INTRODUCTION
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Save the Children offers sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and development. If you are interested to work in an organization that is determined to achieve dramatic change for the most vulnerable children, we encourage you to look through the job profile below.
Job Title | Child protection Specialist |
Code | 013 |
Place of Work | Gambella |
Programme/Unit | CP |
Monthly Salary in ETB | As per the organization Scale |
No. of Positions | 1(one) |
Reports to | FOM |
Length of Contract | One year with possibilities of extension |
Job Summary:
The Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist is responsible for the design and development of high quality emergency proposals and programs; as well as supporting quality programs implementation and monitoring along the whole program cycle. S/he is responsible for providing technical support to child protection in emergencies program managers/coordinators based in Gambella to ensure quality program implementation, monitoring and evaluation, as well as reporting. The Specialist is also responsible for contributing to strong Monitoring and Evaluations systems (M&E) to measure the impact of the programmes, for the capture and documentation of program lessons, as well as capacity development to staff in the field to ensure the child protection work in Gambella is of high quality and achieves the programme objectives. The Specialist is also responsible for ensuring that lessons derived through implementation of projects are well articulated, documented and disseminated both internally and externally; and that engagement with policymakers and key stakeholders achieves advocacy objectives to realise greater change for children affected by emergencies.
The position holder is accountable for emanating project ideas, project planning, monitoring and reporting while regularly supervising and providing guidance to the operation team on project implementation as per DIP . Moreover, the magnitude of his/her duty has extended to undertake sector strategic planning, program development and provide technical supports to project implementers in collaboration with other Child Protection team; when deemed necessary will budget holder responsibilities will be given to this role for CP project and hence will assume project management role. He or she will also be key representative of CP related coordination or cluster meetings.
Duties and responsibilities:
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Programme oversight and management
§ In close coordination with the CO Child Protection & Youth team, participate in sector/sub-sector strategic planning proposal development, as well as providing expertise on programme implementation best practices.
§ Working with the Child Protection team, participate in conceptualizing and designing cost effective, innovative and high quality programs in Child protection and youth
§ Develops feasible project implementation plans, including project budget.
§ Ensure Child Protection programmes are implemented in ways that are responsive to the refugee community and children, in line with Save the Children principles, values and strategic plan and Save the Children compliance procedures. This includes working with the refugee committee, clusters / sub-clusters and coordination as well as government and non-governmental organizations that are legally operating in the refugee camp Identify critical issues in the Child Protection sector and initiates actions to address them.
§ Initiate and facilitate changes and improvements on implementation approaches and strategies for Child Protection and Youth programmes
§ Develop Child Protection project/program concept notes, proposals, log frames, budget and DIP and
send them to CO Child Protection team for final review.
§ Provide technical assistance to satellite offices/camps in collaboration with the CO team, including building
capacity of staff.
§ Maintain good working relationship with awards, finance, PDU and his/her line manager
Budget management
§ - Work closely with FOM overall BH and respective camps PM Sub-BH in Child Protection program budget management, planning and utilization when holding on direct BH responsibilities.
§ Prepare and compile annual plans, budgets, quarterly and annual reports for Child Protection programmes based on donors and partner’s requirement. Review and advice FOM on the efficient and effective programme budget utilization and expenditure of the Child Protection programmes
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Monitoring, evaluation and quality assurance
§ In coordination with Child Protection team, design results based monitoring and evaluation process for projects under supervision
§ Monitor and systematically document project results
§ Plan and facilitate regularly schedule reviews of projects with partners and stakeholders
§ In coordination with MEAL team facilitate baseline assessments, midterm and terminal evaluations.
§ Ensure the proper utilization and use of monitoring and evaluation(MEAL) systems put in place
§ Regularly follow-up and monitor Child protection and Youth programmes to ensure proper and efficient implementation
§ Prepare and compile quarterly and annual reports for Child Protection and Youth programmes based on donors and partner’s requirement
§ Monitor outcomes and compile challenges and lessons learned from the implementation of Child Protection and Youth programmes, developing strategic insights to enable leadership decisions
Strategic Programme Development
Strategic Fundraising
Policy Analysis, Policy Engagement and Advocacy for Policy Change
Child Protection Technical Advisory Support and Programme Quality
External representation
· Participate in relevant Save the Children’s national, regional and global CP working groups and learning initiatives
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our 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 others to do the same
· Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
· Future orientated, thinks strategically
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
§ Advanced degree in psychology, social work or child protection related field with a minimum of 6 years related work experience in the area of Child Protection. Experience in child protection in emergencies is an added value.
§ Experience in working with government counterparts and other partners at various levels - federal to district. This includes technical support, capacity-building and coordination.
§ Excellent understanding of Child Protection issues in Ethiopia at both field and policy levels in general and excellent understanding of child protection in emergencies in particular.
§ Practical understanding of the challenges and opportunities in realising children’s rights in Ethiopia, in relation to thematic area.
§ Experience in designing Child Protection strategies and proposals, including in emergency context.
§ Strong data collection, analysis and report writing skills.
§ Strong analysis of Child Protection data and ability to summarise and communicate this to a range of audiences.
§ Proven advocacy and representation skills
§ Demonstrable experience in M&E
§ Good presentation, training and facilitation skills
§ Proven conceptual skills and an ability to think and plan strategically
§ Good communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to train and mentor staff
§ Proven ability to manage a complex and demanding workload
§ Good spoken and written English, fluency in Amharic
§ Good computer skills (particularly Excel, Word and databases)
§ Commitment to Save the Children child protection policies.
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