Protection in Emergencies Advisor

Prospectus is delighted to be working with Plan International UK to recruit a Protection in Emergencies Advisor to be responsible for developing and driving the organisation’s strategic direction for child protection and gender-based violence programming in emergencies.

Plan International UK is a global children’s charity striving for an equal world where every child can reach their full potential and every girl can choose her own future.

The Protection in Emergencies Advisor will ensure an increased portfolio of quality programming in protection from violence in humanitarian crises. The role supports the scale-up of Plan UK’s humanitarian work by ensuring effective programme design and implementation in collaboration with the unit, the directorate, and colleagues globally. The post holder will actively support the identification of new funding opportunities, leveraging sector-wide stakeholder relationships and knowledge. You will provide technical advice to new programme development supporting team members to ensure proposals integrate Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) and Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies (GBViE) standards and best practices.

We are looking for candidates with significant experience providing Child Protection in Emergencies and Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies technical input to sector standards into the full project management cycle. The post holder needs to have experience working in various humanitarian crises and contexts including conflict and post-conflict settings. You will have a strong monitoring and evaluation background, with knowledge of approaches to measure changes related to protection, including experience designing theories of change and advising on the selection of log frame indicators.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.  
   
In order to apply, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call to brief you on the role.

Please note that cover letters are not required for this recruitment process but we will ask you to answer some specific questions in writing instead.