Deadline: 08 April, 2021
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Plan International is seeking to fill the role of Programme Specialist.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate a multi-agency consortium for the delivery of Addressing Root Causes of Migration (ARC) and Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP) projects, with overall responsibility for achievement of objectives and targets
- Lead on the coordination of the consortium including ensuring the agreed governance structures are followed
- Ensure effective information sharing and learning across agencies including providing monthly and quarterly update on consortium activities for internal consumption
- Establish strong working relationships with all consortium members and develop an in-depth understanding of the activities, support needs and strengths of consortium members
- Ensure cross learning among the relevant programmes of the consortium members
- Organise project planning and monitor meetings with staff, partners and stakeholders
- Coordinate with finance, procurement, and logistics to access support required for project implementation
- Update PO with any significant changes in context and send to ERRP lead for approval
- Participate in coordination and cluster meetings when required by ERRP lead
- Coordinate with programme effectiveness lead to set up monitoring and evaluation mechanisms
- Provide effective oversight to the consolidated consortium budget in collaboration with consortium members and Plan International Ethiopia finance team
- Coordinate the writing and submission of regular narrative and financial reports to the donor and other stakeholders as required
- Establish effective working relationships with government counterparts, consortium members, implementing partners, private and public sectors, consultants, and other development organisations and target population in the programme operation
Requirements
- BA/BSc or MA/MSc in Social Work, Sociology, Education, Development, or a related field
- Eight years, minimum, of experience in management and coordination of humanitarian and development programmes, with two years, minimum, of experience in refugee and/or migration programming, preferably in emergency recovery
- Extensive and documented experience in managing refugees (including urban refugees) and host communities’ access to education, economic empowerment/livelihood, legal aid and protection projects
- Experience in managing projects for major donors
- Experience working with international NGO and/or UN agency
- Knowledge of humanitarian principles, migration policy, refugee law and its application
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, training and facilitation skills
- Strong skills in project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
- Awareness of child protection issues and sensitivity to gender equality
- English and other national languages
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