Jordan: TWO REGIONAL CHILD PROTECTION ADVISORS FOR MENA AND EAST AFRICA

TWO REGIONAL CHILD PROTECTION ADVISORS FOR MENA AND EAST AFRICA | ReliefWeb Skip to main content Labs Blog Mobile About Us Help Login / Register HomeUpdatesCountriesDisastersTopicsOrganizationsJobsTraining Print05 Nov 2014TWO REGIONAL CHILD PROTECTION ADVISORS FOR MENA AND EAST AFRICAJobfromSave the Children—Closing date: 18 Nov 2014

Do you thrive in an ambitious and multicultural environment? And are you able to strengthen our international child protection capacity? Then you might be the right person for one of our two positions as regional child protection advisor in either the MENA region or East Africa.

A CHALLENGING AND MEANINGFUL JOB

You will be a part of Save the Children Denmark, a member of one of the worlds’ leading Child Rights-based organizations. The jobs provide great opportunity to gain from and add value to a highly professional environment. You will be located in either Nairobi, Kenya or Amman, Jordan and will be traveling in and outside the respective region. The level of ambition is high, and you will be working with dedicated international colleagues, who all strive to make a difference for vulnerable children around the world.

CAPACITY BUILDING, PROGRAMME SUPPORT AND FUND-RAISING

You will play a central role in capacity building and providing other forms of programme support in Child Protection and particular Psycho-Social Support to Country Offices and partners in the region. Main responsibilities include:

offering technical assistance – including training – in order to ensure that programmes have sufficient resources and expertise at hand to build capacity, to monitor, to ensure quality and to develop further in their ability to meet the psycho-social needs of children and adolescents.triggering advocacy efforts related to psycho-social support programming and drive learning and innovations in liaison with other key stakeholders.contributing to quality-assurance of psycho-social support products and policy development as part of the global Child Protection team of Save the Children Denmark.identifying funding possibilities.support the Regional Office (20% of working time) in child protection and liaising closely with the Regional Director for Program Development and Quality Assurance (PDQ) on this.joining the Save the Children International Global Roster and being available for Child Protection in Emergency deployments in the region (up to 25% of working time).

EXPERIENCED AND SELF-DRIVEN TEAMPLAYER

You are self-motivated and independent, while at the same time being a strong team player who ensures stakeholder involvement. You are also an experienced facilitator, and it is essential that you have:

at least 5 years of experience with protection and significant experience with psycho-social support, especially in emergency settings.a good knowledge and understanding of humanitarian principles and established international standards on mental health and psycho-social support for children in humanitarian settings e.g. humanitarian principles and humanitarian charter,a track-record in sustainable capacity building as well as assessment, monitoring and evaluation, preferably in psycho-social support interventions.a progressive experience in the design of and fundraising for interventions for children in humanitarian settings, preferably in psycho-social support. Working knowledge in the design of child friendly spaces and temporary learning spaces is a plus.an advanced university degree (or demonstrated equivalent capacity) in an appropriate field such as psychology, social work, education, social geography or related field.

In addition to this, it is desirable that you have:

working experience in the MENA region or EA region respectively.an advanced knowledge of Arabic a strong plus (MENA advisor only).

TERMS & RECRUITMENT PROCES Employment and salary follow Save the Children Denmark’s present terms and conditions. Employment for one year with possibility of extension.

How to apply:

Deadline for applications is Tuesday 18 November 2014. Interviews will be held 24 November.

Application link: http://delta.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=399&ProjectId=17750...

Please note that we do not accept applications outside of our recruitment system.

CONTACT

For further information, please contact Julie Koch, Head of Programme Development, JK@redbarnet.dk.

Save the Children Denmark wants to promote equality and diversity. We encourage all qualified to apply for the position - regardless of ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion or age.Save the Children Denmark (Red Barnet) is a non-governmental humanitarian organization working to realize children’s rights in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Save the Children Denmark is a member of the Save the Children International, which works in 120 countries.

Job ID: #710376 Training categories: Monitoring and Evaluation Country: JordanKenya Organization: Save the Children Theme: Protection and Human Rights Job years of experience: 5-10 years Job type: Job How to apply HomeUpdatesCountriesDisastersTopicsOrganizationsJobsTraining About Us Help ReliefWeb Informing humanitarians worldwide. A service provided by

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