Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Our Ambition to 2027 is to see All Girls Standing Strong Creating Global Change. Working together we will create a world where all girls know and exercise their rights and live the life they choose; a network of supporters, communities, staff, partners, and donors, all supporting girls and young women to stand strong as they learn, lead, decide, and thrive and global change through breaking down the barriers and discrimination girls and young women currently face every minute, every hour, every day.

Duties

1. Program Leadership and Strategy

• Provide strategic leadership to ensure gender, youth and social inclusion are effectively integrated across all activity components at all levels throughout project implementation for the SDC U-RISE;
• Provide technical leadership for the design and implementation of gender transformative urban programming, budgets, monitoring and evaluation processes in line with the overall consortium strategy and objectives;
• Design and lead trainings/accompaniment to build the capacity and awareness for consortium staff, partners and stakeholders in gender, youth and social inclusion;
• Develop the consortium GESI strategy and action plan and support its implementation
• Initiate gender reflection, reviews and reporting in line with the Consortium corporate requirements
• Develop high-quality technical content for concept notes and proposals for knowledge products in the consortium

2.  Relationship with Partners/Government Stakeholders

• Foster and build relationships with partners, networks and other government entities for the promotion of a gender and youth lens in urban programming
• Monitor the risks for youths, young women and adolescents participating in the programme and suggest mitigations actions

3. Program Support and Monitoring

• In collaboration with MERL, initiate gender researches and documentation of case studies which have potential to enhance the Consortium’s GESI approach
• Work closely with the MERL team to develop appropriate Gender and Youth monitoring and evaluation indicators, tools and learning questions

Qualifications

• A degree in Gender Studies and/or Social Sciences from a reputable institution
• At least 5 years’ experience in gender and development from a reputable organization
• Experience in leading Influencing initiatives at local and national levels
• Working knowledge of integration of inclusion of excluded groups in development programming
• Understanding of integrated development issues and critical analysis of child rights, especially girls and young women’s
• Knowledge of strategic planning processes and theories of gender and inclusion programming
• Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and implications to community development

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