National Child Participation Coordinator

Overview

The National Child Participation Coordinator provides technical support and coordination to ensure meaningful, safe, and ethical child participation across Save the Children Somalia’s programmes, advocacy/campaign and governance processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides technical support and coordination to ensure meaningful, safe, and ethical child participation across programmes, advocacy/campaign and governance processes.
• Ensures children’s voices inform programme design, policy influencing and internal decision-making.
• Strengthens systems, staff capacity, and partner engagement.
• Contributes to strategy, programme quality and fundraising.
• Ensures children’s voices are heard in the CO design making processes.

Required Experience

Minimum 4 years of relevant professional experience, including demonstrated experience in child participation, child rights programming. Proven experience in designing and implementing child participation approaches, including application of recognised standards and safeguarding principles. Strong experience in training and facilitation, including delivering workshops or capacity-building sessions for staff, partners, or children. Demonstrated experience in child-centred programme design and/or advocacy initiatives, including contribution to proposals, programme development, or campaign activities. Experience working with NGOs, civil society organisations, and/or government stakeholders, with proven ability to coordinate across diverse partners. Proven ability to coordinate across teams and contribute to proposal development, donor reporting, or programme documentation. Desirable Experience working in humanitarian or fragile contexts. Knowledge of Somali systems and operating context.

Qualifications

Degree in Social Sciences, Child Development, International Development or related field

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