Vaga – Child Protection & Gender Based Violence Officer

Location: Palma, Mozambique

Company: Plan International

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 know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. 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.

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

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The opportunity

•  Support the District Directorate of Gender and Social Welfare to conduct child protection and GBV assessments using Plan International’s assessment processes and tools
•  Coordinate with other Plan International thematic areas, district Child Protection Working Group and/or other external sector agencies of GBV, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific, disaggregated data analysis of the IDPs needs.
•  Undertakes regular protection service delivery for vulnerable women, girls and children to recover from the traumatized experiences caused by conflict and forced displacement, in close collaboration with the District CP Reference Group
•  Facilitate training for various community groups on relevant topics of child protection and gender-based violence sector in partnership with civil society and government actors
•  Take lead in Prevention and response to sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) and gender-based violence (GBV) in IDPs host communities
•  Work with the M&E Officer and CO MERL Specialist to ensure links to reporting requirements where possible, refer the M&E framework to build an evidence-base for Child Protection programming interventions including GBV issues
•  Ensure survivors of gender-based violence are timely identified and provided counselling and other appropriate response services by relevant District Government institutions

About You

•  University degree or equivalent in Social work, Social Science, development studies or equivalent combination of relevant training and experience
•  Experience in GBV and Child Protection work, supervision, community mobilisation and distributions and solid understanding of the actual Cabo Delgado conflict context.
•  Proven ability to implement CP and GBV activities with holistic approach and integrated to child protection right
•  High level of personal integrity, commitment and professional responsibility with CP and GBV exigencies.
•  Team player with strong leadership skills
•  Mature personality with life experience is an advantage
•  Able to be a self-started and work in challenging contexts and fragile environment.

Click here to access the full Job Description: CP & GBV Officer

Location: Cabo Delgado – Palma

Type of Role: Permanent

Reports to: Project Manager

Pay range: 1.154.154,49 MzN to 1.340.308,44 MzN annual gross. Plan reserves the right to pay according to internal procedures

Closing Date: 23th July, 2025

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