Inclusive and Safe Schools Lead at Plan International, 6 December 2024

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent humanitarian and development organization that promotes females’ equality and children’s rights. We acknowledge that poverty, violence, exclusion, and discrimination frequently stifle children’s potential and strength. And the people most impacted are girls.

By addressing the underlying causes of the difficulties that females and vulnerable children encounter, we work toward a just world in collaboration with kids, youth, supporters, and partners. From infancy until adulthood, we uphold children’s rights and give them the tools they need to face and overcome hardships and crises. We use our network, expertise, and knowledge to influence practice and policy changes at the local, national, and international levels.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

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ROLE PURPOSE & DIMENSION

Plan International Tanzania is represented by the Inclusive and Safe Schools Lead, who is a member of the Core Team.He or she will oversee the team’s climate and environment specialists, gender, disability inclusion, and community involvement specialists. In order to ensure a cohesive, coordinated approach and strong ownership, he or she will work closely with other technical leads, Team Leaders (TL) and Deputy Team Leaders (DTL), and government stakeholders to provide strategic leadership, quality assurance, and coordination across inclusion, safety, and climate and environment. He or she will guarantee that the plans for inclusiveness, climate, and environment, as well as any interventions, adhere to the Shule Bora operating principles, support the government-led reform of the education sector, and are centered on the long-term development of the educational system. The position will be headquartered in Dodoma. Initially, the position is for two

ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

The Inclusive and Safe Schools Lead will

1. Support technical leads to help programme regional coordinators and interventions specialists to support regions and Local Government Authorities (LGAs) to implement inclusion, safety and climate and environment-related interventions.
2. Ensure collaboration with other technical leads and partner organisations to ensure a coherent approach to implementation.
3. Oversee technical support and oversight on construction activities across the LGAs.
4. Quality assure Terms of Reference, concept notes and short term technical assistance (STTA) inputs under the inclusion and safety and climate and environment workstreams.
5. Work closely with Team Leader (TL) and Deputy Team Leader (DTL) in reviewing and adjusting strategy when needed and update roadmaps in coordination with the Shule Bora coordinators.
6. Oversee the planning, implementation and review of all interventions under the inclusion and climate and environment plans in conjunction with the Shule Bora Coordinators at MoEST and PO-RALG.
7. Provide technical assistance within government on inclusion, safety, and climate and environmental issues.
8. Lead on supporting the government to implement its safe schools programme.
9. network and build partnerships with other actors working on education, inclusion, safety, climate and environment to ensure effective collaboration and prevent duplication.
10. document and disseminate stories of change for lesson learning and influencing purposes.
11. contribute to the development of the quarterly progress report, annual report and any other reports as required.
12. Provide training and mentorship internally as required in areas of expertise.
13. Identify short term technical assistance  needs and ensure technical assistance related to inclusion and climate management is relevant and being brought to each level of the system as agreed with the government.
14. Work closely with the monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) and disbursement linked indicator (DLIs) teams to ensure harmonisation across the programme.
15. Coordinate with the MEL team to ensure data related to climate management and inclusion are made available on time and can be used for reporting.
16. Coordinate with DTL and Project Regional Coordinators to ensure grass roots qualitative results are being collected and used as evidence both in reports and influencing communication pieces.
17. Provide input on design, approach and content of materials and provide quality assurance.
18. Support the institutionalisation programme activities within PO-RALG, LGAs and Regions.
19. Identify development needs and build capacity of programme staff and counterparts.
20. Coordinate staff input for technical assistance and capacity building at national and regional levels.
21. Review and approve budgets for activities related to this technical area and monitor activity and STTA budgets to ensure they are managed effectively.
22. Where possible and relevant, ensure that Plan International`s global policies for Child Protection (CPP), Safeguarding, and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) are fully embedded across all project activities.
23. Represent Plan International Tanzania at all Shule Bora management committee meetings, consortium and government partner meetings at district, regional and national levels.
24. Oversee and provide technical backstopping and support for three (Plan International) Regional Intervention Specialists.
25. Line manage and contribute to the ToR/work plan development for the Gender Advisor and Early Career Professionals.

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Location: Dodoma

Reports to: Team Leader

Level: 15

Closing Date:31st December, 2024

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