JOB DESCRIPTION

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 know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

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

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

On behalf of Plan International, and in support of the government and all humanitarian actors, the purpose of this post is to provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Child Protection Working Group.

The CP AoR Co-Coordinator’s main responsibility is to provide support to CPWG (National level and Far North level) & CP-AoR coordinators in line with the Principles of Partnership. By working together Plan International, UNICEF and Ministry of Social Affairs. As CP AoR Co-Coordinator, you will ensure:

To support quality child protection service delivery;
To inform humanitarian, strategic decision making;
To strength national capacity in preparedness & contingency planning;
To monitor and evaluate sub-sector performance;
To be an advocacy for cp on behalf of sub-sector members and affected people

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The Individual

We are looking to recruit a qualified candidate with a university degree in university degree in social work, a social science or another related field. As CP AoR Co-Coordinator, you need to be fluency in written and spoken English and French, you need to have an excellent knowledge of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and inter-agency guidance and tools related to child protection coordination and programme including related to unaccompanied children, alternative care, case management, family strengthening, community-level child protection, MHPSS, and cash and vouchers assistance for child protection. With 8 years of experience in managing and leading Child Protection in Emergencies programme responses, you need to have a previous work experience in the country and in emergency contexts, in particular conflict/refugee settings, an experience in successful resource mobilization with key child protection donors and an experience in leading and coordinating CP assessments in humanitarian contexts

Please follow this link for a full role profile JD_CP AoR NGO Coordinator CMR – July 25.pdf

Location: Yaounde

Type of Role: Service contract

Reports to: Country Emergency Response Manager / CP AoR Lead

Hay Level : N/A

 

Closing Date: 14th July 2025

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.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements