Accountability to Affected Populations Specialist At Plan International

Who are Plan International?

Plan International is an independent child rights and humanitarian organisation committed to children living a life free of poverty, violence and injustice.

We actively unite children, communities and other people who share our mission to make positive lasting changes in children’s and young people’s lives. We support children to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to claim their rights to a fulfilling life, today and in the future. We place a specific focus on girls and women, who are most often left behind.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 75 years and are now active in more than 70 countries.

How have Plan International responded to the Ukraine Crisis?

Since March 2022, Plan International has been responding to the crisis in partnership with civil society organisations in Poland, Romania, and Moldova to meet the needs of those affected by the crisis as well as host communities, and we are also extending operations in Ukraine itself.

We are supporting an integrated education and child protection response, incorporating mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), with cash and voucher assistance (CVA) as a modality.

What can you bring?

As Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) Specialist, you will play a key role in the support to country level activities and will provide technical support and guidance to Plan International teams and partners in Poland, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine. A priority focus will be on supporting child friendly feedback mechanisms established and to ensure accountability is core to our response. You will develop Plan International’s approach to accountability, risk communication and community engagement across all response locations, in close collaboration with our partners.

The Ukraine Hub is a service-oriented structure to support initiation of activities, and to help find solutions to problems as and when arise. Creative thinking and identifying work arounds to problems faced will be a critical element of the role.

You will be the primary point of contact for technical staff in Poland, Moldova, Romania and Ukraine, ensuring Plan International is following high standards of programme quality. Complaints and feedback mechanisms will be established where absent, and close links with our safeguarding activities will be ensured throughout all work. You will represent Plan International in external fora, ensuring the organisation is seen as a leader in gender focussed programming in humanitarian response.

You’ll have:

• Progressively responsible professional experience in AAP work in a range of humanitarian contexts.
• Good knowledge of and experience with key AAP tools and guidelines.
• Knowledge and understanding of key AAP, RCCE and PSEA issues.
• Experience of conducting needs assessments.
• Experience providing technical support and oversight to AAP programs.
• Experience of capacity building on AAP with a variety of audiences.
• Experience in program design and proposal development and ability to secure funding from public and private funding streams.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken

Who are we looking for?

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and idea.

Due to the emergency nature of our response, and the critical need for colleagues to begin in-country ASAP, we are only able to accept applications from local candidates, or candidates who have the pre-existing right to enter Poland, Romania, Ukraine or Moldova visa-free for at least 90 days.

Where will I be based?

You’ll divide your time equally between our offices in Warsaw, Poland, Kyiv, Ukraine, Chisinau, Moldova and Bucharest, Romania

Why join Plan International?

It’s an exciting time to join as we shape our longer-term strategy and presence within each of the response countries. You’ll have a direct impact on women and children affected by the conflict in Ukraine.

Closing date: 9th November 2022

Contract duration: 6 months with potential to extend

Please note, interviews will take place on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close this advert once sufficient applications are received. During our emergency response, there may be a delay in hearing from us; at Plan International we appreciate the time invested in application processes and aim to respond to every candidate in due course.

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 organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.