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 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.
In our 2017-2022 Global Strategy, Plan International has committed to achieving a step-change improvement in equality for girls, and taking action so that 100 million girls learn, lead, decide and thrive. Achieving this ambition will require us to change fast, and step up bold, credible influencing from the local, to the national and international level, acting together as a global organisation.
Job Location: Abuja
Role Purpose:
The position will support the overall management of the E-WASH gender equity and social inclusion strategy. The role will support project to be more gender transformative, inclusive and provide capacity-building support to project and partners. The Role will liaise with other project units to ensure gender integration in the project.
Dimension of the role:
Provide support to the development, implementation and monitoring of E-WASH project in line with the gender equity and social inclusion agenda.
Lead on national engagement on gender equity and social inclusion issues of the project.
Lead on strengthening the capacity of project staff and partners on gender equity and social inclusion.
Lead on ensuring that project generate gender equity and social inclusive evidence based data
Act in other capacities as agreed with supervisor
Roles/Responsibility:
Ensure gender and equity are part of mission statements and their practice.
Foster strong relationships and work closely with internal and external stakeholders on gender and inclusion work to keep abreast of key policy changes and relevant external issues, and to maximize their role as advocates for the change E-WASH aims to achieve.
Create strategic partnerships and close coordination with all stakeholders, including the Government and its relevant agencies, civil society, and donor agencies.
Ensure strong linkages with the Monitoring, Evaluations and learning (MEL) Manager so that advocacy and gender and inclusion initiatives and reports are based on evidence.
Provide gender equity and social inclusion related technical assistance to the state team to ensure high quality project implementation across all project states.
Contribute to Gender Equity and Social Inclusion impact analysis of project activities and advise project teams.
Lead on all gender and equity training and associated materials development;
Build capacity for gender analysis and inclusion of youth and women within SWBs;
Support "greater representation of women in policy and regulatory roles"
Coordinate political economy, conflict, and gender assessments in difficult states
Lead gender assessments of everyday institutional practices
"Develop a plan to build the capacity of women and men in the SWBs and create an enabling environment for women's participation and access to information and programs"
Ensure disaggregation of data and databases to identify gender and equity issues and achievements
Ensure gender integration into all project and project-related design, planning, implementation, and monitoring
Establish the capacity of project staff to understand and account for "gender dynamics associated with leadership, decision-making, resource allocation, and financial authority within households.
Knowledge and Experience:
Graduate any social studies discipline, preferably post-graduate (master’s or higher) Degree in a gender, human rights, development studies – specializing on gender and development or social development related discipline.
At least five (5) years experience working in the sector, including field and management experience.
Advanced professional development and experience in gender, equity and inclusion.
Strong knowledge of child and women’s rights and gender justice.
Strong evidence of influencing decision makers, Policies, and brokering cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Proven record of accomplishment of leadership within an international organization.
Compelling influencer and communicator – able to inspire, build consensus and bring people together around a common agenda.
Experience with a diverse set of stakeholders at all levels of an organization.
Project management experience.
Demonstrated expertise in designing, implementing, and monitoring inclusive, gender-equitable development projects
Demonstrated problem solving skills, collaboration experience, creativity and willingness to innovate
Experience drafting project reporting and monitoring project progress
Experience of managing budgets and planning and reporting protocols.
Plan International Nigeria is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender or disabilities. Plan International Nigeria is fully committed to child protection to prevent children from all forms of abuse. Women are strongly encouraged to apply.