مطلوب موظفين ميدانيين من كلا الجنسين للعمل لدى منظمة دولية

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The Organization
Plan International works in 70 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas promoting child rights and lifting millions of children out of poverty. Plan’s Global Strategic Goals (2017-2022) is to advance Children’s Rights and Equality for Girls ad our Ambition is, “together, we take action so that 100 million girls learn, lead, decide and thrive”. Our aim is to reach as many children as possible, particularly those who are excluded or marginalized through high quality programs that deliver long lasting benefits to children and their communities by working in partnership with others and operating effectively. Plan International is a global federation and it has been working in Jordan since 2016, collaborating with national and international partners to support the recovery and resilience of the Syrian refugees and Jordanian host population by providing Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD), integrated projects including; education, child protection, GBV, SRHR, Youth Economic Empowerment, and women’s empowerment services in both host communities and refugee camps.

Purpose:

Plan International Jordan is seeking an experienced Field Officer with demonstrated knowledge and experience in project implementation and liaising with relevant stakeholders. The Field Officer will represent Plan International in a “front-line” role, effectively and efficiently communicating the Mubaderoon project’s objectives, activities and methodology to project stakeholders. The Field Officer will facilitate regular coordination meetings with staff, national and local partners in order to ensure effective implementation of project activities as per the set timelines.

The Field Officer will be responsible for follow up the Mubaderoon project implementation plans, overseeing project implementation and liaising with relevant stakeholders. The Field Officer will be monitoring activity progress in the field and provide accurate and timely status reports and support development of donor reports. The Field Coordinator will support the Senior Project Manager with the preparation of plans and reports aligned with donor requirements, and other administrative tasks as required.

Background: Plan International in Jordan is contracted by EU to implement a 30 months’ project called “Mubaderoon” (Enterprises) for social change: Strengthening social enterprise initiatives to combat poverty and exclusion in Jordan. The action is designed with a strong focus on strengthening existing Social Enterprises and Social Entrepreneurial Initiatives as well as social entrepreneurship support structures. Growth and acceleration of existing high potential SEs and SEIs (SO1) is a precondition to contribute to tangible socio-economic improvements for the most marginalised groups, most notably formal job creation, social innovation and social impact and for strengthening the national SE ecosystem (SO2) in the long run.

The Consortium: the ‘Mubaderoon’ project is implemented by an international consortium, formally led by Plan International Netherlands and Plan Jordan and further consisting of: Ruwwad (Jordan), Alfanar (UK) and EURICSE (Italy).

The Field Officer will be based in Amman with frequent travel to project locations inside Jordan. He/ She will be following up the Mubaderoon project implementation plans, overseeing project implementation and liaising with relevant stakeholders. She/He will be monitoring activity progress in the field and provide accurate and timely status reports and support development of donor reports. The Field Officer will support the Senior Project Manager with the preparation of plans and reports aligned with donor requirements, and other administrative tasks as required.

The Field Officer will be responsible for:

Project Implementation:

• Perform his/her duties and responsibilities in accordance to the project proposal and in addition to the programmatic, administrative and financial policies/ regulations of Plan International, and in line with the EU rules and regulations.
• In close cooperation with the Senior Project Manager and the Youth Economic Empowerment Specialist, ensure detailed implementation plans are developed and implemented in line with project activities and quality standards.
• Support the development of strong M&E mechanisms, program monitoring tools and efficient review and modification systems to ensure high quality implementation in order to achieve the set objectives.
• Coordinate all activities of the target beneficiaries and local partners.
• Provide supervision and guidance to the project partners, in close consultation with the Youth Economic Empowerment Specialist.
• Facilitate regular coordination meetings with staff, national and local partners in order to ensure effective implementation of project activities as per the set timelines.
• Conduct regular field visits to project sites and partners.
• Follow up and monitor grants delivery to grantees, with close coordination with the Grants Coordinator and Finance Manager.
• Support in producing project progress reports aligned with donor requirements, monitor activity progress in the field and provide accurate and timely status reports and support development of donor reports.
• Ensure that child and youth safeguarding standards are understood and met.

Coordination and Communication:

• Represent Plan International in a “front-line” role, effectively and efficiently communicating the Mubaderoon project’s objectives, activities and methodology to target beneficiaries and local project stakeholders.
• Support in collecting quantitative and qualitative data in accordance with the monitoring and evaluation plan and provide updates and reports to the senior project manager.
• Support in information provision in the project’s Steering Committee, that incorporates program experts and operational management focal points of each partner, and is responsible for annual planning, coherence and synergy.
• Undertake all other duties that may be determined by the line manager and head of Mission and that are compatible with the job.

Knowledge, Skills, Behaviors, and Experience Required to Achieve Role’s Objectives

• Minimum 4 years of progressively responsible professional experience in development and/or humanitarian organizations.
• Bachelor degree in development, business studies, social science, economics, or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Strong experience in managements, monitoring and implementing small grants.
• Demonstrated experience in overseeing project implementation and liaising with relevant stakeholders.
• Experience in youth economic empowerment, livelihoods development in humanitarian or refugee settings, community-based projects, social entrepreneurship, gender, social inclusion, and community participation is an asset.
• Demonstrated capacity in effective planning, coordination, mentorship and working in multi-stakeholder collaborative environment.
• Demonstrated capacity to solve challenging issues/concerns with collaborating project partners.
• High level of problem solving techniques with demonstrated capacity to coach teams to solve inter-personal conflicts and other operational challenges.
• Strong facilitation skills, including the design and management of effective trainings, workshops and meetings with a diverse population is desirable.
• Strong communication and coaching skills to build and maintain appropriate and productive relations with a range of actors, including youth, parents, local and national authorities, through mutual respect, mentorship and team work
• Flexible, creative and problem solving-oriented
• Ability to work independently within a small team.
• Ability to handle stress and deliver under tight deadlines
• Fluency in English and Arabic and ability to effectively write reports.

Level of Contact with Children:

Medium contact – the job responsibilities required from this position will include medium level contact with children. It is expected that children shall be protected at all times.

· We are open and accountable

• Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with donors.
• Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
• Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
• Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
• Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people.

We strive for lasting impact

• Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
• Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
• Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
• Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together

• Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
• Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
• Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
• Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering

• Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
• Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
• Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
• Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.
• Demonstrates high degree of accountability and commitment to organizational values and commitments to children’s rights, gender equality, inclusion among others

Type of Role: 6 months fixed term contract

Location: Plan Jordan – Amman

Reports to: Senior Project Manager

Closing Date: 9th of September 2019

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Please note that only applications and CVs written in English will be accepted.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Child Protection Policy.

As an international child centered community development organization, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realization of children’s rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

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 organization, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

Plan International operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all areas of the international community.