Project Coordinator – Child Protection NGO Job Careers – Plan International
Job Title: Project Coordinator – Child Protection
Organisation: Plan International
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Project Manager – NORAD End Child Marriage
About US:
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian not for profit organization 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 have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 75 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.
Job Summary: This position is responsible for assessment, response analysis, design and implementation of the child protection components of the NORAD End Child Marriage Project. S/he will need to coordinate with other project team members and Plan International Uganda staff, especially in implementation management, health, education and other relevant technical sectors, to ensure a smooth implementation of the project. S/he will need to ensure response to immediate child protection issues with simultaneous consideration of longer term needs and possible scenarios. Depending on the situation the child protection project coordinator may need to take a very active role in technical co-ordination, support and advocacy with the country specific child protection team and other stakeholders and technical agencies relevant to the sector.
Dimensions of the Role
- Support strengthening of the local government and community based child protection systems.
- Strengthening prevention and response to violence against child in scholl home and community settings.
- Support establish and strengthen operations of children led activities for prevention of VACiS through school clubs.
- Responsible for the delivery of the Child protection component of NORAD project results in accordance with Plan International’s values and behaviours, including gender transformative outcomes and Safeguarding of all Children.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Working in Close consultation and with supervision from the Project Manager, the Project Coordinator Child Protection performs the following roles to implement the Chid Protection component of this project:
- Provide specialised professional technical support for implementation the child protection activities under this project.
- Support in developing and implementing weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual project work plans and budgets.
- Prepare and submit to project manager, high quality activity, weekly, quarterly and annual narrative reports for all completed activities.
- Support effective coordination and management of partnerships as well as building relations with all other actors involved in the implementation of this project to achieve desired results
- Coordinate effectively with other thematic project coordinators and other staffs supporting the implementation of this project and leverage efforts, , build synergy, team work and deliver high quality project results
- Support tracking, monitoring, evaluation, documentation and reporting of project outputs, outcomes, impact or results and changes in close collaboration with MER Coordinator.
- Facilitate use of data and evidence from monitoring and evaluation system to inform decision making to strengthen processes and implementation of the NORAD project
- Support effective project budget utilization, management and monitoring for activities directly implemented by Plan staff and partners.
- Support timely accountability for funds used to implement project in line with Plan international accounting policies and procedures and donor requirements.
- Assist in effective management of project resources including procurements in accordance with Plan International Uganda policies and guidelines and in accordance with grant conditions.
- Support with representation in meetings with partners, government line ministries and other stakeholders at district and national level project related activities in close consultation with the Project manager.
- Assist with project risk management in the implementation of the project to minimise their occurrence and possible effects on the project in line with Plan International Risk Management policy and project risk mitigation measures
- Ensure compliance with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy and guidelines in all project activities
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Development studies, Education, Social work, social sciences or a related field with good knowledge of International Refugee, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.
- Experience designing and implementing community based child protection programs
- Good experience and understanding of National and Community Based child protection systems
- Experience with participatory approaches to child protection in emergency and non-emergency contexts or other related areas.
- Understanding international child protection standards, framework (especially UNCRC) and national laws, polices and regulations
- Minimum of 5 years (of which at least 3 in the field) of progressively responsible professional experience in child protection, humanitarian affairs, human rights and related fields.
- 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.
- Integrity: Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to child protection and child safeguarding.
- At least five years of progressively professional work experience in design, implementation, and evaluation of education programmes. Experience working in international non- governmental organization an asset.
- Excellent coordination and organization skills. Able to work in a matrix environment and keep track of multiple priorities and adhere to deadlines.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in report writing, donor compliance, and budget management.
- Ability to identify and synthesise best practices and lessons learned to promote knowledge management and sustainability.
- Ability to work in hard to reach hard areas and to stay familiar with programming for vulnerable children especially young girls and boys
- Establishes effective partnerships with external stakeholders
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, with ability to work with people from diverse cultures
- Strong computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft software including MS Word processing, Power point presentation, Excel spreadsheets, e-mail, and web-based research
- Experience with gender transformative programming (GTP) and mainstreaming gender equality and inclusion in the education context
- Experience working with Education or Child protection programmes in development & humanitarian context.
How to Apply:
All Qualified candidates please apply online at the link below
Please submit letters of application together with their Curriculum Vitae and a copy of their recent pay slip. This should not exceed (2MB). Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 7th February 2020