YEC Officer

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation 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 it’s 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 support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

ROLE PROFILE

role PURPOSE

Value Proposition

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation 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 girls are the 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 support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries. Plan International aims to reach as many children as possible, particularly those who are excluded or marginalized with high quality programs that deliver long lasting benefits by increasing its income, working in partnership with others and operating effectively. Plan International is committed to responding to children affected by emergencies in the countries of our operation.

With a new funding from BMZ, Plan International Cameroon through its PIIA in Maroua will implement from July 2023 to June 2026, the Youth learn, earn and prosper in the Lake Chad region project. Under the supervision of the BMZ Project Manager, the Youth Engagement and Consultation (YEC) Officer will ensure that the study findings and strategy on YEC are rolled out in the BMZ project implementation as defined by the Lake Chad Programme as well as the Plan Country Office, and link in to the Plan International’s YEC programme activities in the rest of the Lake Chad region.

Dimension of Role
The role is expected to:

• Support the roll-out of the study findings from the YEC consultancy and related strategy document through support to technical project designs and youth engagement & consultation processes within the BMZ project and the entire Maroua PIIA Office.
• Ensure that the YEC approach is contributing to the gender-transformative programme approach being used by the BMZ project and the whole Plan International Maroua PIIA Office as part of the Lake Chad Programme with a particular focus on the participation and perspectives of female youth and adolescent girls.
• Coordinate activities in line with YEC being done at Maroua PIIA , as well as with the YEC Coordinator based in Yaounde, including the participation in exchange and learning across the countries on the YEC approach.

Key Roles/Responsibilities
Roll out of the YEC Strategy:

• Developing an implementation plan of the YEC activities [IB1] [ARMM2] for the Plan International Maroua Office with a focus on BMZ project.
• Implementing programme activities within the scope of the YEC strategy (and within the context of SPO4 in the Regional Programme Strategy) directly with youth and other relevant stakeholders, as well as liaising with regional and local actors as relevant for the preparation and implementation of such activities.
• Assist the YEC Coordinator in conducting internal orientations/training for  Plan  staff on the YEC strategy and the roll out phase
• Technical support to intervention designs relevant for YEC
• Support the development, at field level, of an appropriate monitoring, and evaluation systems for YEC interventions, and ensure that it is functional.
• Supervision of the YEC Focal point activities of Maroua [IB3] [ARMM4] PIIA

Information and Co-ordination:
 

• Provide intervention updates and reports on a frequent basis and whenever required and requested to the BMZ Project Coordinator, as well as respective line manager, on the progress of the YEC strategy implementation as well as planned and ongoing YEC actions in the PIIA and Country Offices.
• Participate in regular meetings of the YEC team (YEC Coordinator, as well as YEC Officers in the other Plan International Country Offices) to strengthen YEC strategy roll out at country levels.
• Collect, analyse, and share YEC-related data at local level.
• Ensure that lessons learnt at local level on YEC are systematically documented/captured and can be used for further implementation improvement as well as development of new interventions around YEC.

Capacity Building:
 

• Assist the YEC Coordinator and the BMZ Project Coordinator in providing orientation/trainings to local/country office programme staff on the YEC strategy and meaningful youth engagement, participation, and consultation.

Resource Mobilization for follow up and/or extension phase:

• Support the YEC Coordinator, CO resource mobilization teams and Plan International NOs on securing funds for continuous YEC programme scale up through providing lessons learnt and project related contextual information as well as technical support for intervention design and youth engagement and consultation processes.

Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge

• University Degree or appropriate work experience in a field relevant to the position
• At least 3 years of experience in planning, design and implementation of integrated humanitarian and/or development programmes
• Knowledge of international humanitarian standards and codes of conduct
• Significant experience in youth participation and youth engagement as well as on participative approaches
• Experience in working with children and girls’ rights
• Advocacy, influencing and negotiating skills, experienced in gaining commitment from a wide range of people, bringing about change and providing support from a distance
• Work style: well organized even within a fluid working environment and has a capacity for initiative and decision making with competent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• External representation and communication skills Requires general administration, information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in IT/computer skills (including sound MS excel and word proficiency)
• Fluency both in French and English
• Flexibility to travel within the implementation areas of the project, within security limitations set by Plan International.

Plan International’s Values in Practice

We are open and accountable

We create a climate of trust inside and outside the organisation by being open, honest and transparent. We hold ourselves and others to account for the decisions we make and for our impact on others, while doing what we say we will do.

We strive for lasting impact

We strive to achieve significant and lasting impact on the lives of children and young people, and to secure equality for girls. We challenge ourselves to be bold, courageous, responsive, focused and innovative.

We work well together

We succeed by working effectively with others, inside and outside the organisation, including our sponsors and donors. We actively support our colleagues, helping them to achieve their goals. We come together to create and implement solutions in our teams, across Plan International, with children, girls, young people, communities and our partners.

We are inclusive and empowering

We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge inequality in our programmes and our workplace. We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives. We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential.

Physical Environment

• SRHR Officer will work in the Far North Region of Cameroon with three seasons: The dry season between October to December and February to June, The small cold season between December to January and the raining season between July to September. Each Season required appropriate equipment (Light clothing for the dry season and protective clothing and shoes for the rainy and cold season).
• The Far North Region are now facing to the insecurity due to the Non-armed group attacks. In this context, there exist the security SOP in place to be respected in the framework of the work.
• Periods of intense work at all times of day and the staff can be solicitate at evening depending the emergency.
• The project will be implemented in multiple locations and requires multiple field visits.

Location: Maroua

Closing Date: 28th July 2023

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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