About Samaritan's Purse

Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine. Samaritan’s Purse is privileged to be part of the humanitarian effort in Ethiopia and legally registered as foreign charity to work in Ethiopia since October 08, 2018.

Open Position:  1

Job Summary

The Child Protection coordinator is responsible for the design and implementation of a community-based child protection program focusing on children living in different care arrangement. He/she will be responsible for the case management, monitoring of children and establishing referral networks and coordination with key stakeholders working in northwestern IDP camps.

key Responsibilities:

·       Design and implement a community-based child protection program in accordance with the guideline and the standards of SP

·       Assess and review the situation of children living in different care arrangement and come up with appropriate strategies for addressing the protection needs.

·       Establish child friendly and supportive environment for children by involving the IDP community and other stakeholders

·       Closely monitor the verification and documentation of children

·       Establish and put in place an appropriate care arrangement, and suitable alternative care system with close supervision and attention to the individual needs of children.

·       Identify families with a potential to foster children in collaboration with social workers and community leaders.

·       Promote the participation of children in all matters affecting their lives.

·       Closely work with the community child welfare committee to raise community awareness on child protection concerns

·       Train and build the capacity of social workers on case management and social work skills

·       Support and link the mainstreaming of child protection to the different programs and social services to improve the living condition of children.

·       Conduct assessments to ensure the needs of children are addressed

·       Represent SP in the Child protection Coordination/Cluster meeting

·       Prepare budget, work and spending plans to monitor the proper utilization of the budget and timely implementation of activities.

·       Provide monthly progress reports to immediate supervisor and the technical team.

·       Perform other duties as assigned by his/her immediate supervisor

Coordination and Representation

·       Represent SP in protection coordination/Cluster meetings as agreed with the Protection Manager

·       Promote improved understanding of protection issues among all relevant stakeholders and ensure the observance of international protection and humanitarian law standards;

·       Support a consultative process with government counterparts at local levels, partners and persons of concern to develop and implement integrated strategies that address the key protection priorities, including, for example, child protection, GBV, and AGD approaches.

·       Monitoring, Reporting, and Development

·       Support the Protection manager and Area Manager on protection related proposals as relevant;

·       Develop protection-focused program monitoring tools as relevant and upon request;

·       Undertake quality control and site monitoring to ensure that services provided are according to international best practice standards;

·       Conduct program monitoring as per expected outputs and outcomes;

·       Ensure that the design and implementation of protection activities address protection needs of IDPs, and other vulnerable populations within SP's mandate, and contribute to the relevant durable solutions;

·       Ensure that quality assurance systems are developed and applied, with particular reference to the Core Humanitarian Standard and Age, Gender and Diversity throughout the program;

·       Explore new partnerships and work closely with the Protection manager and the other relevant staff to develop quality proposals, concept notes, and budgets.

·       Ensure that all project requirements and indicators are met and are of a high quality-cost effective implementation, this includes activity guidance, tools, or any innovative approach are developed to improve program quality and support the implementation at field level.

Key Work Relationships:

The child protection coordinator will report directly to the Protection Manager in based in Shire /Addis Ababa.

Job Requirements

Requirements
Education and Experience

·       University degree/MA in social work, Sociology or psychology preferred or any other social science fields;

·       Minimum 3 years work experience within the field of child protection, particularly within the field of migrant/IDP/refugee protection;

·       Proven experience in   case management and child protection programming;  

·       Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering high-quality trainings on case management, GBV core principles and other protection concepts;

·       Demonstrated experience coordinating with and supporting national and local authorities as well as humanitarian coordination forums;

Language

·       Fluent English (written and spoken) is mandatory.

·       Local language Tigrigna is an asset

Skills Required

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be willing to abide by Samaritan’s Purse’s code of conduct and understand the principals of Samaritan’s Purse’s Statement of Faith, as well as be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

·       Excellent analytical skills;

·       Ability to work effectively and efficiently independently;

·       Demonstrated ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and adapt in a complex and challenging environment;

·       Experience with capacity building, and in convening and facilitating trainings and workshops;

·       Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective and working relations with staff members and other stakeholders;

·       Full proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) Excellent English writing skills;

·       Committed to the SP values and ethics

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk and run; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be exposed to loud noises around the maintenance and construction workshops.

May travel in country with exposure to communicable diseases, hot and humid weather conditions.

Work in a security context that is fluid

SAFEGUARDING COMMITMENT

The employee is required to carry out his/her duties in accordance with Samaritan’s Purse Safeguarding policy and Code of conduct.

Employee should remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills, which will enable him/her to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct his/herself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding Policy.

How to Apply

All interested candidates are encouraged to apply for the position advertised (maximum of  2 pages  and application letter (one Page only) no later than March 30, 2023 to hrspe@samaritan.org . Please write the position title you are applying for in the email subject line,  "Child Protection Coordinator "

 Only candidates that are short-listed will be acknowledged and called for interviews.