Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
Closing date: 18 Jul 2019
The Opportunity
Plan has been working in Laos since 2007, and is delivering programs in Bokeo, Oudomxay and Saravane Provinces. We support children to access their rights through our programming in Public Heath (including water and sanitation), Education, and Gender Equality and Protection. Our work includes community based action, partner strengthening, and policy advocacy. Disaster risk reduction is integrated in all the work we do, and Plan is committed to providing disaster response support in case of humanitarian disaster.
The Adolescent Education and Skills Program for Plan Laos focuses on supporting the new Global Strategy to “strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls”. Under the strategy, Plan International seeks to transform the lives of 100 million girls. The Adolescent program is designed to transform the underlying social norms that contribute to high rates of adolescent pregnancies and child marriage, and to empower adolescents to realise their rights to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information, advice and services.
Plan Laos currently leads four adolescent projects in Oudomxay and Bokeo Provinces. The four projects are implemented in partnership the Ministry of Education and four Non-profit Associations. The projects take a comprehensive approach to developing support for gender equality, valuing young people’s participation and leadership, and adolescent SRH and Rights amongst adolescents themselves, community members, and community leadership. These projects seek to promote attitude and behaviour change through a set of mutually re-enforcing actions at school, community and individual levels. Lastly the projects will work with and build the capacity of government and civil society partners.
Do you have what it takes?
The Program Manager, Adolescent Development Program, leads the Project teams currently based in Bokeo, Oudomxay Provinces and Vientiane Capital. The key objectives outlined for this role is to:
Lead Adolescent Education and Skills Program implementation, ensuring sustainable change for the target beneficiaries.
Leads the project implementation team meeting Plan standards and aligned with the Program Quality Policy that is compliant with funding commitments and contractual obligations.
Contributes to Plan’s country program in Laos.
Participate in the Programs Team and PU Management Team to provide effective leadership and decision making.
How to apply:
To Apply to the role directly, please click on the below link:
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Location: Vientiane, Laos Type of Role: Two Year fixed term contract (with possible further 1 year extension) Reports to: Deputy Country Director, Laos Grade: E. Competitive salary and Benefits package Start date: ASAP Closing Date: 18th July 2019 Anticipated 1st round interview dates: 31st July & 1st August
If you have diffuclty applying via the Plan International website, Linkedin or ReliefWeb then please email your CV and Cover letter to PlanLaosJobVacancies@Plan-international.org.
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 centred community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realisation 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 organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.
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We will provide equality of opportunity and will not tolerate discrimination on any grounds. We foster an organisational 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.