Deadline: 05 September, 2022

Location: Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Plan International is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Break Free Project Officer.

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

Responsibilities

• Closely support advocacy and lobby works to promote positive social and gender norms, enhancing gender equality and education, promoting access to quality SRHR information, education and services as well as contribute to the reduction of harmful practices
• Collaborate and support councils, law enforcement and government sectoral offices at regional, zonal and district levels
• Support and collaborate with girls and young women-led CSOs and other CSOs that focus on girls and young women
• Support the break free coordinator in preparation of annual work and budget plan of the project
• Mobilise different CBOs at community level to address  social norms  and gender inequality
• Establish and support CC and COC groups at community level for smooth project implementation
• Support and facilitate joint implementation plan of the project with relevant government stakeholders
• Directly work towards changing discriminatory social norms and harmful traditional practices
• Support and monitor CBOs at community level
• Conduct regular visits to the project sites and provide technical support for community-based child protection structures (such as school clubs), community-based volunteers and community development facilitators to ensure quality service delivery
• Closely coordinate and provide technical support project team and key government stakeholders to cascade demand creation/awareness creation activities
• Work hand-in-hand with relevant government structures at Woreda and Kebele  levels  to bring the required change in the life of girls and young women
• Facilitate and support towards enhancing collective voice, actions and meaningful participation of girls and young women, coordinating GYW-led CSOs and other CSOs for joint lobby and advocacy
• Facilitate and lead lobby and advocacy activities of the Break Free project at zonal and district level
• Ensure the mainstreaming of gender and child protection in the programme areas
• Collect, record, document and share best practices of the project for further learning and development and improvement
• Facilitate different training, workshop, learning and review meeting forums with government, CBOs and girls and young women-focused CSOs
• Work in close collaboration with Break Free alliance members
• Support complementarity of the Break Free consortium members’ interventions towards a common goal
• Prepare and facilitate joint field monitoring of the project with Break Free members and relevant government stakeholders
• Carry out other related tasks

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Social Work, or a related field
• Three years, minimum, of relevant experience, with two years, minimum, with NGOs
• In-depth knowledge of GBV, harmful traditional practices, gender equality, girls’ right and their relevance in their protection
• Demonstrated experience of working on child protection, gender equality, HTPs, civil society development, lobby and advocacy, behavioural change and communications
• Demonstrated experience and/or knowledge of working with the regional and local government sectors
• Experience with a diverse set of stakeholders at all levels of an organisation, including from policymakers and senior management to local government and CSOs, as well as community leaders and beneficiaries
• Experience conducting joint supportive supervision with key stakeholders
• Knowledge of effective participatory monitoring, evaluation and research systems and processes
• Extensive knowledge of gender equality, child protection, lobby and advocacy, civil society development, government policies, legal frameworks and strategies
• In-depth knowledge of project cycle management and child-centred community development programming
• Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and implications to community development
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to build relationships with colleagues
• Gender analysis and gender mainstreaming skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presentation
• Strong negotiation, influencing and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in using relevant computer applications

To apply and for more information, click here.

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