Plan International
The Role
The focus of this role is to provide support and guidance to our Ukraine Crisis programming and influencing work, ensuring that we integrate best urban humanitarian practice into our response design and delivery, and documenting key learning for dissemination in the wider humanitarian sector. The role will play a pivotal part in providing technical expertise, capacity building and skills sharing for local and national partners and Plan International staff. The post holder is responsible for developing and implementing an urban humanitarian programming framework for Plan International’s core technical areas – child protection, education, and cash-voucher assistance.
The post holder will have a dotted line management to Plan International’s Urban Hub which is a joint global initiative by Plan International Denmark and Australia launched in August 2020. The Urban Hub is managed by an Urban Hub Manager based in Denmark, an Urban Hub Coordinator based in Australia, an Urban Research Manager based in United Kingdom, and supported by a global Steering Group. The purpose of the Urban Hub is to coordinate the sharing and expansion of knowledge and good practice, across programming, interventions and influencing activities in urban contexts.
As part of its mandate, the Urban Hub is working in close collaboration with Plan International’s Global Hub – Humanitarian Department, where an area of significant concern and interest is developing and scaling up humanitarian expertise from an urban perspective.
Recognising the urban nature of the current crisis in Ukraine and the neighbouring countries, this position will support Plan International and its partners design and implement appropriate urban response programming, building on sectoral best practice. The post holder will support the professional development of partner organisations’ humanitarian skills and ways of working. The post holder will represent Plan International in national and international humanitarian networks and fora, and will seek to influence current policy and practice, ensuring a strong gender equity lens is brought into all aspects of our work. Plan International will be the NGO partner of choice for promoting equality for girls and protecting children’s rights by working across the humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) nexus – a holistic blend of development and humanitarian interventions – through principled and locally led humanitarian action.
The new Global Strategy for Plan International highlights the importance of scaling up our humanitarian work. This position will be a key part of ensuring we meet the objectives of the updated strategy.
The Requirements
Essential
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Demonstrable experience of urban programme design and implementation in humanitarian contexts
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Significant experience in working in humanitarian crises, in several different contexts, including complex conflict settings
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Extensive experience of working on refugee and IDP programming
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Extensive experience of networking and external representation with UN, Peer Agencies, Institutional Donors, Civil Society Organisations, Government Ministries and Departments
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Strong experience of gender equity and its inclusion into humanitarian programming.
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Proven experience of using the Core Humanitarian Standard in programme design, implementation, and M&E.
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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.
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Experience of designing and delivering training for specialist and non-specialist staff.
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Able to work calmly under extreme pressure and at unpredictable hours during emergency response.
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Able to use Microsoft packages.
Desirable
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Language skills (ideally Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, or Moldovan) as well as English.
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Proven experience of youth focussed programme design and implementation.
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Experience in humanitarian response in Europe, and/or cross-border programming.
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Experience of working in at least one of Plan Internationals core programme areas in humanitarian response (Child protection in Emergencies, Education in Emergencies, Cash & Voucher Assistance)
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Location: Flexible where Plan International has a legal entity and you have the pre-existing right to work. Some travel to Poland, Moldova and/or Romania will be required
Type of Role: The position is a new role within Plan International, with direct line management by the newly established Ukraine Response Hub and with an indirect reporting line to the Urban Hub Manager. The role is for an initial 12 month’s contract with possibility of extension.
Closing Date: Sunday 17th April
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.