Apply: Plan International District Project Officer

Deadline: 25 May, 2022

Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone

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

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

Responsibilities

  • Conduct field visits as required by the project
  • Conduct forum discussions in coordination with SRHR service providers/stakeholders at district level for adolescent boys and girls
  • Mentor and coach young girls in the community
  • Support strategies for advocacy and resource mobilisation in the SRHR sector
  • Support the development of messages for parents/caregivers on supporting their children’s learning and well-being
  • Support in mobilising key SRHR actors/partners and participate in sectoral meetings
  • Organise district and community level consultations with SRHR stakeholders including Parent Teachers Associations (PTA), School Management Committees (SMCs), Mother’s Clubs (MC), Public Health Units (PHU), teachers, pupils, and youth groups
  • Hold score-carding activities at chiefdom and district level, focusing on child participation with regard to the project, including children with disabilities
  • Conduct regularly coordination meetings with relevant stakeholders
  • Collect relevant project data by using the agreed monitoring tools
  • Provide weekly and monthly monitoring data to the monitoring and evaluation officer and the project manager
  • Timely report any issue with monitoring data collection to the monitoring and evaluation officer and the project manager
  • Ensure that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully in their area of responsibility
  • Ensure staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under 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
  • Promptly report any safeguarding and child protection issues through the Plan International protection and safeguarding focal point

Requirements

  • University degree or its equivalent (from a recognised institution) in Social Sciences, Economics, Development, Gender or a similar field
  • Three years, minimum, of working on sexual and reproductive health and rights projects in Sierra Leone
  • Experience working with SRHR stakeholders such as PHU officials
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presentation
  • Strong interest and willingness to engage in safeguarding and gender equality related issues to challenge norms and behaviour
  • Passion for gender transformative programming, mission-driven work and personal values aligned with Plan International
  • Ability to work under pressure, prioritise and meet deadlines
  • Ability to coordinate a local partner in the programme
  • Experience in data collection within SRHR projects
  • Experience in working with young people especially adolescent girls
  • Experience in comprehensive sexuality education
  • Experience working in an EU-funded programme
  • Experience of working with award management systems

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