Save the Children Child Protection Officer Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs

Save the Children Child Protection Officer Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. Save the Children Nigeria looking for “Child Protection Officer”. Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 22 June 2022.

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.NGO Jobs in Nigeria 2022 [MyJobsMag]

Save the Children Child Protection Officer Jobs 2022

The Save the Children has published a job vacancy announcement on 15 June 2022 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Child Protection Officer to be based in Kano, Nigeria.

Recruiter Save the Children
Position Child Protection Officer
Location Kano, Nigeria
Country Nigeria
Total Vacant Post N/A
Qualification University degree
Experience Required Minimum of four years
Application Deadline 22 June 2022

Save the Children Job Vacancy 2022

Job Purpose: The Child Protection Officer will all child protection activities for children out of school or attending the PLANE FCDO funded education project in Jigawa, Kaduna and Kano. S/he will report to the Protection Manager. S/he is responsible for ensuring quality in Case Management, Psychosocial Support, Community Outreach, and ensuring the establishment accountability system in the non-formal education chat up club approach of the project. The post holder will provide ongoing support, mentoring and guidance to the community caseworkers and PSS training for Chat-up-clubs facilitators.  S/he will also ensure child protection activities in the project locations are carried out on a timely basis ensuring, the high quality of the response. The Child Protection Officer will support community-based child protection systems, project planning and coordination. In most circumstances, the post holder will be expected to mentor and build the capacity of caseworkers, community volunteers, catch up clubs facilitators on the field.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

  • Develop and coordinate project activities in collaboration with the Child Protection Programme Manager and in liaison with implementing partners, communities, government and child protection agencies working;
  • Monitor day-to-day activities in programmes to ensure best practice is adhered to in provision of psychosocial support for children, community based response mechanism, case management of children at risk
  • Coordinate with the Caseworkers and other relevant technical sectors, to ensure a rapid, proportionate and effective response;
  • Work with partners’ caseworkers, child protection and education committee members to ensure that they are addressing child protection concerns within their respective communities;
  • Work closely with implementing partners by designing and overseeing the implementation of capacity building programs with parents/stakeholders;
  • Introduce case files and follow up report at coordination level with other Child Protection Strategic Work Groups;
  • With support from the Child Protection manager , supervise project implementation to ensure timely delivery of project activities (for example, monitoring against individual performance management work plans).
  • With support from the Child Protection manager, prepare and review timely monthly reports submitted by caseworkers and other volunteers.
  • Work with the M & E plan to ensure links to reporting requirements where possible, refer the M&E framework to build an evidence-base for child protection programming interventions.
  • With support from the MEAL Officer put in place accountability activities for the project, ensuring that feedback from children and their families are considered in project design.

Qualification & Experience:

  • University degree or equivalent in Social work, Social Science, development studies or equivalent combination of relevant training and experience
  • Minimum of four years of work experience in Protection work, supervision, community mobilisation 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 Hausa language
  • Computer literate

Other Details

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

How to Apply Save the Children Child Protection Officer Jobs 2022

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The Closing Date: 22 June 2022

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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