Family Strengthening Programme Coordinator

Job Vacancy
Family Strengthening Programme Coordinator
SOS Children’s Village Programme Bethlehem

SOS Children’s Villages take action for children as an independent non-governmental social development organization. We build families for children in need, we help them shape the development of their communities, we respect varying religions and cultures, and we work in countries and communities where our mission can contribute to development.

SOS Children’s Village Bethlehem seeks to recruit:
Position: Family Strengthening Programme Coordinator
Programme location: Bethlehem with travel to Hebron
Position summary:
The Family Strengthening Coordinator leads the planning & budgeting, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the family strengthening activities in the programme location, in accordance with the organisation’s policies, strategies, and available resources.
Tasks and Responsibilities

Tasks and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
-Ensuring that those children most at risk of losing parental care participate in the programme;
-coordinates the implementation of family strengthening activities;
-building and managing a strong family strengthening team;
-Ensuring strong financial management and administration of the family strengthening interventions;
-guiding and supporting the development of sustainable community responses to the situation of children at risk of losing parental care;
-guiding and supporting the building of self-reliance in families of origin;
-establishing and maintaining mechanisms for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the family strengthening interventions/ responses;
-ormalising partnerships with community-based partners, developing together with them a memorandum of understanding outlining roles and responsibilities;
-supporting community-based partners to develop a clear plan for capacity development and provides relevant support towards realisation of that plan.

Qualifications and competencies:
-University degree in Cooperation and Development, Social work or Psychology, Master’s degree is desirable.
-A minimum of three years’ relevant experience which must include project management.
-Proven ability to strategically plan, write reports and proposals.
-Proven ability to train and develop staff.
-Good command of spoken and written English – Arabic.
-Ability to network and build relations with stakeholders.

Interested candidates must send their CV, cover letter and three traceable references to:
 

[email protected]

quoting subject FSP  by 3rd May 2015

Only short listed candidates will be contacted

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