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.
Dimensions of the Role
Plan International seeks an outstanding Country Project Manager **Contingent on proposal award** to manage effective implementation of the anticipated Supporting the Africa Led Movement to End FGM Programme in Kenya and delivery results as per the log frame within their country of responsibility.
The project will focus on accelerating the pace of change to end FGM and achieving results at scale. The programme looks at achieving change at scale in the chosen countries, but also reinforcing this with a more global approach to grassroots networks and campaigns/advocacy. The programme will deliver community-level projects to end FGM by changing attitudes and behaviours towards harmful practices, empowering communities to protect the safety, rights and choices of women and girls.
Accountabilities
The role of the Project Manager will be to:
- Provide leadership across programme implementation of country operations and contribute to development of strategic vision by the Team Leader
- Ensure the project is delivered in line with agreed timescales and budget, including putting in place mechanisms for effective project start-up
- Foster good cross-consortium working relationships and coordinate with in-country consortium partners to ensure high quality project activities are consistently delivered against the project workplan and to donor agreed milestones
- Ensure that all delivery partners are aware of, and compliant with, donor and Plan standards
- Support the development of costed annual workplans, ensuring budget forecasts and spend monitoring are carried out on a regular basis
- Oversee the consolidation and submission of quality country level project reports to time, and in line with agreed governance structure
- Coordinate with relevant donor-funded projects in their relevant area of operations to ensure complementarity of delivery
- Engage effectively with key national, regional, and community stakeholders, including government, donors, civil society, service providers, and academic institutions to ensure smooth delivery of the programme and dissemination of learning
- Liaise with CO staff and coordinate their contribution to project delivery according to costed contributions
- Liaise with Programme Technical Lead and Safeguarding Advisor to ensure that technical quality standards and mechanisms are in place and applied to high consistency across programme implementation within their area of responsibility
- Liaise with Plan Finance and reporting structures to ensure that optimal procurement and finance systems are in place, ensuring that DFID`s Value for Money (VfM) approach is applied across all aspects of the project
- Ensure there is a robust and effective monitoring, evaluation, and adaptive learning process in place; and that there is effective coordination with a third party-managed Evaluation & Data Component of the Programme
- Lead recruitment of new staff as and when required with Plan UK and Country Office HR teams
- Represent the project externally at national level, as needed and agreed by matrix management supervisors
- Ensure that Plan International`s global policies for Child Protection (CPP), Safeguarding, and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) are fully embedded across all project activities
- Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Child Protection (CPP) 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. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring 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.
Technical expertise, skills and knowledge
- Advanced degree in a relevant field, for example, Gender Studies, Gender and Development, Development Studies, or Sociology
- Qualifications in Project Management and/or Prince2 an advantage
Essential
- Experience in managing DFID commercial contracts with a demonstrated applied knowledge of DFID procedures and Payment by Results Programming would be an advantage
- Extensive experience in managing complex, donor-funded programmes in challenging environments, including building capacity of implementing partner organisations
- Demonstrable leadership and people management skills;
- Consortium management experience with or working through partners;
- Applied technical knowledge in thematic areas of FGM, Social Norms, or Gender, which could include managing FGM-focused projects or acting as a technical expert
- Advanced report writing skills
Desirable
- Knowledge of current trends in addressing social norms, FGM prevention and innovations related to addressing harmful traditional practices
- Demonstrable applied knowledge of Adaptive Management programming an advantage
- Experience in implementing behavioural change programming models would be an advantage
- Strong relationships with sector specialists and relevant government offices
- Proven ability to represent the programme to a variety of audiences, ranging from civil society, government representatives, donor, and community representatives
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.
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