Project Officer – Child Protection
Job Description
Title: Project Officer – Child Protection
Company Name: Save the Children
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Social Sciences/Social Work or relevant discipline.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Contract length: Up to March 31, 2023
∎ Job Location: Ukhiya (Camps based) in Cox’s Bazar district
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Project Officer - Child Protection is mainly responsible for supervising and supporting the implementation of child-friendly spaces, community-based child protection mechanisms, and overall child protection system strengthening.
∎ S/he oversees all the operational activities of the Child-Friendly Space (CFS) and directly leads the team of CFS facilitators, community mobilizers, cleaners, and guards.
∎ The incumbent ensures smooth operations of the children’s clubs through monitoring the quality implementation of CFS activities in order to create a positive experience for the participants.
∎ Working under the supervision of the Child Protection Project Manager, the post holder assures that all project activities are delivered as per the agreed standards, synced with the accepted MHPSS approaches and practices, and the child protection system strengthening objectives are at the core of all efforts.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 3 years’ experience in child protection program, desirably with 2 years’ experience working in FDMN response context
∎ Hands-on knowhow in documenting, reporting, analyzing, and summarizing qualitative data
∎ Good negotiation, representation, training/ facilitation, and coaching skills
∎ Ability to organize and deliver trainings for CBCPCs / Community based organizations
∎ Sound knowledge on using MS Office, and internet
∎ Excellent team building, interpersonal and communication skills and able to work in a multicultural team
∎ Capacity to ensure coaching, mentoring and capacity building support to frontline staff and/or volunteers
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 10 Mar 2022
Company Information:
∎ 6 Mar 2022
∎ Save the Children
∎ Business : We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Category: NGO/Development
: Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.Only short-listed candidates will be invited for interview‘Save the Children promotes diversity in its workforce’
