Mission and Vision 

Hope for Justice Vision is to live in a world free from slavery and its mission statement is bringing freedom from human trafficking and modern slavery by identifying victims, supporting survivors and preventing exploitation.

Department: Programmes

Reporting to: Programmes Manager

Contract Duration: 3 (three) years with possibility of extension

Job Purpose:

• Manage all Lighthouse activities/programs (security, feeding, medical, education, sports/recreation, life-skills, counselling, social work activities)
• Create an environment that safeguards the children, as well as all staff and visitors, and rigorously implement the Hope for Justice Child Safeguarding Policy.
• Ensure child participation in all aspects of the program and create ways to get feed-back from the children and careers that inform all aspects of program planning and implementation

Duties & responsibilities 

Programmatic:

• Implement all programs within budget cost
• Ensure all programs meet their targets as outlined in the Country Business Plan for each year.
• Supervise and line manage relevant staff (following organizational structure), reporting significant issues to the Programmes Manager
• Contribute to regular monitoring and evaluation, including monthly reports
• Write Friday Bulletins (using template) each Friday morning and send to the program manager.
• Chair and record minutes of weekly staff meetings in the Lighthouse
• Host visits from donors, other NGOs, GoE stakeholders, and other interested people and write a report and send it to the program Manager within one week of the visit. Liaise with the Programme Manager about all visits.
• Organise Child Care Reviews every six weeks for children in the lighthouse to review their progress and plan their transition.
• Complete quarterly checks (using the checklist) of all services of the Lighthouse to maintain Hope for Justices’ standards and quality services.
• Update referral network and establish referral points for children requiring care/referral outside of the scope of Hope for Justice in consultation with Programme Manager
• Complete any other assessments of children/families as requested by Programme Manager
• Organize program team meeting agenda including information sharing and developing agendas for partner dialogues and roundtables in the Lighthouse
• Assist in timely submission of quarterly, semi-annual and final reports for donors and government

Child Safeguarding

• Maintain policies, procedures and systems that provide the requisite safeguarding measures for children accessing our services in collaboration with the Country Designated Safgeuarding Officer.

Administrative

• Prepare project proposals and annual plan for the Government in collaboration with Programme Manager
• Prepare first draft of reports for government agencies and donors.
• Prepare monthly cash request and send to Programme Manager
• Facilitate mid-term and terminal evaluations and new project agreements as required.
• Assists the programme team to maintain and update the social media, carries out specific web searches and downloads workshop documents
• Conduct one-to-one supervision and line management for department heads
• Liaises with Country Office staff as required and provides assistance to CO staff when visiting the LH

General

• Uphold and work within Hope for Justice’s policies and procedures, including Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety, and Child & Vulnerable Adult Protection policies.
• Promote Hope for Justice’s core values of Honoring, Openness, Professionalism and Empowerment across the organization and partners
• Undertake any other duties, as appropriate to the post, as delegated by the Programme Manager
• Represent the organization in different review meetings, workshops, and network meetings.

Key Skills & Attributes 

• Computer literacy in all Microsoft Office functions.
• Ability to write accurate, concise, and informative reports.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written, are required.
• Establishes and maintains an excellent track record of communications with partners and colleagues. Managing Partner Relationships.
• Ability to provide training using appropriate PowerPoint.
• Ability to write a good project proposal.
• Ability to work under pressure and ability to solve