Plan International is a humanitarian, child-centered development organisation that works in over 60 countries to pursue its vision of a world where all children realise their full potential in societies that respect human rights and dignities. Plan International is an independent, equal opportunity, non-profit organisation without political or religious affiliation. Child protection is key in all that we do.
Working in Zambia since 1996, Plan International Zambia’s development and capacity building programmes focus primarily on education, health and sanitation, economic empowerment, and child protection and participation. Plan’s work is guided by our Child-Centered Community Development (CCCD) approach. Plan International Zambia has programme units in: Central, Luapula, Eastern, province and in Lusaka, where the Country Office (CO) is located.
Plan’s is looking for innovative, motivated self starter individuals to fill the following vacancies:
- Project Manager – Making the Law work for Girls and Boys (Lusaka)
Job Purpose: To provide leadership in the management and overall delivery of the Access to Justice – Making the Law Work for Girls and boys Project. She/he will lead the project team in planning, implementation, partnership management and reporting on the project. She/he is responsible for the timely delivery of the project; with highest technical quality according to the objectives of the project and to the satisfaction of project stakeholders. The position reports to Program Manager Girls Innovation
Key responsibilities for this position include;
- Development of annual and quarterly implementation plans and budgets.
- Leading and managing performance of project staff
- Effectively managing, planning and implementation of the Making the Law Work for Girls and Boys
- Ensuring project budget and expenditure is tracked and reported.
- Facilitating strategic linkages and collaborations with other departments inside and outside Plan International Zambia, Local Authorities, and other partners
- Participating in the project research, assessments or evaluations undertaken and sharing lessons learned and best practices for scaling up of the project
- Aligning – Making the Law Work for Girls and Boys project interventions and activities to Plan International Zambia Child Protection Country programme
- Representing Plan International Zambia and the project externally with the donor, partners, government and other agencies at national level
- Preparing and sharing quality project reports as per donor requirements and the project monitoring & evaluation plan
- Managing and monitoring partnerships with implementing organisations to ensure efficient utilisation and timely accountability of resources allocated
Individual specifications include:
- Possession of Bachelors Degree in Development Studies/Social Sciences/Education or related discipline
- 3-5 years experience with at least 3 years’ experience in managing projects with strong technical expertise in Child Protection and Law.
- At least 3 years demonstrated experience in implementing Child Protection projects in Zambia
- Knowledge of Human Rights Law will be an added advantage
- Experience in working on issues of vulnerable children is an advantage
- Up to date knowledge of environment and current effective practice on juvenile justice
- Experience and knowledge in community based programming
- Demonstrated experience in the field of Child Rights
- Good community participatory skills
- Experience in research and data collection
- Experience in social networking
How to Apply:
Self Starter!! Innovative!!! Strategic Thinker !!! Striver for High Performance!!! Are you the one we are looking for?
All applications close Monday 9 November 2015. For full details on the job profile and application requirements, please send an email, clearly stating the job title of interest to jobszambia@plan-international.org.
Plan International provides equal employment opportunities to qualified and experienced women and men
