Child Protection in Emergency Consultant

Overview

Implement child protection activities in emergency response context.

You have:

• Experience in child protection and emergency response.
• Ability to facilitate community activities and build trust.
• Capable of bridging between various activities and stakeholders.
• Understanding of safeguarding children's rights and policies.

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 know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. 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.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The consultant offer support in the implementation of the PROACT, DGD Project at the level of Child Protection in Emergency Officer for a period of 3 months from the date of joining. The Consultant is responsible for implementing CPiE activities and serves as a focal person in bridging and coordinating PIU activities and in Kululu Sub-county, Bijo Sub-county, Barakala Town Council, and Kochi Sub-county and will be crucial in building trust, facilitating community activity, and ensuring that the organization’s activities align with community’s needs, values, and expectations.

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Location: Yumbe

Type of Role: Consultancy

Reports to: Child Protection in Emergency Coordinator

Grade: N/A

Closing Date: 05 February 2025

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands 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 ideas. We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

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.

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