Vacancy Announcement

Plan Cameroon is an International Child Centered Community Development Organization with no religious, political or governmental affiliation working in Cameroon since 1996. We promote equal opportunity employment and pay special consideration to female candidates.

Plan is children’s organization with primary concerns on children rights, safety and well-being and has in its interest to create safe environment for children with more attention paid to child protection. All employees are therefore expected to comply with our child protection policy.

Within the context of emergency Response to Refugees from central Africa Republic Plan Cameroon is urgently seeking to recruit experienced, enthusiastic, humanitarian-oriented and hardworking Cameroonian for nine months duration to fulfill the position below. While funding is only guaranteed for 9 months at the point of advertising, Plan is seeking longer-term funding and operations in the East and Adamawa Regions will be operations for much longer than 9 months.

Title: (01) Project Coordination to CAR Refugees Emergency Response

Duty Station: Bertoua

Purpose of the role:

The Project Coordinator will ensure quality implementation of the project in Bertoua in conformity with pan Cameroon’s strategic orientations and administrative norms. He/she will also ensure quality liaison at all levels, between beneficiaries, partners and plan Cameroon.

Main Duties and Responsibility:

Under the supervision of the Emergency Response Manager (ERM), the project coordinator will among other tasks, perform the following:

• Under the direction of the ERM, the project manager will take full responsibility for the successful implementation of the project;
• Support emergency assessment, program design and planning for an integrated emergency response are developed and implemented.
• Maintain ongoing surveillance of the developing humanitarian emergency situation and support adequate monitoring, reporting and acquittal of emergency response activities in accordance with plan’s humanitarian accountability framework
• Working with the ERM, ensure all personal understand and carry out their duties in accordance with humanitarian principles, core values, the code of conduct and SPHERE.
• Working closely with  the ERM secure donor funding for emergency projects
• Ensure that secure and reliable communications/information management facilities are established and maintained and that the emergency response team members are familiar with usage, procedures and relevant communications protocols
• Ensure the regular review of the current structure and responsibilities of the emergency response team particularly with a view to ensuring balanced staff responsibilities in order to avoid overload and/or burn out.
• Prepare quality donor reports and internal reports in a timely manner.

Qualification and experience:

• Hold a degree in social sciences;, project management/program or equivalent;
• At least five years ‘work experience in international humanitarian and complex emergency contexts;
• Experience with UNICEF, UNHCR, and private funding sources
• Experience supervising a multi-national staff in a complex, insecure emergency setting
• Be bilingual ( English and French-both written and spoken)

Skills and behavior

• Strong background in complex emergencies situation analysis, needs assessments and response planning and management;
• Knowledge of international humanitarian standards and codes of conduct
• Proven capacity to facilitate trainings, coach staff and provide sportive supervision
• Strong coordination skills in programming, resource management and safety and security
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft office including word, excel, power point, internet etc.)
• Willingness to travel at short notice and be flexible to changing circumstances

Physical environments and demands:

• Frequent travels

Applications procedure:

All applications should include:

1. Cover letter
2. Comprehensive CV;

Interested applicants should submit their applications no later than 28th November 2014 at 17o’clock preferably in soft copies and by email to the address: Plan-Cameroon.jobvacancies@plan-international.org  with a subject title: Application for Project Coordination to CAR Refugees Emergency Response.

Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted. The candidate finally selected should comply with the child protection policy applied in the organization.

NB: No application shall be admitted after the closing hour mentioned above.