Vaga Servisu - Safety Online Project Officer - Plan International Timor-Leste

Vacancy Announcement

 

Safety Online Project Officer for Positive Education, Nutrition and Education Project

 

“Founded 85 years ago, Plan is one of the oldest and largest children's development organizations in the world.  We work in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. Plan is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations”. We have been working in Timor-Leste since 2001.

To support of its current growth, Plan International Timor-Leste is seeking for a creative and ambitious Safety Online Project Officer. We offer a long – term career development, a competitive salary and benefits package and opportunity to serve the children in Timor-Leste especially girls to Learn, lead, decide and thrive. Besides, this person should have also advocacy/influencing skills to work with Managers and Specialists.

Plan always encourages applications from women and from people with disabilities

Dimensions of the Role

1. The PPN Online Safety Project Officer will work closely with the Positive parenting and Nutrition (PPN) Manager to provide technical things on developing a cooking demo activity with the President of Timor-Leste and other leaders including some parents.
2. She/he will coordinate with the staff of the cabinet of the president Regarding cooking demos to show.
3. She/he will communicate regularly with PPN project Manager to ensure the implementation of the cooking demo activity based on the plan.
4. The position requires close work accountabilities with PPN project Coordinator and program team.

Accountabilities

• Coordinate with stakeholders and government especially technical staffs for cooking demo show with relevant leaders.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and government findings into implementation activities, and to oversee activity roll-out, implementing and sustaining knowledge and demand for training, awareness raising, and mobilizing those who will collaborate in the implementation of project activities.

• Support enhances the delivery of cooking demo show in all supported communities, parents’ schools, and relevant stakeholders in line with project plans.
• organization developed a work plan based on the approved project work plan detailing with activities to be undertaken.
• Assist and support co-facilitators provided a monthly parenting session with additional cooking demo show topics also included monthly.
• Actively participate in develop implementation and supervision of quarterly and annual project implementation plan on cooking demo activity and PPN project.
• Prepare a list of training needs, objective and subjects to be addressed through training activities and a validate these with training organizer, selected partner organization and prospective participants.
• High skills on dealing with children
• Understand better the work of Plan International Timor-Leste
• Understand and have close relation with community and local partners
• Understand and have good relation with various government
• 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.
  

Key relationships

• Children, community, local partners, government
• Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrates a high degree of professionalism and integrity
• Proactive and able to work independently
• Leads by example to motivate, coach and actively develop high performance of others
• Ability to work confidentially
• Communicates clearly and effectively and in a style that inspires confidence and respect
• Promotes team work, cooperation, innovation and learning amongst staff and partners
• Confidence to represent Plan at District level meetings
• Demonstrates a high degree of professionalism and integrity
• Understand and knowledgeable on Monitoring and Evaluation of project activities and planning by project frame work and translated to the quarterly and monthly planning.
• Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize tasks
• Ability to build and maintain relationships via strong networking and inter-personal skills
• Strong team work and problem-solving skills.
• Good analytical and report written skills
• Strong communication skills – both oral and written
• Strong facilitation skills
• Knowledge and commitment to gender equality, disability inclusion, and child protection
• Experience in journalism, PR or corporate communications
• Excellent information technology skills are essential, including Word, Excel, online internet resources, social media and smart phones.

Desirable

• At least tertiary education or relevant needs, preferably in the field of education, psychology, social sciences, and/or community development
• Experience in participatory and a community development approaches
• At least 3 years’ experience in work with youth/community development programs and teams
• Experience working with local organizations and leading development of their capacity
• Experience in participatory and a community development approaches
• Understanding of Timor-Leste’s current development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities and implications to community development in Timor-Leste
• Experience in working with child-focused development organization would be an advantage  

Physical Environment

1. Based in Country Office in Dili, typical office environment
2. Frequent travel (50%) to and stays in Aileu and Ainaro, and occasionally to other municipalities. Must be willing to travel to remote communities.

Level of contact with children

1. High level: Frequent interaction with children

 

FOR ALL PLAN POSITIONS AND CONSULTANCIES… 

• Strong commitment to the equal rights and participation of girls and women is essential
• Strong commitment to the Rights of the Child is essential
• Plan does not tolerate child abuse. All Plan staff and consultants are selected and employed in line with the conditions of Plan’s Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy. These include appropriate reference and background checks.
• Applications will not be acknowledged. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. No correspondence or telephone calls will be entered into.
• Short listed candidates will be required to attend panel interviews and other selection procedures.

  

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Thursday, January 19, 2023

TO APPLY FOR POSTS …. Send resume/CV with cover letter and names and contact details of three referees, to PlanTL.Jobs@plan-international.org

Hand delivered application will not be accepted!

Any questions can be directed to the above email address or phone (+670) 331 2492.