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  • Posted: Apr 10, 2019
    Deadline: Apr 23, 2019
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    Plan International was founded over 75 years ago with a mission to promote and protect the rights of children. The organisation was set up by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and refugee worker Eric Muggeridge in 1937, with the original aim to provide food, accommodation and education to children whose lives had been disrupted by the Spanish Civil W...
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    Admin & Logistics Officer

    Location: Maiduguri, Borno

    Role Purpose

    • The purpose of this role is to provide administrative and logistical support for the Maiduguri field office in line with policies of Plan International Nigeria, donor requirements and Nigerian laws.
    • The post holder will be supervised by the Humanitarian Admin and Logistics Advisor and expected to work very closely with other members of the programme team and particularly the Grants and finance officer.

    Dimensions of Role

    • The post holder will contribute to the effective administration and logistics coordination in Maiduguri office, ensuring the interface between operations and programme team members.
    • The post holder will support development of Plan Internationals implementing partners and staff capacity building. The post holder will supervise the Admin Assistant.

    Key Roles/Responsibilities

    • Provide day-to-day support to staff in general office operations and identify future need.
    • Ensure timely welcome services, hotel and flights bookings and other support services for staff and visitors.
    • Coordinate and management movement register for all staff and visitors in the Maiduguri office
    • Effective management of the guest house.
    • Prepare and file documents for signature and/or action, as necessary and ensure that that proper filing systems are in place for the office.
    • Coordinates the planning and organization of meetings and workshops.
    • Ensure that vehicles and all equipment are in good conditions and liaise with the Humanitarian Admin and Logistics Advisor about necessary repairs and improvements as necessary
    • Arrange for the repair and maintenance of office/ guest house equipment and machinery to ensure that staff works effectively without any disruptions.
    • Ensures that the SAP system is used to capture all necessary activities as required.
    • Establish and maintain a well-functioning logistics support operation for the county office – effective coordination and use of vehicles
    • Coordinate logistics and procurement operations – Selection of vendors/suppliers
    • Prepares and Maintain records of all outstanding purchase orders with external vendors and arranges transportation and forwarding services for all orders to ensure delivery on schedule
    • Prepare reports on personnel and material movement and ensure that reporting requirements are fulfilled in an accurate and timely manner
    • Ensure compliance with Plan International logistics standards and regulations
    • Ensure appropriate request for quotation is placed and correct quotations received for processing
    • Responsible for purchase order creation and maintenance in SAP
    • Store Management using specified software
    • Perform any other project related duties as specified by the Humanitarian and Logistics Advisor.

    Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge
    Essential:

    • A degree in Business/Public Administration or related field.
    • At least 2 - 4 years of experience working in administration and logistics generalist role in a
    • Experience in use of SAP
    • Fluency in English with excellent writing and speaking skills is required.
    • Excellent and demonstrable experience in procurement processes and logistics management.
    • Demonstrable experience in office management and staff coordination.
    • Excellent writing and speaking in English language
    • Knowledge and understanding of Nigeria’s policy environment
    • Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including good listening skills, influencing, negotiation and coaching
    • Capacity to build and maintain relationships and to work effectively in a multicultural and multi-ethnic environment respecting diversity.
    • Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.

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    Education & Emergency Officer, MFA

    Location: Maiduguri, Borno

    Role Purpose

    • The purpose of this role is to support the pilot mobile Early Childhood Education project in Konduga, Gwoza, Mafa and Kaga Local Government Areas of Borno State.

    Dimension of Role

    • Communicates within Plan International Nigeria and with partners and related government institutions.
    • The post holder will coordinate the mobile EiE pilot project and also document lessons learnt, support assessments and monitoring and evaluation of the Education in Emergencies components of Plan International's emergency response.
    • He/she is responsible for assessment, response analysis, design, capacity building.
    • The post holder will also contribute towards the capacity building of Plan Internationals implementing partners.

    Key Roles/Responsibilities

    • Programme development & Quality Management.
    • In collaboration with the Field Team and Education and Livelihoods Specialist, the EiE Officer shall:
      • Coordinate the implementation of mobile EiE project.
      • Support the EIE Specialist in designing the plan for the mobile units.
      • With support from Community Engagement Officer mobilize and sensitize community on the new project.
      • Support in documenting lessons learnt and best practices of the pilot project.
      • With support from M&E team design a Monitoring plan and simple data collection tools to ensure monitoring and data collection of key project indicators.
      • Support assessment of Education sector in North East.
      • Review, assess and update the education situation in areas affected by emergency.
      • Highlight education issues requiring a response – both immediate (less than 2 months) and medium term and make recommendations on specific PLAN actions required. Ensure core commitments to children are taken into consideration.
      • Ensure key data from assessments could be used as a baseline for program evaluation.  If additional baseline data is required to evaluate children’s learning outcomes, then work with appropriate colleagues to collect this additional information.
      • In collaboration with national and international Education actors, map current institutional response capacities – including conducting an education specific 5Ws.
      • Support in designing appropriate education interventions based on the outcomes of assessments and the context. Inclusion of quality issues in education and learning outcomes is really important.
      • Ensure that issues of early childhood, gender, protection, DRR, and conflict sensitivity are factored into the program design.
      • Ensure Plan international guidelines, UN education cluster standards and INEE Minimum Standards, are considered and any departures documented.
      • Provide regular updates to Education and Livelihoods Specialist, Humanitarian Program Manager, humanitarian unit and the rest of the CO on progress, priorities and constraints – verbally and in writing on an agreed frequency.
      • Represent Plan International to clusters, governmental and non-governmental groups as needed and agreed with the Team Leader.
      • Support the implementation of, and represent Plan International in, emergency education coordination mechanisms including any relevant cluster.
      • Brief updates and reports on sectoral activities/strategies to donors and other stakeholders.
      • Perform any other project related duties as specified by the Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist
      • Human Resource Development
      • Supports the orientation, on-going development/training and builds capacity of local partner staff when required.

    Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge
    Essential:

    • University degree or equivalent in Education, Social Science, Social Work, Psychology, or related fields.
    • Minimum of 3 years relevant working experience Education in Emergencies.
    • Experience working in emergency settings.
    • Good knowledge and understanding of DO NO HARM principles and established international child protection standards (especially UNCRC).
    • Experience with participatory approaches to education, emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief management, or other related area.
    • Experience working with IDPs, refugees and other vulnerable populations (ideal).
    • Experience in mobile EiE units desirable but not essential.
    • Previous experience directly providing services to children at risk and victims of abuse, exploitation and violence.

    Desirable:

    • Creates strong sense of purpose and commitment within own part of operations and with stakeholders
    • Holds self and others to account to deliver on agreed goals and standards of behaviour
    • Demonstrates a high degree of professionalism/integrity
    • Provides good and adequate administrative and logistical support to enable programmes to meet meets it’s agreed financial and program outcomes.
    • Actively seeks for support in addressing difficulties in execution of duties.
    • Strategic thinking and effective contribution to own work and organizational development.
    • Sound judgement and decision-making in complex situations.
    • Strong emotional intelligence including self-awareness.
    • Leads by example to motivate high performance of others.
    • Very strong commitment to continuous learning.

    Skills & Knowledge:

    • Strong ability to work independently, organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
    • Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, creativity and flexibility.
    • Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well.
    • Languages: Excellent command of English language.

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    Gender in Emergencies Specialist - Regional Lake Chad Programme

    Location: Nigeria (Field or Capital level)
    Type of Role: 13 month contract
    Reports to: Regional Lake Chad Programme Manager

    Role Purpose

    • Plan International has full-fledged Country programmes in three out of four affected countries in the Lake Chad Basin. Since 2016 Plan International is coordinating and harmonizing its response to the Lake Chad crisis through the Lake Chad Programme, currently coordinated by the Lake Chad Programme Unit.
    • Taking into account the protracted nature of the crisis, Plan International developed a new 5-year programme strategy for the Lake Chad Region.
    • This new Lake Chad Programme Strategy, outlining Plan International’s bold ambition to transform the life of girls and their families in the Lake Chad Region. It moves beyond a humanitarian vision towards a full spectrum programme, working at the nexus of humanitarian and development efforts to promote children’s rights and gender equality.
    • Under the general guidance of the Lake Chad Program Coordinator, the Gender in Emergencies Specialist will position Plan International as NGO partner of choice for promoting gender equality and protecting girls’ rights in the Lake Chad Basin through programming and evidence-based influencing work addressing the needs of girls, adolescent girls in particular, within the Lake Chad Basin

    Dimensions of the Role
    The role is expected to:

    • Provide leadership within the Lake Chad Programme on Gender programming, developing clear and realistic conceptual thinking, guidance, tools and build capacities. In addition, provide technical advice to our Country Offices in Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and the whole Lake Chad programme in ensuring Gender is incorporated in a meaningful way in to the design, implementation and monitoring of all our projects.
    • Provide gender expertise within the LC Programme for strategical analysis, gender assessments, capacity building, proposal development as well as gender-sensitive monitoring and evaluation.
    • Contribute to shape the programme vision for the Lake Chad Programme focusing on girls’ rights and gender equality in line with 100 Million reasons
    • Use the results of the Research on “Adolescent Girls in the Lake Chad Crisis” to develop programmatic guidance and to strengthen our influencing work around adolescent girls
    • Provide learning for the organisation on who to operate on the humanitarian-development nexus, achieving our purpose of advancing children’s rights and equality for girls

    Accountabilities:

    • Support the Lake Chad Programme and the country offices in Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria in the development of projects that are consistently gender aware and show a strong contribution to gender transformative programming and girls’ rights.
    • Engage actively in the Gender in Emergencies working group 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 the Lake Chad Programme to develop gender transformative indicators its Results Framework.
    • Support technical specialists to conduct gender analysis in their sector specific needs assessments.
    • Undertake gender assessments and analysis
    • Support country responses to ensure Gender is considered in all aspects of their work.
    • In collaboration with sector leads develop programme models and case studies on gender transformative programmes to support the Lake Chad Programme replicate and scale-up good practice
    • Provide technical assistance to COs and NOs to develop high quality gender transformative project proposals and provide strategic leadership on advancing gender equality across the humanitarian and development portfolio.
    • Be deployed as a technical advisor within the Lake Chad region to support the design and integration of gender equality targeted actions, to lead on gender mainstreaming throughout the humanitarian response as well as build staff and partner capacity.
    • Research, policy and Advocacy
    • Support learning, knowledge management and policy impact by authoring, commissioning and contributing to publications, policy documents, briefing notes and other resource materials ensuring that the Lake Chad Programme has distinct knowledge and evidence on gender transformative programming

    Representation and Partnership:

    • Represent Plan International at relevant clusters, working groups, and other events related to gender
    • Identify opportunities and establish dialogue towards partnerships with other agencies
    • Support the development of the Lake Chad Programme’s profile in gender equality programming in particularly in regards to girls

    Learning and Knowledge Management:

    • Support the capacity building of staff to understand and use the concepts around gender equality 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.
    • Support the development and implementation of skills development workshops ensuring gender is core to the modules developed.
    • Document lessons learned from projects to support the Lake Chad Programme continuously learn from its programmes.

    Dealing with Problems:

    • The post is a key linkage/coordination/interface point between the three implementing COs, the Lake Chad Programme Unit. For this reason, the post holder must be able to master and manage relationships well and respectfully in regards of different needs with different stakeholders, including conflicting priorities and ad hoc request.
    • Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young Peopleand 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.

    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.

    Key Relationships
    Internal:

    • Country Directors of Plan Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon
    • Lake Chad Programme Manager (very close collaboration/coordination)
    • DRM/ERMs of Plan International in Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon, other members of the Emergency Response country teams where required, technical Specialists in WARO and International Headquarters (IH) and the Country Protection teams as appropriate

    External:

    • Other agencies and stakeholders related to the intervention or decision makers (i.e. national governments).

    Technical Expertise, Skills And Knowledge
    Essential:

    • University Degree or appropriate work experience in a field relevant to the position
    • 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 (in particular in protracted crisis)
    • Proven experience of leading gender programming and mainstreaming gender
    • Experience in working with children and girls’ rights
    • Experience on capacity building of staff on gender
    • 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 and French language skills
    • Flexibility to travel within the Lake Chad region, within security limitations set by Plan International.
    • Experience conducting humanitarian assessments - including gender analysis through the use of participatory methodologies - and revising monitoring and evaluation tools to capture gender equality considerations for different sectors

    Desirable:

    • Experience in implementing GBV programmes
    • Strong team player, staff capacity building and motivation skills in teamwork and networking
    • Excellent skills in writing funding submissions and donor reports.
    • Be up to date on relevant global policy and programming relating to gender equality.

    Remuneration
    Grade: E (salary circa $55,000 US)

    Method of Application

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

     

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