Emergence Response Manager

The Organization

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And its girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

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.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

The Opportunity

Oversee the management of the Northern Mozambique displacement response in Nampula, and Cabo Delgado, ensuring response activities are in line with Plan International’s standard policies and procedures. Lead and manage rapid needs assessments in the northern displacement, ensuring a clear focus on the specific needs of children and particularly girls. Based on the outcome of the needs assessments provide recommendations to the Country Director and senior management team on programming options and priorities. Support the selection of local partner organisations, ensuring alignment with Plan International’s approach and programming priorities in humanitarian crises. Support programme technical specialists to ensure programmes are of high quality and have direct positive impact on children affected by crises. Ensure appropriate programme quality standards are used in the design and implementation of programmes, particularly SPHERE and its companion guides (such as Child Protection Minimum Standards and Minimum Standards for Education Preparedness, Response and Recovery (INEE)) and the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS). Overall responsibility for preparation of quality reports and updates on the northern displacement for different Plan Entities and external actors such as donors, UN. Develop an appropriate grant pipeline in collaboration with BDM at Country Office. Work closely with BDM to develop appropriate funding submissions to institutional donors. Supervise local operational support functions where needed (finance, HR, logistics

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About You

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Disaster Risk Management, humanitarian studies, international development, international relations, social studies, agriculture, public health, or similar field.
• Demonstrated experience of key practice and standards for humanitarian response such as SPHERE and CHS.
• Ability to communicate effectively and authoritatively on area of expertise, and influence others to reach common goals. 
• Proven experiences and ability to coordinate and collaborate with different organizations including the government and demonstrable working experience in development programme. 
• Demonstrated track record of proposal writing
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Portuguese and English.

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification in managing rapid and slow onset disasters, disaster risk reduction; conflict analysis; humanitarian response, climate adaptation; and program management including result-based monitoring and evaluation.

Location: Pemba

Type of Role: Full time role

Reports to: Disaster Risk Manager

Grade: 16 Pay range (2.599.885,2MT to 3.249.856,56MT annual gross) Plan reserves the right to pay according to internal procedures;

Closing Date: Juanuary 22nd   2024

 Women are highly encouraged to apply

 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 the applicant’s 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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