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# Job Description


Location Geita, Tanzania

Company Plan International

The Organisation

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.

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 GAC 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 Program Director is responsible for the successful implementation of the
KAGIS project in North-western region of Tanzania and accountable for the
achievement of programme deliverables. She/he will ensure that the project
achieves the expected results and is implemented in compliance with the donor
agreement and Plan International standards. She/he is responsible for planning
and maintaining the program calendar, providing financial and operations
support that optimises resources through sound budgets, consistent financial
tracking, timely submission of reports to the donor, and management of
contract compliance. She/he will work very closely with the Ministry of
Education, Science and Technology MoEST, and Ministry of Health, Community
Development, Gender, Elderly and Children MoHCDGEC during the execution of
the project. She/he is the primary representative of the project and oversees
the management of implementing partners. She/he will support project staff by
creating and maintaining a work environment that promotes teamwork, trust,
mutual respect, and empowers staff to take responsibility.

DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE
• Manage and lead project related strategic liaison with Plan International
Canada and implementing partners.
• Ensure the project meets or exceeds agreed targets, through structured
reviews and identifying and agreeing mitigation activities and ensure
implementing partners’ performance is maintained.
• Inspire, lead and motivate project team to deliver project objectives on-
time and on-budget.
• Implement, monitor and improve accountability mechanisms across project and
implementing partners.
• building the capacity of the Local Government Authorities on identified
effective approaches and techniques for scaling up project best practices for
the sustainability of project interventions after close-up.
• Ensure that an effective monitoring system is in place for achieving prior
agreed targets in relation to the project activities and financial
expenditures,
• Identify and effectively manage all key risks related to the project
implementation
• Ensure the effective and efficient use of project resources to demonstrate
value for money
• Maintain positive relationships and share relevant information with all
stakeholders; government and local partners.
• Ensures the project achieve contractual deliverables with technical
distinction and meet fiscal targets.
• Represents projects on behalf of Plan International Tanzania at professional
networking events and meetings, conferences, and other public forums;
• Tracks aspects of project performance; oversees project implementation of
approved activities, monitoring of timelines, tracking budgets, and supporting
implementing partners’ performance and financial management;
• Resolves issues in project start-up and close-down; manages project
backstopping, key field personnel support, consultant agreements; processing
of project finance transactions and grant management implementation;
• Ensure quality development of project implementation and financial reports
• Conduct regular supervision and monitoring visits to project sites to ensure
smooth implementation of project activities;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding children
and young people and Gender Equality and Inclusion GEI 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.
• Performs other project related duties as assigned by the Director of
Programmes
ACCOUNTABILITIES
Project Management, Compliance and Leadership
• Identify and proactively address all challenges and potential implementation
issues the hinder project performance
• Lead and manage the project team to achieve its mandated targets in
accordance to project plans.
• Keep CMT abreast of significant threats, implementation deficiencies and
opportunities.
• Provide leadership in the design, implementation, monitoring and reporting
of KAGIS project as prioritized in the project document
• Ensure the Integration of sustainable approaches, gender responsive and
inclusion into all project activities as appropriate
• Ensure timely development of high quality both narrative and financial
reporting to the donor
• Provide financial oversight to the project including the analysis, review
and oversight of project budgets and financial reporting; work with the
Finance Manager to monitor compliance issues and promote timely and solution-
oriented follow up and action
• Drive results by ensuring compliance to donor contracts Ensure operational
plan is in place for timely and effectively inputs support from the CO to meet
project obligations
• Oversee project management for all KAGIS related project activities;
• Oversee operational systems and structures to ensure effective
administrative and logistics support to the project;
• Lead project team and Implementing partners in the capturing ongoing
implementation learning
• Manage project team to apply results based monitoring and lessons learned to
refine activities and implementation.
• Ensure that project governance structure meet and perform their duties as
per each committee’s Terms of Reference

Strengthen Advocacy efforts and Partnership
• Manage effective partnerships with government’s relevant departments and
ministries and strategic networking are established and maintained to ensure
project sustainability
• Represent Plan International Tanzania in various forums, relevant platforms
and technical groups and during partner and donor representative in-country
visits;
• Work closely with advocacy and communications team in the development of
evidence-based advocacy and influence
• Oversee the implementation of partnership frameworks, protocols and
agreements, and capacity building of local partners as potentially identified;
• Provide expert-level guidance and direction to the implementing partners on
the planning and implementation of project activities based on evidence in
support of girl’s education
Information Management
• Lead and collaborate with project staff to translate project learning and
results into accessible technical products for global and country
stakeholders.
• Encourage and facilitate the documentation of best practices and lessons
learned in KAGIS project, to influence policy formation, deepen capacity, and
foster partnerships;
• Develop summative reporting documents for the project for advocacy and
promotion of Girls education;
• Build and maintain relationships with external and internal partners to
enhance their support in keeping girls in school.
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 Programme Unit Manager high
• This position works closely with the Project Coordinators high
External
• This position works closely with the management of implementing partner
organizations High
• Tanzanian Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and
Children
• Donor representatives in Tanzania

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Plan International Canada
• PUM & CO
• Executive Country Management Team E-CMT
• Functional networks within Plan

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Required experience and Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in public health, education, social science,
international development, gender or related area is required.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive managerial experience in program, financial
and human resources management, networking, knowledge management and advocacy
of large international development projects
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in leading large donor funded programs
funded by GAC will be an added advantage
• Experience and ability to provide leadership and direction to the multi-
disciplinary staff and implementing partners;
• Familiarity with challenges facing girls accessing to education and ASRHS
and emerging priorities
• Considerable knowledge of education, ASRHS and Gender and Inclusion agenda
• Demonstrated experience with the preparation of technical reports, budgets,
plans of action, and management of staff
• Experience working with children and adolescents and an ability to apply
safeguarding, ethics, and ‘do no harm’ principles
• Proven capacity to work effectively with community-based organizations,
government officials at district, regional and national levels, and with
Government donor agencies.
• Demonstrable experience in advocacy, especially around gender equality and
adolescent girls’ rights related issues
• A thorough understanding of the Convention of the Rights of the Child,
Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women
CEDAW and other human rights instruments.
• A thorough understanding of the various tools and techniques for gender
transformative approaches in a project cycle including gender analysis
Marker, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience with adaptive management and effective feedback loops to ensure
the use of data in strategic and programmatic decision-making;
• Experience in providing virtual support or willingness to learn effective
virtual facilitation and support skills;
• Ability to make sound work judgments under difficult conditions, and to
become technically effective with minimal level of attention from supervisors.
Essential
Knowledge
• Demonstrated knowledge in results based gender transformative education
programming in a socio-cultural and politically challenging environment
• Good knowledge of children’s rights and specifically girls related issues in
education
• Knowledge in Local Government Authorities systems
• Full fluency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili
• Good knowledge in risk management analysis, monitoring and control and to
ensures the execution of risk response plans, and evaluates their
effectiveness
• Practical knowledge in performance management, visual management and work
within a matrix management structure
• Knowledge of problem solving of complex issues through analysis, definition
of a clear way forward and ensuring buy-in
• Knowledge of gender analysis and assessments, including approaches, methods,
and frameworks;
• Demonstrated knowledge in leading gender-transformative ASRHR strategy to
guide large program delivery
• Knowledge in leading a diverse team and in context of multiple stakeholders
with complex relationships
• Demonstrated knowledge to successfully manage, monitor and evaluate project
activities with rigorous timelines and deliverables
Skills
• Outstanding analytical and writing skills, with demonstrated ability to
write quality technical reports
• Proficient computer skills and use of relevant Microsoft software; MSWord,
Excel, Power Point
• Strong interpersonal skills with substantial experience in managing
multidisciplinary and multicultural team
• Fluent spoken and written English and Kiswahili
• Reasonable skills in navigating complex donor requirements and ensure
compliance and understanding of value for money programming.
• Dynamic, organizational, innovative and creative skills
• Strong partners’ management and budget monitoring skills,
• Exceptional skills in team-building and collaboration as well as experience
in coaching or mentoring others in project implementation
• Excellent report writing, analytical, and communication skills, including
presentation skills
Behaviours
• Hardworking with capacity to work independently with minimum supervision
• Demonstrates honesty, integrity, as well as openness and transparent
personality.
• Working towards achieving a team goal
• Demonstrates respect for 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 others
• Result oriented and a team player
• Working for the best interest of the organization and children
• Appreciate of child rights and gender equality
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
• Decisive evidence-based decision-making skills;

Desirable
• Knowledge and experience with GAC’s results-based management tools, and
reporting processes is an added advantage.
• Data-driven, detail-oriented, self-starter with excellent analytic skills
• Strong program management, presentation, team-building and interpersonal
skills
• Advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Commitment to Adolescence girls’ development and a values-driven work
environment.
• Working in a high-pressure deadline-driven environment with professionalism
• Ability to multitask and work under pressure with minimal supervision
• Experience with rights based approaches in project development and
implementation.
• Experience in civil society capacity building and partnership development
• Experience managing staff, including demonstrated experience in staff
training, coaching and mentoring.
• Experience in leading project start-ups and close-downs;
• Experience of establishing and using monitoring and evaluation systems to
demonstrate accountability upwards and downwards in the delivery of projects.
• Commitment to understanding of Plan International values and principles
• Creativity skills in gender programming and advocacy that influence policy
change
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 40% of the work time

LEVEL OF CONTACT WITH CHILDREN
Mid contact Occasional interaction with children during field visit

Location Geita

Reports to Director of Programs

Grade E

Closing Date 3rd June 2021

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.



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Closing Date 3rd June, 2021.



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