VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: Education in Emergency Officer/UNICEF Project (12422)

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 Education in Emergency Officer that will deliver the tasks outline below for the UNICEF project in Maroua;

Please to note that this is a local contract.

DIMENSION OF THE ROLE:

This position is responsible for Education in Emergency activities effective implementation in the filed in accordance of Plan’s emergency child protection response in the Far North Region of Cameroon. The Education in Emergency Officer will provide effective capacities and technical guidance in management including the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of education activities at the field levels.

He/she will perform the following tasks:

Assessment

• Contribute to the review, assess and update of the child protection situation in the Far North.
• In collaboration with EiE Coordinator and CPiE coordinator, support to conduct issue specific or general needs assessments as necessary, and contribute to assessments in other sectors.
• Organize and support the community partners involved in the recovery process.
• Support potential partnerships identification to implement Education and child protection recommendations, assess potential partners where available or make recommendations on how to fill gaps.

Program Design

• Participate in the data collect with Plan management for the writing of concept papers, proposals and budgets for education and child protection activities.
• Contribute to ensure that issues of gender, education, DRR, conflict sensitivity and Plan’s guidelines and international Child protection standards are considered in the data collect for the program design.

Response Management and Implementation

• Update inventory of ECCD materials and report on need for additional items;
• Organize WASH sensitization campaigns with children in the refugee site;
• Support the timely and quality implementation and monitoring of the projects ;
• Organise and supervise sensitization campaign on education in the refugee and IDPs sites;
• Conduct parenting session with groups of men and women on Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) in the refugee and IDPs sites;
• Organize and supervise school furniture and pedagogic kit distributions;
• Collect and submit field information to EiE Coordinator and M&E coordinator on a weekly basis;
• Organize in the field all capacities building activities of teachers and communities ;
• Support the set-up of children's clubs in the refugee sites and in the host communities;
• Give all support to the school management comitee involved to the projects;
• Contribute to ensure strong collaboration with Education actors in the field.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

• Make frequent field visits to all affected areas to monitor implementation of education activities, identify and report to EiE Coordinator or Project Coordinator opportunities and constraints and any adjustments needed;
• Ensure child protection policy of Plan International Cameroon is respected and all concerns reported;
• Ensure adequate reporting of Education activities as per donor and programme requirements.
• Collect data and reports from the ECCD Animators and prepare and submit on weekly to EIE Coordinator or Project Coordinator the reports of activities.

Information and Co-ordination

• Contribute in the reporting of Education activities as per donor and programme requirements, particularly in the UNICEF Project implementation. Provide regular updates to Project Coordinator on activities implementation;
• Represent Plan at the weekly sectoral and other coordination meetings.

Human Resources and Administration

• Supervise and ensure strong coordination of the ECCD animators and Community workers.
• Participate in the training and briefing of ECCD animators and Community workers and other key stakeholders on Education and/or related issues.

ABOUT YOU:

Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours Required to Achieve Role’s Objectives:

Knowledge

• Be a holder of a degree Education, social sciences or related field with good knowledge of Education Principles and INEE standards;
• Minimum of one successful assignment in an emergency situation/context;
• Good knowledge and understanding of humanitarian principles and established international child protection standards is an asset;
• Proven professional experience in education, child protection,  humanitarian affairs, human rights, and related fields;
• Practical and relevant experience of operating in emergency;
• Be able to speak one of the local languages mostly the Haoussa, Kanouri language;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Experience in the Far North of Cameroon is an asset.

Skills

• Team player
• Background in complex emergencies situation analysis, needs assessments and response planning and management;
• Knowledge of international humanitarian standards (SPHERE, INEE,) and Red Cross Codes of Conduct;
• Timely and effective delivery of project activities and other outputs (reports, etc.);
• Proven capacity to facilitate trainings, coach staff and provide supportive supervision;
• Commitment to child protection, gender equality and participation;
• Demonstrate ability to assess best practice, document and disseminate lessons learned;
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft office including words, excel, power point, internet etc…);
• Ability to network with grassroots structures;
• Willingness to travel at short notice and be flexible to changing circumstances;
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft office including words, excel, power point, internet etc…);
• Communication Skills: Well developed written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of PLAN.

Behaviours: 

• Commitment and adherence to humanitarian values and standards;
• Aware of own strengths, weaknesses and pro-active in using feedback and self-development;
• Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to PLAN's core values and humanitarian principles;
• Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high security risks and harsh living conditions. Works and lives with a flexible, adaptable and resilient manner;
• Awareness and sensitivity of self and others: Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner. Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessment particularly in high stress and high security contexts;
• Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive under pressure;
• Preparedness to live and work in uncertain security environments.

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: Maroua - CAMEROON

Closing date: May 1st, 2016

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.