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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 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, 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. 

Dimesion of the Role

• The position will develop Plan International’s approach to Education in Emergencies across all response locations, in close collaboration with our partners.  
• The role is the primary point of contact for technical staff in Poland, Moldova, and Romania and will ensure Plan International is following high standards of programme quality. The post holder will represent Plan International in external fora, ensuring the organisation is seen as a leader in gender focussed programming in humanitarian response.

Accountabilities 
Program Design and Assessment (15 %):

• Ensures all work has a strong gender focus in line with Plan International’s Global Strategy.  
• Lead on education needs assessments coordinating with Plan’s other programmatic areas and country-based EiE Working Groups, ensuring assessment findings are documented and disseminated. 
• Support Plan International programmes in Poland, Moldova, and Romania on assessment of education needs and the design and evaluation of programs ensuring a portfolio of high-quality Education in Emergencies programming across the Ukraine Response.  
• Provide technical assistance to programme teams in the formulation of EiE program strategies and plans. 
• Ensure that EiE interventions are linked into longer-term programming. 
• Support preparedness activities across all response locations.

Program Implementation (35 %):

• The post holder will deploy to Country Offices to provide technical support and leadership on Education programs across the Ukraine response.
• Coordinate with Plan education and Early Childhood Development (ECD) advisors and other staff to ensure coherence with Plan education framework and to build synergy with existing skills and training. 
• Work with the key emergency and development staff focused on: education, ECD, child protection and others, to support integrated programming that meets the multi-sectoral needs of affected girls and boys. 
• Ensure alignment of Plan International’s Education in Emergencies work with key cross cutting priorities (for example girls and inclusion) whilst also ensuring innovation is central to our approach.  
• Ensure the effective planning, implementation and coordination of education programming that address the key EiE needs for girls and boys. 
• Contribute to the development of staffing plans to implement EiE program activities and work with the Human Resources (HR) team to recruit in line with approved grants. 
• Ensure that EiE interventions are aligned with the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies Minimum Standards (INEE MS) and other existing global guidelines and tools for EiE. 

Representation and Partnership (10%):

• Represent Plan International at relevant clusters, working groups, and other events related to Education in Emergencies. 
• Identify opportunities and establish dialogue towards partnerships with other humanitarian agencies. 
• Support the development of Plan International’s profile in Education in Emergencies programming, particularly in regard to girls 

Resource Mobilization (10 %) 

• Build and maintain relationships with relevant government departments, UN agencies and NGOs. 
• Establish/maintain new/existing relationships with key donors. 
• Support Plan’s Ukraine response teams build a diversified portfolio of funding for EiE. 
• Support development and submission of quality proposals in response to identified opportunities at Country Office level. 

Program Monitoring and Evaluation, Reporting and Accountability (10 %):

• Work closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) colleagues in Plan International and partner organisations to develop a child protection M&E framework. 
• Build capacity of EiE and M&E staff to collect quantitative and qualitative data, ensuring all data is disaggregated by sex, age and disability. 
• Document and disseminate key learning from the EiE responses. 
• Prepare timely reports on EiE projects in compliance with internal and donor requirements. 
• Input to the regular Ukraine Response sitreps. 
• Establish accountability activities for education, ensuring that feedback from all relevant stakeholders is considered throughout all phases of the response.  

Learning and Capacity Building (10 %):

• Develop capacity building plans and tools for programme staff and partner organisations. 
• Provide training, coaching and mentorship to program staff, partners and other key stakeholders on EiE and related issues such as gender equality and inclusion. 
• Promote the application of best program practices in EiE. 
• Identify and develop training manuals, guidance documents, and toolkits on key Education and ECCD in Emergencies issues, as required.   

Research, policy and Advocacy (10%):

• 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. 
• Support response teams and partners develop case studies and reports of program innovation and successes. 
• Engage with key technical groups within Plan representing Education in Emergencies. 
• Contribute to relevant global advocacy and policy objectives with documented learning and evidence. 

Technical Expertise, Skills And Knowledge
Essential:

• University Degree or equivalent in education or related fields. 
• Significant experience in planning, design and implementation of integrated humanitarian programs. 
• Significant experience of working in a range of humanitarian contexts (e.g. refugee, conflict, rapid onset). 
• Progressively responsible professional experience in EiE work.     
• Good knowledge of and experience in INEE Minimum Standards and with the Education Cluster. 
• Knowledge and understanding of key EiE issues. 
• Experience of conducting education needs assessments. 
• Experience providing technical support and oversight to EiE programs. 
• Experience of capacity building on education technical areas with a variety of audiences. 
• Experience in program design and proposal development and ability to secure funding from public and private funding streams 
• Excellent negotiation and representation skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff in a very sensitive environment. 
• Has a significant network with other organisations involved in this field. 
• Experience of designing and delivering training.   
• Fluency in English, written and spoken. 

Desirable:

• Strong team management, staff capacity building and motivation skills in teamwork and networking. 
• Excellent skills in writing funding submissions and donor reports. 
• Language skills in Ukrainian, Polish, Moldovan or Romanian.  

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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 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, 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 Child Protection in Emergencies across all response locations, in close collaboration with our partners.
• The role is the primary point of contact for technical staff in Poland, Moldova, and Romania and will ensure Plan International is following high standards of programme quality.
• The post holder will represent Plan International in external for a, ensuring the organisation is seen as a leader in gender focussed programming in humanitarian response.

Accountabilities
Assessment and Program Design:

• Ensures all work has a strong gender focus in line with Plan International’s Global Strategy.
• Lead on child protection needs assessments coordinating with Plan’s other programmatic areas and country-based Child Protection Working Groups, ensuring assessment findings are documented and disseminated.
• Ensure that the different capacities, vulnerabilities and coping mechanisms of girls and boys are considered and analyzed.
• Provide technical assistance to teams in Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the formulation of child protection in emergencies program strategies and plans.
• Ensure that CPiE interventions are linked into longer term programming.
• Support preparedness activities across all response locations.

Program Implementation:

• Ensure the effective planning, implementation and coordination of child protection programming that address the key CPiE needs for boys and girls.
• Contribute to the development of staffing plans to implement CPiE program activities and work with the HR team to recruit in line with approved grants.
• Ensure that CPiE interventions are aligned with the Child Protection Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Action and other existing global guidelines and tools for CPiE.

Capacity Building:

• Develop capacity building plans and provide training, coaching and mentorship to program staff and partners.
• Coordinate and/or implement trainings and briefings of Plan staff, partners and other key stakeholders on child protection and related issues such as gender equality and inclusion, amongst others.
• Promote the application of best program practices in CPiE.

Monitoring and Evaluation, Reporting and Accountability:

• Work closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) colleagues in Plan International and partner organisations to develop a child protection M&E framework.
• Build capacity of CP and M&E staff to collect quantitative and qualitative data, ensuring all data is disaggregated by sex, age and disability.
• Document key learning from the child protection response.
• Input to the regular Ukraine Response sitreps.
• Prepare timely reports on CPiE projects in compliance with internal and donor requirements.
• Establish accountability activities for child protection, ensuring that feedback from all relevant stakeholders is considered throughout all phases of the response.

Coordination and Resource Mobilization:

• Build and maintain relationships with relevant government departments, UN agencies and NGOs.
• Actively contribute to CPiE Coordination Mechanisms. Support partner organisations take a co-leadership role in the Child Protection Working Group and/or technical working groups as and when requested by partners.
• Establish / maintain new / existing relationships with key donors
• Support Plan’s country offices to build a diversified portfolio of funding for CPiE.
• Support development and submission of quality proposals in response to identified opportunities.

Influencing:

• Support country offices to develop case studies and reports of program innovation and successes.
• Contribute to relevant global advocacy and policy objectives with documented learning and evidence.

Communication:

• Work with Plan’s communication team to support the dissemination of articles, success stories, presentations and media interviews highlighting Plan’s work in CPiE.

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.

Technical Expertise, Skills And Knowledge

Essential:

• University Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Social Sciences or related field.
• Experience of conducting child protection needs assessments.
• Experience providing technical support and oversight to CPiE programs.
• Experience of capacity building on child protection technical areas with a variety of audiences.
• Experience in program design and proposal development and ability to secure funding from public and private funding streams
• Progressively responsible professional experience in child protection in emergencies work.
• Good knowledge of and experience in Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action.
• Knowledge and understanding of key CPiE issues.
• Excellent negotiation, representation, skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff in a very sensitive environment.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken

Desirable:

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

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.

Location:

• Flexible where Plan International has a legal entity and the applicant has the pre-existing right to work and live. Travel to Poland, Romania or Moldova is likely.

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:

• High level: Frequent interaction with children.

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Role Purpose

• Plan International is committed to ensuring gender equality is core to our humanitarian work.
• The conflict in Ukraine is resulting in a major humanitarian crisis with over 3 million people having fled to neighbouring 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 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, 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 post holder will develop Plan’s approach to gender in emergencies with a focus on children and adolescents across the Ukraine response. They will provide technical advice in ensuring gender equality is incorporated in a meaningful way into the design, implementation and monitoring of humanitarian programmes in the Ukraine response. The role will work with local partners as well as Plan International teams.
• The post holder will regular provide in country support to teams and partners in Poland, Romania and Moldova, sometimes at short notice providing technical support on gender in emergencies.
• The post holder will represent Plan International in relevant external fora.
• This role is also intended to strengthen the Partner Organisations’ commitment to a safe, responsive and inclusive response, with strong focus on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI).

Responsibilities

• Undertake partner capacity assessments on gender equality to establish existing gaps and needs.
• Support the development and implementation of capacity strengthening plans with partnerships staff and programme technical specialists to build the knowledge of, and commitment to, gender equality mainstreaming.
• Provide technical input to improve the design, monitoring, and impact of programmes recognising the specific gendered needs of all participants, with a particular focus on adolescents.
• Lead socialization of GIE Minimum Standards with partners and in-country teams.
• Undertake an adolescent-friendly Rapid Gender Analysis and conduct other assessments as needed, developing key recommendations for Plan International and the wider humanitarian sector.
• Support the partnerships team with identifying a diverse range of national organsiations who will be able to support the provision of support to those affected by the crisis in Ukraine.
• Map service provision in country and assess the quality and age- and gender-responsiveness of services, identifying areas where Plan International could provide additional support.
• Represent Plan International in the GIE Working Group for the Ukraine Crisis. Support partner organsiations representation in interagency working groups and coordination fora.
• Provide input to the development of ongoing emergency response plans and proposals.
• Represent Plan International with Government departments, in-country donors, UN agencies and peers.
• Identify in-country referral mechanisms and identify opportunities for Plan International to support or strengthen.
• Support Information Management, communications, and advocacy efforts to ensure that gender and inclusion is integrated in relevant products (incl. SitReps).
• 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
Internal:

• Global Hub Gender in Emergencies Technical Lead
• Programme technical leads.
• Ukraine Hub
• National Organisations
• Global Hub departments (including humanitarian, finance, legal, funding)

External:

• Inter-agency Cluster Coordination Groups
• Local NGOs and Civil Society Organisations
• UN Agencies
• Institutional Donors and Host Government

Technical Expertise, Skills And Knowledge
Essential:

• University Degree or appropriate work experience in gender studies or a field relevant to emergency response.
• 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 (eg refugee, conflict, rapid onset)
• Proven experience of leading gender in emergencies programming and mainstreaming gender.
• Experience in working with children and girls’ rights.
• Experience on 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, experienced 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 language skills. Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, or Russian language skills highly desirable
• Excellent skills in writing funding submissions and donor reports.

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:

• Mid to high-level contact.

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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 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, 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 Cash & Vouchers in Emergencies across all response locations, in close collaboration with our partners.
• The role is the primary point of contact for technical staff in Poland, Moldova, and Romania and will ensure Plan International is following high standards of programme quality. The post holder will represent Plan International in external fora, ensuring the organisation is seen as a leader in gender focussed programming in humanitarian response.

Accountabilities
Assessment and Program Design:

• Ensures all work has a strong gender focus in line with Plan International's Global Strategy.
• Lead on cash and voucher needs assessments coordinating with Plan's other programmatic areas and country-based Cash Working Groups, ensuring assessment findings are documented and disseminated.
• Ensure that the different capacities, vulnerabilities and coping mechanisms of girls and boys are considered and analyzed.
• Provide technical assistance to teams in Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the formulation of cash and voucher program strategies and plans.
• Ensure that Cash & Voucher interventions are linked into longer term programming.
• Support preparedness activities across all response locations.

Program Implementation:

• Ensure the effective planning, implementation and coordination of cash and voucher programming that address the key needs for boys and girls.
• Contribute to the development of staffing plans to implement cash & Voucher programme activities and work with the HR team to recruit in line with approved grants.
• Ensure that Cash & Voucher interventions are aligned with key standards and other existing global guidelines and tools.

Capacity Building:

• Develop capacity building plans and provide training, coaching and mentorship to program staff and partners.
• Coordinate and/or implement trainings and briefings of Plan staff, partners and other key stakeholders on cash and voucher approaches and related issues such as gender equality and inclusion, amongst others.
• Promote the application of best program practices.

Monitoring and Evaluation, Reporting and Accountability:

• Work closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) colleagues in Plan International and partner organisations to develop a cash and voucher M&E framework.
• Build capacity of Cash and voucher and M&E staff to collect quantitative and qualitative data, ensuring all data is disaggregated by sex, age and disability.
• Document key learning from the use of cash and voucher modalities in the response.
• Input to the regular Ukraine Response sitreps.
• Prepare timely reports on Cash & Voucher projects in compliance with internal and donor requirements.
• Establish accountability activities to ensure that feedback from all relevant stakeholders is
• considered throuahout all phases of the response.

Coordination and Resource Mobilization:

• Build and maintain relationships with relevant government departments. UN agencies and NGOS.
• Actively contribute to cash & voucher Coordination Mechanisms. Support partner organisations take a co-leadership role in Working Groups as and when requested by partners.
• Establish/maintain new/existing relationships with key donors
• Support Plan's country offices to build a diversified portfolio of funding for cash & vouchers.
• Support development and submission of quality proposals in response to identified opportunities.

Influencing:

• Support country offices to develop case studies and reports of program innovation and successes.
• Contribute to relevant global advocacy and policy objectives with documented learning and evidence.

Communication:

• Work with Plan's communication team to support the dissemination of articles, success stories, presentations and media interviews highlighting Plan's work in cash & vouchers.

Key Relationships
Internal:

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

External:

• Civil Society Organisations
• UN Agencies
• Cash Working Groups
• Institutional Donors
• Embassies

Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge
Essential:

• Demonstrable experience in design, implementation and evaluation of in-kind food through cash/voucher and market based programming.
• Knowledge of international humanitarian standards and codes of conduct, and extensive understanding of Social Safety Nets, Livelihoods and associated methodologies.
• Excellent proven cash programming skills.
• Excellent representational and coordination skills.
• Excellent project design, participatory monitoring, and evaluation skills.
• Ability and previous experience of working in emergency settings.
• Good working knowledge of key humanitarian donors, for example WFP, USAID, EU, DFAT, CIDA, DFID, DGECHO.
• Knowledge of major humanitarian, recovery and development challenges and issues, specifically strategies for poverty and hunger reduction.
• Strong analytical skills: secondary/primary data analysis.
• Proven knowledge in targeting methods in Cash/voucher programmes.
• Knowledge and understanding of UN’s role in development cooperation.

Desirable:

• Experience of working in in humanitarian settings in a range of contexts (eg refugee, conflict, rapid onset).
• Skills in writing funding submissions and donor reports.
• Proven effective management skills leading teams across several locations and operating in a cross-cultural structure.
• Experience in contextual analysis, quantitative and qualitative research and other assessment tools.
• Advocacy, influencing, networking, and negotiating skills, experienced in gaining commitment from a wide range of people, bringing about change and providing support from a distance.
• Ability to transfer knowledge and transfer clear messages and information to a wide spectrum of people from different cultures and backgrounds.
• Proven skills in process and group facilitation, training, and capacity building.
• Knowledge of issues related to international development cooperation and humanitarian assistance.
• Proficiency in Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, or Moldovan languages.

Plan International'S Values in Practice:

• We are open and accountable: We create a climate of trust inside and outside the organisation by being open, honest and transparent. We hold ourselves and others to account for the decisions we make and for our impact on others, while doing what we say we will do.
• We strive for lasting impact: We strive to achieve significant and lasting impact on the lives of children and young people, and to secure equality for girls. We challenge ourselves to be bold, courageous, responsive, focused and innovative.
• We work well together: We succeed by working effectively with others, inside and outside the organisation, including our sponsors and donors. We actively support our colleagues, helping them to achieve their goals. We come together to create and implement solutions in our teams, across Plan International, with children, girls, young people, communities and our partners
• We are inclusive and empowering: We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge inequality in our programmes and our workplace. We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives. We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential.

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:

• Mid contact: Occasional interaction with children

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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 quakity 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, 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 information management across all response locations, in close collaboration with our partners.
• High quality information products will be developed and shared internally.
• The role is the primary point of contact for staff and partners in Poland, Moldova, and Romania on all information management support requirements.
• The post holder will ensure Plan International is following high standards of information management.
• The post holder will represent Plan International in external fora, ensuring the organisation is seen as a leader in gender focussed programming in humanitarian response.

Accountabilities:

• Ensures all 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.
• Provide technical assistance to teams in Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the formulation of Information Management strategies and plans.
• Support preparedness activities across all response locations.
• Develop capacity building plans and provide training, coaching and mentorship to program staff and partners.
• Coordinate and/or implement trainings and briefings of Plan staff, partners and other key stakeholders on information management and related issues such as gender equality and inclusion, amongst others.
• Work closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) colleagues in Plan International to ensure quality data and analysis is available across the Plan International federation.
• Identify key data visualisation approaches to maintain profile of the response activities.
• Support the professional development of staff and partners to collect quantitative and qualitative data, ensuring all data is disaggregated by sex, age, and disability.
• Lead the development of regular response sitreps.
• Develop key information management products such as infographics, key facts, and response overview documents.
• Build and maintain relationships with relevant government departments, UN agencies and NGOs.
• Actively contribute to Information Management 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 funding teams maintain up to date funding trackers.
• 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.
• Work with Plan’s communication team to support the dissemination of articles, success stories, and presentations.

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:

• Experience in information management in a range of humanitarian contexts.
• 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.