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Communication & Advocacy Officer Â
Location: Kibondo Tanzania, Tanzania
Company: Plan International
BACKGROUND
Job Vacancies at Plan International August 2021 Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan has over 80 years’ experience and works in more than 75 countries across the world. We strive for a just world, working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners.
Plan International has been working in Tanzania since 1991. Our work supports marginalised children and youth, especially adolescent girls, to grow up physically and mentally healthy and ready to shape their future. We create an enabling environment and empower girls to be active drivers of change in realising their rights. We prioritise working with partners, and ensuring all of our work is evidence based.
Plan International Tanzania is looking for an experienced Communications & Advocacy Officer responsible for all PlayMatters project related communications and advocacy activities in Kibondo and Kakonko districts as well as in Nduta and Mtendeli refugees’ camps. The Communications & Advocacy Officer will also be responsible for developing strategic communications and advocacy initiatives and oversees the production of a range of communication materials for the implementation of the PlayMatters project. Additionally, the position holder will be responsible for developing accurate and high-quality informational materials such as fact sheets, success stories and case studies from the fields.
The PlayMatters project is aimed at supporting play-based learning for children aged 3-12 years in the 3 refugee camps and host communities in the Kigoma region. The project will focus on reaching out to nearly 1 million pre-primary and primary school aged refugee and host community children impacted by the humanitarian crises in East Africa and living in Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania. This project aims to build children’s social, emotional, cognitive, physical and creative skills through play in their homes, schools, and communities and will be implemented in partnership with War Child, International Rescue Committee, Behavioural Insights Team and Innovations for Poverty Action.
Dimensions of the Role
This position reports to EiE Programme Manager. Under the supervision of the EiE Programme Manager and support from Head of Communications, the Communications & Advocacy Officer will lead the implementation of PlayMatters communication strategy, designs and activities to promote community and media outreach and to advocate for the integration of Learning through Play teaching/learning approaches. S/he will also work closely with the PlayMatters Illustrators and Graphic Designer to support the designing work, coordinate with Communications focal person at CO to support with communications and advocacy activities, and lead the delivery of advocacy strategies in line with PlayMatters project communication requirements.
S/he will demonstrate excellent project management and problem-solving skills, a very high degree of maturity, flexibility, organization and communication skills, and strategic thinking to meet the demands of a dynamic and sometimes unpredictable operating environment while ensuring Plan International’s systems and policies and donor requirements are adhered to, especially gender transformative programming and child and youth safeguarding.
RESPONSIBILITIES/ ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Program delivery, Communication, Advocacy, Representation and partnerships
- Develop resources as part of documentation of project progress and milestones (i.e., impact stories, videos, and photos) to share on PlayMatters and IRC internal and external Websites, newsletters and for all internal and external usage.
- Support generation of content for internal and external publications including newsletter, fact-sheets, and branded visibility materials such as fliers, posters, calendars, diaries, , t-shirts, banners etc.
- Drafting talking points and messages for PlayMatters project in Tanzania, and for sharing with media and wider public.
- Creating high quality media and multimedia content for dissemination into various platforms.
- Preparation of communications budgets.
- To establish new, and maintain relationships with key media outlets, correspondents, journalists, producers, and editors.
- To write, as required, materials for the purposes of print, broadcast, web, and social media.
- To work as part of a core PlayMatters team to create media campaigns, write press releases, statements and other PlayMatters audience-focused content and resources.
- To act as main focal point for media relations for the PlayMatters project.
- Staff Management
- This position does not directly supervise any staff or refugee incentive workers; however, s/he will be collaborating with other EiE Officer and Incentive workers to support the implementation of PlayMatters activities.
- Report any violations of Plan International’s Code of Conduct and Policies as per Plan International-Tanzania.
Key relationships
External – Close collaboration and strong working relationship with project consortium partners and members of the Education Working Group (IRC, Caritas, Save the Children, UNHCR, UNICEF, MHA, District Education Officers) etc. The Communications & Advocacy Officer will also maintain a relationship with local authorities, relevant Government institutions, and UN agencies to ensure Plan’s work is well linked to other initiatives.
Internally– The Communications & Advocacy Officer will directly report to the EiE Programme Manager, and S/he will coordinate with EiE Specialist, Communication and Advocacy team (CO), Illustrations Officer, EiE Coordinator, MEAL Coordinator and EiE Officers for the implementation of project activities at camp level. S/he will also work closely with finance team, Procurement team, Communications and advocacy team and Human resources team. S/He will also work closely with the Child Protection team and ensure that protection is integrated in all Education activities.
Technical expertise, skills and knowledge
- BA in Journalism or Communications/Public Relations, or a related field from an accredited Institution.
- Minimum of 3 years working experience including working in in an INGO, media, journalism, or communications/public relations or in closely related external relations contexts.
- Experience in the design and production of visual content, such as photography, graphics, and video.
- Experience and proficiency in using content (graphic and video) production and editing software.
- A high degree of self-motivation and able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Exceptional attention to detail to deliver high quality and accurate content.
- A well-organised person, able to show the ability to initiate, monitor, prioritise, and complete project activities.
- Excellent communication skills, including social media and multimedia skills, plus strong interpersonal skills.
- Excellent command of English, (written, oral, comprehension) including highly developed drafting skills.
- Knowledge of Gender and Child rights issues
- Strong team-building and motivational skills
- Strong negotiating, facilitating and influencing skills
- Strong community facilitation skills
- Cultural sensitivity i.e. building and working effectively within a diverse working environment
- Plan International’s Values in Practice
We are open and accountable
- Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
- Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
- Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
- Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
- Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people
We strive for lasting impact
- Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
- Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
- Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
- Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.
We work well together
- Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
- Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
- Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
- Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.
We are inclusive and empowering
- Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
- Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
- Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
- Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.
Physical Environment
The job holder requires 60 % field work in 3 camps and 40 % office-based environments.
Level of contact with children
High interaction with children
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Project Coordinator Â
Location: Kibondo Tanzania, Tanzania
Company: Plan International
BACKGROUND
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan has over 80 years’ experience and works in more than 75 countries across the world. We strive for a just world, working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners.
Plan International has been working in Tanzania since 1991. Our work supports marginalised children and youth, especially adolescent girls, to grow up physically and mentally healthy and ready to shape their future. We create an enabling environment and empower girls to be active drivers of change in realising their rights. We prioritise working with partners, and ensuring all of our work is evidence based.
Plan International Tanzania is looking for a Project Coordinator to support with the management, coordination and execution of the PlayMatters project, ensuring the project achieves the expected results in Tanzania and is implemented in accordance with the donor agreement, donor regulations, and internationally recognized quality of assistance standards.
The Project Coordinator will be fully responsible for timely, efficient, and gender-responsive implementation of all project interventions in a bid to achieve the project outcomes aimed at ensuring that:
1) Principal caregivers and community play leaders apply Learning Through Play at home and in the community 2) Educators integrate high-quality, Learning Through Play in their classroom;
3) System Influencers, Humanitarian Actors & Policy Makers integrate Learning Through Play into their services and policies.
Dimensions of the Role
The Project Coordinator will be responsible to assist with overall project coordination in country, ensuring the project achieves the expected results in Tanzania and is implemented in accordance with the donor agreement, donor regulations, and internationally recognized quality of assistance standards. S/he will assist in ensuring effective design and implementation of technical and operational project activities throughout all stages of the project. S/he will provide oversight support to project implementing staff to ensure that delivery is to the desired standards, on time and compliant to donor and in-country guidelines. S/he will also support engagements with other key stakeholders required to achieve results including the government the UN and other humanitarian coordination actors, the PlayMatters Consortium and other implementing agencies outside of the consortium. S/he will be expected to work collaboratively with Plan International’s Sector technical leads, operations team, and the finance team to support coordination, integration, and coherence of the project with other sectors within the organization.
S/he will demonstrate excellent project management and problem-solving skills, a very high degree of maturity, flexibility, organization and communication skills, and strategic thinking to meet the demands of a dynamic and sometimes unpredictable operating environment while ensuring Plan International’s systems and policies and donor requirements are adhered to, especially gender transformative programming and child and youth safeguarding
RESPONSIBILITIES/ ACCOUNTABILITIES
Program delivery
- Support the EiE Programme Manager to oversee technical project direction and project delivery to ensure activities are in line with the project wide performance framework and work plan, and meet all standard operational policies and procedures;
- Support the EiE Programme Manager to provide day to day guidance, follow up and oversight support to ensure long-term and short-term priorities are on track.
- Co-lead and coordinate key project staff during the development of project annual work plans, annual budgets, and performance plans.
- Monitor project progress and compliance to set results, planned schedules, priorities, and performance standards  reporting and communications priorities.
- Regular update and utilize project tools, procurement, spending, and monitoring plans.
- Guide, monitor and maintain high levels of support for supervisees and other project staff development, accountability, and overall performance.
- Contribute to day-to-day project related communications and follow up with in-country senior management, staff, and partners.
- Work closely with supervisees and relevant in country departments to guide, plan, monitor, and verify appropriate use of the project resources.
- Ensure that program documentation and donor reports are of high quality, timely and comply with Plan International’s internal requirements and project donor requirements.
- Ensure inter-departmental and inter-sectoral collaboration within IRC Tanzania with other sectors.
- Conduct project monitoring visits to provide technical assistance and ensure proper implementation and monitoring of project activities;
- Deal with project systematically reviews of risks and challenges to quality implementation and compliance and develop clear and timely mitigation strategies including resources required.
Communication and Working Relationships
- Maintain active and cooperative relationships with all key stakeholders, including government officials, UN agencies, project partners, other implementing agencies, and related institutions;
- Engages and effectively represent Plan International in strategic partnerships with relevant NGOs (local and international), National and district local government entities /stakeholders as appropriate, to ensure visibility of the emergency programme and to gain acceptance.
- Develop appropriate internal and external Working Relationships (and partnerships) to support quality project delivery and compliance.
Advocacy, Influencing, and Visibility
- Support advocacy initiatives through developing briefs, documentation of evidence and impact stories.
- Represent Plan International at district, regional and National level where relevant
Staff Management
Assist to Lead project staff by creating and maintaining a work environment that promotes teamwork, trust, mutual respect, and empowers staff to take responsibility.
Key relationships
External – Close collaboration and strong working relationship with project consortium partners (War Child, International Rescue Committee, Behavioural Insights Team and Innovations for Poverty Action.). The Programme Manager will also maintain a relationship with local authorities, relevant Government institutions, and UN agencies to ensure Plan’s work is well linked to other initiatives.
Internally– The Project Coordinator will report to the EiE Programme Manager who will be playing an advisory role for the project, EiE MEAL Coordinator as well as the EiE officers who will be supporting implementation at camp level. S/he will also work closely with finance officer, Procurement team, Communications and advocacy team and Human resources team. S/He will also work closely with the Child Protection team and ensure that protection is integrated in all Education activities.
Technical expertise, skills and knowledge
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree in an interdisciplinary area such as Education Management, Development Studies, International Development, Strategic Planning, Program Management, etc. or equivalent.
- At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in managing Early Childhood Development and Primary Education programs in Emergency and Development contexts.
- Experience with Learning through Play approaches and content development will be considered a strong asset
- Proven leadership, inter-personal and cross-cultural skills, and ability to build and motivate multi-disciplinary teams
- Demonstrated experience working collaboratively managing consortium projects with skills in effective partnership management
- Strong understanding of gender responsive programming and meaningful child participation in programs
- Conversant with national and decentralized education service delivery systems, structures, operations, and networks
- Knowledge of effective participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Research systems and processes
Skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work in a matrix environment
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including presentation and public speaking
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to multitask while working on projects with varying activities, objectives, and deliverables
- Good negotiation and influencing skills
- Creates a strong sense of purpose within the portfolio and with stakeholders
- Sound judgment and decision-making in complex situations
- Plan International’s Values in Practice
We are open and accountable
- Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
- Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
- Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
- Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
- Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people
We strive for lasting impact
- Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
- Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
- Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
- Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.
We work well together
- Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
- Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
- Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
- Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.
We are inclusive and empowering
Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.
Physical Environment
The job holder requires 40 % field work in 3 camps and 60 % office-based environments.
Level of contact with children
High interaction with children
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Project Finance Coordinator Â
Location: Kibondo Tanzania, Tanzania
Company: Plan International
BACKGROUND
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan has over 80 years’ experience and works in more than 75 countries across the world. We strive for a just world, working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners.
Plan International has been working in Tanzania since 1991. Our work supports marginalised children and youth, especially adolescent girls, to grow up physically and mentally healthy and ready to shape their future. We create an enabling environment and empower girls to be active drivers of change in realising their rights. We prioritise working with partners, and ensuring all of our work is evidence based
The Keeping Adolescent Girls in School (KAGS) project is a 5-year Global Affairs Canada’s (GAC’s) funded project, aiming at addressing key barriers inhibiting adolescent girls from realizing their right to safe, quality and gender-responsive education, with a particular focus on their unique needs and barriers associated with participation in primary and lower-secondary school. The project’s Ultimate Outcome, ‘Adolescent girls realize their rights to safe, quality, gender-responsive education’, will be achieved by employing a three-pronged, rights-based, gender-transformative approach to tackle demand- and supply-side barriers, while strengthening local level governance and building improved linkages between education, health and child protection systems
ROLE PURPOSE
The Finance Coordinator will coordinate KAGIS project payable and receivables in Geita and Kigoma. She/he will be responsible for overseeing, organizing and maintaining the financial documentation and records, systems and processes of the project, including accounting, bookkeeping, payroll and benefits, record keeping, banking, insurance and all related financial and office administration. She/he will handle and resolve inquiries regarding suppliers’ payments and keep spreadsheet for reconciliation purposes. This position report to the Finance Manager and supervises drivers.
Dimensions of the Role
- Review and post transactions on SAP, ensuring correct coding and accuracy.
- Prepare monthly financial reports to be shared with the Finance Manager for review, and when needed.Reconcile project expenditures on SAP with the financial report.
- Support with the month-end closure
- Monitor all financial transactions and recommend ways to increase effectiveness of same
- Maintain all records to ensure smooth transaction for all financial processes
- Assist program staff in budget preparation and ensure completeness and accuracy and validate unit cost
- Ensuring spending is in line with the approve budgetProvide technical support to the partners including, and review of accountabilities submitted for accurate submission of financial reports and exercise of fiduciary responsibilities.
- Reviewing requisitions and payments before approval
- Supporting Administration department in proper asset management.
- Proper filing and maintaining of the supporting documents to be used during an audit.
- Reconciliation and filing of bank statements on a monthly basis with appropriate approval.
- Ensure procurement process are well followed
- Maintain and update the asset register on regular basis Handling project bills problems and disputes, and ensuring accurate billing of suppliers
- Maintaining confidentiality of information
- Undertake other reasonable tasks as directed by Finance Manager
ACCOUNTABILITIES
Administration
Collaborate with other departments to provide administrative support to the project team
Fiscal Oversight
- Oversee the accounting processes to ensure internal controls and financial procedures are well considered
- Ensure legal and regulatory compliance regarding all financial functions.
- Oversee cash flow, asset management, and banking relationships
Planning
- Coordinate the development and monitoring of budgets, including analysis of revenue and expenses as well as forecasts.
- Ensure timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness of financial and management reporting
Cash and budget management
- Prepare monthly project cash forecasts in a realistic manner
- Review Cash Disbursement vouchers
- Monitor proper use of petty cash fund
- Review purchase requisitions and orders.
- Review payment packages for budget availability and correct coding.
- Monitor budget versus expenditure.
- Ensure timely processing and disbursement of payments to legitimate suppliers.
Financial reporting
- Manage general ledger accounting system
- Ensure Accountability in Preparation, review, consolidation and submission of correct and complete project reports on time
- Coordinate the availability of any audit document needed.
- Participate in year-end process and prepare year end reports
- Internal Financial Controls enhancement
- Ensure adherence to financial controls, processes and procedures.
- Follow up finance-related audit actions
- Participate in Quarterly physical asset and inventory verifications
- Field Support Visit
Training of partners’ finance staff.
Verification of direct benefits distribution to communities
Security
- Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership.
- Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of Safeguarding policies.
- Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
- Ensure compliance to COVID-19 and other outbreaks safety measures
Compliance to Global Polices
Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Child Protection (CPP) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEIP) 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 Plan and Partner’s 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
Communications and Working Relationships:
Internal:
This position works closely with Financial Coordinator at PU level (medium)
External:
This position works closely with finance team of implementing partner organizations (high)
Key relationships
- Programme Unit & Country Office
- Head of finance and grants Manager
- Functional networks within Plan including counterpart at Plan International Canada
- Technical expertise, skills and knowledge
Required experience and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or related field
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Minimum of 3 years proven skills in senior finance management in reputable and comparable organizations.
- Experience of no profit sector including management of grants
- Experience of managing grants within contractual conditionalities
- Proficiency with accounting software and excellent Excel skills.
- Knowledge of financial reporting
- Strong understanding and knowledge of Cash Flows, Budgetary Controls and government compliance
- Proven ability to make complex and time-sensitive decisions in the best interests of the organization.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Essential
Knowledge
- In-depth understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Knowledge of gender transformative approach in budgeting
- Demonstrated knowledge in developing of grant budget
- Knowledge in supervising multiple partners with complex relationships
Skills
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Proficient computer skills in Microsoft applications and accounting packages
- Ability to work under multidisciplinary and multicultural environment
- Meticulous attention to detail with superb organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills, with demonstrated ability to write financial reports
- Excellent communication skills.
- Fluent spoken and written English and Kiswahili
Behaviours
- Hardworking with capacity to work independently with minimum supervision
- Honest, integrity, open and transparent personality.
- Working towards achieving a team goal
- Be able to Respect all groups of people in the community and culturally sensitive
- Persuasive and able to work with different cultural settings
- Motivated, energetic and strives to develop and support other
- Result oriented and able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Working for the best interest of the organisation and children
- Appreciate of child rights and gender equality
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience with Global Affairs Canada’s (GAC’s) project management
- Solid proficiency in SAP
- Experience managing and knowledge of project that support girls’ education
- Strong presentation, team-building and interpersonal skills
- Analytical thinker with strong conceptual and problem-solving skills.
- Commitment to girls’ development and a values-driven work environment.
- Operate in a high-pressure deadline-driven environment with professionalism
- Managing project with strict reporting deadlines
- Working with the project team and ensure project results are achieved timely without compromising quality
- Good command over conflict resolution while maintaining important relationships: Capability to resolve conflicts
- Plan and schedule own work and selecting appropriate methods/tools for delivery.
- Understanding of data privacy standards
- Plan International’s Values in Practice
We are open and accountable
- Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
- Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
- Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
- Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
- Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people
We strive for lasting impact
- Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
- Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
- Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
- Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.
We work well together
- Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
- Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
- Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
- Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.
We are inclusive and empowering
- Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
- Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
- Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
- Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.
Physical Environment
Working environment will include both typical office environment and field environment
The position requires regular field travels, at least 30% of the work
Level of contact with children
Low contact: No interaction or low frequency of interaction with children
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Driver – KAGIS
Location: Kibondo Tanzania, Tanzania
Company: Plan International
BACKGROUND
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan has over 80 years’ experience and works in more than 75 countries across the world. We strive for a just world, working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners.
Plan International has been working in Tanzania since 1991. Our work supports marginalised children and youth, especially adolescent girls, to grow up physically and mentally healthy and ready to shape their future. We create an enabling environment and empower girls to be active drivers of change in realising their rights. We prioritise working with partners, and ensuring all of our work is evidence based
The Keeping Adolescent Girls in School (KAGIS) project is a 5-year Global Affairs Canada’s (GAC’s) funded project, aiming at addressing key barriers inhibiting adolescent girls from realizing their right to safe, quality and gender-responsive education, with a particular focus on their unique needs and barriers associated with participation in primary and lower-secondary school. The project’s Ultimate Outcome, ‘Adolescent girls realize their rights to safe, quality, gender-responsive education’, will be achieved by employing a three-pronged, rights-based, gender-transformative approach to tackle demand- and supply-side barriers, while strengthening local level governance and building improved linkages between education, health and child protection systems
ROLE PURPOSE
The role is operational level for the Keeping Adolescent Girls in School (KAGIS) Project, it will focus on the implementation of the day to day transport activities to ensure timely programme delivery, to provide transportation services to Plan KAGIS staff in a safe, courteous and timely manner to enable the programme effectively carry out its operational plan.
Dimensions of the Role
- Ensure vehicle is fit for purpose to deliver the projects and is actively managed
- Staff and material transportation
- Ensure fully compliance with the regulations, policies and procedures
- Maintain updated and accurate vehicle records
- Provides clerical duties for implementation of the programme
ACCOUNTABILITIES
Key Result Area (KRA) 1: Ensure vehicle is fit for purpose to deliver the projects and is actively managed:
- Ensure vehicle is always in good usable condition, well maintained and cleaned vehicle
- All time maintenance of vehicle in mechanically and technically good usable condition, well maintained vehicle, daily vehicle checking before use;
- Timely processing of service and maintenance request; and
- Maintaining vehicle operating books.
KRA 2:Â Ensure fully compliance with the regulations, policies and procedures:
- Abide to the required country regulations to avoid unnecessary problem with the law enforcers, updated the administration assistant with vehicle insurance status, safety week stickers and all time valid driving license.
- Adherence to Plan policies and standard operating procedures, laws and regulations
KRA 3: Maintain updated and accurate vehicle records:
Manage well and updated vehicle records, submit vehicle monthly reports, logbook, trips, and fuel records to the administration assistant.
KRA 4: Provides clerical duties for implementation of the programme:
Support smooth and quick dispatch and delivery of documents between Plan and other stakeholders;
KRA 5: Staff and material transportation:
Responsible for staff, visitors and materials safe and timely transportation to the required destination
Security and Upholding Plan Values
- Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership.
- Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of Safeguarding policies.
- Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
Be champion of Plan values
- Handles constructive criticism and learns from it
- Shows respect for and sensitivity to protected characteristics, cultural and religious differences
- Ensure compliance to COVID-19 and other outbreaks safety measures
Compliance to Global Polices
Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for safeguarding children and young people and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEIP) 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 Plan and Partner’s 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
The post holder will be required to maintain effective working relationship with the Programme Unit administration assistant, procurement and logistics coordinator, programme staff, garages and partners.
Technical expertise, skills and knowledge
Knowledge
- Class C drivers licence plus valid defensive driving certificate
- A minimum of ordinary level secondary school education certificate
- Fluent in Swahili, ability to read, write and speak English
- A minimum of five years of experience in vehicle maintenance and driving
- Previous experience working in an international organisation
Skills
- Basic mechanic and auto repair skills
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Computer skills
Plan International’s Values in Practice
We are open and accountable
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- Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
- Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
- Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
- Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
- Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people
We strive for lasting impact
- Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
- Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
- Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
- Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.
We work well together
- Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
- Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
- Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
- Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.
We are inclusive and empowering
- Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
- Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
- Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
- Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.
Physical Environment
- Working environment will include both typical office environment and field environment
- The position requires regular field travels, at least 70% of the officer’s work
- Level of contact with children
Mid contact: Occasional interaction with children during reflection meetings, evaluations, and research
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