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| Senior Child Protection officer | |||
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| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Balkh, |
| Categories | Other, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2021-05-10 | Close Date | 2021-05-18 |
| Vacancy No | 2100035Z | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | |
| Education | University degree in Social Work, Social Science or related field | Experience | A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | As Per Organization Salary Scale |
About Company
About Save the Children: We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030: • No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday • All children learn from a quality basic education and that, • Violence against children is no longer tolerated We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. SCI - Afghanistan Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work. We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers
Job Description
ROLE PURPOSE:
Support the creation of a conducive environment to prevent and respond to the protection risks of children during emergency situation.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :
. Responsible for design, planning and implementation of CP related activities under BHA project
Responsible for coordinating trainings of various stakeholders on child protection, including Provincial, District and Community child protection structures.
Ensure that child protection implementation meets agreed quality benchmarks and relevant documentation is made to that effect.
Provide technical inputs and lead various assessments, researches on Child Protection issues within the province
Manage a diverse range of Child Protection activities in accordance with BHA project design and ensure the organization is not duplicating its work and providing holistic support to the children and beneficiaries.
Develop work plans, activity budgets and monitor progress and present monthly progress report to supervisor.
Develop new training modules and manuals on child rights issues, social work and community work skills
Support the establishment of Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs) and facilitate trainings of CFS facilitators/animators using Save the Children’s CFS training manual
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 properly recorded, 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 identify and address the issues of concern to them and promote their voices in locally and regionally
With inputs from the finance unit prepare budget for project proposals and then prepare spending plan, monitor them and prepare financial reports
Responsible for implementation of child safeguarding policy by ensuring that all staff comply with the policy and all volunteers working under the project have undergone child safeguarding training/briefing.
Review and prepare project related reports and detailed implementation plans to ensure that child protection issues and child rights approaches are integrated.
Represent the organization in child protection district and provincial forums
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 inline with the SCI child safeguarding policy
Adhere to the organization code of conduct in professional and personal life and report breaches of the code to the appropriate persons
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
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; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
Job Requirement
QUALIFICATIONS
Being able to empower caregivers to support children.
Should know what types of child protection issues require a case management response.
Should have complete knowledge of child protection.
Being able to differentiate child right from child protection in case management.
Should have complete knowledge of case management principles.
Demonstrated experience working with Government Institutions as well as with civil society organisations in facilitating trainings Child Protection, in both development and humanitarian context.
Demonstrable understanding of the legal and policy framework for child protection in Afghanistan
Demonstrated knowledge of human rights – specifically Children’s Rights including the UNCRC, ACRWC, the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children and other relevant international and local standards and regulations;
Well versed in evidence-based approaches of child protection programming and policy development;
Demonstrated ability to apply advocacy skills within a national setting;
Experience in development of information materials such as technical briefs, case studies and lessons learnt
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
Desireable
Commitment to SC child protection policy
Interpersonal and managerial and conflict resolution skills
University degree in Social Work, Social Science or related field;
A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a technical coordination position demonstrated ability to develop child protection training curricula and training materials, and advocacy regarding the care and protection of vulnerable children, including demonstrated experience of working to support reforms of the alternative care system.
Advanced program management and supervisory skills to design and deliver programs with partners and/or through direct assistance;
Good report writing and proposal writing skills
Strong communication, interpersonal and representational skills;
Good networking skills
Ability to effectively mentor and supervise a national staff;
Ability to work both collaboratively as part of a team, as well as independently;
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
Fluency in written and spoken English with good analytical skills
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role 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 role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Submission Guideline
Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position by filling in the online application form. In addition to the online application form, they can also attach their CV and cover letter in the online system. Please note that only the applications received through the online portal will be considered for this position.
Applicants can login to the online application system by copying and pasting the following link intro their web browser. Returning users will need to enter their username and password, first time users will need to create a user account.
It is recommended that you save your username and password for future job applications through the online system.
https://stcuk.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2100035Z&tz=GMT%2B04%3A30&tzname=Asia%2FKabul