Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children - International
Deadline Wed, 7 Jan 2015
Job type: Contract
Location:
South Sudan
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
The cluster approach ensures clear leadership, predictability and accountability in international responses to humanitarian emergencies by clarifying the division of labour among organizations and better defining their roles and responsibilities within the different sectors of the response. It aims to make the international humanitarian community better organised and more accountable and professional, so that it can be a better partner for the affected people, host governments, local authorities, local civil society and resourcing partners.
Conflict and crisis in South Sudan have compounded ongoing vulnerabilities creating a very challenging context for children across the country. Save the Children co-leads the Child Protection sub-cluster with UNICEF. Both the UNICEF Coordinator and Save the Children Co-Coordinator are expected to ensure together the leadership at the national level of the Cluster functions. Based on the IASC Reference module for Cluster coordination at the country level, these functions are related to the strengthening of the coordination mechanism for service deliver; information for strategic decision; planning and strategy development; advocacy; monitoring and reporting; preparedness, contingency planning/preparedness and accountability to affected population.
On behalf of Save the Children, and in support of the Government and all humanitarian actors, the purpose of this post is to provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Child Protection Sub-Cluster.
Qualifications and experience
Essential:
- At least four years of senior-level experience in humanitarian response within the CPiE sector
- At least one year of experience of responding in the first-phase of an emergency
- Master’s Degree in Social Science, Human Rights, related field or an equivalent qualification
- Formal training in Cluster Coordination
- Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written.
Desirable:
- Experience in South Sudan.
- Experience in Cluster Coordination.
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: jkingara.00031.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com
Child Protection Sub Cluster Coordinator
Job posted by: Save the Children - International - Thu, 18 Dec 2014Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children - International
Deadline Wed, 7 Jan 2015
Job type: Contract
Location: South Sudan
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
The cluster approach ensures clear leadership, predictability and accountability in international responses to humanitarian emergencies by clarifying the division of labour among organizations and better defining their roles and responsibilities within the different sectors of the response. It aims to make the international humanitarian community better organised and more accountable and professional, so that it can be a better partner for the affected people, host governments, local authorities, local civil society and resourcing partners.
Conflict and crisis in South Sudan have compounded ongoing vulnerabilities creating a very challenging context for children across the country. Save the Children co-leads the Child Protection sub-cluster with UNICEF. Both the UNICEF Coordinator and Save the Children Co-Coordinator are expected to ensure together the leadership at the national level of the Cluster functions. Based on the IASC Reference module for Cluster coordination at the country level, these functions are related to the strengthening of the coordination mechanism for service deliver; information for strategic decision; planning and strategy development; advocacy; monitoring and reporting; preparedness, contingency planning/preparedness and accountability to affected population.
On behalf of Save the Children, and in support of the Government and all humanitarian actors, the purpose of this post is to provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Child Protection Sub-Cluster.
Qualifications and experience
Essential:
Desirable:
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: jkingara.00031.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com