VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Organization: Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation working in 51 developing countries that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

Plan International has been working in Nepal since 1978, helping marginalised children, their families and communities to access their rights to health, education, economic security and protection. Through the support of local partners, Plan International works in 42 districts in Nepal. We take active measures in recruitment and employment practices to ensure children are protected.

Plan International Nepal invites application from interested and eligible candidates for the following positions:

Early Childhood Development Program Coordinator

Purpose: The Position holder is responsible to ensure the quality of program delivery and the achievement of agreed outcomes in accordance with program design. S/he is responsible to achieve a rights-based, gender transformative and inclusive program. S/he will also lead on influence work approach in program implementation and provide technical support to the team. S/he is accountable for leading the innovation and ensuring lessons learnt are constantly integrated in program interventions, thus continuously improving efficiency and effectiveness. S/he also leads the district and sub-national level networking and advocacy in coordination with the Head of ECD Program, program teams and Communication teams.

Term and Location: Fixed term employment for 3 years based in Field Office-Mid-Western Hills Office, Jumla.

Required Qualifications & Experiences:

• Master’s Degree in social science, education or relevant field
• At least 4 years of demonstrated experience working in a mid-level position coordinating and managing the Early Childhood Development program portfolio
• Advanced knowledge and experience of International and National Early Childhood Development program, project and policies
• Experience of development and humanitarian issues affecting children, women and families
• Demonstrated experience in successfully using key influencing strategies such as advocacy, lobbying, movement building, or policy development
• Experience in carrying out power, policy and political analysis to inform strategies and projects
• Strong knowledge of child and women’s rights and gender justice
• Advanced understanding of the development and NGO sector.
• Essential: Experience of working with coalitions and networks.
• Analytical, strategic thinking and negotiating skills.
• Ability to build effective relations for influencing.
• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support to define sectoral program strategy and contribute to achieving the outcome of the Country Strategy
• Support the process of drafting and finalising the program sector strategy working with program team at Field Office (FO) along with partner staff aligning with global strategy
• Ensure that the Early Childhood Development (ECD) program is gender transformative
• Ensure that the ECD program builds on and generates evidence to inform Plan’s influencing agenda
• Ensure effective program partnerships in ECD including meaningful participation and efficient use of resources to meet the program objectives and outcomes set out in the Country Strategy
• Provide technical support in design and development of ECD strategy to Municipality/Rural Municipalities
• Ensure Early Childhood Development project management on different technical/practical challenges and day to day operations
• Ensure project cycle is followed for each project including kick off meetings, drafting of project outlines, implementation of activities, mid and end term evaluation
• Review all projects in program area and ensure that project objectives are achieved effectively
• Ensure that Plan’s contractual obligations on project targets and deliverables are met by thematic coordinators and implementation partners
• Make regular program reviews and provide feedback to the FO program team and report to line manager
• Ensure that qualitative report has been submitted on time to Business Development team for their submission to National Office/ Donor
• Ensure high degree of technical expertise while implementing projects relevant to technical specifications/standards
• Ensure timely delivery of project activities as per project log frame, theory of change and detailed implementation plan and share the report to line manager
• Assess the partner’s capacity in terms of technical skills for project delivery, design a training plan to enhance their capacity and monitor it regularly in coordination with line manager and AM.
• Lead sectoral networking and representation and build relationships and alliances with relevant networks, government bodies, federations and other agencies
• Lead evidence-based lobby and advocacy within the sectoral program at Field Office level and ensure that programme plans include influencing objectives

Last date to apply: 5 October 2018

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This job announcement was published in Kantipur Dainik on 21 September 2018