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01 CHILD PROTECTION ADVISOR CONSULTANT 

We are Save the Children. We work in more than 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential.

About Save the Children

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children. We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.6 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through program in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises. To achieve our ambitious goals and breakthroughs for children, Save the Children works in 10 countries within the West and Central Africa Region with a current staff complement of approximately 1400 and current expenditure of approximately $75 million each year.

Save the Children in Cote d’Ivoire

Save the Children, Cote d’Ivoire Program is seeking a Child Protection Advisor Consultant, for two (02) months, based in Abidjan.  

THE ROLE:   

• Manage a team of national staff and ensure that they have daily and weekly work plans and are achieving their aims and objectives.
• Develop proposals, financial budgets and ensure that monitoring and evaluation strategies are in place and ensuring effective documentation of our program and progress by capturing lessons learnt and good practices.
• Finalize all the reports of Child Protection Programme for donors and SCI members.
• Manage a diverse range of Child Protection programs funded from different sources and coordinate with the other sectors to ensure collaboration and holistic support to the children and beneficiaries.
• Contribute to the situational report on a daily basis and ensure that total reach and spend are updated on a regular basis. This entails writing the daily/weekly Child Protection response updates and ensuring that they are submitted in time.
• Contribute to Country strategy planning 2016-2018
• Continue to develop understanding on children’s meaningful participation throughout the program, and develop/implement strategies to enable children to identify and address the issues of concern to them and promote their voices.
• Ensure that Child protection is mainstreamed in all the other sectors within Save the Children and that all staff members are informed on Child safeguarding policy.
• Supervise, plan and oversee the work plan of the Child Protection team undertaking field visits when necessary.
• Supervise, monitor and provide technical support to the ongoing programme activities.
• Undertake capacity building programs, workshops, seminars and on the job training for the staff, partners and government officials.
• Represent the organization in the  Child Protection Cluster/National Child protection coordination meetings 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• At least five years of development work experience of which minimum 3 years are in a humanitarian response setting
• Experience in designing, managing, monitoring and evaluating child protection programme in emergency, transition and development contexts
• Ability to identify the main gaps in child protection in the given context to inform a holistic response for children.
• Commitment to and understanding of child rights, Save the Children’s aims, values and principles and humanitarian standards as Sphere Charter and Code of Conduct
• Good knowledge of and experience in using established inter-agency standards and guidelines in child protection, such as the Inter-agency Guidelines on Separated and Unaccompanied Children, the Paris Principles, MRM, SC Child Friendly Spaces Handbook.
• Experience in capacity building and in strengthening various duty bearers understanding of and response to child protection.
• Self-awareness and proven ability to operate successfully in different cultural environments
• Ability to achieve results and maintain consistent high standards of professional behavior and achievement, including when working alone.
• Good team leader and team member skills, including the ability to be part of and organize, support, manage and develop a small team.
• Ability to communicate and maintain appropriate and productive relations with a range of actors, including children, parents, local and national authorities in political and militarily sensitive environments.
• Experience of working with partners and a participatory approach
• Ability to manage stress to be flexible and accommodating in difficult and frustrating working circumstance.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and French
• Computer literate
• Budget development and financial monitoring skills
• Comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to child rights and safeguarding, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please send your application only by Emailat the following address: cotedivoire.office@savethechildren.org

Subject:  Child Protection Advisor Consultant 

For more information on our work, please visit our website on http://www.savethechildren.net/jobs/job-details/2212 

Our selection processes reflect our commitment to safeguard children from abuse. Our people are as diverse as the challenges we face.

Please note that the closing date for applications is July 31^th, 2015 at 12H00 am.