Social Enterprise Technical Specialist – National vacancy (34421)
**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 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 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries. Plan International Jordan is established in 2016 and has programmes in Azraq refugee camp and host communities.
The Opportunity :
Plan International Jordan is seeking an experienced Social Enterprise Specialist with demonstrated knowledge and experience in Social Entrepreneurship, community led economic projects and livelihood projects for vulnerable young people. eThe specialist will be responsible to lead the day-to-day implementation of Social Entrepreneurship activities in the project, support the Senior Project manager in ensuring the quality of Project implementation by the project team, national partners and local partners, and promote integration with other sector interventions including education, Gender transformative programming and Child Protection.
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 further consisting of: Ruwwad (Jordan), Alfanar (UK) and EURICSE (Italy).
The Social Enterprise Specialist will be based in Amman with frequent travel to project locations inside Jordan; He/ She will provide technical assistance to project staff in Plan and partners, support the Senior project manager in assuring the quality of programming and lead the day-to-day implementation of specific SE related activities.
The Responsibilities include:
Project Implementation:
- In close cooperation with the Senior Project manager, 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 systems to ensure high quality implementation
- Ensure that child and youth safeguarding standards are understood and met.
- Support the PM in developing project management tools (weekly/monthly action plans, reporting format, etc.)
- Work closely together with international knowledge partners on strengthening the SE activities during project implementation.
Technical capacity building
- Provide and facilitate technical guidance, training, coaching and mentoring to project’s staff and partners in business development, life skills and social enterprise set up and management.
- Participate in identifying, contextualising and/or developing curriculum, training materials and technical guidance.
- maintain regular communication with the national ?and international? stakeholders to integrate appropriate technical input and priorities in ongoing project implementation.
Coordination and Communication:
- Support in collecting quantitative and qualitative data in accordance with the monitoring and evaluation plan and provide updates and reports to the project manager and Country office technical coordination lead.
- Support in information provision to the project’s Board of Directors in order for them to take strategic decisions and represent the consortium at the highest level.
- 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.
- Build and maintain relationships with Social Enterprise sector counterparts in other agencies through active engagement in coordination platforms
- Provide effective coordination and guidance among local government, country-wide initiatives, communities, NGOs and other key stakeholders
Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible professional experience in Social Enterprise and Youth Economic Empowerment sector
- Demonstrated experience within youth livelihood and business set up & development.
- University degree the field of Social Work, Business, Social Sciences or another related field.
- Knowledge of business and income generating activities in the context of Jordan with clear understanding of related legal and policies frameworks.
- Experience in livelihoods development in humanitarian or refugee settings, community-based and social enterprise and community participation is an asset.
- Experience in programming related to child labour, gender-based violence, child marriage, and/or positive parenting are an asset.
- Experience of working with partners.
- Good facilitation skills and ability to deliver induction briefing/trainings.
- Ability to communicate and maintain appropriate and productive relations with a range of actors, including children, parents, local and national authorities.
- Flexible work attitude and ability to work independently within a small team.
- Excellent knowledge of Arabic and English.
Behaviours (Plan International’s Values in Practice)
We are open and accountable
- Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and 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.
Type of Role: One year contract
Location: Plan’s office in Jordan – Amman
Reports to: Programs Manager
Closing Date: 17th of January 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.
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