Protection Officer at Street Child

Part 1:  Role Purpose:

Street Child is seeking a bilingual individual, who is fluent in both Ukrainian and English, and wants to be involved in supporting the response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine caused by Russian military assault. This is a fantastic opportunity to become a member of a new and growing team that manages Street Child’s education-in-emergencies programme in Ukraine. The person will be responsible for providing specific support on protection programme activities. The Protection Officer should has significant experience and expertise in designing and delivering training, and in designing and development training and coaching resources and routines. Street Child is looking for a person with experience and knowledge in working in humanitarian context with a strong emphasize on protection intervention. The role will also require close collaboration with local implementing partners and Street Child project team.

We are looking for candidates with a ‘can-do’ attitude and willingness to support wherever needed. This is a demanding role and is suited to individuals who enjoy being busy and involved in a variety of tasks. In return it is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable skills and experience in a globally renowned international development NGO.

Part 2:  Key Responsibilities:

1) Project Delivery and management (50%)

• Develop and coordinate project activities in collaboration with the Project Manager and in liaison with implementing partners, government and child protection stakeholders ensuring project implementation
• Contribute to the planning, organization, coordination and control of project tasks by ensuring compliance with Street Child procedures and donor requirements
• Monitor day-to-day activities in programmes to ensure best practice is adhered to in provision of psychosocial support for children, and case management of children at risk
• Coordinate with the Case workers to ensure a rapid, proportionate and effective response
• Identify gaps and areas of improvement of the project and provide appropriate actions
• Provide data analysis for review and reporting purposes
• Support monitoring and evaluation activities of the project evaluation

2) Partnerships & Capacity Building (40%)

• Closely collaborate with the partners’ social workers to ensure regular follow up of case files of children at risk
• Cooperate with partners to ensure the project is implemented timely and its deliverables of the outmost quality.
• Provide technical and administrative support throughout all stages of the project
• Support Project Manager in assessing partner training and capacity building needs
• Organise and conduct training sessions for partners in areas of improvement of the project. Contribute to developing of training materials
• Support information sharing among the project actors

3) Representation (10%)

• Responsible for coordination and liaising between Street Child and local partners, other agencies, local government, cluster partners in regards to Street Child’s Child Protection programme
• Represent Street Child at various stakeholder meetings, including cluster meetings, working group meetings
• Support Project Manager in presenting program deliverables to the donors and humanitarian stakeholders

4) Other

• A strong commitment to Street Childs vision, mission, and values
• Adhere to all Street Child’s policies and procedures
• Able to represent Street Child appropriately both internally and externally
• Carry out all reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role

Part 3:  Person Specification      

About Street Child

Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic, and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 650,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 33,000 caregivers to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children.

Street Child’s commitment to Safeguarding

Street Child is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the communities we serve, our partners, our volunteers, and our staff.

As part of this commitment to safeguarding, all offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks, including a Criminal Records check.  Street Child also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

To apply:

Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please submit your CV and a covering note explaining why you think you could make an extraordinary impact in this role before 17:00 on 14 December 2022.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and so interested candidates are encouraged to apply early.

Actual hiring is contingent upon a signed agreement with UHF.

As this role is based in country, appropriate pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy.

2022-12-07T10:01:24.000 2022-12-15T23:59:59.000 Full time TELECOMMUTE Україна Street Child