Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children.
The organization seeks for:
Technical Lead – Child Protection/Children on the Move -Greece
Qualifications and experience:
Essential:
– Master’s degree in Social Work, Human Rights, International Relations or relevant field, or BA with equivalent field experience
– Extensive experience of Child Protection programme management in emergency, fragile state or development contexts and at least 3 years of experience in the management of programmes specific to Child Protection in Emergency
– Previous experience of managing a child protection team at national level
– Previous experience in setting up organisational child safeguarding systems in humanitarian contexts
– Experience of remote managing programmes in complex settings
– Proven capacity to supervise, and coach staff in child protection technical skills and programme management
– Experience of, and commitment to, working through systems of community participation and accountability
– Specific experience of designing and managing DFID, ECHO, OFDA and other major donor projects and understanding of donor compliance
– Ability to analyse information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically
– Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
– Excellent understanding of the Monitoring and Evaluation processes and methodologies – with specific technical trainings in these areas.
– Proven ability to represent the organisation to donors and other stakeholders
– Familiarity with key international standards for humanitarian work (e.g. Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, SPHERE, MHPSS IASC guidelines, Inter-agency guiding principles on UASC, etc.).
– Team player who is able to work collaboratively and with people of diverse backgrounds
– Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
– A high level of written and spoken English
– Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children including willingness to abide and enforce the Child Safeguarding Policy. In particular, a good understanding of the mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support.
Desirable:
– Language skills in Arabic
– Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/contexts
– Experience working and building the capacity of partners on technical issues.
Contract length: 6 months, poistion based in Greece (with 80% travel throughout Balkans)
Πηγή: career.duth.gr
