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• Lead implementation of Children and Young People Safeguarding
  policy.
• Manage the project budget that supports implementation of Children
  and Young People Safeguarding policy, while ensuring value for money and
  effective budget monitoring.
• Train plan staff, partners and children to understand, implement and
  comply with Children and Young People Safeguarding policy.
• Build capacities of Child Protection structures and coordinate their
  functions to implement Children and Young People Safeguarding policy and
  other child protection programs generally.
• Support engagement with the Government of Uganda, relevant Technical
  Working Groups and other partners on issues of Child Protection and
  Safeguarding.
• Coordinate annual Children and Young People Safeguarding policy
  self-assessment and reporting.
• Tracking and updating risk register and Maqique Live system
• Facilitate administrative and logistical functions to child
  protection program department
• Carry out other child protection program duties at country office
  assigned from time to time.
• Prepare and Submit monthly work plans, progress reports against work
  plan to national program manager
• Coordinate with program area offices and child protection
  coordinators all actions for implementing children and young people
  safeguarding policy
• Develop gender sensitive tools that will support implementation of
  Children and Young People Safeguarding policy.
• Facilitate development of child protection risks matrix and
  mitigation measures for all projects and activities implemented by Plan
  International
• Map out and strengthen Child Protection structures and coordinate
  their functions to ensure timely identification, reporting and responding
  to child protection risks at community, district at national level.
• Facilitate integration and mainstreaming of child protection risk
  mitigation in all activities implemented by Plan and partners
• Conduct quarterly meetings with Child Protection focal point persons
  to assess and review progress towards achieving 100% compliance with
  Children and Young People Safeguarding policy.
• Document and share best practices in implementing children and young
  people safeguarding policy
• Implement any other child protection program activities assigned
  from time to time as a member of the child protection team.

• The applicant for the Plan International Child Protection
  Coordinator job opportunity must hold a Bachelor’s degree in social
  sciences, law, human rights, and education or development studies, master
  degree in any of the above areas is an added advantage.
• Two years of experience working in humanitarian development,
  including in emergencies.
• Experience training and building the capacity of a range of actors
  on child protection and safeguarding policy
• Strong understanding of Child Protection principles and practice,
  and experience working on Child Protection programs
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing communication
  strategies focused on behaviour change, as well as supporting
  communication tools/materials, in Uganda.
• Demonstrable recent experience in policy and advocacy at national
  and community levels, specifically in the areas child protection and
  gender policy.
• Experience in working with national level stakeholders (government
  and development organisations), local partners , children, school
  teachers, parents and community members on child protection policies
• Skills
• Gender transformative programming
• Project planning and management
• Excellent report writing and communication skills.
• Strong verbal communication skills, including networking,
  negotiating ability and influencing others.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with people
  from diverse cultures, ability to lead and motivate people to work in
  teams
• Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation within child protection.
• Working with and working through partners.
• Experience in CSOs capacity building and in strengthening various
  duty bearers understanding of and response to child protection. Good
  facilitations skills.
• Programming on Children’s Rights.
• Skilled in the use of computer software.
• Proven skills and experience in proposal development and report
  writing
• Computer literate (Microsoft office)

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