Plan International is seeking a dedicated and passionate Regional Child Protection in Emergencies (CPIE) Specialist to join our team in the Region of Eastern & Southern Africa (RESA). This is a re-advertised position, offering an opportunity for experienced professionals to contribute to impactful humanitarian programs focused on child protection in emergencies.
About Plan International
Plan International is an independent child rights and humanitarian organization committed to ensuring that children live a life free from poverty, violence, and injustice. Our work is centered around empowering children and communities to bring about lasting change. We focus on marginalized groups, especially girls and women, ensuring they have access to opportunities and the protection they deserve.
About the Middle East, East and Southern Africa Region (MEESA)
The MEESA region faces significant humanitarian challenges, including cyclical food insecurity, malnutrition, and climate-induced shocks. Over 50 million people in this region are experiencing severe food insecurity, particularly in conflict-affected countries such as South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique. Plan International is actively responding to these crises by providing food and nutrition assistance, supporting livelihoods protection and promotion, and strengthening resilience-building initiatives.
To ensure the effectiveness of our interventions, we are expanding our child protection in emergencies (CPiE) program. If you are an experienced CPiE professional looking to make a meaningful impact, we encourage you to apply.
Regional Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist
Location: Kenya
Company: Plan International
Closing Date: 19th February 2025
Role Overview
The Regional CPIE Specialist will provide leadership in the development and implementation of high-quality Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) programs across the RESA region. This role requires a strong strategic approach, technical expertise, and the ability to work collaboratively with country offices, government entities, UN agencies, and partner organizations.
Key Responsibilities
1. Leadership and Influencing (30%)
- Represent Plan International and the CPiE program at relevant clusters, working groups, and global forums.
- Build and maintain relationships with government departments, donors, UN agencies, and NGOs.
- Identify partnership opportunities, including supporting the formation of consortia and engaging in joint advocacy initiatives.
- Strengthen Plan International’s role in gender equality programming in emergencies, particularly with a focus on girls.
- Actively contribute to regional CPiE coordination mechanisms and assume leadership roles in Child Protection Working Groups where required.
- Document program evidence to contribute to global disaster risk management (DRM) advocacy and policy objectives.
2. Impact, Accountability, and Learning (20%)
- Ensure the implementation of quality data collection and information management systems for CPiE analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy.
- Support the development of CPiE monitoring and evaluation frameworks across country programs.
- Strengthen cross-country learning through exchange visits, learning platforms, and CPiE knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Promote organizational learning by collecting and publishing case studies and reports on best practices.
- Provide technical support for CPiE-focused research to enhance evidence-based programming.
3. Strategy and Program Design (30%)
- Work closely with the Regional Program Director, Head of Disaster Risk Management (DRM), and country offices to develop child protection strategies at the regional level.
- Lead CPiE needs assessments in new target areas and define key priorities and resource requirements.
- Assist country offices in formulating CPiE program strategies and plans.
- Support funding efforts for CPiE program scale-up, including proposal development for regional and sub-regional projects.
- Provide strategic guidance in the recruitment of CPiE staff across country programs.
4. Technical Support to Country CPiE Programs (20%)
- Provide ongoing training, coaching, and mentoring to country CPiE teams to ensure quality programming.
- Assist in developing technical expertise in CPiE priority areas, such as Gender-Based Violence (GBV), adolescent programming, child labor, children on the move, and community-based child protection.
- Support the recruitment and professional development of CPiE specialists in country programs.
- Ensure contextual adaptation of global CPiE guidance and tools.
- Facilitate the integration of CPiE interventions into long-term programming for sustainability.
Reporting Structure
This role reports to the Head of Disaster Risk Management, RESA, with technical guidance from the Global CPIE Lead at Plan International’s Global Hub.
Who Should Apply?
We are looking for a dedicated professional with extensive experience in Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) and humanitarian response.
The ideal candidate should have:
- A minimum of 6 years of progressive professional experience in CPiE work.
- Strong leadership experience in CPiE responses and programming.
- Experience in gender-sensitive and adolescent-focused interventions.
- Proven ability to build relationships with UN agencies, coordination mechanisms, and donors.
- Strong communication skills to work effectively in a multi-cultural and diverse team environment.
If you are passionate about protecting children in humanitarian settings and want to contribute to a globally recognized organization, this is the role for you!
Why Join Plan International?
At Plan International, equality, diversity, and inclusion are core to our work. We aim to create a workplace environment that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We are committed to:
- Gender equality and girls’ rights.
- Anti-racism and social justice.
- Preventing harm and safeguarding children from abuse and exploitation.
Plan International is also part of the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, which ensures thorough pre-employment background checks. We do not charge any application fees at any stage of recruitment.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should apply before 19th February 2025.
Plan International is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, or sexual orientation.
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