Child Protection Officer Job at Save The Children, April 2024

ROLE PURPOSE: The job holder will be seconded to the regional BoWCA’s and responsible for planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of the ASRH project in the assigned regional Bureau of Women Children Affairs. Working closely with the regional BoWCAs experts and SCI project coordinator, He/she will be responsible to effectively coordinate, supervise and provide support to the community facilitators in the assigned region and follow-up the implementation of the project under responsibility. The project officer will participate in the preparation of annual plan and working closely with the programme coordinator and partners. He/she will provide project progress reports to the project coordinator in the field office as per the government, SCI and donor requirement. In consultation with the project coordinator, the job holder will represent the project at regional and Woreda level external forums/meetings in his/her operation region as required. He/she will ensure strong linkage and integration of project activities with the government sector development plan

SCOPE OF ROLE: The position is under the line management of the project coordinator and is directly reporting to this post while he/she will have functional relationship with the respective process owner in the regional BoWCA’s. This post has direct supervision role of the community facilitators in the respective Woredas to get projects activities are performed appropriately so as to contribute in achieving the organizational goal and objectives.

Reports to: The Program coordinator with functional relationship to the process owner at the regional Bureau of women and children’s affairs.

Staff directly reporting to this post: Community facilitators

PERCENTAGE OF TRAVEL: 75% of his time to intervention Woreda’s.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Under the guidance of the project coordinator and the process owner at the BoWCA’s, the job holder will facilitate the preparation and compilation of the detail implementation plan (DIP) for each Woreda under responsibility.
Coordinator regional project activities with support from the project coordinator
Regularly follow-up and monitor the SRH project implementation in the intervention Woreda and ensure proper and efficient implementation of the project
Identify critical issues in the implementation of SRH project in the intervention Woreda in consultation with the project coordinator and take the necessary actions to address problems and constraints
Monitor project performance, plan and facilitate regularly scheduled reviews of projects with partners and stakeholders and ensure proper documentation of best practices and lessons learned in the ASRH project implementation
Facilitate project related assessments and evaluation through participatory process, and working closely with partner
Initiate and facilitate changes and improvements on implementation approaches and strategies for the ASRH project
Ensure that strategies for phasing out are taken care of during implementation
Facilitate and ensure the involvement of children as primary stakeholders in all programme work
Prepare regular progress reports of the project and submit to the BoWCA’s and the project coordinator as per the reporting schedule.
Provide feedback and share lessons learned from project implementations and financial reports
Liaises with the relevant government sector offices at the location as it relates to the projects under supervision;
Plan and submit activities implementation schedule with budget to the field office and ensure that payments are effected timely
Handle other activities assigned by the supervisor

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 their team to do the same
widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

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; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

Job Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor Degree in an area of public health, social science or equivalent
Recommended a minimum of 2 years’ experience in an NGO environment, preferably with experience in community based child wellbeing/SRH project coordination experience
Knowledge and understanding of 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, s
Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in
Fluency in local regional and Amharic language required,
Fluency in English, both verbal and written, required
Commitment to Save the Children values
Proven team work and team management experience

More Information

Address Jijiga, Somali
Qualification BA/BSc