Youth and livelihoods Assistant Officer

Overview

Support implementation of child protection policies and improve protection mechanisms.

You have:

• Diploma, BA in Business Management, livelihoods and food security, Economics, Development studies, Sociology or other related fields is required.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of related working experience is required.
• Good managerial experience, including managing budgets.
• Equipped with sufficient level of awareness on: Early warning concepts; agriculture, Disaster risk management practice and knowhow; food security and livelihoods framework and Gender.
• Good knowledge of field level realities of humanitarian NGOs work.
• Experience of working in Gambella and speak Local language.

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

The post holder is responsible for the deliveries of results in line with pre-agreed program planes and objectives and oversee the implementation of the child protection policy in the PA and contribute towards achieving the country program goal of improved protection mechanisms and community practices against harmful traditional practices and violence against children and women Plan International Ethiopia has put in place a child protection policy that all of its staff must adhere to and sign.

The indvidual

• Diploma, BA in Business Management, livelihoods and food security. Economics, Development studies, Sociology or other related fields is required with a minimum of 3-5 years of related working experience.
• Good managerial experience, including managing budgets
• Equipped with sufficient level of awareness on: Early warning concepts; agriculture, Disaster risk management practice and knowhow; food security and livelihoods framework and Gender,
• Good knowledge of field level realities of humanitarian NGOs work;
• Experience of working in Gambella and speak Local language;

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Safeguarding Children and Young People (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 in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all in incentives staff working in the youth and livelihoods are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day to day work

Location:Gambella Program Area

Type of Role: UNHCR Project until December 31, 2025

Reports to: CPiE Manager

Closing Date: August 31,2025

This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia.

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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