The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday 
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated 

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. 

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Save the Children International seeks to always be a child safe organization through fulfilling its obligations to the community and through programme implementation carried out by the organization for safeguarding children and to improve the living standards of the child.

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Position: Child Protection Project Officer 

Location: Taiz

Grade:4b

Contract Length: 11 months

The Opportunity:

The Project Officer oversees and technically supports the direct implementation of Child protection project in Taiz

Key Areas of Responsibilities: 

Planning

• With the support of the Child protection program Coordinator, oversee the technical implementation of the Child protection Project in Taiz and ensure the timely delivery of the project activities with Quality.
• Develop weekly and monthly work plan for CP project Taiz and support the assistants in preparing individual weekly work plans and review his/her performance on weekly and monthly basis. 
• Actively contribute to the planning of field visits and supervision checklists in advance of trips and report back to the program Coordinator.
• In collaboration with the Child protection Project Coordinator develops detail implementation plan and ensure that project is being implemented according to budget, time and quality indicators of Save the Children SC.
• Ensure that activities are appropriately planned and that delays and constraints are documented and solutions identified.
• With the support of the program Coordinator prepare monthly cash forecasting for the project 
• Develop weekly transportation plans, prepare and follow-up Procurement Requests for trainings and procurement.

Delivery

• Responsible Child protection project delivery, including the day-to-day management of project site activities and volunteers.
• Support the direct implementation of the project activities technically such as the training of Volunteers, CPCs and CLCs and, SWs Volunteers and CMactivities including the distribution the different materials to CM.
• Conduct the relevant technical assessment to assess the capacity of the Volunteers in the targeted Location and design capacity building program accordingly and provide necessary technical training and develop appropriate technical guidelines and materials.
• Ensure activities are completed within time and report any concerns to the Child protection Coordinator.
• Conduct Weekly visits to project sites to provide technical guidance/support and identify issues that need timely action and support at different levels
• Identify and report challenges to remove any obstacles that might arise during project implementation and communicate these challenges to the Child protection program Coordinator.
• Input in monthly activity reports as well as in stock consumption/inventory, and distribution plan.
• Raising PRs of the project’s procurement according to the updated PP.
• Follow up with the project team to release items from the Warehouse. 

Coordination

• In collaboration with all relevant Volunteers, CPAs, SWs, and all stakeholders engage with children and adolescents to effectively monitor the implementation and impact of the CP programme on children’s issues, including issues of MRM and quality according to children’s needs
• Coordination with other SC sectors for programs integrations.

Supervise and Manage Staff 

• Provide technical and operational support to the project assistants staff/volunteers
• When requested, conduct a training for the staff according to the need in related in topics.
• Ensure Volunteers understanding of Child Safeguarding policy and report any concerns.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability and Quality

With support from the MEAL team and the Project Coordinator

• Implement M&E systems in the project site s/he is responsible for, and ensure that the agreed tools are used properly.
• Conduct regular field monitoring visits according to requirements and plans then report back with the findings to the Project Manager.
• Conduct QLE assessments and report back to the Project Coordinator 
• Actively monitor Child protection activities at targeted location, ensuring quality of Save the Children’s programme, reporting and flagging concerns to CPC
• Ensure that communities are regularly involved in all phases of the programming

General

• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Qualifications and Experience:

Essential:

• Qualification bachelor Degree in Education/ Media and professional with experience for at least 3 years in implementing Child programs (preferably in an Emergency field).
• Teaching/Training skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Capacity to work with a team.
• Capacity to work under pressure.
• Computer skills in word and excel
• Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children. In particular, a good understanding of the Save the Children mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support
• Excellent English language skills. 

The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
· No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
· All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
· Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information:
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.