Child Protection & Early Childhood Development Officer

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The Child Protection and Early Childhood Development (ECD) Officer will facilitate the implementation of day-to-day activities related to the Technical Programme or Technical Project for child protection and ECD. S/he will support daily programme activities implementation and provide technical guidance to local volunteers or local partners who assist WV in implementing specific activities. Frequent site visits, monitoring and reporting of programme components progress and impact  are required.

This person will also play a significant role in building the capacity of local volunteers and local partners to understand WV’s CP and ECD Systems strengthening approach and ensure that they have the right competencies, support, and mentoring to effectively implement Child Protection (CP) and ECD activities with quality. This role will also assist the CP Coordinator to build partnerships with local CP and ECD stakeholders in order to strengthen and build coordination networks of the CP and ECD systems.

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• Degree in social science or related subjects to development or relevant years of work experience  

• Previous relevant experience, including at least 3 years of development facilitation in and with communities

• Experience with program assessment, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation processes. 

• Experience with faith, community based and child focused empowerment programs.

Preferred skills, knowledge and experience

• Strong understanding of community-led development work

• Creative and able to apply innovative thinking, partnership building and problem solving skills;

• Strong facilitation skills, including catalyzing, connecting, and building the capacity of community groups

• Good analytical and writing skills;

• Basic understanding of design, monitoring, and evaluation

• Good interpersonal skills and cross-cultural sensitivity, abilities to work as a team.

• Effective in written and oral communication; able to speak and write with a proper standard of English.

• Computer literacy;

• Strong computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint

• Integrity and strong identification with World Vision’s Core Values

Travel: Willingness to be flexible with hours when necessary and able to travel often in the field

We thank all applicants for their interest but only short-listed candidates will be contacted. 

World Vision is committed to the protection of children and vulnerable adults and does not employ staff whose background is not suitable for working with children or vulnerable adults