Project Officer

Plan International

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Project Officer

Date: 28 Aug 2024
Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria
Company: Plan International
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
The Project Officer is responsible for providing operational and technical support to the adolescent engagement in humanitarian action project, ensuring that it is implemented effectively and achieves its objectives. The Project Officer will facilitate adolescent engagement, coordinate with stakeholders, manage data, and support monitoring and evaluation.
About You
We are looking for applicant with degree or equivalent in Political Science, Business Management, Agriculture, Health Sciences or related fields. The candidate should possess a minimum of 3 years’ experience in project implementation, preferably within humanitarian contexts, with a focus on adolescent programming or youth engagement. S/he should possess good knowledge of humanitarian coordination systems as well as strong advocacy and communication skills. The candidate should have knowledge of child protection rights and MERL
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Please respond to the requirements of the role in your cover letter.
Only CVs and cover letters in English will be accepted.
Location: Maiduguri
Type of Role: Fixed-Term
Closing Date: 7th September 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 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.