Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children - International
Deadline Tue, 27 Jan 2015
Job type: Contract
Location:
Yemen
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with c15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.
Contract length: 12 months.
The role
As a Child Protection(CP) manager in today’s Yemen, Save the Children expects you to drive our programmes to be as coordinated, efficient and handle-able as possible in a context with rapid onsets of humanitarian emergencies while at same time ensuring programmatic focus is in place for the on-going transitional development for strengthened national child protection systems, currently including rollout of Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) and the minimum standards on child protection in humanitarian actions.
Qualifications and experience
- Substantial experience working in both humanitarian and development contexts.
- BA plus extensive experience or MA Degree in social sciences, human rights, or related area
- Experience in managing CP programming, including CPiE.
- An in-depth understanding of government and inter-agency collaboration related to development of national child protection systems, in particular from countries within the Middle East region.
- Understanding of social welfare systems and child protection mechanisms, preferably including experience from working with case management system, contextualizing and operationalizing these procedures as well as providing capacity building and continual mentoring.
- Experience in community-based child protection programming.
- Commitment to, thorough conceptual understanding of, and ability to train staff in accountability and child participatory methodologies.
- Ability to operationalise monitoring & evaluation systems in large complex programmes.
- Demonstrated capacity to deliver on stated objectives, on time and within budget
- Proven capacity to write clear and well-argued assessments and project reports
- Knowledge of effective financial and grant management, particularly with SIDA and EU.
- Proven ability of training, follow-up mentoring and coaching on child protection related topics.
- Experience working with civil society organizations
- Demonstrated ability to set up learning and development procedures for a large child protection team.
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
- Excellent interpersonal communication (both written and oral) and presentation skills
- Fluency in written and spoken English; Arabic desirable
- Ability to manage stress, be flexible and accommodating in sometimes difficult working circumstances
- Ability to maintain consistent high standards of professional behaviour and achievement when working independently and as part of a team.
- Prior experience with Save the Children strongly desired
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.
Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: bnakhleh.48909.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com
Child Protection Program Manager
Job posted by: Save the Children - International - Sun, 11 Jan 2015Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children - International
Deadline Tue, 27 Jan 2015
Job type: Contract
Location: Yemen
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with c15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.
Contract length: 12 months.
The role
As a Child Protection(CP) manager in today’s Yemen, Save the Children expects you to drive our programmes to be as coordinated, efficient and handle-able as possible in a context with rapid onsets of humanitarian emergencies while at same time ensuring programmatic focus is in place for the on-going transitional development for strengthened national child protection systems, currently including rollout of Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) and the minimum standards on child protection in humanitarian actions.
Qualifications and experience
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.
Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: bnakhleh.48909.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com