Jobs at: Plan International

Vacancy title: Child Protection in Emergency Officer

Deadline of this Job: Friday, 30th September 2016

Duty Station: Arua, Uganda

Job details: 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 its 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 75 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Plan International Uganda started its operations in 1992 and currently has diversified programme portfolio in the Central, Eastern, Northern and West Nile regions.

The organization is an equal opportunity employer and is currently seeking to recruit competent people to fill the following positions:
Child Protection in Emergency Officer: Arua (1 position)

Reporting to the Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist, the incumbent will be responsible for facilitating access to child protection services for South Sudanese refugee children and other vulnerable children and families from the host community and facilitating day- to-day implementation of child protection interventions in Adjumani Office.

Job application procedure Qualified candidates should submit letters of application together with a CV, not later than Friday, 30th September 2016. This should not exceed (2MB).
Qualified female candidates are encouraged to Apply.
For full details of the job profile and how to apply please visit this link: http://bit.ly/2cGEgXf
Note: The link is case sensitive.
Further inquiries, please address them to: Ag. Country Human Resources Manager, Plan international Uganda, Email: uganda.recruitment@plan-international.org

As a child centred development organization, Plan international strives to ensure that children are kept safe in all the areas we operate. The organization further has a Child Protection Policy that every staff is required to sign. Potential candidates will be required to provide information confirming whether or not they have ever been convicted of any child abuse crimes.