Spain: Gobal Network Administrator- Inclusive Quality Education

Global Network Administrator- Inclusive Quality Education

Grade:

Technical Position (Grade 1 SPNO)

Department & Location:

Madrid (SPNO)

Date:

Sept 2018

Reports to:

Global Technical Lead- IQE

Contract:

Part-time 2 years contract.

Purpose:

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 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

The purpose of this position is to support the Network Leadership Team to

· effectively administer the global network and its activities

· communicate effectively within and about the network, its initiatives and results

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Responsibilities will include:**

• Maintain and update an overview and contact details of Plan International’s technical experts related to the Area of Global Distinctiveness (Inclusive Quality Education)
• Establish and maintain membership lists for network leadership team (Core Group), sub-groups of the network and overviews of the networks representation or memberships in external networks, coalitions/ initiatives.
• Manage, regularly update and monitor the use of an Intranet site for the Area of Global Distinctiveness, related sub-groups and their members.
• Curate Intranet site related content.
• Help manage the supply and demand for temporary technical support or technical inquiries within the network.
• Support the network’s interactions using diverse online technologies and/or plan and organize occasional meetings
• Support the network leadership team with the production of communications and guidance related to the Area of Global Distinctiveness (IQE) in English, French and Spanish
• Help to monitor network action plans and budgets
• Support regular participatory evaluation exercises of the network and its members and users; and the production of annual performance reports 
• Share relevant information with network members
• Orient new technical staff to the network membership and ways of working
• Other tasks as deemed necessary for the effective performance and development of the network

Ensures that Plan International’s Global Policies for Gender Equality & Inclusion and Child Protection are fully embedded in accordance with the their Implementation guidelines and standards as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under the policies and Code of Conduct (CoC), its relevance to their area of work and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Working Relationships:

· The Global Technical Lead and other members of the leadership team of the Area of Global Distinctiveness

· Global Network Administrators for other thematic areas for sharing of good practices and the development of common tools useful for all networks

· Global Communication Team for providing and promoting content and stories for internal and external communication on Plan International’s work

· HROD and Plan Academy staff to support the planning and implementation of capacity development initiatives of network members

Knowledge, skills and behaviours:

Knowledge:

· Knowledge and experience in administering remote networks

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office package

· Good skills in managing Sharepoint

· Fluency in English and good working skills in French.

· Good understanding of rights based development and gender.

Skills:

• Excellent planning and administration skills
• Good writing and editing skills, particularly for the web
• Excellent skills in using platforms for online collaboration such as Yammer, Facebook for work
• Excellent collaboration and teamwork
• Event planning, organization and administration

Behaviours:

• Committed to work, taking initiative to be innovative and creative to achieve results
• Strives for high quality in all they do, respecting deadlines, working continuously to improve performance
• Takes responsibility for their actions, and learn from their successes and failures
• Uses resources as intended, and can account for how they have been used
• Supports gender equality and diversity, and challenges forms of inequality or harassment
• Encourages children young people, partners and colleagues to be meaningfully involved in decisions that affect them
• Creates an environment where children, young people, partners and colleagues are supported and safe
• Actively seeks win-win partnerships and finds common ground. Helps the team to achieve their goals
• Helps colleagues and partners do their work and ask for help. Provides space for colleagues, teams and partners to grow
• Listens to and understands views of colleagues and partners. Draws on their experience to ensure high quality work
• Upholds and demonstrates Plan International’s values and behaviors

Level of Contact with Children:

*Mid contact: Occasional interaction with children*

How to apply:

The candidates must send application and cover letter to recruiting@plan-international.org with the reference: ADMIN-GTL18