Job Opportunities at Plan International

Role Purpose
The overarching purpose of the role is to provide technical advice on SRHR in the Ukraine refugee response in Poland, together with partner organisations:

• Providing technical support on SRHR to Plan International and its partners in support of programme and project design, resource mobilization and implementation, grounded in locally led and gender and inclusion principles.
• Manage current partnerships and develop new ones with local SRHR, GBV and health actors in line with Plan International's partnership approach.
• Lead capacity development initiatives for staff and partners on SRHR of adolescents and young people, gender and gender-based violence.
• Work with Plan International staff and partners to strengthening integration of SRHR throughout the response
• Supporting SRHR advocacy and influencing together with partners
• Represent Plan International in relevant coordination bodies (incl. SRHR and GBV sectors), and work closely with the (child) protection and GBV sector to implement strong integrated interventions at facility, community and referral levels.
• Contributing to global learning, by documenting evidence from programmes and sharing best practices with colleagues across the Plan International federation.

Location:

• At present Plan International is not registered as an employer in Poland however we would welcome applications from those with the pre-existing right to live and work in Poland pending Plan International’s registration.
• Alternatively, we can consider applications from those with the pre-existing right to live and work in the countries in which Plan International currently operates.

The Role

• The conflict in Ukraine is resulting in a major humanitarian crisis with over 5million 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.
• Our global work on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) has been developing over the past decade and is underpinned by a gender-transformative approach aiming to tackle root causes of gender inequality and shifting unequal power relations that shape the prevailing social and gender norms that control girls’ sexuality.

Our key areas of work on SRHR in the response are:

• Work with health service providers to strengthen access for refugees to timely, comprehensive SRHR information and services, including contraception and abortion care and prevention and treatment of STIs, with focus on adolescent girls and young women:
  • In particular, strengthen access to clinical management of rape, MHPSS and other GBV services for survivors of SGBV
• Supporting access to comprehensive sexuality education and dialogue that enables adolescents to explore values and attitudes, and build skills and coping mechanisms regarding sex and sexuality.
• Support girls and young women’s menstrual health and hygiene.
• Connect with and support multi-sectoral interventions to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence with focus on child and women survivors, including improved access to clinical SGBV services, MHPSS services and child protection services
• Cash and voucher assistance for SRH services
• This also includes advocacy and influencing approaches for providing SRH services to refugees to the fullest extent of the law, and working in cooperation with other agencies and partners to provide relevant and timely support. The role will require close collaboration with Plan International colleagues and partners who deliver multisectoral services to support refugee families’ in Poland (e.g. education, protection, livelihoods and economic opportunities etc.).
• In Poland, Plan International is responding through partners and our response is focusing on child protection, mental health and psycho-social support, education and SRHR. The selected candidate will be expected to lead the SRHR response, with focus on supporting local partner organizations to deliver SRH information, education and services to young women and adolescent refugees, including to survivors of sexual violence. The role will be based in Poland with the Poland response as its primary focus, but may include travel in the region at a later stage to support SRHR in all countries where we respond to the Ukraine crisis.
• 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.
• The Advisor is expected to represent Plan International in coordination bodies, inter-agency working groups, governmental and non-governmental groups as needed and agreed with managers.
• Liaise with different SRHR technical staff within the organisation, located within the Global Hub, National Offices, Regional Offices or Country Offices, as well as humanitarian teams, Emergency Response Managers and technical specialists within other humanitarian sectors (in the Ukraine response primarily).

The Requirements

• Significant experience of providing technical support to SRHR programmes and advocacy, including ability to analyse the impact of crises on SRHR of adolescents and young people with focus on girls and young women (experience in the Polish / Ukrainian context desirable)
• Strong technical knowledge of comprehensive SRH services, GBV, comprehensive sexuality education and understanding of SRHR in humanitarian settings (incl. relevant humanitarian standards)
• Strong communications and advocacy skills, including ability to develop and apply a range of advocacy strategies, in partnership with others
• Strong partnership management and collaboration skills
• Significant experience supporting capacity development initiatives and deliver SRHR and GBV related trainings to staff and partners (incl. trainings focusing on values clarification and attitudes transformation).
• Actively promoting diversity, gender equality and inclusion
• Good writing and editing skills, including fluent written and spoken English. Polish and/or Ukrainian desirable.
• Ability to prioritise tasks, meet deadlines and work independently.
• Capacity to manage demanding workloads, often in complex environments.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and prevention of sexual assault and exploitation (PSEA)
• Conversant with the international humanitarian architecture desirable, particularly related to coordination and funding. Demonstrated prior experience of engaging with the humanitarian coordination system at local, regional and global levels. Demonstrable experience and expert knowledge of key practice and standards for SPHERE and Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS).
• Strong team and cross departmental working.

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.

We are inclusive and empowering:

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

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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. A priority focus will be on supporting child friendly feedback mechanisms established and to ensure accountability is core to our response. 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 accountability, risk communication and community engagement 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. Complaints and feedback mechanisms will be established where absent, and close links with our safeguarding activities will be ensured throughout all work.
• 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 accountability needs assessments coordinating with Plan’s other programmatic areas and country-based AAP and PSEA 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 Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) program strategies and plans.
• Support preparedness activities across all response locations.

Program Implementation:

• Ensure the effective planning, implementation and coordination of AAP programming that address the key needs for boys and girls.
• Contribute to the development of staffing plans to implement AAP activities and work with the HR team to recruit in line with approved grants.
• Ensure that AAP activities are aligned with sectoral standards, 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 AAP and related issues such as gender equality and inclusion, amongst others.
• Promote the application of best program practices in AAP.

Monitoring and Evaluation, Reporting and Accountability:

• Work closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) colleagues in Plan International and partner organisations to develop an AAP M&E framework.
• Build capacity of staff and partners to collect quantitative and qualitative data, ensuring all data is disaggregated by sex, age, and disability.
• Document key learning from the AAP activities.

Input to the regular Ukraine Response sitreps.

• Prepare timely reports on AAP activities in compliance with internal and donor requirements.

Coordination and Resource Mobilization:

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

Influencing:

• Support response teams to develop case studies and reports of innovation in AAP 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 AAP.

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:

• Progressively responsible professional experience in AAP work in a range of humanitarian contexts.
• Good knowledge of and experience with key AAP tools and guidelines.
• Knowledge and understanding of key AAP, RCCE and PSEA issues.
• Experience of conducting needs assessments.
• Experience providing technical support and oversight to AAP programs.
• Experience of capacity building on AAP 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, 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.

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