VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: Child Rights Advisor - Country Office Yaoundé Req ID 8861

Plan International Cameroon is a Child Centered Community Development Organization with no religious, political or governmental affiliation working in Cameroon since 1996. Plan International is a children’s organization with primary concerns on children’s rights, safety and well-being and has in its interest to create safe environments for children with more attention paid to child protection. All employees are therefore expected to comply with our Child Protection Policy. Plan International also promotes equal opportunity employment and pays special consideration to female candidates.

Plan’s Internationals’ Global Strategic Goal (2011-2015) is to reach as many children as possible, particularly those who are excluded or marginalized, with high-quality programmes that deliver long-lasting benefits. Plan aims to achieve this goal by working in partnership with others and through high performing teams whose behaviours reflect the corporate values.

Plan International Cameroon is seeking to recruit interested candidates to fulfill the position of Child Rights Advisor that will deliver the tasks outline below; please to note that this is a local contract.

DIMENSION OF THE ROLE:

The Child Rights Advisor (CRA) is a member of the Programme Support Team (PST) and assists Programme Units (PUs) management and frontline staff in designing and management of Child rights related interventions. S/he also supports Plan management in supporting the achievements of the deliverables of the management team and coach partners and communities to develop a greater understanding of issues related to Child rights and child rights programming;

He/she will perform the following tasks:

• Participation to the development of the CSP strategic note and the identification of key priorities and strategies for the remaining 2 years of the CSP and the CP to ensure that Child rights related matters and resources are properly analyzed; gaps identified and appropriate measures are taken to address the gaps.
• In collaboration with Programme Units Managers (PUMs) and the Resource Mobilization Task Force
• (RMTF) ensuring that promotion of children rights including child protection (CP) are considered in the development of the proposals/concept notes for mainstreaming CR and CP into programming including in emergency situation.
• Ascertain that CBCPM (Community Based Child Protection Mechanisms) Child Centered Community
• Development (CCCD) standards are included in projects (including emergency context) management, ensuring a holistic programming.
• Strengthening of reporting and responding mechanisms to identified child abuse cases, especially at the community level, with a liaison between community child protection committees, CSOs and Government services at local and national levels
• Capacity building for children and youth (boys and girls), parents and community groups and selected partners on child protection including rolling out of Plan’s CPP, with focus on abuse (sexual and physical) which widely spread in some of our PUs.
• Participation to national Protection and child rights cluster and sector meeting as well as strategic meetings with the government to raise Plan International Cameroon profile as CR organization and ensure gaps are addressed in national polices and strategies.
• Field visits to compare and report on consistency between actual implementation process and established/agreed strategies and guidelines for all child rights related projects and programmes and provide clear advice to address gaps. The visits will also help to observe trends progress towards the achievement of Programme goal and objectives.
• Representation of Plan Cameroon in all relevant fora and be fully acquainted with Government policies in the Child rights sector so that to be informed at real time to ensure that Plan Cameroon remains continuously informed of child rights including protection related matters.

The full job description can be found at the following link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8t6bihdi4vfz5mv/Child%20rights%20Advisor%2028%20July%202015%20Final.pdf?dl=0

Qualification and Experience

• Degree in Social sciences, Law / humanitarian law preferable or its equivalents.
• At least 2 years working experience in similar position.
• Be bilingual (French and English);

Knowledge /Competencies

• Good knowledge in human right based approach to development, gender matters and CRC
• Demonstrate experience in developing strategies and designing programmes
• Demonstrate ability to assess best practice, document and disseminate lessons
• Ability to network at high levels

Required Behaviours

• Excellent planning and organizational abilities
• Good supervisory and listening abilities
• Open to feedback and willingness to adopt to new approaches and processes
• Ability to inter-face with all levels of management and field staff
• Good team player
• High effective networking
• High ability to enhance children’s participation in activities
• Communicates clearly and effectively

Skills needed for the position

• Good communication and ICT skills
• Good inter-personal skills
• Good analytical and budgeting skills
• Good negotiations skills
• Excellent writing and reporting skills

NEXT STEP:

To apply for this job, kindly click on "Apply". Your application should include:

• A cover letter
• A comprehensive CV including details of two referees, one of whom should be your current of most recent supervisor

Location: Yaoundé, Country Office - CAMEROON

Closing date: November 26th, 2015

Plan international operates in an equal opportunity environment and actively encourage diversity. Only applications received in French or English will be treated and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Plan International has a Child Protection and a gender equality policies that are integral part of the recruitment process.