The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation 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 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

The opportunity

• Serve as primary liaison between the Project and District Authorities
• Coordinate development of District Project Implementation Plans, Detailed Implementation Plans, ensuring consistency with the Project’s strategic direction and priorities
• Develops and manages project budgets, schedules, and timelines
• Monitor the implementation the District Project Implementation Plans
• Ensure that District Project Team have in place and are making adequate usage of Monitoring & Evaluation Tools
• Develop weekly and monthly Project Reports, based on the weekly and monthly District Project Implementation Plan
• Responsible for the implementation of the Economic Empowerment financial literacy, small enterprise development, and vocational skills
• Support/coordinate the delivery of vocational, business and entrepreneurship skills training to young people, ensuring that the trainings are responding to the identified capacity gaps
• Ensure implementation of Project activities by partners in line with PIMz Partnership Manual
• Leading and managing District Project staff effectively to ensure high levels of motivation, commitment, capacity and teamwork
• Organize and facilitate District and community level meetings between key stakeholders
• Undertake frequent field visits to the Project communities to monitor implementation of activities, follow up on recommendations made to project staff, identify opportunities and constraints and any adjustments needed

About You

• Degree in relevant field – Project Management, Health, Education and or another related field.
• Minimum 05 years of relevant professional experience as a Project Coordinator or any other related position with similar responsibilities
• Relevant and verifiable experience in coordination and engagement with the local government
• Relevant and verifiable experience in developing and implementing women-led economic empowerment interventions
• Functional experience in Entrepreneurship, Business Management, Marketing or related disciplines
• Understands and integrates appropriate project management tools and processes
• Able to delegate tasks to other team members when they need to so that important activities are conducted
• Capable of managing internal and external conflicts
• Numeracy and the ability to interpret financial data, in order to provide management support to budgetary processes including planning, monitoring and reporting.
• Good analytical and administrative skills.
• Good coaching and mentoring skills required
• Excellent Portuguese oral and written skills required.

Click here to access the full Job Description: District Coordinator

Location: Nampula (Meconta, Ilha de Moçambique, Mogovolas & Ribáuè)

Type of Role: Fixed Term

Reports to: Project Director

Grade: 14

Closing Date: 26 March, 2024

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International 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 foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

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. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.