Gender Coordinator Raising Project (NGO Careers) at Plan International

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

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

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.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 75 countries.

ROLE PROFILE

ROLE PURPOSE

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. However, this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination, and it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners in more than 70 countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas, Plan International’s purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality of girls. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. 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. Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalized and most often left behind. We strive for a world where all girls can claim and exercise their rights and live the life they choose. We commit to seeing All Girls Standing Strong.

This position will provide overall leadership on Gender and inclusion mainstreaming for Raising Project, and leading the development and implementation of strategies to deliver quality Gender in Education transformative project interventions and monitoring. This should aim to contribute to the achievement of Plan International’s Global Policy on Gender Equality and Inclusion, Global Strategy and the Uganda Country Strategy.

The Gender Coordinator will be responsible for mainstreaming Gender and inclusion in the Raising Project. Plan and implement gender related activities and interventions in the project in collaboration with the rest of the project team. She/he will manage the associated budget, develop gender transformative narrative reports. Work in collaboration with M&E and Technical Advisor Gender and Inclusion to lead gender analysis that will inform and enhance the potentiality of gender transformation of the project.

Accountabilities

• Ensure a gender transformative approach to the implementation of the project.
• Support preparation and management of annual plans and alignment of project budgets to support the gender transformative aims of the project.
• Engage communities, traditional and religious institutions to change social/gender norms attitude and practices that negatively impact on especially girls’ realization of their education rights, with an emphasis on the right to education.
• Develop and lead the implementation of training and coaching programs aimed at developing the capacities of team members, partners and main stakeholders for gender transformative programing and the quality delivery of gender equality related activities.
• Support the project team to plan and conduct project studies, including, project Baselines, gender analysis, the monitoring and evaluation tracking system for OOSC, any surveys, as well as the mid and end line evaluations and knowledge management.
• Support the development of gender responsive and inclusive tools that support project planning, implementation and M&E in line with the project objective.
• Support schools targeted by the project create a gender responsive and inclusive environment that supports girls to enroll, stay and thrive in school.
• Support communities and other key education stakeholders identify, dialogue and address the root causes of gender inequality and discrimination and the effect these have on girls’ access, transitioning and completion of education.
• plan and support advocacy and influencing activities working closely with the project team and the Influencing and Communications Manager.
• Document and share best practices and lessons learned on gender transformative programming throughout implementation.
• Represent Plan International Uganda at coordination meetings and other fora (gender equality, education, child protection)
• work closely with child protection staff to feed into protection risk assessment and to develop effective safeguarding measures and referral mechanisms for the project.

Child Protection and Gender Equality & Inclusion

• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Key relationships

• Has a technical reporting to the Technical Advisor Gender & Inclusion at country level
• A Member of the gender task force
• Work in close collaboration with technical Advisors/specialists on the project team, including Child Protection, Education and Monitoring and Evaluation to ensure strong complementarity and coordination on technical aspects.
• Maintain a close working collaboration with the Gender Equality Advisor at CNO and seek out opportunities to enhance quality assurance.
• Ensure a collaborative and strong relationship is developed with Strømme Foundation, including structured regular meetings to share processes, lessons learnt and challenges.

Leadership Competencies

• Set and communicate ambitious but realistic work goals and priorities, explaining how these contribute to Plan International’s purpose.
• Set high standards for self and others’ behavior, inside and outside work. Championing our values and commitment to rights, gender equality and safeguarding. Supporting the health, well-being and both physical and psychological safety of our staff, including their safety to speak out.
• Hold self and others to account for what we have agreed, dealing with poor performance quickly, firmly and constructively.
• Create a positive team spirit, helping people work well together, to reflect and continuously improve the efficiency and quality of what we do.
• Collaborate with team members, colleagues and partners in finding creative solutions to problems by sharing information, experience and ideas and actively seeking their input.
• Motivate and developing others by taking an interest, giving constructive feedback and praise, ensuring they are properly trained and helping them utilize their potential.
• Accept change and support others in adjusting to it, helping them understand.

Business Management Competencies

• Understand relevant sectoral context including how the sector operates in terms of funding and governance and awareness of Plan’s purpose, values, and global strategy
• Manage legal and reputational risk including risk assessment, communication, risk management and reporting in full compliance with risk-related standards, including in areas such as Child and Youth Safeguarding and Protection, Gender equality and inclusion, Counter Fraud, Safety and Security
• Manage activities and resources including skills in strategic thinking, planning and organising, financial planning and monitoring, negotiation and programme and project management
• Manage people and information including skills in assessment and coaching, evidence-based management, communication skills, both speaking and writing, and digital working, including personal digital skills.

Requirements:

Knowledge, experience & Education:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Gender and Development, Gender Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences.
• At least 5 years’ experience in Gender, Development, and implementation of gender equality and/or women and girl’s protection and empowerment programs in a reputable organization
• Understanding of the aims of gender transformative programming, experience of implementation is highly sought.
• Experience in carrying out all aspects of qualitative research (development and piloting of tools, data collection, analysis, writing). Experience of feminist-informed research methodology is desired.
• Demonstrated experience of capacity building and mentoring staff
• Sound knowledge and experience of integrating gender equality and social inclusion in education
• Sound understanding of child and youth safeguarding approaches and child protection.
• Experience with Educate A Child (EAC) is considered a strong asset

Skills:

• Capacity to work with people of diverse cultures
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong advocacy and lobbying skills
• Strong analytical skills, especially from a gender and inclusion perspective
• A skilled facilitator with a good grounding in the design of learning objectives and the development of training programmes.
• Gender analysis skills
• Demonstrated skills and experience in proposal development, report writing
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft office)
• Attitude and behaviors:
• Ability to work within a team environment
• Commitment to gender equality and a strong feminist perspective
• Demonstrate behaviors that embrace child-centeredness, community participation, and partnership.
• Willingness to travel frequently to the field

Plan International’s Values in Practice

We are open and accountable

1. Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including sponsors and donors.
2. Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
3. Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
4. Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
5. Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people

We strive for lasting impact

1. Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
2. Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
3. Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
4. Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together

1. Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
2. Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
3. Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
4. Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering

1. Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
2. Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
3. Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
4. Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

Physical Environment

• The Gender Coordinator will be based in either Lira with frequent travel to other assigned districts.

Level of contact with children

Mid contact: Occasional interaction with children especially whenever in the field.

As a Child Centered Development organisation, Plan International Uganda strives to ensure that children are kept safe in all the areas we operate. The organisation further has a Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy that every staff is required to sign. As a result, this position comes with additional responsibilities for safeguarding children and young people:

Additional Responsibilities

Child Protection Responsibilities

• Responsible for the implementation of the CYPS standards as they apply to the area of responsibility plus the development of actions to address identified gaps and monitoring their effectiveness.
• Ensure that children and families in the area of responsibility are aware of the Children and Young People Safeguarding policy and applicable local procedures so that they know what behaviors they can expect from Plan staff, associates and visitors and whom to report any concerns;
• Ensure that Plan International’s global policies for CYPS and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility.

Location: Lira

Type of Role: 1 Year

Reports to: Project Manager

Grade: Level 13

Closing Date:08/09/2022

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