Project Manager – Joining Forces

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation 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 85 years, and are now active in more than 75 countries.

The Opportunity

The Joining Forces Alliance applied for a €16 million grant from the German Foreign Federal Office (GFFO) to address major child protection in emergency issues in various conflict settings across the world. The project “Joining Forces for Child Protection in Emergencies (JF-CPiE)” will be implemented in 6 countries (Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Colombia, South Sudan, Ethiopia,). All six agencies that are part of the Joining Forces Alliance have a role in the consortium that has been brought together to implement this project, with two agencies having an implementation role in each of the six targeted countries. Plan International Germany is the consortium lead and will contract the overall Project Manager and MERL Coordinator as well as Controlling and Compliance Coordinator.

Under the project, this position is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the implementation of the project among the six project countries. The Project Manager will work on behalf of the consortium lead (Plan International Germany) and will be responsible for project reporting, oversight of the overall project implementation progress, and organizing together with the consortium members in Germany and the 12 country offices all “global” actions of this project.

The Project Manager will lead the Project Management Steering Committee (PMSC) and facilitate quarterly meetings with the Consortium Steering Committee (CSC). Furthermore he/she will report to the Consortium Steering Committee which has an oversight function and is represented by the 6 German offices of the Joining Forces Organisations.

Essential requirements;

• Degree in social sciences, child development, social work or other related sectors
• Solid experience in Program/ Project management
• Experience managing complex, large project budgets (> €5mil)
• Experience in developing and implementing Child Protection projects across multiple contexts and countries
• Knowledge of evidence based, best practice programming and standards for child protection and child participation (Child Protection Minimum Standards)
• Good knowledge and understanding of humanitarian principles and established international child protection standards; SPHERE standards and the Red Cross/ NGO Code of Conduct.
• Very strong facilitation, negotiation, communication and representation skills
• Very strong leadership and management skills
• Skills in monitoring, evaluation and reporting
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent writing skills (incl. report writing)
• Requires general finance, administration, information management and communication skills and proficiency in information technology/ computer skills (MS Office)
• Fluency in English

Please note that this role can be based in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia or South Sudan.