Youth Volunteer – Employment Projects

The Organization

Plan International is an independent child rights and humanitarian organization committed to children living a life free of poverty, violence and injustice. Plan actively unite children, communities and other people who share our mission to make positive lasting changes in children’s and young people’s lives. Plan support children and youth to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to claim their rights to a fulfilling life, today and in the future.

The Project

With funding from USAID, Plan is joining a coalition led by Mercy Corps, including Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development, Al Jidara and the Solidarity is Global Institute to elevate women’s voices and support progress for women’s rights through the Tawazon — Promoting the Voice and Leadership of Women Activity. Meaning “balance” in Arabic, Tawazon is designed to strengthen legislative framework enforcement and institutional capacity, advance gender equality, strengthen community organizations and support activities that promote women’s rights, leadership and participation in political and public life. This project will be implemented over five years. Champions of Change for Girls’ Rights and Gender Equality is one of Plan International’s strategies for promoting gender equality and social norm change through youth engagement and peer-to-peer mobilization. Its overarching goal is to catalyze a youth-led social movement that challenges social norms and gains society-wide support for gender equality and girls’ rights. Sustainable change in gender norms cannot be achieved if root causes of gender inequality are not addressed as these hinder the realization of children’s rights, particularly for girls. Engagement of all relevant actors, including both girls and boys, in this process is therefore pivotal. Champions of Change has developed a comprehensive curriculum for working with girls and boys. The Champions of Change curricula is Plan International’s innovative and comprehensive methodology for girls’ empowerment and boys’ engagement. The curricula include engaging, adaptable, and adolescent-friendly activities that encourage girls and boys to build their knowledge, attitudes and skills based on their own lived experience and contextual realities.

Objectives
The objective of the Youth Volunteer is to support and monitor the daily project activities within designated areas. Volunteers will be responsible for tracking and verifying participant attendance, ensuring the accuracy of attendance records, and reporting any discrepancies. They will also oversee the timely payment of transportation allowances to participants each month, ensuring the correctness of financial data. Volunteers will assist in collecting, verifying, and updating participant data to ensure that all information in the project’s system is complete and accurate. Additionally, they will support the distribution and tracking of tablets provided to participants, ensuring proper use and timely return. Volunteers will regularly update and maintain the project’s tracking system, ensuring that all records related to participants, payments, and equipment are accurate, up-to-date, and well-organized for efficient project execution. Furthermore, volunteers will actively engage in assisting with any logistical or operational challenges, ensuring the smooth running of all activities within their assigned areas. Date.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Volunteers will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Attendance Monitoring:
  • Ensure all participants are marked present/absent based on the schedule.
  • Cross-check attendance with registration records to ensure accuracy.
  • Report any discrepancies or irregularities in attendance to the project supervisor.
• Financial Payments Monitoring:
  • Ensure that monthly transportation payments are made on time for each participant.
  • Cross-check payment records to verify that all payments are correct.
  • Maintain an up-to-date record of all payments and financial transactions related to the project.
  • Collaborate with the financial team to resolve any issues related to payments.
• Data Collection and Verification:
  • Collecting data and documents for participants in the Tawazon project
  • Ensure data is entered accurately into the project’s database and tracking system.
  • Assist in periodic data audits to ensure that all information is up-to-date and error-free.
• Tablet Distribution and Tracking:
  • Ensure tablets are distributed properly to participants at the beginning of each cycle.
  • Monitor the use and return of tablets throughout the project’s duration.
  • Regularly update the tracking system with information about tablet distribution, usage, and returns.
• Support in logistic matters:
  • . ensure follow up with all CBOs that we are working with us to provide the financial clam every month
  • Continuous Follow and working with operation team to ensure all activity and PRs are running in proper way

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

• Knowledge of involvement activities.
• Good knowledge of using online platforms.
• Training and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work with a team.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent command of Arabic spoken and written.
• Experience in volunteering and community services.
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, sociology, international relations or any other related field is an asset.
• Experience in building and maintaining relationships and networks with individuals, communities
• Result Driven, Teamwork, Planning and Organizing, Communication

Plan International’s Values in Practice

We are open and accountable

1. Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
2. Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
3. Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
4. Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
5. Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organization for all children, girls & young people

We strive for lasting impact

1. Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
2. Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
3. Focuses resources to drive change and maximize long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
4. Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.

We work well together

1. Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
2. Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
3. Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
4. Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering

1. We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential
2. We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge equality in our programs and our workplace
3. We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives.

Level of contact with children

Contact: Contact with children is High

ROLE PROFILE

• Type of Role: Part time Job (Volunteering opportunity)
• Contract Duration: 3 Months with possibility of renewing upon performance and need.
• Reports to: Gender officer.
• Location: Amman, Jordan.

Ownership All documents, project designs, drawings, technical data, filmed and photographed material and other information shall remain the property of the Project and shall be treated as confidential by the consultant(s) at all times. They shall not be made available to any third party whatsoever, in any form, without the prior written approval of a properly authorized employee of Plan International. The utilization of all proposals, plans and reports and other information provided by the consultant(s) to Plan International is the property of Plan International and the use thereof is solely at the discretion of Plan International. All documents and other papers, whether in soft or hard copy and whether containing data or other information, provided by Plan International shall be returned complete to Plan International upon completion of the assignment. All documentation and reports written during and/or as a result of this study, or otherwise related to it in any way, shall remain the property of Plan International and no part shall be reproduced or quoted, or otherwise used in any way except with the prior, express and specific written permission of authorized employee of Plan International.

Ethical and child protection considerations

The assignment will require the consultant to interface with children and therefore the consultant is required to provide a statement on the respect and protection of child rights, human rights and dignity of participants compliant with Plan’s Child Protection Policy.

The consultant shall read, and sign Plan’s child protection policy (CPP) as fully understood and in agreement to in all respects and shall follow this in all and every respect during the term of the consultancy.

The consultant must follow Ethical Principles in research and obtain written/verbal consent from the subjects. Permission from elder should be sought if the children under 18 years are involved as subjects. Signed informed consent of each child and his/her parents need to be taken after explaining the purpose of the study.

Females are highly encouraged to apply. Plan International operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity.