18+: Ending Child Marriages in Southern Africa Initiative: Internship Terms of Reference
The Intern will assist the Sub-Regional Programme Manager with coordination activities for the programme.
Deadline: Open until filled
Location: Lusaka
Organization: Plan Zambia
Background
I. Background/Introduction
Plan is an international, rights-based, Child-Centered Community Development organization working worldwide for the realization of children’s and other human rights to end child poverty in developing countries. Plan’s vision is of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people’s rights and dignity.
18+: Ending Child Marriages in Southern Africa is Plan’s sub-regional programme that aims at reducing and eradicating child marriages in four participating countries of Southern Africa, namely; Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The 18+ Programme is a flagship initiative of the Global Girls Innovation Programme (GGIP). 18+ as aprogramme is guided by six strategies, which are based on promising approaches used in other programmes. The programme does not address every driver of child marriage; rather, it focuses on core drivers that perpetuate early and child marriages. The programme adopts a “preventive” approach as opposed to a response, and therefore prioritises interventions that benefit girls aged 10 to 14 years old.
These strategies are:
- Increase girls’ capabilities through safe spaces and group formation.
- Increase girls’ and communities’ demand for girls’ education.
- Enhance access to sexual and reproductive health information, services and rights.
- Increase awareness and understanding at household level about child marriage, girls’ education and rights.
- Motivate mobilization of communities, families and advocates to prevent child marriage.
- Advocate for legal and policy change at all levels
It is against this background that the programme would like to engage the services of two interns/Volunteer to assist the sub-regional programme manager with the implementation of a new grant on ending child marriages at sub-regional level. The position will be available for a period of not less than 3 months and not more than 6 months.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the sub-regional programme manager, the programme is recruiting two interns to undertake the following specific tasks:
- Contribute to Proposal Development processes.
- Organize partner / implementing partner’s coordination meetings.
- Collect and edit stories for the Plan’s 18+: Ending child Marriages in Southern Africa newsletter
- Participate in the 18+ Steering committee and programme management meetings.
- Assist with the compilation of programme quarterly reports ( both financial and narrative)
- Develop ToR for programme consultants and coordinate their work
- Represent the 18+ sub-regional office as required
- Update the programme’s resource mobilization pipeline as desired.
- Assist with logistic preparations of hired consultants and manage their organized meetings
- Assist the Zambia chapter 18+ programme as necessary.
Competencies
· Excellent research, writing and organizational skills;
· Ability to work with different actors, including through remote contact;
· Ability to multi-task and address competing priorities;
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
· Current enrollment or recent completion of a Master’s degree programme (law, human rights, international relations, politics, gender, social sciences or other relevant disciplines);
Experience:
· Experience in event-planning is a considerable asset;
· Strong computer skills, Word, Excel, and Power Point
· Expertise in Children’s rights, Gender and human rights an asset.
· Candidates already residing in Zambia will be at an added advantage.
Language:
· Fluency in English.Interns are not financially remunerated by Plan International. However, a monthly stipend of $500 is available for the successful international candidate
How to apply:
Application Information:
· Plan International will only be able to respond to those applications in which there is further interest.
· Selected applicants must provide the internship/volunteer application, two letters of recommendation, proof of health insurance and school enrollment, passport, and visa (if applicable).
· Please send your applications to loka82@gmail.com
