Save the Children Child Protection Coordinator Jobs Kenya 2024
Save the Children Child Protection Coordinator Jobs Kenya 2024: Save the Children has announced latest Job vacancy in Dadaab, Kenya. You can apply to the job before the Application deadline Sep 20th, 2024. Before applying we suggest read the job description very carefully and also requirements about this position.
Position Quick Info
- Job Title: Child Protection Coordinator
- Duty Station: Dadaab
- Country: Kenya
- Job Identification: 9086
- Job Category: Child Safeguarding
- Job Schedule: Full time
- Apply Before: 20/09/2024
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team for monitoring and evaluation of programme activities including taking corrective action where necessary; preparation of Counselling reports, documentation of lessons learnt.
Document milestones and success stories in the community-based child protection initiatives.
Document programme learning and ensuring it contributes to organizational advocacy.
Maintain an up to date information pack of various aspects affecting the beneficiaries in liaison with the other program teams and do analysis of the reports -.
Ensure timely implementation of budgeted activities in addition to budget tracking and control and ensure clarity of reports on the various advocacy aspects in the camps.
Ensure close coordination of outreach activities with other agencies in the three camps to ensure complementarity and synergy.
Build partnerships to enhance community participation, ownership and sustainability of programmes.
Collaborate and coordinate with other child protection agencies, governmental institutions, host community partners and community level structures in order to promote community ownership and sustainability of CP initiatives.
Represent Save the Children and the CP program in interagency working groups and camp coordination meetings and build from the strategies developed through the Child Protection Working Group.
Represent the CP programme and advocate with community, partners as well as other external visitors. Liaise closely with other actors in the child protection sector on issues related to vulnerable children. Ensure that consideration is given to their particular needs within general child protection strategies.
Work with appropriate partners within the child protection sector to ensure the mainstreaming of child protection and those children’s rights are considered in the process of legislation formation and institution building.
Where necessary, represent the Child protection Manager and Coordinators in meetings, both internal and external and engage with the Host Community partner.
Coordinate with finance and awards team to ensure effective budget monitoring for the project in line with donor requirements and contractual obligations, including Grant opening, mid-term and closing meetings.
Timely implementation and strict adherence to the DIP
Coordinate the timely implementation of all grants and ensure sound and accurate expenditure.
Proposal development – continuously analyze needs and develops concept notes, outlining clear areas of sensitization and awareness raising.
Requirements:
At least Degree social work/social sciences or equivalent.
At least six (6) years relevant experience in similar settings.
Prior experience in child protection and best interest determination process in refugee set ups in essential.
Substantial management and leadership experience, preferably in emergency programmes
Demonstrable competence in proposal and report writing
Experience of financial planning and expenditure monitoring
Experience of community participation, ownership and empowerment
Competent in using email and computer packages such as Word and Excel
Commitment to Save the Children’s child safeguarding Policy
Has high-level communication skills’, including engaging and informative formal public speaking.
Fluent in English and Kiswahili (both spoken and written). Working knowledge of local language strongly preferred
Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
Sets high standards for quality and consistently achieves project goals.
Maintains and extends an effective network of individuals within the organisation and with government and development partners
Negotiates effectively by exploring a range of possibilities.
Demonstrates and shares detailed technical knowledge and expertise.
Proven ability to work as a team.