Save the Children Child Protection in Emergency Officers Jobs 2021 – Nigeria NGO Jobs

Save the Children Child Protection in Emergency Officers Jobs 2021 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. Save the Children Nigeria programme looking for “Child Protection in Emergency Officers”. Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 22 December 2021.

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in around 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children strives to achieve a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. We work to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Across all of our work, we pursue several core values: accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity and integrity.

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Save the Children Child Protection in Emergency Officers Jobs 2021

The Save the Children has published a job vacancy announcement on 16 December 2021 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Child Protection in Emergency Officers to be based in Damaturu, Nigeria.

Recruiter Save the Children
Position Child Protection in Emergency Officers
Location Damaturu, Nigeria
Country Nigeria
Total Vacant Post N/A
Qualification University degree
Experience Required three and four years
Application Deadline 22 December 2021

Save the Children Job Vacancy 2021

Job Purpose: This position is responsible for assessment, response analysis, design and implementation of the child protection components of Save the Children (SC) Nigeria’s emergency response. S/he will need to co-ordinate with other Emergency Response team members and SC staff, especially Implementation Management, health, education and other relevant technical sectors, to ensure a rapid, proportionate and effective response. S/he will need to ensure response to immediate child protection issues with simultaneous consideration of longer-term needs and possible scenarios. Depending on the situation the specialist may need to take a very active role in technical co-ordination, support and advocacy with the country specific child protection Clusters and other stakeholders and technical agencies relevant to the sector.

Key Areas of Accountability:

  • Responsible for technical supervision and training of all CPiE partners and community structures on CPiE principles
  • Daily supervision of the Child protection sector
  • Ensure that the Save the Children (SC) and the CP code of conducts relating to SC and partner’s personnel are rights-based approach and implemented throughout projects
  • Ensure that all activities under his/her supervision are conducted so as to comply with the obligations of the SC beneficiaries, staff and other stakeholders under his/her jurisdiction, in accordance system of quality supervision, including the CPiE minimum standard and SPHERE standards
  • Assess CP and assistance needs of the children at schools, homes and camps entirely on a regular basis, with due consideration to age, gender, and diversity/vulnerability
  • Identify gaps in service provision to Internal Displaced Children, with a special attention to children and youth, and proactively referring and advocate for those gaps to relevant in coordination with the CPiE coordinator
  • Ensure that the voices of boys, girls through Children Clubs and Child and Youth Groups with specific needs are heard
  • Identification of vulnerable children in need of assistance, with the involvement of the community and based on transparent vulnerability criteria

Qualification & Experience:

  • University degree in Social work, Social Science, development studies or equivalent combination of relevant training and experience
  • Between three and four years of work experience in Protection work, supervision, community mobilization and distributions and solid understanding of the actual Nigeria Emergency context.
  • Proven ability to supervise a CP project with holistic approach and integrated to child protection right
  • Speaking fluent English, and other languages of Northern Nigeria is an advantage
  • Computer literate

Other Details

  • Contract Type: Full Time
  • Grade: 4
  • Selection Process: Interview
  • Salary: negotiable
  • Application Process: Online

How to Apply Save the Children Child Protection in Emergency Officers Jobs 2021

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

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The Closing Date: 22 December 2021

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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Official Website nigeria.savethechildren.net
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