Fresher Social Protection Assistant NGO Career Jobs – World Vision International

Job Title:        Social Protection Assistant
Organisation: World Vision
International
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Social
Protection Facilitator
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.”
Job Summary: The Social
Protection Assistant will render support in the implementation of social
protection activities, child friendly spaces, and case management including
identifying, documenting and responding to child protection cases of vulnerable
children in refugee settlements.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
Management:
  • The jobholder will motivate and ensure
    teamwork among case workers, CFS animators for greater ministry impact, in
    the community.
  • Support community based child protection
    systems, children groups and stake holders in advocating for child
    protection, participation, psychosocial care within the CFSs.
  • Actively facilitate the integration of
    social cohesion activities with within the refugee settlements and host
    communities.
  • Handle visitors including donors, support
    office and national office staff, stakeholders, in line with the child
    protection policy and behavioral protocol .
  • Work closely with children, foster
    families and communities to design and deliver support for children in
    their communities and at the child friendly spaces according to the agreed
    plan of actions.
  • Provide information for projects design,
    implementation, monitoring and reporting
  • Mobilize community meetings with children
    and key stakeholders at all implementation levels
  • Build the capacity of case workers,
    animators, foster care networks on referral pathway to facilitate
    identification, documentation, creation of bio-database, placements,
    monitoring tracing and follow-up of case management
  • Facilitate case management, and data
    collection in line with the required and approved standards
  • The incumbent will also collect and
    compile statistical data and information regarding caregivers, community
    members and children participation in activities at the CFSs and children
    clubs.
  • Supervise CFS implementation as per the
    minimum children in emergencies protection standards.
  • Facilitate community to establish systems
    aimed at strengthening community capacity in responding to SBGV and child
    abuse cases in the refugee settlements.
  • Mobiles communities to identify children
    with disabilities and also model families for the projects implementation.
  • Facilitate progress of activity
    implementation to ensure highest quality standards and accountability
    based on the IASC and WVI standards.
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual
    project management reports.
Technical and Capacity Building:
  • Mentor and build the capacity of children,
    community caregivers, animators, community structures in child protection,
    positive parenting, peaceful coexistence and the learning frame work using
    approved approached and models.
  • Support communities, community structures,
    animators, partners and children in maintaining the minimum standards for
    child participation and care.
  • Formulate tools to manage data and
    information collection and analysis in establishing and maintaining
    Monitoring and Evaluation adherences
  • Document impact and success stories
    evidenced with quality pictures to share milestone with staff, partners
    and donors
  • Data cleaning, follow ups and feedback
    from the case workers, animators and ensure its entered into the CPIMS.
  • Regular updates and monitoring of the CFSs
    to ensure technical support is given in regard to play equipment and
    materials as per the global minimum standards.
  • Facilitate communities to fully
    participate in project activities for enhanced community ownership,
    peaceful coexistence and sustainability.
  • Facilitate advocacy forums led by children
    on issues affecting them. The forums are aimed at awareness creation and
    sensitization of communities
Partnership, Networking & Advocacy:
  • Represent the organization in settlement
    sector meetings and cluster coordination meetings giving updates and
    progress of implementation and establish strategic partnerships with other
    organizations.
  • Establish and liaise closely with other
    partners, agencies and local leaders regarding project activities to
    ensure a coordinated approach to project implementation, including
    participation in relevant workshops, meetings and keep the coordinator
    informed
  • Develop a network of information gathering
    relevant to child protection, participation and psychosocial operations.
  • Establish appropriate contacts with local
    counterparts at the Counties and district level
Financial Management Budget control and Monitoring:
  • Support foster care families to prepare
    proposals and budgets for cash grants
  • Prepare concepts notes, project activity
    budgets, expenditure, preparation of activity quarterly financial and
    narrative reports as per the grant guidelines and submit them within the
    agreed timeframes.
  • Tasked with the preparation of payment,
    advance and purchase requests for appropriate project transactions in line
    with approved M&E documents.
  • File all accountability and attendance
    lists in line with audit requirements
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the World Vision Social
    Protection Assistant job placement must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Social
    Sciences, Education Community Psychology attained from a recognized higher
    Institution of Learning
  • At least one year of experience in working
    with refugees, peace building, basic education and nutrition
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.
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.
Deadline: 31st March,
2017

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