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| Child Protection Officer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Afghanistan | Province | |
| Categories | Other, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2021-03-06 | Close Date | 2021-03-10 |
| Vacancy No | IRA-027-2021 | Gender | Male |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | For short period |
| Education | Experience | Minimum 3 years of experience in relevant field | |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | 40000-45000 AFN |
About Company
About Islamic Relief worldwide Afghanistan: Islamic Relief Worldwide – Afghanistan Country Office (IRW) is an international non profitable Non-governmental humanitarian relief organization with its head quarter in UK-Birmingham. It enjoys consultative status with the Economic and social Council of the United Nations and is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and red Crescent Moments and NGOs in Disaster Relief. IRA started its humanitarian activities for Afghan Refugees in Pakistan and Afghan people inside since then; IRA continued providing assistances in emergency relief, food security, women empowerment, girl education, orphan sponsorship, health, emergency education, shelter, Ramadan and qurbani programs. Islamic Relief worldwide-Afghanistan provides equal opportunity to all applicant including woman and disabilities.
Job Description
Summary of the position:
Providing mentoring support to the project and partner staff in place and make a plan for their improvement according to the findings of monitoring. Provide technical supervision and support of field staff and (relevant partners) staff through regular contact, field visits or meetings. The Child Protection officer is responsible to assist the Provincial project coordinator to implement and monitor all the projects activities. She/he will work closely with the field staff and directly under the project coordinator s/he will report to the project coordinator and Programmer Manager. The protection officer must be well-organized disciplined accountable committed trustworthy focused self-motivated capable of self-managing and responsible. S/he must be a good communicator patient and a good educator in explaining to the junior staff the project activities. The Protection officer must have a very good understanding of the child protection and general protection and development sector as she/he will implement all field activities in coordination with the Project Coordinator.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Provide support to the community stakeholders and supervise the meeting with community elders, influential figures and other related group in target community.
- Conduct trainings for the project and partner staff and build their capacities according to the capacity gaps assessment key findings.
- Providing mentoring support to the project and partner staff in place and make a plan for their improvement according to the findings of monitoring.
- Provide technical supervision and support of field staff through regular contact, field visits or meetings.
- Support to team members in implementing the project activities in coordination with case management officer and case management supervisor.
- To support Psychosocial counselor and community mobilizer in preparing training materials and conduct various trainings for children groups, parents, Employers and community elders.
- Regular visit to the assigned field to participate and facilitate informal meetings with community
- To participate and facilitate monthly DCPAN meetings at the district level.
- Initiate community dialogues to expend community awareness/ initiative fund and other child rights violation issues going on in the community.
- Initiate need assessment to find the exact needs of the community for child protection
- Facilitate the distribution of material and toolkits during the project period
- To participate and facilitate weekly and monthly meetings with staff to review the Details Implementation Plan (DIP).
- Compile and generate the training reports conducted in target communities.
- Perform any other tasks assigned or required
Job Requirement
- Bachelor of Social Science or any other relevant field
- Minimum 3 years of experience in relevant field
- Good communication skill
- Good interpersonal skill
- Good computer skill
- Proficiency in Pashto, Dari and English
Submission Guideline
Interested and qualified national candidates should submit a cover letter explaining their motivation and updated CV to the following email address: vacancies.afg@islamic-relief.org.af
The closing date for accepting applications is 10-March-2020.
Please clearly state the Vacancy Announcement number and title of the position you are applying for in the subject line.
Please note that applications received after the closing date will not be considered and only short-listed candidates will be called for an interview.
Note: Due to the urgent need of the role , the written test/ interview may take place before the closing date of the post/s.