Gender & Advocacy Officer

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:

• Lead program design, planning and implementation to ensure overall interventions are of high-quality gender transformative and inclusive of children and youth with disabilities
• Coordinate development of Project Gender & Advocacy Strategy in close collaboration with relevant Country Office and Canada National Office technical specialists, based on Plan International’s Global Gender & Advocacy Strategy
• Provide a Gender perspective and technical inputs into the implementation of project activities, development of advocacy strategies, delivery of capacity building activities, development and review of advocacy tools, conducting social mobilization activities and development of relevant communication materials
• Provide gender analysis and technical support and the expertise required to implement the programme and to obtain the expected results
• In consultation with the partners, prepare annual work plans, budgets and progress reports to ensure the achievement of results;
• Provide gender and inclusion related technical support to staff and partners for programme implementation, including identification and fulfilment of capacity building requirements.
• Take lead and champion all advocacy initiatives at district and provincial level, including GBV campaigns (16 days of activism against gender-based violence, International girls and women days, etc.)
• Train members of women and youth-led, people with disabilities, LGTBIQ+ organisations on evidence-based advocacy for GE&I, ASRHR, MH and prevention of harmful traditional practices
• Develop a position paper on the main barriers to accessing SRHR, GBV and CEFM prevention based on the key advocacy agenda of the women and youth-led, people with disabilities, LGTBIQ+ organisations
• Establish and strengthen platforms at provincial, national and regional levels with YLOs, OPD, LGBTQIA+ & IDP-led organisations.
• Work in partnership with SRHR Specialist and project MERL staff to ensure that all gender transformative interventions plans are complete with outcome level monitoring and evaluation plans; and share learnings for project improvement

About you:

• Degree in relevant field – Health, Communication, Advocacy, Social Sciences and/or another related field;
• Ability to build the capacity of staff and partners to deliver Gender & Advocacy activities
• Good command of Portuguese and Nampula local languages
• Advanced knowledge of the rationale and practical implications of being rights-based, gender transformative, participatory, working in partnership; evidence-based and working to strengthen civil society
• Demonstrated understanding of gender equality and equity, gender integration, engaging key influencers as agents of change, and women’s empowerment
• Comprehensive knowledge in advocating for women's policies and initiatives in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment
• Demonstrated knowledge of gender transformative integration in the key programmatic areas such as health, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, disability and inclusion and social protection. As an asset to show experience and knowledge on integrating gender equality into markets, value chains, financial systems,
• Demonstrated capacity to design training packages and train staff on the delivery of gender-specific topics with particular emphasis on addressing sensitive issues, such as gender-based violence, child marriage, SRHR, among others;

Click here to access the full Job Description:  Gender & Advocacy Officer

Location: Nampula

Type of Role: Temporarly (Maternity cover - 4 months)

Reports to: Director of Project

Pay range: 1.154.154,49 MzN to 1.340.308,44 MzN  annual gross) Plan reserves the right to pay according to internal procedures

Closing Date: 29 April, 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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