Plan International
Career Opportunities: Project Assistant – Coastal livelihoods and Environmental Management (45577)
Category: Disaster Risk
Management
Requisition ID: 45577
WHO WE ARE
Plan International is a
rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for better lives
for all children.
We are independent of
government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to
strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
We have been building
powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active
in more than 70 countries.
Our global strategy has
a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalized and most
often left behind.
We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive.
This is our contribution
to reaching the sustainable development goals, and in particular the goals on
gender equality.
Our organization is
transforming itself to meet this enormous challenge everywhere we work.
We need bold,
forward-thinking and innovative individuals to lead our country operations,
driving change and delivering results that will allow us to reach our target of
100 million girls.
With approximately 38
years of experience in implementing its programme, Plan International Kenya
(PIK) mainly operates in 10 geographical areas; Nairobi, Machakos, Kajiado,
Tharaka-Nithi, Siaya, Kwale, Kilifi, Homa Bay, Kisumu and Tana River.
OUR STRATEGY STATEMENT
PlK’s strategic goal in
the next five years is to end teenage pregnancies and end all forms of sexual
and gender-based violence against adolescent girls and young women.
We aim to help create an
enabling environment where girls and young women are safe, valued, equally
cared for, and have equal opportunities.
PIK will contribute to
the global strategy by aiming to reach directly approximately 2.75 million
(children, including girls and Young Women over the period of the strategy
2022-2026 and to reach additional beneficiaries through its interventions.
THE ROLE
The Project assistant
will be responsible for supporting administrative and field project
deliverables as guided in the project plan.
He/ she will be expected
to possess a general knowledge in community development processes. The role
will undertake mobilization of target stakeholders including administrative
task such as organizing project workshops and meetings.
The Project Assistant
will coordinate procurement support for the project and ensure that
documentations of work activities such as participants attendance lists,
distribution, records of project inputs to beneficiaries are available for
reference.
Additionally, the role
will require liaison with other project teams to ensure synergy and integration
of project interventions.
Reports to: Project
Coordinator
Direct reports: No direct reports
Level of contact with
children
· High level: Frequent
interaction with children.
ACCOUNTABILITIES AND
MAIN WORK ACTIVITIES
Project Implementation:
55%
· Ensure community
participation in the project planning, implementation and monitoring
· Ensure that the monthly
activities and budget plans are implemented as per approved work plan and that
all activities are on track with appropriate scheduling, quality and timelines
· Work with relevant staff
to ensure all logistics and procurement processes are in conformity with Plan
policies, procedures and standards
· Facilitate access to
relevant and accurate information on the project to stakeholders including the
government officers, parents, and children.
· Ensure that gender
considerations are appropriately defined and incorporated across all phases of
design, implementation and reporting.
Administrative
Responsibilities: 15%
· Ensure project
implementation is within the approved monitoring plan and tracked
· Ensure that all
documentation related to activity reports, participants lists and project
acknowledgement forms are updated monthly and all project files are up to date.
· Ensure all project
related partner, government and other stakeholder relations are well maintained
and also ensure that feedback and input from stakeholders are incorporated into
the implementation of the project.
· Work with relevant staff
to ensure all logistics and procurement at a local level are done according to
Plan policies. This will include the development and monitoring of procurement
plans Periodically review the project outline with the Project Coordinator to
ensure that implementation is on course.
Documentation and
Reporting: 10%
· Consolidate/write
project reports in line with the laid down requirements and Plan standards.
· Work with the Program
team and the M&E team in documenting project achievements and lessons learnt.
· Contribute to
documentation and sharing of best practices with all stakeholders
· Facilitate and
coordinate joint reflection sessions at Sub County and/or County level
Communications and
Stakeholder Relationships: 5%
· To engage and maintain
cordial stakeholder relationships for effective project delivery throughout the
project cycle
· Maintain a high level of
external communication/contact at the community, County levels. This is to
facilitate the implementation of the project activities effectively.
Manage Project
Resources: 5%
· Implementation of the
project within the approved periodic costed work plans.
Safeguarding Children
and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI): 5%
· Understands and puts
into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and
Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported
and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
· Leads the orientation of
programme staff to ensure that they are properly inducted on and
understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and
GEI policies;
· Ensures that Plan
International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People
and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in project design,
during implementation and as principles applied in day-to-day work of Programme
team
· Ensures that Plan Kenya
contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding
and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are
submitted.
Other duties (5%)
· Any other assignment
within the scope of work.
Qualifications /
experience – essential:
· A Bachelor’s degree in
Community Development or Environmental Sciences is preferred.
· At least 1 years’
experience in project management/coordination.
· Strong Knowledge of
community development.
· Conversant with child
rights issues and child participatory methodologies.
· Knowledge and experience
of working in Environment Conservation.
· Knowledge and experience
in Livelihood Initiatives.
· Ability to ride and use
Motor Bike for field Operations
Qualifications /
experience – desirable
· Skills in managing
project implementation and monitoring
· Strong report writing
skills
· Community facilitation,
networking, partnership development and management skills
Languages required
· Excellent written and
verbal communication skills in English and Kiswahili.
Knowledge:
· Knowledge of gender and
inclusion and global/local development issues, with particular knowledge in
girls’ rights and child rights, feminist movements, the key actors and
institutions, and the power dynamics involved.
· Understanding of the
policies, processes, institutions and organizations that shape the development
and humanitarian context and standards within Kenya.
· Understanding of the
implications of working with a rights-based approach to development and is able
to analyse the situation of children and particularly girls’ rights in his/her
working context
· Knowledge on different
types of partnerships and civil society strengthening and capacity building.
· Understanding issues,
principles and strategies and their root causes and working with Plan’s
principles and a range of strategies and approaches to improve outcomes
Skills:
· Ability to design,
implement and monitor evidence-based solutions for gender transformative
programmes.
· Ability to influence
power holders about the need for and benefits of addressing gender equality and
inclusion, including being able to offer a range of evidence-based solutions.
· Excellent relationship
building skills – networking, influencing and stakeholder management
skills
· Ability to identify,
analyze and monitor diverse, relevant external actors to work with and
understand the purpose and implications of working with them.
Behaviors:
· Role model of Plan
International values and behaviors both internally and externally.
· Engages sensitively with
community members on issues of gender equality and inclusion, demonstrating an
understanding of the local culture and context.
· Promotes equality,
including gender equality, inclusion and girls’ empowerment in Plan’s work and
in its work with partners
· Ability to communicate
clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a
representative of Plan International. This includes effective negotiation and
representation skills.
· Challenging self, others
and authority when behavior and decisions are not supporting Plan
International’s policies and positions.
· Ability to stand against
stigma and discrimination of vulnerable and excluded groups, uphold dignity
· Uses creativity to
challenge the norm and promote innovation and thinks and acts for the wider
organization – linking partnership opportunities with the context of the wider
organizational strategy
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.
Disclaimer: Plan International
is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate applicants on any
basis. We also do not charge Job seekers any fees at any point of the
recruitment process.
Female candidates are
highly encouraged to apply for this position.
The application deadline
is on 20/1/2023.
Application link: External Application
Please note that Plan
International is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate
applicants on any basis.
We also don’t charge Job
seekers any fees at any point of recruitment.