Overview
The Disaster READY Project Support Officer is responsible for supporting the management of specific emergency programmes, including the development and rollout of Detailed Implementation Plans and Procurement Plans, ensuring response activities align with Plan International's policies and priorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the management of specific emergency programmes.
- Develop and rollout Detailed Implementation Plans (DIPs) and Procurement Plans (PPs).
- Ensure all response activities are delivered in line with Plan International’s standard policies, systems, and procedures and aligned with the priorities of the relevant authorities.
- Provide lifesaving and early recovery assistance to approximately 7,000 crisis affected people across 18 communities.
- Support the development and updating of humanitarian response strategies.
- Ensure a clear and consistent focus on the specific needs of children, in particular girls.
- Provide evidence-based recommendations to the Country Director and senior management on programming options and priorities.
Required Experience
- Significant field experience of managing emergency programmes in a number of humanitarian crises.
- Demonstrated experience of key practice and standards for humanitarian response such as SPHERE and CHS.
- Significant knowledge of humanitarian response, child protection and disaster risk reduction.
- Conversant with the international humanitarian architecture, particularly related to coordination and funding.
- Demonstrated prior experience of engaging with the humanitarian coordination system and local, regional and global levels.
- Significant programming in emergencies in several continents and diverse contexts.
- Experience of designing and delivering training.
- Knowledge of Plan policies and procedures, Sphere and the Red Cross/ NGO Code of Conduct.
- Requires general finance, administration, information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in information technology/ computer skills.
- Able to work with little supervision in humanitarian emergency and development context.
- Data management and reporting skills.
- Extensive programming experience in Gender in emergencies, particularly related to girls and adolescent girls.
Qualifications
• Degree or equivalent in management or related field.
