Roving SRHR & GBV Specialist

Overview

Support implementation of the Countering Harmful Practices F4B Project.

You have:

• BA/MA degree in Reproductive Health, Social Work, Sociology.
• At least 5 years relevant experience, of which at least 3 years' experience with NGOs.
• Demonstrated experience on working with Girls and Young women, HPs, building capacities and primary healthcare system strengthening.
• Extensive knowledge of sexual and reproductive health rights, child early forced marriage, FGM, GBV, MIYP, and girls rights in humanitarian and development programs.
• In-depth knowledge of project cycle management, results-based programming and adolescent, child and youth centred community development programming.
• Gender analysis and gender mainstreaming skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presentation.

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 Opportunity

PIE is looking for experienced Roving SRH &GBV Specialist to support the implementation of the Countering Harmful Practices F4B Project (2026–2030), funded by the Dutch Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA). This project aims to strengthen local civil society organizations to prevent and respond to harmful practices including Child, Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM), Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), teenage pregnancy, and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) across Ethiopia’s Amhara, Oromia, Somali, and Afar regions.

The Roving SRH & GBV Specialist will lead efforts to empower girls and women, challenge harmful social and gender norms, and advance comprehensive SRH and GBV services through advocacy and partnerships. The role involves implementing key project pathways, building the capacity of project teams and partners, and promoting gender-transformative and meaningful and inclusive youth participation(MIYP). The Specialist will oversee planning, coordination, and quality delivery of activities, while supporting evidence generation, monitoring, and collaboration with government sectors and civil society organizations. Additionally, the position holder, guided by SRHR Sector Lead, is responsible for developing and contextualizing strategies, tools, and guidelines for capacity building, policy and legal reviews, advocacy, and strengthening partnerships to mainstream SRH and GBV services.

The Individual

• BA/MA degree in Reproductive Health, Social Work, Sociology and at least 5 years relevant experience, of which at least 3 years’ experience with NGOs.
• Demonstrated experience on working with Girls and Young women, HPs, building capacities and primary healthcare system strengthening.
• Extensive knowledge of the sexual and reproductive health rights, child early forced marriage, FGM, GBV,MIYP, and girls rights in humanitarian and development programs.
• In-depth knowledge of project cycle management, results-based programming and adolescent, child and youth centred community development programming
• Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and implications to community development
• Gender analysis and gender mainstreaming skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presentation.

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Safeguarding Children and Program Participants (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed per the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understand their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Program Participants and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

Location: Addis Ababa, Country Office

Type of Role: Fixed-term contract for a one-year period, with the possibility of extension.

Reports to: Project Manager

Closing Date: January 16, 2026

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.

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

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