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 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.
ROLE PROFILE
Title
Health Technical Advisor
Functional Area
Programs
Reports to
P4G Program Manager
Location
Garoua PIIA
Travel required
Frequent field visits to support implementation, improve coordination and reporting
Effective Date
Grade
ROLE PURPOSE
The role purpose of the Health Technical Officer is to support the in and out facility Adolescent friendly SRH&H service delivery, the provision of data needed for resource mobilization, assessment of effectiveness and efficiency of Adolescent friendly SRH&H services, strengthen involvement of beneficiaries and community and promote integration of gender (mainstream gender and address its concerns in all ASRH&R activities), education, governance, livelihood components for the delivery of P4G activities as one.
This role is important to shift from a clinical approach to an effective community-based health promotion and preventive care with the involvement of beneficiaries and communities for more efficiency, effectiveness and accountability.
Responding to the need to develop an integrated package of interventions for adolescent girls, this project aims to bring adolescent girls and boys together with government and non-government stakeholders (including the elected representatives and local government functionaries, development partners, NGOs, CBOs, Community leaders and Private Sector partners) to collectively deliver girl-led planning, implementation and monitoring of a ‘Plan for Girls’ in two communes in Cameroon and four communes in Benin.
Dimensions of the Role
The incumbent serves as technical reference person for Health issues for the project and Plan field office and reports to the Project Manager. There is no direct report related to this role but rather strong collaborations with other health positions like GF field Supervisor, Nutrition and Community Health Workers. The Health Officer represents Plan in all relevant meetings and fora and works closely with Regional Delegation of Public Health.
Accountabilities
Program strategy and design Provide leadership and expertise in the baseline and subsequent assessments of status of ASRH&R activities under the P4G project with the involvement of young people, girls and young women themselves Identify emerging needs and develop/update the ASRH&R section of the P4G proposal Design and implement clear work/activity plans for integrating SRHR for adolescent within the project Promote education of parents and the community on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of adolescents; Support the delivery of ASRH information and AACSE programs for out-of-school and in-school adolescents Facilitate innovative approaches including utilization of digital platforms to enhance access to ASRH&R information Resource mobilization: P4G Financing and Sustainability
support the generation and use of evidence to justify resource allocation to ASRH&R; Seek increased funds for the provision of ASRH&R information and services; support coordination and harmonized donor funding for ASRH&R; Support establishment of mechanisms for mobilizing additional funding support improved efficiency and accountability in resource allocation and utilization
Leadership and governance in provision ASRH&R services Support capacity building of staffs and stakeholders at all levels in strategic leadership, health systems and service management for adolescents; Support the strengthening of Reproductive Health Training and Supervision (RHT&S) system at all levels for effective provision of ASRH&R services;
This vacancy is archived.