The Opportunity

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: (Child Protection Officer)

• Assists the CP Child Protection Coordinator in overseeing the planning, budgeting and implementation of CP project interventions.
• Establish/strengthen community-based child protection mechanisms to prevent and protect children.
• Identifies community-based child protection mechanisms capacity gaps and participates and building their capacity.
• Facilitate and lead community awareness raising and sensitization programs to promote positive values of the society towards children.
• Facilitate and lead the economic empowerment of families and their children.
• Facilitate and provide trainings, workshops for community members, and other stakeholders.
• Lead and facilitate best interest determination (BID) panel to guarantee best interest of the children.
• Assist establishing/strengthening referral linkages.
• Facilitate multi sectorial linkages at Woreda level to prevent, protect and respond to child protection risks.
• Identify, register and refer abused and exploited children for child protection services.
• Work as a case manager or case management focal person at Woreda level.
• Promote and improve quality service delivery to fulfil children right based on SCI vision, mission and values.
• Work closely with Woreda relevant government offices and community-based child protection structures
• Assists the CP Child Protection Coordinator in the preparation and compilation of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports and for other SCI and donor compliances and requirements.
• Support, monitor activity deliverables to be done by the implementing partners and enable them to deliver quality child protection services. 
• Document best practices of the project activities and share with relevant agencies.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor Degree in an area of Social Work, Psychology, Sociology and other social science, health and other developmental field or equivalent
• Recommended a minimum of 2 years’ experience in an NGO environment, preferably with experience in community-based child protection project 
• Knowledge and understanding Child Protection Minimum Standards, Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, national Child wellbeing systems, and technical knowledge on child wellbeing monitoring and evaluation 
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Good knowledge of the regional context of assignment and prior experience in working with pastoralist communities
• Strong results orientation and ability to work under pressure 
• Experience of successfully implementing changes to processes to improve and monitor quality standards and impact achieved
• Experience of facilitating and shaping programmes to deliver greater efficiency and effectiveness, 
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
• Fluency in Afar Affe is Mandatory, 
• Fluency in English, both verbal and written, required
• Commitment to Save the Children values

The Organisation

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 realise 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 

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