CPIE & GBV Assistant

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

As a CPIE & GBV Assistant, you will be responsible for the effective and efficient implementation in the field (refugee camps and out-of-camp) of protection activities, including gender-based violence (GBV) and child protection in emergencies, in line with Plan International's emergency humanitarian response in the Far North region ‘ERP’, UNHCR's Multi-Year Strategic Plan 2022-2026, UNHCR's child protection response guidelines and strategies for refugee children and others under UNHCR's mandate applicable in Cameroon. The CPIE and GBV Assistant will provide case management services in collaboration with and under the supervision of the Protection Officer and will participate in case management conferences in Minawao refugee camp, IDP sites and host communities as required (in Mayo Sava or Mayo-Tsanaga divisions).

As a CPIE and GBV Assistant, you will work directly with the Child Protection Officer, community relays, Child-Friendly Space animators, PALS facilitators, members of community child protection mechanisms, district sectoral officers, administrative and local authorities, other humanitarian workers in the area, refugee camp managers and IDP sites, etc. to ensure the smooth implementation of GBV and child protection activities. As CPIE and GBV Assistant, you will participate in the project's technical coordination, support and advocacy with the local specific protection group and sub-working groups on child protection and gender-based violence, as well as with other stakeholders and technical services relevant to the sector, in order to ensure an effective, proportionate and quality response from Plan-International.

The Individual

We are looking to recruit someone with a degree in social sciences, law or a related field with good knowledge of established international child protection standards and CPIE principles would be an advantage; With at least 2 years' relevant professional experience in the protection sector, ability to speak one of the local languages mainly Fulfulde, Hausa, or any local language of the Far North region is necessary; As CPiE and GBV Assistant, practical and relevant experience of emergency operations and case management of GBV and child protection and an experience of community work in refugee camps or IDP sites and of the multidimensional context of one of the departments affected by the conflict in the Far North of Cameroon (Mayo Tsanaga and Mayo Sava) is an asset.

Please follow this link for a full role profile:Job description - CPIE AND GBV ASSISTANT MINAWAO - Sept 2024.pdf

Location:  Mokolo/Minawao

Type of Role: Fixed Term contract

Reports to: CPiE & GBV Officer 

Hay Level: 11

Closing Date: 04th October 2024

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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