Volunteer/Intern

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