Plan International  recruits an Youth Economic Empowerment Specialist in Makati City, 00, PH

Plan International  recruits an Youth Economic Empowerment Specialist in Makati City, 00, PH

Date: 21-Jul-2020

Location: Makati City, 00, PH

Company: Plan International

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization 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.

Plan International is one of the oldest and largest international development agencies in the world. In the Philippines, Plan works with children and their families in poor communities with programs covering disaster risk management, youth economic empowerment, nutrition, and child protection.

Plan International invites highly competent and committed professionals to fill the following position:

Responsibilities:

• Participate and provide technical inputs on youth employment and entrepreneurship project design, proposal writing, and budgeting process.
• Lead in the conduct of technical training and other capacity-building activities related to YEE.
• Lead in improving the life skills training modules; both the digital and face to face versions.
• Assist in the development of the detailed implementation plan for all YEE programs.
• Manage the youth economic empowerment (YEE) related projects assigned to them.
• For projects directly manager, perform human resources management such as staff performance monitoring and staff assessments.
• Represent Plan and liaise with Local government and other government agencies on issues related to the implementation of YEE, livelihood, and food programming in the country.
• Assist in the dialogues with LGUs for policy advocacy and formulation.
• This role will be based in Metro Manila, with relevant travel to the various projects of Plan International.
• This is a one-year assignment.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of Economics, Education, Psychology, Social Work, Community Development, or other related courses. Advanced studies on similar coursework is an advantage.
• Has a minimum of five years of experience in development work, particularly in implementing projects related to livelihood, youth livelihood, and micro-enterprise development.
• Has a strong background and training on participatory research, project and proposal development, technical-vocational livelihood, and monitoring and evaluation methods.
• Has strongly demonstrated skills in establishing and working with various stakeholders.
• Relevant project management and human resource management experience.
• Has a good command of verbal and written communication skills. Exposure and use of local languages is an advantage.
• Experience in an international non-government organization is an advantage.
• Applicants must be eligible to work in the Philippines. Local applicants are preferred.

Location: Makati City

Type of Role: Specialist

Reports to: Country Programme Manager for Youth Economic Empowerment

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy.

As an international child-centered community development organization, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realization of children’s rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

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 organization, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk. 

Equality, diversity, and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for. Our organization 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 will provide equality of opportunity and will not tolerate discrimination on any grounds. We foster an organizational culture that embraces and exemplifies our commitment to gender equality, girls’ rights, and inclusion while supporting staff to adopt good practice, positive attitudes, and principles of gender equality and inclusion.

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