KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY 

Program Delivery, implementation and

·         Identify the training needs of child protection actors in child protection in emergencies coordination

·         Facilitate the establishment and functioning of Child Protection in Emergencies Coordination Mechanism in sub-national level in Shabelle zone Somali Region

·         Conducting child protection sub-cluster coordination meeting at zonal and district levels

·         Conducting community consultation and cascading training on child protection, positive parenting, child friendly space and child participation and psychosocial.

·         Link the regional coordination with woreda and national coordination by sharing information, update and child protection issues.

·         Facilitate effective identification, reporting and addressing of child protection cases through referral mechanism and coordination.

·         Building the capacity of statutory duty bearers to children at the woreda level, and supporting the development of community based child protection mechanism (CBCPM )in villages and urban locations

·         Mainstreaming of child protection program to other programmes for effective intervention, coordination and referral pathways.

·         Assist in managing the implementation and development of Child Protection programing

Coordination

·         Conduct regular planning and review meetings with frontline workers and service coordination structures to monitor continuity and progress of activities and support to beneficiaries

·         Support and work with community based structures to conduct community awareness raising campaigns and community dialogue on protection of internally displaced children and services, and to enhance social inclusion of internally displaced children and their families within the host community

Performance Management and Capacity Building 

·         Provide technical leadership to field staff (Officers, Social/case workers, and Community facilitators) and share best practices and methodologies.

·         Support the performance and development of indirect reports to fulfil their potential, ensuring they have clear objectives and receive meaningful feedback regularly and achieve maximum impact from program implementation.          

 ·         Lead on capacity building of staff through coaching, mentoring and training, including facilitating the Child Safeguarding Training for staff. ·         Provide technical support for Human Resource in ensuring that the SC Ethiopia Child Safeguarding Policy is understood by all SC child protection staff, facilitators, volunteers, partners and ensure that it is integrated into all aspects of SC Ethiopia programs·         Ensure optimal use of human resources, including promotion of team work and team spirit, securing adequate training of staff and promotion of talented staff.·         Ensure the safety of staff and that safe work methods are practiced at all times·         Report to the Programme Manager Development any violations of SC personnel policies and Code of Conduct.·         Contribute to the development of project proposals, concept notes, logframes and DIP to strategically relevant donors throughout the year.·          Projects are monitored, variances identified, discussed and documented, for timely submission to the PM and child protection specialist as required·         Coordinate that all CP training sessions and workshops are successfully conducted with all relevant parties in attendance and within designated time frames Build strong relationships with relevant government bodies,  I/NGOs, the UN, CSOs, SCI members and any other key stakeholders relevant to the protection sector. Represent SC Gode field office Child Protection Program at all levels

Guide the CP program team in research and documentation efforts (evaluation design, documenting best practices, generating materials useful for representation, advocacy) particularly with regard to strategic value/direction, in the field of child protection  ·         The job duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the Post holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience

Supervision and Monitoring 

In collaboration with the Project Manager, maintain strong supervision and monitoring system to measure achievement and progress toward the project objectives and expected outcomes and impacts Conduct monitoring and supervision of the planned project activities implementation and provide technical support to CPO and intervention site to improve activities implementation quality Strengthen participatory and collaborative supervision and monitoring system including active participation of children

Job Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, COMPETENCIES

QUALIFICATION

• Masters/Bachelor’s degree in Social Science and humanities, Sociology, Psychology, Law or other related fields

• Minimum 5 years’ experience for BA Holds and 3 years’ Experience for MA Holds  of coordinating and implementing child protection or other humanitarian project in Somali region

• Excellent written and spoken English language and Somali language 

• Experience in working in IDPs camps and drought affected in the area of child protection

• Willingness to work in hardship area and to work extra hours (when needed).

• Qualified female candidates are highly encouraged to apply

• Demonstrated skills in program planning, implementation and monitoring.

EXPERIENCE

• Previous working experience in child protection in general and community based child protection mechanism and in particular child resilience, community mobilization and psychosocial support is preferable.

• Understanding of and experience with community and parent/guardian mobilization for education programming. Experience tackling implementation challenges and adapting activities to diverse low-resource settings an asset.

• Experience with developing technical guidance or activity packages (manuals, learning materials, etc) for adults and children. Experience with Learning through Play or similar pedagogical approaches an asset.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITY

·         Position holder must have good interpersonal skills & excellent team player

·         Knowledge of the local language (Somali language)

Scope & complexity of decision making (choose the appropriate description and delete the rest)

• Able to work in line with strict adherence of specific policies and supervisor’s order.

• Able to solve problems by selecting the most suitable procedure or method within guidelines and precedents; direction sought when solutions not within established guidelines or precedents

• Able to make decisions using creativity and some independent judgement within realm of current scope of work; Decisions typically made in order to resolve and adapt current solutions or introduce new procedures and practices

COMPETENCIES (To meet the value system, the post holder is expected to demonstrate the following Competencies on ongoing bases)

·         Leading and Inspiring Others: Demonstrate leadership in all our work, role models our values and articulates a compiling vision to inspire to achieve our goals for children

·         Delivering result: Takes personal responsibility and holds others to account to deliver our ambitious goals for children, continually improving own performance or that of the team/ organisation.

·         Developing Self and Others: Invest time and energy to actively develop self and others to help realize their full potential and to build the organization capability for the further.  

·         Applying technical and professional expertise: Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the highest standards; promotes and shares best practice within and outside the organisation

How to Apply

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.

Interested applicants who meet the MINIMUM requirements should apply using the below link: CLICK HERE