EiE Specialist

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And its girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 75 years and are now active in more than 70 countries.

The Opportunity
Plan International is engaged in providing life-saving humanitarian assistance, protection, education and psychosocial support. In this position, you will be responsible for technical management, leading, representation and oversight and monitoring & evaluation of projects implementation. You will monitor the security situation to ensure that children return to school and also assist vulnerable children who have been affected by conflict to receive quality basic education in a child-friendly and safe environment.

You will be responsible for the assessment, response analysis, design/revision and implementation of the Education component of Plan’s emergency response in the NOSO of Cameroon. The EiE Specialist will particularly need to ensure the technical support to all education project implementation in an integrated manner with other program components and other on-going interventions in the response.

You will ensure that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young people are fully embedded in the work you do.

The Individual
We are looking to employ a patient and adaptable individual who has the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner. You will have education in emergencies experience with these preferably being in conflict affected and fragile situations. The ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances, such as those that are stressful, have high security risks and harsh living conditions, is essential.
You will have excellent project design, participatory monitoring and evaluation skills and your approaches will be child-centred. You will also have excellent communication skills alongside strong networking and partner-building skills. In addition to this, it is essential that you are able to support and train local and international staff and also be able to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.
You will adhere to humanitarian values and standards and have a commitment to Plan International’s efforts for gender equality and the inclusion of children with disabilities.
Excellent written and spoken English is essential with spoken and written French being an advantage.
For the full job description, please see:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u1moq2idu5h7q5w/JD%20-%20EiE%20Specialist%20%28Cameroon%29.docx?dl=0
Location: Buea, South-West Cameroon
Type of Role: 12 month FTC
Reports to: Emergency Response Manager / Bamenda
Salary: Competitive
Closing Date: 12^th November 2019
Proposed 1^st round interviews: 15^th November 2019

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Please note that only applications and CVs written in English will be accepted.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Child Protection Policy.

As an international child centred community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realisation of children’s rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

Plan International operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all areas of the international community.