Plan International
The Role
The conflict in Ukraine is resulting in a major humanitarian crisis with over 3 million people having fled to neighboring countries, and millions displaced within Ukraine. Plan International is responding to the crisis and working in partnership with civil society organisations in Poland, Romania, and Moldova to meet the key needs of those affected by the crisis as well as host communities.
This position will play a key role in the support to country level activities and will provide technical support and guidance to Plan International teams and partners in Poland.
The Poland partnerships Support Hub is a service-oriented structure to support Polish partner organisation’s respond to the influx of people affected by conflict in Ukraine. Creative thinking and identifying work arounds to problems faced will be a critical element of the role.
The position will develop Plan International’s approach in Poland to SRHR needs with focus on adolescents and young people, working with partners in response to the Ukraine Refugee Crisis. This role is also intended to strengthen the Partner Organisations’ commitment to a safe, responsive and inclusive response, with strong focus on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI).
The Requirements
- Demonstrable experience and expert knowledge of key practice and standards for SPHERE and Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS).
- Strong understanding of safeguarding and prevention of sexual assault and exploitation (PSEA)
- Significant experience of SRHR programming including ability to analyse the impact of crises on SRHR of children, adolescents and young people
- Understanding of the Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) for reproductive health in crises, and being able to identify ways in which Plan International can support its roll out, and understanding of gender-transformative approaches in humanitarian contexts
- Actively promoting diversity, gender equality and inclusion.
- Conversant with the international humanitarian architecture, particularly related to coordination and funding. Demonstrated prior experience of engaging with the humanitarian coordination system at local, regional and global levels.
- Strong training, facilitation and presentation skills.
- Solid communications, influencing and persuasion skills.
- Good writing and editing skills, including fluent written and spoken English.
- Ability to prioritise tasks, meet deadlines and work independently.
- Capacity to manage demanding workloads, often in complex environments.
- Aptitude to prioritise tasks, work independently and to tight deadlines.
- Close attention to detail.
- Strong team and cross departmental working.
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Location: You must have the pre-existing right to live and work in a location where Plan International has a legal entity. Deployment to Poland for the duration of the contract is expected.
Type of Role: Minimum one month fixed term contract
Closing Date: 14th April 2022
Applicable locations may include: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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