Child Protection Project Coordinator
Save the Children
Job Type
Full Time
Location
Somalia
Description :
Organization: Save the Children
Country: Somalia
Closing date: 28 Apr 2017
CHILD PROTECTION COORDINATOR (ROSTER-DROUGHT RESPONSE)
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with 15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.
Role Purpose:
The Child Protection Coordinator will generally be deployed as a field level coordinator in a medium or large scale emergency. Alternatively, they may be deployed as the lead adviser in a small emergency. On occasion they may also be asked to gap fill a field level coordinator role in a chronic humanitarian country programme. The overall aim of the Child Protection Coordinator will be to assess, design and guide staff to initiate interventions to address violations of childrens rights to protection from abuse, exploitation, violence and neglect. The Child Protection Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that quality programmes are initiated and capacities developed to provide these kinds of protection to children in a range of Save the Childrens emergency responses world-wide. The Child Protection Coordinator will be expected to lead on sectoral assessment, project planning, coordination, and support fundraising, recruitment and procurement, usually at a Provincial or sub-national level. In most circumstances, the post holder will be expected to mentor and/or capacity build existing country programme staff.
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Location: Somalia/Somaliland
Qualifications and Experience
Person Specification
- University degree in sociology, social sciences, public administration, community development, arts, social administration.
Essential
- Previous experience of managing and team and project management
- Ability to identify the main gaps in child protection in the given context to inform a holistic response for children.
- Knowledge of established inter-agency standards and guidelines in child protection, such as the Inter-agency Guidelines on Separated and Unaccompanied Children, the Paris Principles, MRM, SC Child Friendly Spaces Handbook, and the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Settings.
- Experience in training and capacity building, particularly in strengthening various duty bearers response to child protection and on child protection issues.
- Experience in monitoring and evaluating child protection programmes in emergency, transition and development contexts
- Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
- Some experience of representation and ability to represent SC effectively in external forums.
- Knowledge of institutional donors and experience of developing proposals
- Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong influencing skills
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
- A high level of written and spoken English
- The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult working circumstances.
- Commitment to and understanding of child rights, the aims and principles of SC, and humanitarian standards such as the Sphere Charter and the Code of Conduct. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support
Desirable
- Language skills in Somali and English
- Good working knowledge of the Inter-Agency Child Protection Information Management System
- Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/contexts
- Specific experience of managing DFID, OFDA, ECHO and other major projects
- Knowledge of interagency working
Commitment to Save the Childrens Child Protection Policy
Please apply in English saving your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role. To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.
Disclaimer:
Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents.
How to apply :
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