Child Protection Program Officer
Job Description
Secours Islamique France (SIF) is a Non-Governmental Organization of international solidarity based in France. Founded in 1991, SIF is a non-profit and non-political organization that intends to help, to bring relief and to protect the lives of those threatened by natural disasters, armed conflicts or by economic collapse. SIF is an Islamic Relief worldwide family member and intervenes in more than 30 countries around the world through operations of emergency aid, recovery and development. It is present in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Our goal is to help people suffering everywhere in the world. SIF provides its help in the respect of the cultural diversity, without any distinction of origin, religion or sex.
Position: Child Protection Program Officer, Full time
(Start date Sept. 2012)
Location: Ramallah Office, with frequent travel
Duration: 12 months (extendable)
SUMMARY :
To provide assistance to the overall Child Protection programme in developing programme strategy, ensuring programme implementation, assisting programme partners, and monitoring and scaling up of programme responses for children affected by abuse, violence and exploitation and children
with Autism Spectrum Disorders. This position requires a highly motivated hardworking and responsible person.
QALIFICATIONS AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
-BA in social sciences, management of humanitarian projects, social work.
-Minimum 4 years experience working with NGOs.
-Experience of conducting and managing research.
-Experience of child focussed programming.
-Demonstrated skills in project management.
-Demonstrated experience in monitoring of projects.
-Demonstrated experience in proposal and reports writing for institutional funders.
-Field Experience and solid understanding of psychosocial/ protection issues in such context.
-Understanding of the role and importance of child protection in the development or humanitarian field.
-Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines under pressure, and to complete work with high quality and attention to detail
-Good knowledge of the West Bank context
-High level computer skills: Microsoft Word, Email, Internet, Excel, Outlook
Ability to undertake regular travel to program sites in West Bank
-Good knowledge of project monitoring tools.
-Language skills (reading, writing, spoken) to working level in English and Arabic
-Demonstrated commitment to working as part of a team, in a support role
-Qualities: team spirit, patient, flexible, open minded, sociable
SPECIFIC TASKS :
-To assure a good internal follow-up of the projects in accordance with the cycle of project, logical framework, timeframe, reporting...
-Establish and strengthen partnerships with partners to enhance visibility of child protection activities.
-Maintain contact with relevant local and international organizations working on child protection issues and other related activities.
-Organize and participate in review meetings and field visits to monitor and evaluate progress in implementation of child protection activities
-To assure on time reporting on the projects to the Head of Mission.
-Prepare reports for the institutional funding
-To assist in completing the need assessment included in the strategy
-To attend the coordination meetings.
-To perform any other duties requested by the supervisor.
-To be available to work overtime or at weekends when requested.
-Translation from Arabic to English
DESIRABLE for the position:
-Language skills: French will be an asset
-Driving licence
-Master degree in management of humanitarian projects
Apply: Submit a resume, cover letter, including 3 professional references (e-mail address and phone number must be included), and a date of availability to [email protected] in English only. Incomplete applications will not be considered. The email subject line MUST include exact position.
Deadline to apply is 08/08/2012. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Please submit only by email: CVs that do not meet the qualifications above will not be considered.
Position: Child Protection Program Officer, Full time
(Start date Sept. 2012)
Location: Ramallah Office, with frequent travel
Duration: 12 months (extendable)
SUMMARY :
To provide assistance to the overall Child Protection programme in developing programme strategy, ensuring programme implementation, assisting programme partners, and monitoring and scaling up of programme responses for children affected by abuse, violence and exploitation and children
with Autism Spectrum Disorders. This position requires a highly motivated hardworking and responsible person.
QALIFICATIONS AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
-BA in social sciences, management of humanitarian projects, social work.
-Minimum 4 years experience working with NGOs.
-Experience of conducting and managing research.
-Experience of child focussed programming.
-Demonstrated skills in project management.
-Demonstrated experience in monitoring of projects.
-Demonstrated experience in proposal and reports writing for institutional funders.
-Field Experience and solid understanding of psychosocial/ protection issues in such context.
-Understanding of the role and importance of child protection in the development or humanitarian field.
-Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines under pressure, and to complete work with high quality and attention to detail
-Good knowledge of the West Bank context
-High level computer skills: Microsoft Word, Email, Internet, Excel, Outlook
Ability to undertake regular travel to program sites in West Bank
-Good knowledge of project monitoring tools.
-Language skills (reading, writing, spoken) to working level in English and Arabic
-Demonstrated commitment to working as part of a team, in a support role
-Qualities: team spirit, patient, flexible, open minded, sociable
SPECIFIC TASKS :
-To assure a good internal follow-up of the projects in accordance with the cycle of project, logical framework, timeframe, reporting...
-Establish and strengthen partnerships with partners to enhance visibility of child protection activities.
-Maintain contact with relevant local and international organizations working on child protection issues and other related activities.
-Organize and participate in review meetings and field visits to monitor and evaluate progress in implementation of child protection activities
-To assure on time reporting on the projects to the Head of Mission.
-Prepare reports for the institutional funding
-To assist in completing the need assessment included in the strategy
-To attend the coordination meetings.
-To perform any other duties requested by the supervisor.
-To be available to work overtime or at weekends when requested.
-Translation from Arabic to English
DESIRABLE for the position:
-Language skills: French will be an asset
-Driving licence
-Master degree in management of humanitarian projects
Apply: Submit a resume, cover letter, including 3 professional references (e-mail address and phone number must be included), and a date of availability to [email protected] in English only. Incomplete applications will not be considered. The email subject line MUST include exact position.
Deadline to apply is 08/08/2012. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Please submit only by email: CVs that do not meet the qualifications above will not be considered.
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Job Title
Child Protection Program Officer
Deadline
08 - Jul - 2012
Location
Ramallah
Job Type
Full time
Position Level
Mid Career
Degree
Bachelor's degree
Experience
No Experience
Category
Social Science
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