country Director, Director of Programme quality and Innovation, and Lake Chad Program Coordinator are kept informed about assessment progress, emergency response implementation and strategies, project plans, progress reports, and other significant developments.

Administration and Finance:

• Ensure with the Deputy Emergency Response Manager (responsible for operational issues) that administrative support functions are established and maintained in accordance with Plan International administrative policies and procedures.
• Compliance with all host country legal, contractual, labour and statutory requirements including registration in countries where Plan International has no pre-existing presence.
• Ensure with the Head of Finance the establishment, as necessary, and maintenance of Plan International financial management and accounting systems for all emergency assessment and response activities and assets.
• With support from the Finance and Administration Team and the Deputy Emergency Response Manager ensure that all finance policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Oversee budget preparation, setting the parameters and ensuring spends and forecast are in line with plans.
• Coordinate mobilisation of financial resources related to emergency activities.
• Ensure that reliable communications/information management facilities are established and maintained.
• Ensure emergency members 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 Deputy Emergency Response Manager and the Procurement Logistics Manager/Officer the timely and appropriate establishment of all logistics infrastructure

Safety and Security:

• Responsible for the security of all international and national staff when deployed on needs assessments or emergency response.
• Oversee the security of project staff & facilities in the project areas.
• Support the Security Focal Person in updating the standard operating procedures.
• In collaboration with the Security Focal Person, ensure all personnel understand individual and collective responsibilities for safety and security.
• Liaise with the Security Focal point at the CO to ensure establishment and compliance with Plan Security Guidelines and procedures; their effective application in the local context and periodically update relevant SOPs, etc.
• Monitor the operational environment with respect to increased level of threat and advise the Country Office, staff, Plan International and the Plan International Security Officer
• Keep the CO Head Office and other interested Plan members advised of changes and threats to the security of Plan staff, assets and operations.

Advocacy:

• In collaboration with other partners, identify key advocacy messages relating to the emergency response issues.
• Lead the development of key advocacy messages in collaboration with Country Office, other partners, the regional DRM unit and IH DRM Department.

Public Relations / Media / Representation:

• 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 Plan’s International Headquarters and National Organizations.
• Ensure all information, publicity and fundraising material recognises and respects the dignity of the affected persons.

Organizational Capacity Building:

• Ensure the program good practices and lessons learned are shared within the organization
• In collaboration with the HR Officer, develop capacity building plan for ER staff and lead relevant capacity building programs

Human Resource Development:

• Ensure that human resources implications for Plan International Nigeria for both existing and anticipated emergency response are fully assessed, identified, described and communicated.
• Support in the development and management of emergency response human resource protocols.
• Ensure all Emergency Response personnel understand and carry out their duties in accordance with humanitarian principles, Plan values, the Red Cross Code of Conduct and SPHERE.
• Conduct performance appraisals of direct reports and ensure regular feedback and mentoring on individual performance.
• Recommend changes to Emergency Response team composition and functioning with Country Office and partners to maximise emergency programme quality and effectiveness.
• Build the Capacity of the humanitarian field team on humanitarian standards and principles.
• Ensure that the HR Database is regularly updated to monitor salary expenditure and contract end dates.
• In liaison with the HR staff make sure staff have suitable rest, relaxation and that well-being is addressed
• Monitor ongoing human resources issues and make recommendations and adjustments accordingly.
• Ensure team members receive thorough briefings and information.
• Review HR policies to ensure that they are appropriate for an emergency response context.
• Ensure with the HR manager that the systems used for HR are adapted to the emergency context to ensure a rapid response while maintaining an acceptable level of accountability in regards to the recruitment.

Note:

• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines 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 these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Key Relationships
Internal External:

• Country Director
• Director of Programme Quality and Innovation
• Country Leadership Team members.
• IH Disaster Preparedness and Response
• Regional DRM Manager.
• Functional departments Heads in the RO (ICT, Human Resource, SSM, Finance and Grants Compliance, Finance and Administration)
• National Offices

External:

• National and Local authorities especially relevant ministers in the country e.g. Borno State Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Security agencies etc.
• Partners organisations
• INGO Forum 
• Donors.

Qualifications, Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge

• Significant humanitarian aid experience in complex and natural disasters.
• High level of all aspects of leadership and managerial experience, including managing multi-million £ budgets.
• Experience in complex decision making and leading a multi-disciplinary, multi-national team under difficult circumstances.
• The highest level of expertise in representation and negotiation with governments and donors.
• Strong understanding of the humanitarian emergency operating context, including Sphere, the humanitarian system, donors, security, civil military liaison and program management.
• Excellent written and spoken English skills

Physical Environment:

• Typical office environment, with travels to project locations

Level Of Contact With Children:

• Low contact.

Core Competencies:

• People Skills: Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train local and international staff and also able to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.
• Communication Skills: Well developed written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of Plan International Nigeria. This includes effective negotiation and representation skills.
• Integrity: Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to Plan International Nigeria's core values and humanitarian principles.
• Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high security risks and harsh living conditions. Works and lives with a flexible, adaptable and resilient manner.
• Awareness and sensitivity of self and others: Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner. Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessment particularly in high stress and high security contexts.
• Work style: Is well planned and organized even within a fluid working environment and has a capacity for initiative and decision making with competent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Knowledge and skills: knowledge of Plan International Nigeria and Global policies and procedures, Sphere and the Red Cross/ NGO Code of Conduct. Requires general finance, administration, information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in information technology/ computer skills.

Plan International’s Values in Practice:
We are open and accountable:

• Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
• Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
• Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
• Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
• Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people

We strive for lasting impact:

• Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
• Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
• Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
• Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together:

• Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
• Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
• Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
• Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering:

• We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential
• We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge equality in our programs and our workplace
• We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives.

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Role Purpose

• Plan International is an independent child right and humanitarian organisation committed to children living a life free of poverty, violence and injustice.
• We actively unite children, communities and other people who share our mission to make positive lasting changes in children’s and young people’s lives. We support children to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to claim their rights to a fulfilling life, today and in the future. We place a specific focus on girls and women, who are most often left behind.
• We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 75 years and are now active in more than 70 countries.
• Plan International is committed to ensuring gender equality is core to our humanitarian work

The post holder will provide:

• External: Position Plan International to lead the Disaster Risk Management sector in gender transformative humanitarian programming.
• Internal: Leadership across the organisation on Gender in Emergencies developing clear and realistic conceptual thinking, guidance and tools. In addition, provide technical advice in ensuring Gender Equality is incorporated in a meaningful way into the design, implementation and monitoring of Disaster Risk Management programmes.

Dimensions Of The Role

• The post-holder may have budget responsibility when on deployment.
• The post holder will deploy to Plan International Country Offices, sometimes at short notice, to provide technical support on gender in emergencies
• The post holder will represent Plan International in external fora.

Accountabilities
Programming (30%):

• Support the development of a portfolio of programmes that are consistently gender aware and show a strong contribution to gender transformative programming and girls’ rights.
• Together with colleagues in the Gender in Emergencies working group and sector leads develop guidance notes and tools to strengthen Plan Internationals ability to implement gender transformative programmes and ability to identify and address the needs and rights of girls in emergencies.
• Support sector leads to develop gender transformative indicators for global M&E frameworks.
• Lead on the development of new tools for MEAL purposes
• Ensure that all emergency responses incorporate Gender Analysis, strong GAM ratings, incorporate integrated gender and are consistently tracked
• Support Country Offices to ensure Gender in Emergencies is considered in all aspects of their readiness and response work.
• In collaboration with sector leads develop programme models and case studies on gender transformative programmes in emergencies to support COs replicate good practice learned from other Plan International programmes
• Deploy to support programme design and review in Plan International Country Offices as well as to breaking emergencies to provide technical input and guidance.
• Support COs and NOs develop gender transformative project proposals.

Learning and Capacity Building (30%):

• Support the capacity building of staff to understand and use the concepts around gender equality in emergencies who can then create, deliver and monitor programmes that contribute to gender transformative work.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to program staff and partners to ensure gender is integrated in program strategies and plans.
• Develop a gender in emergencies community of practice across the federation and develop and deliver a robust capacity building plan to increase quality of gender in emergencies
• Support the development and implementation of skills development workshops ensuring gender is core to the modules developed.
• Document lessons learned from programmes to support the organisation continuously learn from its programmes.

Research, Policy and Advocacy (20%):

• Drive learning, knowledge management and policy impact by authoring, commissioning and contributing to publications, policy documents, briefing notes and other resource materials ensuring that Plan International has distinct knowledge and evidence on gender transformative programming in emergencies.

Representation and Partnership (20%):

• Co-Chair the GBV Call to Action NGO Working group.
• Represent Plan International at relevant clusters, working groups, and other events related to gender in emergencies.
• Identify opportunities and establish dialogue towards partnerships with other humanitarian agencies.
• Support the development of Plan International’s profile in gender equality programming in emergencies, particularly regarding girls rights, needs, and capacities.
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Child Protection (CPP) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines 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 these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Key Relationships:

• International Headquarters Disaster Risk Management Team, Gender & Inclusion Team, research and MEAL teams, Plan International networks such as Areas of Global Distinctiveness (AOGDs) and the Gender and Inclusion Group
• Country Office programme and operational support staff and regional Disaster Risk Management staff
• Plan International National Organisation Disaster Risk Management units
• Gender related Working Groups and relevant fora.
• Peer agencies.

Qualifications, Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge
Essential:

• University Degree or appropriate work experience in a field relevant to emergency response and/or gender equality.
• Significant experience in planning, design and implementation of integrated humanitarian programmes.
• Significant experience in vulnerability and gender analysis and tackling gender inequality and exclusion
• Significant experience of working in a range of humanitarian contexts (e.g. refugee, conflict, rapid onset)
• Proven experience of leading gender in emergencies programming and mainstreaming gender.
• Experience in working with children and girls’ rights.
• Experience in capacity building of staff on gender and emergencies.
• Knowledge of international humanitarian standards and codes of conduct
• Strong analytical skills: secondary/primary data analysis.
• Advocacy, influencing and negotiating skills, experience in gaining commitment from a wide range of people, bringing about change and providing support from a distance
• External representation and communication skills.
• Strong English and French language skills.

Desirable:

• Experience in implementing GBV focused programmes.
• Strong team management, staff capacity building and motivation skills in teamwork and networking.
• Excellent skills in writing funding submissions and donor reports
• Spanish Language skills.

Physical Environment:

• The post-holder will be expected to travel extensively, sometimes at short notice to join humanitarian responses. May be required to work late, weekends and holidays in order to ensure timely delivery of programmes

Level Of Contact With Children:

• Mid to high-level contact.

Plan International’s Values In Practice:
We are open and accountable:

• Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
• Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
• Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
• Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
• Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people

We strive for lasting impact:

• Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
• Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
• Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
• Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together:

• Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
• Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
• Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
• Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering:

• We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential
• We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge equality in our programs and our workplace
• We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives.

Salary

• We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that this will vary according to the location of the appointed candidate and therefore, it is not possible to include full details here. 

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Location: Nigeria (Flexible)
Type of Role: Fixed Term
Reports to:  Response Operational Support Manager
Functional Area: Humanitarian
Travel required: Up to 60% time sometimes at short notice 
Effective Start Date: April 2022

Role Purpose  

• The conflict in Ukraine is resulting in a major humanitarian crisis with over 4 million people having fled to neighboring countries, and millions displaced within Ukraine.
• Plan International is responding to the crisis and working in partnership with civil society organisations in Poland, Romania, and Moldova to meet the key needs of those affected by the crisis as well as host communities.  
• This position will play a key role in the support to country level activities and ensuring high quality safety & security input is provided across the response locations.
• The postholder will provide technical support and guidance to Plan International teams and partners in Poland, Romania, and Moldova. The position will initially be remote but may well be based in one of the 3 countries in the future.   
• The Ukraine Hub is a service-oriented structure to support initiation of activities.  

Dimensions of the Role 

• The position will support Plan International’s ongoing work to provide humanitarian assistance to those affected by the crisis in Ukraine. 
• The post supports each response location, and our partners continually manage safety & security and adapt to a changing context.
• The post-holder will work closely with Heads of Mission to bridge global security strategy or initiatives and operational needs.
• Focus will be on ensuring implementation of the “essential elements” outlined in the global security strategy is timely and relevant for the local context. The post-holder will spend a large amount of time overseeing capacity-building initiatives for Plan International staff and our partners. 
• The post-holder will work with the context analyst, Heads of Mission, Emergency Response Managers and our partners to analyze security trends in response locations and provide operational support and guidance to adapt to changing risk landscapes and resolve complex security problems.  
• The role is the primary point of contact for staff and partners in Poland, Moldova, and Romania on all safety & security support requirements.  

Accountabilities:

• Ensures all work has a strong gender focus in line with Plan International’s Global Strategy.  
• Provide technical assistance to teams in Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the ongoing monitoring of the context, and implications for our work and the work of our partners.  
• Support preparedness activities across all response locations. 
• Develop capacity building plans and provide training, coaching and mentorship to staff and partners. 
• Build and maintain relationships with relevant government departments, UN agencies and NGOs. 
• Actively contribute to safety & security Coordination Mechanisms. Support partner organisations take a co-leadership role in relevant Working Groups as and when requested by partners. 
• Support development and submission of quality proposals in response to identified opportunities. 
• Contribute to relevant global advocacy and policy objectives with documented learning and evidence. 

Safety and Security Capacity Building (reflecting the “Prepare” element of the global security strategy):

• Oversee implementation and advancement of the FAST security course initiative. Work with Heads of Mission and partner organisations to ensure courses are delivered on a continuing basis and track course penetration.  
• Develop innovative mechanisms to increase the skills and knowledge of response staff across Plan and partner organisations, many of whom do not come from a security background. This can include formalized inductions, workshops, webinars, etc.  
• Work with Emergency Response Managers to ensure offices have required safety and security equipment in place.  

Safety and Security Analysis (reflecting the “Assess” element of the global security strategy):

• Oversee the Security Risk Assessment process, ensuring alignment with our inclusive and intersectional approach which considers the risk to our staff in all their diversity (e.g. gender risks, risks to LGBTIQ+ colleagues, and risks due to ethnic background)   
• Manage integration of regional security analysis efforts. 
• Support the ongoing contextual analysis of the situation, providing the organisation and partners with reports based on data visualisation approaches.  
• Provide input to the regular response sitreps. 

Operational Support and Guidance (reflecting the “Act” element of the global security strategy):

• Provide direct support for operational safety and security issues, advice to key stakeholders, and act as a “sounding board” and mentor for staff from Plan and partner organisations.  
• Manage security KPIs.  
• Work with Emergency Response Managers to ensure SOPs are fit for purpose and relevant to local context.  

Incident and Crisis Management (reflecting the “Respond” element of the global security strategy):

• Develop capacity for cascading crisis management training to Response Teams.  
• Oversee implementation of global standards for contingency planning, including hibernation, relocation, and evacuation.  
• Provide direct support to GH and response locations in responding to incidents. Act as liaison between external resources or services and Response management teams.   

Incident Reviews and Investigations (Reflecting the “Learn” element of the global security strategy):

• Oversee the safety and security incident reporting and review process for Response Teams.  
• As required, manage investigations into serious security incidents.  

General Responsibilities

• Align with the global security strategy and act as a champion for a positive security culture, ensuring and enabling a balance between organizational responsibility and individual ownership of security.  
• Focus on people over process, and work to build an inclusive and empowering security program that acknowledges and addresses the unique risks faced by a diverse staff portfolio.  
• Promote a security approach focused on training and preparation. 
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines 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 these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures. 

Key Relationships
Internal:

• Programme technical leads.  
• Ukraine Hub colleagues 
• National Organisations 
• Global Hub departments (including safety & security, logistics, humanitarian, legal) 

External:

• Civil Society Organisations 
• UN Agencies 
• Interagency Coordination groups 
• Institutional Donors 
• Embassies 

Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge
Essential:

• Deep conceptual understanding of security risk management and risk assessment processes  
• Experience working in high-risk areas, including disasters and fragile and conflict affected states 
• Experience teaching or training security courses and workshops, especially with technical or specialized material (e.g., security analysis or crisis management) 
• Experience building and implementing an entire, or significant portion of, a large-scale security program 
• Experience directly managing complex security incidents or crises  
• Experience working in an international NGO 
• Experience leading diverse and geographically dispersed teams 
• Able to build networks and relationships under challenging conditions  
• Communicate clearly and effectively 
• Comfortable in challenging at all levels 
• Able to deliver on time, to work under long term pressure and to prioritise 
• Able to work with standard IT equipment and software suites (e.g., Office) 
• Strong written and spoken English 
• Experience providing technical support to teams and partner organisations. 
• Experience of capacity building with a variety of audiences. 
• Fluency in English, written and spoken

Desirable:

• Proficiency in Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, or Moldovan languages. 

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Location: Remotely to start with. May be required to work in one of the response countries at a later stage
Reports to: Safety & Security Specialist
Travel required: Up to 60% time sometimes at short notice
Functional Area: Humanitarian
Effective Date: April 2022

Role Purpose

• The conflict in Ukraine is resulting in a major humanitarian crisis with over 3 million people having fled to neighboring countries, and millions displaced within Ukraine.
• Plan International is responding to the crisis and working in partnership with civil society organisations in Poland, Romania, and Moldova to meet the key needs of those affected by the crisis as well as host communities.
• This position will play a key role in the support to country level activities and ensuring high quality information and analysis is provided across the Plan International federation.
• The postholder will provide technical support and guidance to Plan International teams and partners in Poland, Romania, and Moldova. The position will initially be remote but may well be based in one of the 3 countries in the future.  
• The Ukraine Hub is a service-oriented structure to support initiation of activities.

Dimensions of the Role

• The position will support Plan International’s ongoing work to provide humanitarian assistance to those affected by the crisis in Ukraine.  The post supports each response location, and our partners continually monitor the evolving context, and identify implications for security management and programme implementation. High quality information products will be developed and shared internally. The post holder will also provide support and input to the wider humanitarian community as and when needed through for example the IM Working Group.  
• The role is the primary point of contact for staff and partners in Poland, Moldova, and Romania on all context analysis support requirements. Analysis will consider the specific impacts of the crisis on girls and women and highlight these in any products developed.

Accountabilities

• Ensures all work has a strong gender focus in line with Plan International’s Global Strategy.
• Provide technical assistance to teams in Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the ongoing monitoring of the context, and implications for our work and the work of our partners.
• Support preparedness activities across all response locations.
• Develop capacity building plans and provide training, coaching and mentorship to staff and partners on context analysis.
• Work closely with the safety and security specialist to provide support to security and safety management activities for Plan International and our partners.  
• Identify key data visualisation approaches to maintain awareness of the evolving context.  
• Provide input to the regular response sitreps.
• Develop key information management products such as infographics, key facts, and response overview documents for use by management and within the wider organisation.
• Build and maintain relationships with relevant government departments, UN agencies and NGOs.
• Actively contribute to Information Management and safety & security Coordination Mechanisms. Support partner organisations take a co-leadership role in relevant Working Groups as and when requested by partners.
• Establish/maintain new/existing relationships with key donors
• Support development and submission of quality proposals in response to identified opportunities.
• Contribute to relevant global advocacy and policy objectives with documented learning and evidence.

General:

• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines 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 these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Key Relationships
Internal:

• Programme technical leads.
• Ukraine Hub
• National Organisations
• Global Hub departments (including safety & security, humanitarian, legal)

External:

• Civil Society Organisations
• UN Agencies
• Institutional Donors
• Embassies.

Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge
Essential:

• Experience in context analysis in a range of humanitarian contexts.
• Demonstrated experience of working in safety & security functions in humanitarian crises.
• Experience in supporting management and programme staff use analysis developed to further strengthen operations in humanitarian crises.  
• Experience in using Microsoft Tools particularly Power BI.
• Experience in data analysis and developing infographics and other means of data visualisation.
• Experience providing technical support to teams and partner organisations.
• Experience of capacity building with a variety of audiences.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken.

Desirable:

• Proficiency in Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, or Moldovan languages.

Plan International’s Values In Practice
We are open and accountable:

• Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
• Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
• Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
• Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
• Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people.

We strive for lasting impact:

• Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
• Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
• Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
• Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together:

• Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
• Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
• Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
• Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering:

• We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential
• We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge equality in our programs and our workplace
• We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives.

Physical Environment:

• Based remotely, working in a virtual hub. Required to travel to operational locations on a regular basis, sometimes at short notice.

Level of Contact with Children:

• Low contact: No contact or very low frequency of interaction.

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Location: Nigeria (Remotely to start with. May be required to work in one of the response countries at a later stage)
Type of Role: Fixed Term
Functional Area: Humanitarian
Reports to: Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) Specialist
Travel Required: Up to 60% time sometimes at short notice
Effective Date: April 2022

Role Purpose

• The conflict in Ukraine is resulting in a major humanitarian crisis with over 3 million people having fled to neighboring countries, and millions displaced within Ukraine. Plan International is responding to the crisis and working in partnership with civil society organisations in Poland, Romania, and Moldova to meet the key needs of those affected by the crisis as well as host communities.
• This position will play a key role in the support to country level activities and ensuring high quality information and analysis is provided across the Plan International federation. The postholder will provide M&E leadership, technical support and guidance to Plan International teams and
• partners in Poland, Romania, and Moldova. The position will initially be remote but may well be based in one of the 3 countries in the future.
• The Ukraine Hub is a service-oriented structure to support initiation of activities, and to help find solutions to problems as and when arise. Creative thinking and identifying work arounds to problems faced will be a critical element of the role.

Dimensions of the Role

• The position will develop Plan International’s approach to monitoring & evaluation across all response locations, in close collaboration with our partners.
• The role is the primary point of contact for staff and partners in Poland, Moldova, and Romania on all M&E support requirements.
• The post holder will ensure Plan International is following the organisations’s MERL standards.
• The post holder will represent Plan International in external fora, ensuring the organisation is seen as a leader in gender focused programming in humanitarian response.

Accountabilities

• Provide technical leadership to teams in Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the formulation of a joined up M&E Framework, approach and plans for the entire Ukrainian Response.
• Ensures all M&E work has a strong gender focus in line with Plan International’s Global Strategy.
• Ensure that the different capacities, vulnerabilities and coping mechanisms of girls and boys are considered and analyzed.
• Socialise the MERL Chapter of the Emergency Response Program Manual for use in the Ukrainian Response
• Support preparedness activities across all response locations.
• Develop M&E capacity building plans and provide training, coaching and mentorship to program staff and partners.
• Identify key data visualisation approaches to maintain profile of the response activities and to support learning and improvements.
• Capacitate staff and partners to collect quantitative and qualitative data, ensuring disaggregation by sex, age, and disability.
• Provide input to the regular response sitreps.
• Foster use of the Child friendly Complaints and Feedback Mechanism toolkit and the Adolescent Consultations toolkits to meaningfully involve children, adolescents and young people throughout the response phases.
• Build and maintain relationships with relevant government departments, UN agencies and NGOs.
• Actively contribute to M&E Coordination Mechanisms. Support partner organisations take a co-leadership role in relevant Working Groups as and when requested by partners.
• Establish / maintain new / existing relationships with key donors
• Support development and submission of quality proposals in response to identified opportunities.
• Support response teams to develop case studies and reports of innovation in the response and key successes.
• Contribute to relevant global advocacy and policy objectives with documented learning and evidence.

General:

• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines 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 these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Key Relationships
Internal:

• Programme technical leads.
• Ukraine Hub
• National Organisations
• Global Hub departments including humanitarian, finance, legal, funding)

External:

• Civil Society Organisations
• UN Agencies
• Institutional Donors
• Embassies

Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge
Essential:

• Significant experience in implementing M&E activities in a variety of humanitarian crises, particularly displacement and refugee settings.
• Strong understanding of implementing processes, approaches, tools and methodologies that facilitate and deliver M&E in these context, and organizational learning, that is up to date with best practices in the sector.
• A theoretical and practical understanding of gender attitudes and power dynamics, including why they exist and how they change, and how these attitudes and dynamics shape MERL approaches and methodologies.
• Experience providing M&E technical support to teams and partner organisations.
• Experience of capacity building with a variety of audiences.
• Able to analyse large amounts of data and generate powerful reports and information from them.
• Understand and consistently apply ethical MER practices
• Excellent communication skills. Fluency in English, written and spoken.

Desirable:

• Proficiency in Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, or Moldovan languages.

Plan International's Values in Practice:
We are open and accountable:

• Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
• Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
• Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
• Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
• Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people

We strive for lasting impact:

• Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
• Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
• Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
• Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together:

• Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
• Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
• Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
• Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering:

• We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential
• We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge equality in our programs and our workplace
• We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives.

Physical Environment:

• Based remotely, working in a virtual hub. Required to travel to operational locations on a regular basis, sometimes at short notice.

Level of Contact with Children:

• Low contact: No contact or very low frequency of interaction.