Career Opportunities: Parent Engagement Advisor (39701)
Requisition ID 39701 – Posted 06/02/2021 – Country (1) – Education
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.
Plan Rwanda’s activities are focused in four areas: Inclusive and Quality Education; Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD); Economic Security and Active Citizenship, and Child Protection. As such, Plan Rwanda is a leader in national civil society and NGO networks and has developed and strengthened strategic relationships with key government ministries. With extensive local networks and community reach, Plan drives positive change through broad community participation, achieving sustainable results by actively engaging and providing services to individuals, families, communities, and governments. Plan International has been working in Rwanda since 2007.
Position Description
Plan International is seeking a Parent Engagement Advisor for an anticipated USAID-funded Education program in Rwanda. This program will support the result areas of the LEARN Project under the Homes and Communities Activity, with the purpose of improving literacy outcomes for all Rwandan children by the end of primary grade 3 (P3). The Parent Engagement Advisor will oversee all aspects of this project to improve the home literacy environment. The Parent Engagement Advisor will facilitate positive parenting and caregiver support to children’s emergent and early literacy at home. The Parent Engagement Advisor will also lead children’s access to high quality educational content and materials at home. The position is contingent upon the award of the project by the donor.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure technical quality of parent support, communications, and capacity building of small grant recipients.
- Contribute detailed and accurate technical deliverables and reports to fulfill USAID reporting requirements.
- Coordinate technical activities with the USAID Rwanda mission, partners, sub-recipients, government agencies, international and local NGOs, and community organizations.
- Ensure the timely and quality completion of program technical deliverables and reports in accordance with USAID guidelines.
- Supervise a team and oversee implementation of annual program work and plans.
- Liaise and coordinate with other related projects and activities ongoing in Rwanda including Plan’s ongoing programs.
- Support the development of annual work plans and contribute to development of performance monitoring plans. Work closely with other project technical experts on all project activities.
- Ensure Plan’s Child Protection Policy and Guidelines are adhered to during project implementation
Requirements:
- Master’s degree in education, social work, international development or a related field;
- Experience in management roles of USAID-funded grants and/or contracts
- At least 8 years of experience providing community mobilization direction and capacity building for improved educational outcomes.
- Experience in a team leadership, coordination or direct management role at high level
- Experience designing and leading capacity building strategies for CSOs and community-based organizations
- Experience in early grade reading or community literacy preferred
- Experience with Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) methodology preferred
- Experience with ICT interventions preferred
- Computer skills and mastery of Microsoft Office suite, especially Word and Excel
- Fluency in English required
Location: Kigali
Reports to: Chief of Party
Grade: D2
Closing Date: 18-02-2021
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
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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