Protection from Violence Learning and Development Specialist At Plan International

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

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

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.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

The Opportunity

Plan International’s global strategy: 100 Million Reasons (2017–22) prioritises protection from violence as one of its key thematic areas, reflecting the increased focus on youth. Protection from violence includes the area of child protection as well as Plan’s programming and influencing work with and for young people, with focus on young women up to the age of 24. Within our Protection from Violence work, Plan International promotes a system strengthening approach, with holistic interventions encompassing prevention and response in support of improved systems for protecting children, adolescents and youth. At global level, Plan will focus on developing good practice models for country level programming and influencing, tools and guidance, capacity-strengthening initiatives as well as generating research and evidence which supports Plan’s gender-transformative approach.

A comprehensive global training package has been developed over the past 2 years with participation of child protection practitioners from Plan and partners. It is now time to roll this training package out and to ensure that it is part of a wider capacity strengthening and learning agenda within the Protection from Violence area. You will lead this work.

Given current COVID-related restrictions, you will carry out most of these actions through online platforms, including the first phase of the roll out of the CP training package. In the future, travel will be required in order to support Training of Trainers (ToTs) and trainings at regional and country level.
The position will be placed in the Protection from Violence Hub within the Gender Transformative Policy and Practice department at Plan’s Global Hub. It will be part of the PfV Hub, taking part in ongoing work, including meetings and work planning. It will report to the PfV Hub Lead and work in close collaboration with the Child Protection in Emergencies Lead. Close collaboration is needed with Plan International Sweden for the 20% of time dedicated to technical support to countries in the SIDA Civsam framework.

You will support the design and implementation of a global capacity strengthening framework, including the piloting and roll-out of Plan International’s new comprehensive full spectrum Child Protection capacity strengthening package. You will design the capacity strengthening plan and M&E framework and coordinate and grow the Child Protection and Protection from Violence learning offer to meet professional and development needs.

In addition you will support selected Country Office’s in the full program cycle; including planning, implementation and evaluation of Child Protection related programs.