Youth Engagement and Consultation Assistant

Overview

Work under supervision, monitor youth associations, support project activities.

You have:

• Bachelor's degree level in social sciences or other related field.
• 2 years of experience in the planning, design and implementation of integrated humanitarian and/or development programmes.
• Mastery of the socio-cultural context of the Far North region, in particular Logone and Chari.
• Good knowledge of the local languages spoken in the Logone and Chari department is an asset.

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 YEC Assistant will work under the direct supervision of the Project Coordinator, and will work in collaboration with the other team members for a more integrated and inclusive response to the needs of the population. As YEC Assistant, you will also monitor youth associations in the implementation of project activities related to YEC. In addition to these youth associations, you will also have under his supervision community volunteers committed to the project. you will also support young people who are taking part in the Project activities, ensuring their views are respected and listened to.

The Individual

We are looking to recruit a qualified candidate, with a Bachelor's degree level in social sciences or other related field and 2 years of experience in the planning, design and implementation of integrated humanitarian and/or development programmes. As YEC assistant, you will have a mastery of the socio-cultural context of the Far North region, in particular Logone and Chari and having a good knowledge of the local languages spoken in the Logone and Chari department is an asset.

Please follow this link for a full role profile: Job description - YEC ASSISTANT - OIM - 2025.pdf

Location: Kousseri

Type of Role: Service contract

Reports to: Project Coordinator

Hay Level: 11

Closing Date: 07th April 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.

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

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