Overview
Contribute to achieving sustainable results by strengthening systems that protect children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and harmful practices, and improving sector coordination. Provide strategic and technical leadership in strengthening the social service workforce and the case management system.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and technical leadership in strengthening the social service workforce and the case management system.
- Support the effective design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of child protection programmes.
- Engage with internal and external partners, including government counterparts, development partners and civil society, to facilitate and coordinate programming, and to mobilize and leverage resources.
- Engage in policy dialogue, review and formulation, as well as high-level advocacy.
- Support evidence generation, innovation for programme delivery, knowledge management and capacity building.
- Strengthen programme quality and reach, while at the same time maximizing effectiveness and efficiency.
- Provide technical assistance to prevent and respond to violence, abuse, exploitation, and harmful practices.
- Support programme design and implementation, monitoring progress, and strengthening child protection systems.
- Work closely with government counterparts, civil society, and development partners to support systems strengthening, evidence-based approaches, and scalable solutions.
Required Experience
5 years of relevant work experience in leading and supporting Child Protection (CP) policy review and formulation, as well as systems strengthening and sector coordination is required. Experience in engaging in high-level advocacy and policy dialogue with government counterparts and key partners is required. Experience in the provision of technical assistance to Government partners. Experience in coordinating demand generation and behaviour change interventions (including birth registration) in collaboration with SBC teams is required. Experience in managing donor relations, partnerships, and stakeholder engagement is required and experience in any other related fields.
Qualifications
Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law, or another relevant social science field.
