PROJECT COORDINATOR - OIM

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 position will support the implementation of Strengthening the Resilience, Stabilization, Peace and Social Cohesion of Crisis-Affected Populations in the Logone et Chari Division, Far North Region of Cameroon. The aim of this project is to strengthen the socio-economic resilience of vulnerable populations, stabilization of peace and security through the prevention and fight against violent extremism within communities, particularly among young people.

The Project Coordinator is responsible for providing administration support to the other specialists on the project in the delivery of their roles, project delivery model, Support the participatory development and overall implementation of the project based on feminist values and principles.

Under the supervision of the Emergency Response Manager, as the Project Coordinator, you will be primarily responsible for achieving the project's objectives, provide support to the project staff and will make the teams responsible for the security and management of the equipment and tools made available to them to carry out their tasks (prevention of misuse and theft). You will be responsible for organising the feedback of reliable and up-to-date information (various technical notes, etc.) to enable realistic programming (operational and financial) of activities in line with the project document. Be actively involved in the preparation of periodic reports on the activities carried out in order to keep the CLT informed of the Project progress in the field. You will contribute, within the limits of the time available, to discussion meetings with other stakeholders on site and work closely with other Plan International colleagues and external stakeholders. Through your leadership, you will be expected to create a working atmosphere that is a source of emulation for the members of your team.

The Individual

We are looking to recruit a qualified candidate, with a Master’s Degree in Social Science or Social work, and other related field with a minimum of 05 years substantial experience of which at least 03  years’ experience with NGOs and one year in emergency context. As a Project coordinator, you will demonstrated experience of working on resilience, stabilization, peace and social cohesion and Gender equality and inclusion.   An experience with a diverse set of stakeholders at all levels of an organization, including from policy-makers and senior management to local government and CSOs, as well as community leaders and beneficiaries and a good understanding challenges and opportunities in the communities and field level realities of NGOs are desirable.

Please follow this link for a full role profile: Job description - Project Coordinator - OIM - 2025.pdf

Location: Kousseri

Type of Role: Service Contract

Reports to: Local Emergency Response Manager

Hay Level : 13

Closing Date: 07th  April 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.

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We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

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