Gender in Emergency 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 know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. 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.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

As Gender in Emergency Officer, you will be providing technical support to the WFP-TPM and ECHO projects in the Northwest region. You will provide technical advice in ensuring Gender is incorporated in a meaningful way into the design, implementation and monitoring of Disaster Risk Management programs. You will also be charged to represent Plan International in external fora for Gender in Emergency programming.

About You

The Gender in Emergency Officer should be a holder of University degree in Women and Gender Studies, Sociology, Law, International Relations, or other relevant field of Social Science alongside possible work experience of four (04) years in a field relevant to Gender Equality and Inclusion, GBV and emergency response.

The position holder should also have significant experience in planning, designing and implementation of integrated humanitarian programmes, with excellent writing and speaking communication skills in English Language and a mastery of the locally spoken Pidgin Language in the Northwest Region.

Please, follow this link to review the full Job Description: JD Gender in Emergency Officer

Location: Bamenda

Type of Role: Service Contract for Six (06) Months

Reports to: Project Coordinator/Gender and Inclusion Specialist

Grade: Service Contract, Hay Level 11

Closing Date: June 17th, 2024

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.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.