Deadline: 09 March, 2022

Location: Assosa, Ethiopia

Plan International is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Accountability for Affected Population (AAP) Coordinator.

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

Responsibilities

• Support the UNICEF settlements with all aspects of designing, planning, and implementing the AAP strategy – including client responsiveness guidelines, global commitments on accountability to affected population and participation and agreed standards
• Support the coordination and improvement of the various mechanisms
• Train staff and volunteers in AAP principles and practices
• Lead on coordination and liaison with programme, MEAL, and support unit staff to ensure successful implementation and compliance with the AAP strategy and mechanisms
• Support the MEAL team in conducting feedback sessions, FGDs, and surveys to solicit for client’s feedback
• Ensure client feedback data and its analysis is available for the organisation and UNICEF-RRM use, while considering the confidentiality and clients’ protection
• Ensure regular flow of client feedback data from collection to use, analyse and interpret the data to help programme management in taking informed decisions
• Help the programmes in assessing the performance against AAP commitments
• Assist to produce and submit high quality reports on AAP within the agreed timelines, clearly demonstrating trends and key lessons learnt
• Lead documentation and sharing of knowledge and emerging practices on AAP internally and externally with the wider stakeholder audience
• Participate in programme coordination meeting and progress against activities and budget
• Periodically collect related project and relevant information about other organisations working within the target districts to gain institutional knowledge of the environment
• Seek opportunities for different kinds of partnership for enhanced quality project implementation
• Provide technical assistance and build the capacities of WASHCOs, clubs and local partners in project management
• Coordinate the designing/development of emergency response projects and ensure projects are effectively implemented, monitored/reviewed, evaluated and progress and final reports timely compiled and shared with WASH coordinator and Assosa PA for review and then submit to donor
• Ensure adequate monitoring, reporting and acquittal of emergency response activities in accordance with donor regulations, country and national office requests, international humanitarian accountability frameworks and relevant SPHERE standards
• Ensure all project activities are conducted in accordance with the agreed work plans and proposals
• Assist and advise the WASH coordinator and WASH manager and ERM lead with securing donor funding for emergency projects
• Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with other NGOs, UN agencies, local government, bilateral and multilateral donors, and other principle stakeholders
• Ensure that the donor and government reporting is done and submitted on time in accordance with their reporting template and within their reporting schedule
• Coordinate and support local level assessments, surveys and other studies and assist in proposal development
• Support pragmatic project design and proposal for institutional and public funding

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Humanitarian Assistance, Social Work, Human Rights, International Law, Social Sciences, Agriculture, Education or a related field
• Postgraduate degree (preferred)
• Five years, minimum, of experience working in humanitarian aid environment
• Extensive expertise in delivering accountability mechanisms, as well as capacity to support effective communication with communities
• Ability to package and communicate complex topics through written reports and presentations
• Excellent facilitation skills, and strong understanding of how to collect feedback safely and accurately from all members of a community regardless of their age, gender, or other diversity factors
• Ability to handle multiple tasks, proven self-initiative and problem-solving abilities
• Good communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent computer skills and competence in using Word, Excel (data analysis and visualization), and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of child rights programming
• Good knowledge of field level realities of humanitarian NGO work
• Fluency in English language
• Knowledge of local language (desirable)

To apply and for more information, click here.

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