Consortium & Advocacy Manager

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan International envisages a world in which all children and young people realise their full potential, a vision now shared by the 193 Heads of State and Government who adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015. Our core values bind us together and hold us to high standards for how we expect ourselves and those we work with to behave. They are our guiding principles to the way we work and help us to understand how to put our organisational purpose-Advancing Children’s Rights and Equality for Girls into practice.

Our organisation is transforming itself to meet the enormous challenge everywhere that we work. We need bold, forward-thinking and innovative individuals in our team, driving change and delivering results that will allow us to reach our target of 100 million girls. With this backdrop, Plan International Bangladesh (PIB) has set the vision for 2030 as, ‘We will partner to empower girls and young women, to be heard, to live without fear of violence and to achieve their rights’. This change will enable us to deliver successfully on our global ambitions and significantly impact children’s rights and gender equality in Bangladesh.

The Role:

Plan International Bangladesh and JAAGO Foundation initiated project name ‘Shomotay Tarunno- Youth for Equality’ to enable young people in all their diversities, including Girls and Young Women (GYW), to challenge gender stereotypes that limit and stop them from enjoying their full potential. The project aims to follow a youth-centred approach where young women and men in all their diversities (including persons with a diverse gender identity, indigenous people and people with disabilities) are enabled to safely leading the planning, design, and implementation of this project, enjoying and exercising equal rights, with access to resources and engage meaningfully in decision making processes and influence to challenge and address gender stereotypes systems, social norms and harmful practices. By addressing the harmful gender norms throughout the life-course, building agency, advancing strategic and basic conditions and positions of youth in all their diversity including girls, and young women in the family, society, and state level, while working with boys and young men to embrace gender equality and exercise positive and diverse masculinities, the project will respond to the needs and interests of youth in all their diversities, and foster an enabling environment for gender equality and girls’ rights. This consortium will work together to amplify the rights, representation and resources of young people (with all their diversities including GYW) from local to national level to combat harmful gender stereotypes.

The Consortium & Advocacy Manager will be the key contact of action to lead and support multi-year advocacy project consortium of “Shomotay Tarunno- Youth for Equality” following donor and PII compliance and policies. The position holder will be responsible for coordinating and facilitating the work of the project at country level, following an integrated and holistic approach in project implementation among consortium partners for achieving project outcomes. This post holder will be responsible to coordinate with project partners and stakeholders to ensure project outputs and outcome are delivered on time with right quality. S/he will monitor and conduct training/campaign, advocacy interventions to ensure programme quality, documentation and dissemination of project’s learning and good practices.

The incumbent will be accountable for timely delivery of commitments as agreed that include ensure achievement of result with quality, adhering to the requirement of compliance applicable for this particular donor contract.

What we’re looking for:

We need a self-motivated and energetic individual with Master’s/advanced degree in Social Sciences (Development Studies, Mass Communication, Gender Studies), Law, Project Management or any suitable discipline preferably from the reputed universities in Bangladesh or abroad. Someone with At least 08 years proven track record of project management preferably who have expertise on National level Advocacy related project management; preferably related to Girls and youth empowerment, Media & Communication platform, skills training, Violence prevention, policy influence and national advocacy. S/he should have experience in community organising, public mobilisation especially engaging young people and/ or working with social movements for change. Should have strong project management, budget management and analysis skills and proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and power-point. Also have ability to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of Plan. This includes effective negotiation and representation skills too. Should have in-depth understanding of gender dimension in youth economic empowerment issues and gender and age-specific economic opportunities. Also, should have knowledge of child-rights programming, girls and young people safeguarding, and gender transformative programming. S/he should have excellent in Project Cycle Management, Project proposal development process with report writing skills. Experience in working in International NGOs and work in cross-cultural contexts would be advantageous. Should have the ability to work in a team and networking skills combined with the talent to think conceptually and analytically.

To know more about the position please visit: Consortium & Advocacy Manager.

Location: Bangladesh Country Office (50% travel involved)

Duration: 31 November 2027

Application Closing Date: 31 December 2023

Plan International Bangladesh is committed to ending gender inequality, and achieving a gender balanced workforce. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that we stand for. Only short-listed candidates shall be contacted. Any prior communication or persuasion may lead to disqualification of the candidacy. 

A range of pre-employment checks and anti-terrorism screening will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Global Safeguarding 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.

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 Plan follows an equal opportunity policy and actively encourages diversity welcoming applications from all especially women and people living with disability

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