EiE Assistant - ECHO

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

Under the supervision of the EiE officer/Education Coordinator, the EiE Assistant will be responsible for the effective implementation of the project's emergency education activities at the field level.  As EiE Assistant, you will contribute to assessments in other sectors, support implementation and community partners involved in the recovery process and ensuring educational continuity and the protection of children in the areas of intervention. As EiE Assistant, you will responsible to participate in data collection with the Plan leadership for the drafting of concept papers, proposals and budgets for education and child protection activities and contribute to ensuring that gender, education, DRR, conflict sensitivity, as well as the guidelines of the Plan and international child protection standards are considered in data collection for programme design.

You will contribute to the reporting of education activities in line with donor and programme requirements, in particular the implementation of the ECHO funded Project. Provide regular updates to the Officer and Coordinator on the implementation of activities, represent the Plan at weekly/monthly sectoral meetings and other coordination meetings and supervise and ensure strong coordination of AEP monitors, community relays and school management members.

The Individual

We are looking to recruit a qualified candidate, with a Bachelor degree in education or social sciences or any other equivalent discipline and at least 03 years of professional experience in the implementation of integrated projects and programs of Education and Child Protection; Professional experience in emergency situations (Internally Displaced Population) would be an asset.

 As EiE Assistant, you will have a perfect mastery of key policies, procedures and rules, management of community volunteers, central and decentralized administration, community development. You will have a proven knowledge of the issue of Education in Emergencies and especially Accelerated Education programs, a good knowledge of monitoring activities and data collection in the field, a knowledge of local languages in the Logone et Chari Division (Arabe chaos, Kotoko, Mousgoum, Toupouri, Massa) and a good command of French and English; Have the ability to work in a hostile, multicultural and pressured environment is desirable;

Please follow this link for a full role profile:  Job Description EiE Assistant ECHO 2025.pdf

Location: Biamo & Makary

Type of Role:  Fixed term contract

Reports to: EiE officer/Education Coordinator

Hay Level: 11/C

Closing Date: 23rd June 2025

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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