Job Purpose

Under the direction of the provincial senior manger and senior child protection manger will be responsible for leading Save the Children’s activities in the province on Child Protection to make the delivery of Child Rights and Child Protection a reality in Balkh and technical responsible for all child protection projects in Balkh. S/he will be responsible to technically support all SCI and partner child protection staff in the province. 
SCOPE OF ROLE: 

Reports to: Sr. Provincial manager  
Staff reporting to this post: CP officers, casae workers’ supervisor

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

•    Provide technical inputs and lead various assessments, researches and assessments on Child Protection issues. 
•    Develop work plans and monitor progress and present monthly progress reports (monthly, quarterly & annual) to supervisor. Ensure effective documentation of our program and progress by capturing lessons learnt and good practices.
•    Work with the Monitoring and Evaluation focal person to ensure that information related to child protection is stored, analyzed and used by program support unit as well as the implementation team.
•    Continue to develop understanding on children’s meaningful participation throughout the program, and develop/implement strategies to enable children to identify and address the issues of concern to them and promote their voices in locally level.  
•    Conduct coordination meetings with the relevant government authorities for smooth implementation of the project activities.
•    Undertake specific trainings in child protection for program implementation team and then ensure that the latter train children, partners and community-based child protection networks/partners. 
•    Undertake specific trainings in child protection for the beneficiaries specified in the DIP and ensure they are applying in during their work though participation in coordination meetings.
•    Review the program related documents, reports and detailed implementation plans to ensure that child protection issues and child rights approaches are integrated. 
•    Represent the organization in child protection forums at the district and provincial level.   
•    Represent organization in Protection Cluster and all working groups on protection. 
•    Work with appropriate stakeholders within the child protection sector to ensure that children’s rights are considered in the process of legislation formation and institution building. 
•    Report any child safeguarding concerns related to Save the Children Child Safeguarding focal point considering the SCI child protection policy. 
•    Adhere to the organization code of conduct in professional and personal life and report breaches of the code to the appropriate persons. 
•    Any other tasks relate to child protection programs given by line manager
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:•    Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children and role modelling Save the Children values; 
Ambition:
•    Sets ambitious and challenging goals for self and team, takes responsibility for own personal development and encourages team to do the same; 
•    Widely shares personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others; 
•    Future oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale. 
Collaboration:
•    Builds and maintains effective relationships, with own team, colleagues at both national and regional level members, donors and partners; 
•    Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength; 
•    Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to. 
Creativity:
•    Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
•    Willing to take disciplined risks. 
Integrity:
•    Honest, encourages openness and transparency.
•    Always acts in the best interests of children.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities set out above are not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to carry out additional duties from time to time which are reasonable in relation to their level of skills and experience.

In the event of a significant humanitarian emergency, the post-holder will be expected to work outside their normal job description; vary their working hours; and occasionally work from a different location should the need arise.

Equal Opportunities 
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Health and Safety
The post holder is required to carry out their duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures and our Global Security policy and procedures.