Consortium Project Manager

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 know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. 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.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

The post holder will coordinate the EU-INTPA project partners and the PIE field team in the targeted region, refugee camps and host communities to make sure that projects are implemented in target locations as per the agreement entered into with the donor and other monitoring agencies, UNHCR and RRs. offices. He/she will be providing hands-on guidance, support, mentoring and coaching to frontline staff, including Coordinators, Officers, and Social Workers, etc, to ensure smooth and quality implementation of the project. Moreover, he/she will coordinate and support the implementation of the project by other consortium members, providing the required quality, liaising with the donor, and submitting timely and high-quality reports.

The Individual

• MA/BA, MSc/BSc degree in Project Management, Social Sciences, Education, Disaster Management, Humanitarian Sciences, Child Development, Development Studies, Sociology, Social Work, or other related fields.
• Over ten years of experience, including a minimum of six years in consortium program/project management within the UN/NGO sector.
• Adequate experience in implementing consortium programs/projects in refugee and host community contexts.
• Proven experience in managing complex and large project budgets exceeding 15 million Euros.
• Expertise in developing and implementing Child Protection and Education projects.
• Knowledge of evidence-based practices and standards for child protection and child participation, including the Minimum Standards for Child Protection and Education in humanitarian contexts.
• Strong understanding of humanitarian principles and established international child protection standards, including Sphere Standards, Sphere Companion Standards, Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS), and the Code of Conduct for Red Cross/Red Crescent and NGOs.

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Safeguarding Children and Program Participants (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed per the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understand their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Program Participants and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to enure safe guarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

Location: Addis Ababa, Country Office

Type of Role: EU INTPA Project

Reports to: Head of Disaster Preparedness and Response   

Closing Date: January 24, 2026

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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