Recruitment: Apply For Plan International Recruitment 2022

Recruitment, apply for Plan International recruitment 2022 below.

Gatekeepers New s reports that Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-profit organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. It supports children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood, and enables children to prepare for and respond to – crises and adversity.

Plan International is recruiting to fill the positions below:

Head of Organisational Performance
Project Manager – Aspire

Job Title: Head of Organisational Performance

Location: Flexible
Type of Role: Permanent unless a fixed-term contract is dictated by the employing entity
Reports to: Director of Delivery, Performance, and Accountability

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Head of Organisational Performance: Planning, Insights & Reporting to join our Delivery, Performance and Accountability team, partnering with leaders across the organisation.
You will play a key role towards further progress of our strategic ambition to advance children’s rights and equality for girls, bringing together key insights to inform Plan International’s global five-year strategy implementation, providing organisational planning and performance frameworks and standards, and driving organisational solutions across Plan International.

Key Accountabilities Will Include:

Developing and implementing global process frameworks (guidance, standard, tools, templates, roles/ responsibilities, oversight, governance, etc.) for business planning, performance and reporting across Plan International.
Ensuring key performance indicators and relevant metrics and targets are set and agreed with clear accountabilities and ownership
Lead on analysis of performance and results against performance metrics, drawing out conclusions and recommendations to facilitate organisational wide views and decision making
Work with the Executive Directors and their senior team to ensure that both the content and the spirit of the global strategy and annual plans are being implemented effectively and meeting agreed on performance metrics. In particular;
Working with the Director of Organisational Effectiveness to prioritise actions and solutions. This may involve leading independently or working effectively with global operational and functional leaders on key initiatives to respond to Country Office needs.
Partner with Executive Directors to provide timely information on performance, issues, challenges, and opportunities. Setting accountability plans in agreement with accountable business areas and monitoring and reporting progress
Resourcing initiatives and putting in place a system to support demand and supply of short term Disaster Risk Management and other technical and functional resources to support the needs of Country Offices to deliver on their ambition

About You

With significant professional expertise in developing, implementing, and embedding planning cycles, performance reporting, and strategic decision making in a large, geographically dispersed, complex, organisation you will have in-depth knowledge and experience of cross-organisational change management.
Excellent influencing skills, stakeholder management, facilitation, and negotiation at a senior leadership level are essential for this role.
You are a highly collaborative individual able to prioritise and manage work in a fast-paced environment across multiple projects and work effectively both independently and with others.

Salary

We will be happy to disclose the salary and applicable benefits to applicants as part of this process, however, please kindly note that this will vary according to the location of the appointed candidate and therefore it is not possible to include full details here.
As an indication, if this role was based in the Global Hub office in the UK the salary would be circa £60000 per annum.

Application Closing Date
30th January 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Project Manager – Aspire

Location: Sokoto

Role Purpose

The ASPIRE project is a 5-year project funded with support from Global Affairs Canada and focused on improving sexual rights and reproductive health of adolescent girls and boys in Bauchi and Sokoto state.
The purpose of the role is to overall lead the timely and qualitative implementation of Aspire project in Sokoto and Bauchi State.
The experienced Aspire Project Manager will spend about 70% of his/her time in the field locations and will supervise the Aspire project team to successfully implement the program for Plan International.

Dimension of Role

Lead the implementation of the Aspire project
Coordinate programme implementation with the team, Plan international project country office and Canada National Office
Implement all project activities in alignment with Aspire and Plan guidelines
Supervise and manage all Aspire project staff closely and ensure adherence to the overall work plan and criteria.
Ensure the implementation and management of a coherent and responsive child-friendly community-based complaint and monitoring mechanism.
Prepare timely and qualitative narrative and financial donor reports for Plan internal usage as well as for donor submission.
Coordinate with senior country office TAs and CMT to prepare quality and timely donor deliverables such as AWP, SAR AR, and FR when applicable
Work closely with Grants and Finance in preparation of financial reports and forecasts as according to Aspire guidelines
Work closely with M&E to develop the project monitoring tools, monitor the status of implementation, and to update the progress tracker
Work in coordination with Admin & Logistics to ensure all project relevant procurement is carried out in line with the approved budget and according to Plan’s and the donor’s quality standard
Share regular updates with the Technical Specialists to ensure technical support and high-quality implementation
Attend meetings with Aspire team to provide updates and lead relevant Aspire project meetings.
Development of work and reporting plans, adherence to donor guidelines and Aspire rules and regulations.
Ensure regular and transparent communication of all activities with communities and local government, the regular holding of community meetings to ensure transparent beneficiary selection, decision making on productive asset building, project progress, and mitigation of risks or conflicts, including child safeguarding risks.
Liaison and maintain close working relationships with state-level Ministries of health, gender and women affairs, mental health, public health, and other line departments eg, WASH, etc.
Alert the emergency response senior management in a timely manner to arising issues, challenges, and opportunities.
Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Technical Expertise, Skills, and Knowledge
Essential:

A Degree in Development Studies, Project Management, or International development. Experience in the INGO sector with at least 5-7 years of work experience in project management
Medical or public health professional with strong technical expertise in the delivery of healthcare services in volatile low-resource settings
General knowledge of all and advanced knowledge of at least two of the following sub-sectors required: primary health, reproductive health, mental health, community promotion
Experience working with Global Affairs Canada funded projects
Proven track record of experience in project management
Experience in managing and mentoring a team
Strong understanding of the Development crisis and the context of Northern Nigeria
Skills in tracking expenditures, preparing financial reports, and analysing financial reports
Demonstrated ability to solve problems, think and plan strategically, and communicate with key actors in a dynamic and unpredictable operating environment
Demonstrated strong management, coordination, teamwork, and planning skills with proven ability to function effectively with multiple counterparts in private, public, and NGO sectors.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English including excellent facilitation skills and demonstrated technical writing skills for publication.
Knowledge and Skills: General knowledge and understanding of Development Principles and core standards.
Ability to work effectively with diverse international teams.
Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and intense pressure to perform.
Proficiency in word processing and Microsoft Office

Desirable:

Creates strong sense of purpose and commitment within own part of the team and with stakeholders
Holds self and others to account to deliver on agreed goals and standards of behaviour
Demonstrates a high degree of professionalism/integrity
Strategic thinking and effective contribution to own work and Organizational development.
Sound judgement and decision-making in complex situations
Strong emotional intelligence including self-awareness.
Leads by example to motivate high performance of others
Very strong commitment to continuous learning

Application Closing Date
12th January 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

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