The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation 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 it’s 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.

Summary of the position

The Head of Programme Development and Quality (PDQ) oversees Plan International Sierra Leone’s Programme Development and Quality department to ensure alignment with Plan International Inc. Global Ambition – All Girls Standing Strong Making Global Change and the Global Strategy and maintain internal and external standards of the organization. This role provides strategic leadership for designing, evaluating, and influencing gender transformative and sponsorship programmes and initiatives that advance children’s and youth’s rights and equality for girls in Sierra Leone.

Dimensions of the role

• Ensures that PISL gender transformative programme, and influencing initiatives fully align to key global purpose, theory of change, strategies, country context, and other agreed standards.
• Supervises and coordinates all Technical Managers and Specialists including the Partnerships.
• Lead and coordinate the idea and designing stage of the proposal development as a core aspect of fundraising for PISL sustainability.
• Maintains horizontal working links with all PISL Strategic Departments
• Works with and maintains sound and credible (win-win) partnerships that promote girl-friendly and youth-focused policy and practice,
• Promote a culture of learning/knowledge management, use of research-based evidence and capacity building to improve programme quality
• The impact of this role is significant internally and externally to Plan International

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Location: Country Office

Type of Role: Head of Programme Development and Quality

Reports to: Country Director

Grade: Level 17 – Part of the Country Leadership Team

Direct Reports: Technical Managers and Specialists

Close Working Relationship: Head of Programme Implementation, Business Development Manager, Gender Advisor, Country Finance Manager.

Closing Date: 22nd January 2024

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.

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