Child Protection Officer
CHILD SAFEGUARDING: The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people
Background
Due to political unrest in Burundi high numbers of refugees escaping into neighbouring countries of DRC, Uganda, Rwanda & Tanzania. The current Burundian refugee population in Tanzania is over 172,000 of which over 50% are children. SCI is implementing a child protection and education programme in refugee camps and wishes to scale up the response in refugee camps.
ROLE PURPOSE:
Work closely with local implementing partners, SC Education staff, and members of the child protection sector working Group, UNHCR and other UN agencies, to ensure that the programme goals are achieved. Specific areas of concern are the provision of Child friendly space activities in refugee camps. He/She provides overall leadership at programme level for the sector, and ensures that SC vision and overall program goals related to the sector are met. He/She is responsible for providing managerial, technical, and administrative support to partner staff during the implementation of an integrated program. For purposes of ensuring healthy collaboration between SC’s response and other actors in refugee education/protection, the officer will actively participate in child protection-related activities and meetings in designated refugee camps.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Field Manager
Dotted Line: CP Manager
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Lead on child protection rapid assessments, Produce, or support the production of, funding proposals.
Identify and agree within and between agencies and other stakeholders the roles, responsibilities and accountability for planned action and future decision-making based on assessment outcomes.
Ensure that child protection interventions through child friendly space activities are informed by and integrated with other core sectors of education, WASH and food security and livelihoods.
Contribute to the coordination of child protection actors in the response through the local partner.
Identify staffing gaps and collaborate with local partner to initiate recruitment of staff and/or identify capacity building requirements.
Initiate and/or carry out capacity-building of key partner staff in specific child protection competencies including appropriate child protection approaches, where needed
Ensure planning and subsequent initial cooperation and program structures are done in an integrated manner, with Save the Children staff and co-workers through the local partner.
Promote planning and subsequent initial cooperation with key stakeholders and aim to establish/strengthen processes and mechanisms at local, district, national (and broader level) which supports identification, monitoring and response to the care and protection concerns of children, including in the longer term if appropriate. To the extent possible, children’s participation should be included.
CHILD SAFEGUARDING: The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people
Background
Due to political unrest in Burundi high numbers of refugees escaping into neighbouring countries of DRC, Uganda, Rwanda & Tanzania. The current Burundian refugee population in Tanzania is over 172,000 of which over 50% are children. SCI is implementing a child protection and education programme in refugee camps and wishes to scale up the response in refugee camps.
ROLE PURPOSE:
Work closely with local implementing partners, SC Education staff, and members of the child protection sector working Group, UNHCR and other UN agencies, to ensure that the programme goals are achieved. Specific areas of concern are the provision of Child friendly space activities in refugee camps. He/She provides overall leadership at programme level for the sector, and ensures that SC vision and overall program goals related to the sector are met. He/She is responsible for providing managerial, technical, and administrative support to partner staff during the implementation of an integrated program. For purposes of ensuring healthy collaboration between SC’s response and other actors in refugee education/protection, the officer will actively participate in child protection-related activities and meetings in designated refugee camps.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Field Manager
Dotted Line: CP Manager
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Lead on child protection rapid assessments, Produce, or support the production of, funding proposals.
Identify and agree within and between agencies and other stakeholders the roles, responsibilities and accountability for planned action and future decision-making based on assessment outcomes.
Ensure that child protection interventions through child friendly space activities are informed by and integrated with other core sectors of education, WASH and food security and livelihoods.
Contribute to the coordination of child protection actors in the response through the local partner.
Identify staffing gaps and collaborate with local partner to initiate recruitment of staff and/or identify capacity building requirements.
Initiate and/or carry out capacity-building of key partner staff in specific child protection competencies including appropriate child protection approaches, where needed
Ensure planning and subsequent initial cooperation and program structures are done in an integrated manner, with Save the Children staff and co-workers through the local partner.
Promote planning and subsequent initial cooperation with key stakeholders and aim to establish/strengthen processes and mechanisms at local, district, national (and broader level) which supports identification, monitoring and response to the care and protection concerns of children, including in the longer term if appropriate. To the extent possible, children’s participation should be included.
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Holds selfaccountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving results together with children 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
Creates a managerial environment in-country to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding
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, 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
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
University Degree in Social Sciences or related technical field.
Knowledge in Child Protection, Child´s rights, programming and mainstreaming
International/national experience of natural disasters or conflicts
At least four years work experience within your profession
Experience in designing, managing, monitoring and evaluating child protection programs in emergency, transition and development contexts
Ability to identify the main gaps in child protection in the given context to inform a holistic response for children.
Commitment to and understanding of child rights, Save the Children’s aims, values and principles and humanitarian standards as Sphere Charter and Code of Conduct
Good knowledge of and experience in using established inter-agency standards and guidelines in child protection, such as the Inter-agency Guidelines on Separated and Unaccompanied Children, the Paris Principles, Minimum Standards on Child Protection
Experience in capacity building and in strengthening various duty bearers understanding of and response to child protection through Child friendly spaces.
Self-awareness and proven ability to operate successfully in different cultural environments
Ability to achieve results and maintain consistent high standards of professional behavior and achievement, including when working alone.
Good team leader and team member skills, including the ability to be part of and organize, support, manage and develop a small team.
Ability to communicate and maintain appropriate and productive relations with a range of actors, including children, parents, local and national authorities in political and militarily sensitive environments.
Experience of working with partners and a participatory approach
Ability to manage stress, be flexible and accommodating in difficult and frustrating working circumstance.
Have undertaken approved Safety and Security Training in accordance with member and Save the Children required minimum standard.
Understanding of Kirundi language will be an asset
Location: Kigoma region Refugee Camp, Tanzania
Contract – Full-Time
Closing date: Tuesday 28 February 2017
All jobs close at midnight UK time on the date specified
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