Roving Education in Emergencies Specialist – Ukraine Response at Plan International Full Time

Job Title: Roving Education in Emergencies Specialist – Ukraine Response 

Location: Flexible – based in a location with a Plan office, and with the legal right to work in the location
Type of Role: Fixed Term
Reports to:  Head of Technical Team
Travel Required: 70% travel: field-based for emergency response (Country Office/Regional Office)
Effective Date: November 2019
Grade: 4
Functional Area: Humanitarian

Role Purpose

• The conflict in Ukraine is resulting in a major humanitarian crisis with over 3 million people having fled to neighboring countries, and millions displaced within Ukraine. Plan International is responding to the crisis and working in partnership with civil society organisations in Poland, Romania, and Moldova to meet the key needs of those affected by the crisis as well as host communities.
• This position will play a key role in the support to country level activities and will provide technical support and guidance to Plan International teams and partners in Poland, Romania, and Moldova. The position will initially be remote but may well be based in one of the 3 countries in the future.
• The Ukraine Hub is a service-oriented structure to support initiation of activities, and to help find solutions to problems as and when arise. Creative thinking and identifying work arounds to problems faced will be a critical element of the role.

Dimesion of the Role

• The position will develop Plan International’s approach to Education in Emergencies across all response locations, in close collaboration with our partners.
• The role is the primary point of contact for technical staff in Poland, Moldova, and Romania and will ensure Plan International is following high standards of programme quality. The post holder will represent Plan International in external fora, ensuring the organisation is seen as a leader in gender focussed programming in humanitarian response.

Accountabilities 
Program Design and Assessment (15 %):

• Ensures all work has a strong gender focus in line with Plan International’s Global Strategy.
• Lead on education needs assessments coordinating with Plan’s other programmatic areas and country-based EiE Working Groups, ensuring assessment findings are documented and disseminated.
• Support Plan International programmes in Poland, Moldova, and Romania on assessment of education needs and the design and evaluation of programs ensuring a portfolio of high-quality Education in Emergencies programming across the Ukraine Response.
• Provide technical assistance to programme teams in the formulation of EiE program strategies and plans.
• Ensure that EiE interventions are linked into longer-term programming.
• Support preparedness activities across all response locations.

Program Implementation (35 %):

• The post holder will deploy to Country Offices to provide technical support and leadership on Education programs across the Ukraine response.
• Coordinate with Plan education and Early Childhood Development (ECD) advisors and other staff to ensure coherence with Plan education framework and to build synergy with existing skills and training.
• Work with the key emergency and development staff focused on: education, ECD, child protection and others, to support integrated programming that meets the multi-sectoral needs of affected girls and boys.
• Ensure alignment of Plan International’s Education in Emergencies work with key cross cutting priorities (for example girls and inclusion) whilst also ensuring innovation is central to our approach.
• Ensure the effective planning, implementation and coordination of education programming that address the key EiE needs for girls and boys.
• Contribute to the development of staffing plans to implement EiE program activities and work with the Human Resources (HR) team to recruit in line with approved grants.
• Ensure that EiE interventions are aligned with the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies Minimum Standards (INEE MS) and other existing global guidelines and tools for EiE.

Representation and Partnership (10%):

• Represent Plan International at relevant clusters, working groups, and other events related to Education in Emergencies.
• Identify opportunities and establish dialogue towards partnerships with other humanitarian agencies.
• Support the development of Plan International’s profile in Education in Emergencies programming, particularly in regard to girls

Resource Mobilization (10 %)

• Build and maintain relationships with relevant government departments, UN agencies and NGOs.
• Establish/maintain new/existing relationships with key donors.
• Support Plan’s Ukraine response teams build a diversified portfolio of funding for EiE.
• Support development and submission of quality proposals in response to identified opportunities at Country Office level.

Program Monitoring and Evaluation, Reporting and Accountability (10 %):

• Work closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) colleagues in Plan International and partner organisations to develop a child protection M&E framework.
• Build capacity of EiE and M&E staff to collect quantitative and qualitative data, ensuring all data is disaggregated by sex, age and disability.
• Document and disseminate key learning from the EiE responses.
• Prepare timely reports on EiE projects in compliance with internal and donor requirements.
• Input to the regular Ukraine Response sitreps.
• Establish accountability activities for education, ensuring that feedback from all relevant stakeholders is considered throughout all phases of the response.

Learning and Capacity Building (10 %):

• Develop capacity building plans and tools for programme staff and partner organisations.
• Provide training, coaching and mentorship to program staff, partners and other key stakeholders on EiE and related issues such as gender equality and inclusion.
• Promote the application of best program practices in EiE.
• Identify and develop training manuals, guidance documents, and toolkits on key Education and ECCD in Emergencies issues, as required.

Research, policy and Advocacy (10%):

• Drive learning, knowledge management and policy impact by authoring, commissioning and contributing to publications, policy documents, briefing notes and other resource materials ensuring that Plan International has distinct knowledge and evidence on gender transformative programming in emergencies.
• Support response teams and partners develop case studies and reports of program innovation and successes.
• Engage with key technical groups within Plan representing Education in Emergencies.
• Contribute to relevant global advocacy and policy objectives with documented learning and evidence.

Technical Expertise, Skills And Knowledge
Essential:

• University Degree or equivalent in education or related fields.
• Significant experience in planning, design and implementation of integrated humanitarian programs.
• Significant experience of working in a range of humanitarian contexts (e.g. refugee, conflict, rapid onset).
• Progressively responsible professional experience in EiE work.
• Good knowledge of and experience in INEE Minimum Standards and with the Education Cluster.
• Knowledge and understanding of key EiE issues.
• Experience of conducting education needs assessments.
• Experience providing technical support and oversight to EiE programs.
• Experience of capacity building on education technical areas with a variety of audiences.
• Experience in program design and proposal development and ability to secure funding from public and private funding streams
• Excellent negotiation and representation skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff in a very sensitive environment.
• Has a significant network with other organisations involved in this field.
• Experience of designing and delivering training.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken.

Desirable:

• Strong team management, staff capacity building and motivation skills in teamwork and networking.
• Excellent skills in writing funding submissions and donor reports.
• Language skills in Ukrainian, Polish, Moldovan or Romanian.

Application Closing Date
18th April, 2022.

Note

• 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.