Job Title: Child Protection Coordinator
Organisation: World Vision
International
International
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Response Manager
About US:
World Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy
Non-Government Organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 41
districts in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children
and we will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with
children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all
applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
“Our Vision for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every
Heart, the will to make it so.”
Non-Government Organization dedicated to working with children, families and
communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 41
districts in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of children
and we will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with
children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all
applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
“Our Vision for every child, Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every
Heart, the will to make it so.”
Job Summary: The Child
Protection Coordinator will coordinate emergency response and oversee social
protection interventions to ensure maximum integration of synergies as projects
are implemented
Protection Coordinator will coordinate emergency response and oversee social
protection interventions to ensure maximum integration of synergies as projects
are implemented
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
Project Management and Coordination:
- Provide overall leadership in managing and
coordinating the implementation of emergency response and social
protection activities according to the respective projects’ implementation
and organization standards. - Guide and offer technical support to staff
on emergency response, CiE, basic education and other project
interventions based on the organizational commitment to emergency
response.
Project Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Facilitate effective monitoring,
documentation and reporting in compliance with grants’ agreements, minimum
standards and tools - Support the baseline and evaluation
processes in liaison with DM&E for the different social protection
projects targeting refugees and host communities - Establishment of functional project level
M&E system and utilization of the information in liaison with DM&E - Manage humanitarian emergency response and
social protection projects’ information and documentation processes, and
ensure effective communication of the project results.
Finance Management:
- Keenly monitor and manage projects’
budgets in line with grants agreements and standards. - Risk management by monitoring, addressing
and reporting any risks to management of program funds and budgets. - Ensure assets of the organization in the
operations are safe and secure in line with projects’ grant regulations,
MoUs and agreements. - Support audit processes in line with the
projects’ audit regulations
Performance management and supervision:
- Manage, supervise and build capacity of
staff in project development, management and implementation especially in
humanitarian emergency response, CiE and other related project activities. - Identify staff capacity, psychosocial and
other needs, and work with NO to ensure needs are met and work with P&C
to promote staff welfare during the response. - Facilitate coaching, mentoring and
counseling sessions for staff within the humanitarian emergency response
and social protection. - Provide guidance to humanitarian Emergency
Response staff in child protection, planning and preparation of M&E
documents.
Project Development:
- Provide overall leadership, management and
guidance to the development of project designs, concepts and fundable
proposals for CiE activities - Conduct assessments as required in the
response area - Review humanitarian emergency response
projects’ documents and align them to set guidelines and standards
Network and Collaboration:
- Participate in coordination meetings at
national, cluster and camp and settlement levels. - Identify and build strategic linkages,
relations, collaborations and networks with partners and other
stakeholders in planning and implementation of humanitarian emergency
response and social protection activities. - Develop a database of strategic networks
and partnerships for advocacy within the district and at national level. - Facilitate the integration of Advocacy and
justice for children in emergency response interventions.
Documentation and Reporting:
- Document at change stories in article and
Video formats to share milestones and lessons learnt within NO, donors and
other stakeholders on emergency response social protection interventions. - Prepare and submit quality reports and
submit (progress against delivery of outputs and achievement of outcomes,
etc) to the Response Manager, regional operations manager, National office
Support Offices, and UN partner agencies as per the grant agreements and
regulations. - Sustainability
- Work closely with relevant organizations,
agencies and actors in the refugee settlement camps and host communities
to plan for transition from the onset - Ensure compliance to the child protection
policy and Education in Emergencies standards in all project interventions
in accordance with the inter agency guidelines, organization policies and
Global child protection minimum standards.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the World Vision Child
Protection Coordinator career opportunity must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in
Social Work, Business administration, Social Administration, Development,
Education or related field - At least three years’ experience in relief
work relating to CiE and at least two years in community development
programming - Self-motivated with excellent management
and leadership skills
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online by
visiting World Vision International’s e-recruitment jobs portal at the web link
below.
visiting World Vision International’s e-recruitment jobs portal at the web link
below.
Please follow instructions on How to Create Account and Profile at
World Vision’s e-recruitment portal.
Qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
World Vision’s e-recruitment portal.
Qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 31st March,
2017
2017
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