Internal/External Vacancy Announcement
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 in Emergencies Specialist |
Code | 0312 |
Place of Work | Hawassa |
Program/Unit | PDQ |
Monthly Salary in ETB | As per the salary scale of the Organization |
No. of Positions | 1(One) |
ROLE PURPOSE:
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 the field 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 South Hub 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 Specialist is also responsible to represent SC at all relevant technical external task forces (at regional and Federal/Addis level), working groups, seminars or other meetings / forums, identified as relevant by line manager and the PDQ thematic lead.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Direct to Field Office Manager, with functional/dotted technical relation/management to the Senior Child Protection Specialist
Dimensions: Save the Children works in 9 regions in Ethiopia with a current staff complement of approximately 1,600 staff and current expenditure of approximately $90+ million each year.
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Close collaboration with: technical specialists from different thematic areas (such as education, livelihoods) and Senior Migration Specialist, the humanitarian unit, and program implementation teams
Child Protection Technical Advisory Support and Programme Quality
· In cooperation with PDQ Learning and Knowledge Management, ensure proper documentation of experiences and lessons learned in child protection projects in region
· In cooperation with communications unit, provide information and inputs to be used for SCI Child Protection information and communication materials
Strategic Programme Development
Strategic Fundraising
Policy Analysis, Policy Engagement and Advocacy for Policy Change
External representation
· Represent SC at all relevant technical external task forces (at Regional and Federal/Addis level), working groups, seminars or other meetings / forums which have been identified and approved by line manager and the PDQ thematic lead, and use these meetings to position Save the Children’s work, negotiate strategic and advocacy positions.
· Participate in relevant Save the Children’s national, regional and global CP working groups and learning initiatives
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
· Advanced degree in psychology, social work or child protection related field with a minimum of 7 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.
· Qualified female candidates are highly encouraged to apply