The Organization
Plan International is an independent, non-profit development and humanitarian organization that promotes children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child, but we know they are often limited by poverty, violence, exclusion, and discrimination. And girls are the most affected.
In collaboration with children, youth, supporters, and partners, we strive for a just world by addressing the root causes of the problems faced by the most vulnerable children. We support children from birth to adulthood and empower them to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive change in practices and policies at the local, national, and global levels through our reach, experience, and expertise.
For over 85 years, we’ve brought together other determined optimists to transform the lives of all girls and boys in more than 80 countries.
We won’t stop until equality is achieved.
Purpose
Plan International is an independent humanitarian and children’s rights organization committed to ensuring that children, adolescents, and young people live free from poverty, violence, and injustice.
We actively unite children, adolescents, young people, communities, and others who share our mission to achieve positive and lasting change in the lives of children and young people. We support children, adolescents, and young people to acquire the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need to demand their rights to a full life, today and in the future. We focus on girls and women, who are most often left behind.
We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and now Plan International is seeking a Technical Resource focused on providing training, planning, and advocacy services in child protection processes and education in emergencies for people on the move. These roles are crucial to responding to the protection, human mobility, and return crisis in Honduras. The objective is to offer support in line with the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action and other relevant guidelines.
Through the Safe Steps project, the goal is to strengthen the capacities of service providers focused on child protection, gender, and education in emergencies. It also aims to advocate for public policies geared toward this end and strengthen municipal capacities by developing action plans and integrating returning populations into the municipal agenda.
JOB DIMENSIONS
Under the supervision of the General Coordinator of the Safe Steps Project, the Emergency Education Technician will be the main point of contact for a child and/or adolescent facing specific protection risks, at strategic and border points with flows of people in situations of human mobility in Honduras, based in San Pedro Sula, focusing actions on the Returned Migrant Care Centers (CAMR) under the administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Chancellery of the Republic and Irregular Migrant Care Centers (CAMI) under the administration of the National Migration Institute (INM) in Honduras, located in the following municipalities of the country:
• Cortés: San Pedro Sula, La Lima, Omoa
• Francisco Morazán: Tegucigalpa
• El Paraíso: Danlí
• Choluteca: Choluteca
Targeting populations experiencing migration, displacement, and return, local service providers, civil society organizations, and community leaders,
she is responsible for coordinating and monitoring all actions related to project implementation, specifically the implementation of safe and friendly spaces, as one of the key strategies to protect and guarantee the right to education for children and adolescents affected by humanitarian crises. She facilitates temporary learning spaces, provides school kits and educational materials, monitors child protection, mental health, and psychosocial support, and promotes safe learning environments with a focus on gender equality and non-discrimination. In this area of work, she must ensure that decisions are made in accordance with the best interests of the child.
She plays an important role in the implementation of the Safe Steps project within six prioritized municipalities in the departments of Cortés, Francisco Morazán, El Paraíso, and Choluteca in Honduras. Must collaborate and coordinate with the PIH project team, technical staff from the corresponding territorial PUs, and the technical staff of the organizations involved in the project.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Protection
• Develop and enhance the capacities of service providers, teaching staff, and specifically at the level of local governments and organizations in the communities and municipalities covered by the project, from a gender, Child Protection, and Education in Emergencies perspective.
• Promote, coordinate, and participate in advocacy actions jointly with civil society organizations, national and international NGOs, municipal and local governments aimed at strengthening and implementing policies and protocols for the care of children and youth and their families.
• Position the project in prioritized municipalities with different stakeholders to promote practices within the framework of compliance with children’s rights, specifically guaranteeing the right to education in emergency contexts.
• Establish partnerships and alliances at the municipal and community levels from a gender perspective that allows strengthening the work to be implemented under the Safe Steps project.
• Actively participate in the planning and implementation processes of child protection and education in emergencies actions to be developed in the different prioritized municipalities.
Supervision
• Participate in meetings with the supervisor regarding child protection actions.
• Conduct follow-up visits, monitor the situation of children, and support training and advocacy actions at the level of service providers in prioritized municipalities.
• Ensure that gender and child protection approaches are integrated into training, planning, and advocacy processes, as well as into reintegration plans generated at the level of the municipalities covered by the project and in the training processes generated at the level of service providers and the respective replications at different levels.
Support
• Provide experience and leadership in the integration of approaches promoted by PIH into the strengthening and advocacy processes generated within the framework of the project.
• Provide the required support in the training processes and construction of municipal plans for social, community, and school reintegration that are required, in coordination with organizations and educational centers in the territories.
• Develop and implement relevant protection, safeguard, and security measures in the context of project implementation.
Information management
• Construct a mapping of key stakeholders in project implementation and impact.
• Update the database of planning and impact processes.
• Store information and files on training processes, stakeholder mapping, and case management for child protection and education in emergencies, in accordance with data protection protocols.
• Contribute to the preparation of monthly, interim, final, and ad hoc reports on project activities.
• Produce informative infographics for dissemination to humanitarian stakeholders.
Training
• Facilitate training processes for service providers, municipal authorities, and stakeholders based on gender, child protection, and emergency education approaches.
Collaboration and Coordination:
• Serve as a liaison with municipal and community authorities, service providers, among others.
• Participate in inter-institutional meetings on relevant topics and in relation to the processes required for project implementation.
• Coordinate municipal and community awareness-raising activities based on protection, gender, and education in emergencies approaches, with an emphasis on children in the context of human mobility and/or humanitarian crises.
Other duties:
• Provide feedback on written documents and the design of future intervention proposals.
• Participate in subnational coordination meetings of the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) and the Education Sub-cluster, and in other institutional meetings, as needed.
• Support in the performance of other tasks assigned by the supervisor.
Safeguarding
Ensures that Plan International’s global safeguarding policy and PII policy to prevent sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse; and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully integrated in accordance with the policy principles and requirements, including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as appropriate to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring that staff and partners are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and the Plan International Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed according to appropriate procedures.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge:
• Professional qualifications in Pedagogy, Sociology, Social Work, or a related field in the Social Sciences.
• Previous work experience, preferably in Child Protection, Reintegration, and Human Mobility.
• Experience and leadership in facilitating institutional meetings, advocacy spaces, and with the educational community.
• Professional experience in the humanitarian field and migration context (including migratory and returnee populations).
• Excellent writing, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Experience and process management focused on the provision of education services in emergencies, social and educational reintegration of children in situations of human mobility, case management of child protection and gender-based violence in a child-sensitive and child-adapted manner, advocacy processes, and support in the development of Municipal and Community Protection and/or Education Plans.
Skills:
• Solid knowledge in supervision, evaluation, research, and conducting multi-sector participatory evaluations, specifically in the education sector.
• Experience managing files and databases, as well as regularly documenting information generated by the project.
• Ability to work individually, in teams, and under pressure with limited supervision and results-based management.
• Proactive and proactive.
• Strong analytical, conflict resolution, case management, project planning, and administration skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and strategically with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of Plan, including effective negotiation and representation skills.
• Skills in training, coaching, and supporting institutional, community, and internal and external staff.
• Computer skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Driving skills to facilitate mobility to project intervention areas.
Behavior:
• Consistently adheres to Plan International’s Child Protection Policy.
• Vigorously drives performance in their area of responsibility alongside the team.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships.
• Conceptual understanding and commitment to humanitarian work, including a willingness to work outside of work hours and weekends according to project needs and requirements.
• Fosters a strong learning culture within their area of the organization.
• Maintains a calm and positive attitude under pressure and in difficult situations.
• Is aware of the impact of their actions on others and adapts their behavior accordingly.
Job Location: San Pedro Sula with travel to Tegucigalpa, Danlí, Choluteca
Type of Function: Programmatic
Reports to: General Coordinator of the Safe Steps Project
Deadline/Closing Date: June 27, 2025
Plan International Values
We work to achieve lasting change.
We seek a meaningful and lasting impact on the lives of children and young people, ensuring equality for girls in particular. Our challenge is to remain bold, courageous, responsive, determined, and innovative.
We are open and accountable.
We create an environment of trust inside and outside the organization through inclusion, honesty, and transparency. We take responsibility for the decisions we make and our impact on others, and we deliver on our commitments.
Together, we do it well.
Our success lies in working effectively with others, both inside and outside the organization, including our funders and donors. We actively support our members and help them achieve their goals. At Plan International, we come together to create and deliver solutions for our teams, children, young people, communities, and partners.
We are inclusive and empowering.
We respect all people, value differences, and reject inequality in our programs and at our workplaces. We support children and young people to grow their confidence and transform their own lives. We empower our employees to achieve their best and develop their potential.
Early application is recommended, as we will review applications during the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advertisement early.
In accordance with Plan International’s “Safeguarding Children” and “Young People” policies, a series of pre-employment checks will be conducted.
As a child-focused international 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. This means we have particular responsibilities toward the children 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 possible to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or putting children at risk.
Plan International operates an equal opportunity policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all areas of the international community.