South Sudan: Child Protection Extender (Nationals only)

The Child Protection Officers will provide technical, operational, and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for child protection programs/projects within the Country Programme. The Officer will work under the technical supervision of the Child Protection Specialist and the day-to-day supervision of the Chief Field Office. The Officer will be responsible for the implementation of child protection in emergencies and GBV programs and activities. They will work closely with partners and stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality services that are responsive to the needs of children and women affected by emergencies.

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

• To extend the geographic scope and quality of Child Protection and GBV services throughout South Sudan.
• To provide technical, operation, and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for CP programs in South Sudan.

Role Objectives:

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Support to program development and planning:

• Update and analyze situations for child protection programs, including development trends and data for planning, management, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Contribute to sectoral program goals, strategies, and results-based planning through research and analysis.
• Provide technical and operational support for programming processes, including administrative transactions and documentation, to support planning and monitoring of results.
• Prepare program documentation and data for review and approval.

Program management, monitoring, and delivery of results:

• Collaborate with colleagues and partners to address implementation issues, make recommendations, and capture lessons learned.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, program reviews, and sectoral reviews to assess programs and report on required actions.
• Monitor and report on sectoral program resources, verifying compliance and reporting critical issues to management and stakeholders.
• Prepare regular reports on program progress for management, donors, and partners.

Technical and operational support to strengthen and scale up the organization’s Child Protection Programming:

• Provide technical and operational support to the Organization’s partners and counterparts for improved Child Protection service delivery.
• Support the CP Area of Responsibility and operationalization of the sectoral and the organization’s plan on MHPSS, GBV prevention and response, and identification, family tracing, reunification, and reintegration of vulnerable children.
• Provide technical and operational support to monitor and report child rights violations and support programs for victim assistance and reintegration of survivors.
• Support the professionalization of social workforce for improved case management, community mobilization, and timely response.
• Contribute to emergency coordination and represent the organization in cluster and inter-cluster coordination mechanisms.

Networking and partnership building:

• Build and sustain close partnerships with government counterparts and stakeholders through information sharing and capacity building to achieve results in child protection.
• Participate in inter-agency meetings/events to collaborate with partners on operational planning and integration of the organization's position and strategies.
• Draft communication and information materials for program advocacy, awareness building, and fundraising for child protection programs.

Innovation, knowledge management, and capacity building:

• Identify, capture, synthesize, and share lessons learned to build stakeholder capacity and knowledge development.
• Apply innovative approaches and promote good practices to support sustainable program results.
• Research and report on best practices for knowledge product and system development planning.
• Participate in capacity building initiatives as a resource person to enhance the competencies of stakeholders.

Project Reporting:

• This role will report to Child Protection Specialist.
• Monthly report on activities, and results achieved through the deployment.

Key Competencies:

Expected results / Key function, accountabilities, and related duties/tasks:

• Quarterly child protection work plan. Specific deliverables articulated in this work plan.
• Monthly report on activities, and results achieved through the deployment.
• Support for donor reporting and monthly situation reports as per guidance from the organization’s Child protection supervisor.
• Programmatic visits reports are provided for monitoring including human interest stories and effective documentation on interventions (that demonstrate cases where we were able to protect children as well as those cases where we were unable to protect children – critical feedback on poor outcomes is critical).
• Participation in professional learning and development sessions as guided by the organization.
• Participate in the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) meeting convened by the State Ministries of Gender, Child, and Social Welfare.
• Support to partners in reporting, financial liquidation, and implementation of core policies and SOPs, particularly in respect of PSEA.
• Support low-capacity civil society organizations, particularly women led organizations in administration and meeting the organization’s administrative requirements.
• Preference will be given to candidates already based in the named duty station locations.

Team management:

• This role has no Team Management responsibility.

Further information: 

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.
• Candidates must be locals to the community.

How to Apply: 

Candidates interested in applying for this role need to register on the CTG website as a candidate and apply for this role using this link: https://app.tayohr.io/jobs/detail/vac-9550-child-protection-extender-8269