Country: Senegal
Closing date: 31 Dec 2017
About Save the Children
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children.
Save the Children in Senegal implements projects through various thematics, based on innovation and partnership with governments, civil societies, communities, families and children to inspire in the way children are treated in the world.
Our work is dedicated to child protection against violence and exploitation and is on exploitation, female genital mutilation and sexual violence issues. Our work contributes to the implementation of multinational and transborder programmes on female genital mutilation and children on move
Savethe Children Senegal is recruiting 01 Child Protection Manager.
Job purpose :
The Child Protection Manager will, under the overall supervision and coordination of the Director of Programme & Quality Manager
- Lead the Child Protection (CP) strategic planning and be responsible for the CP theme;
- Oversee all CP-related programs and projects of Save the Children Country Office Senegal and its partners, including advocacy and humanitarian preparedness and response;
- Ensuring high impact, quality implementation and strict compliance with donor and Save the Children requirements;
- Support the operational planning and development of CP programs in collaboration with project coordinators, finance and MEAL officers;
- Support new program development and design in close collaboration with Awards;
- Represent SCI in technical commissions and advocacy trajectories with relevant ministries, other government structures, INGO and UN organisations;
- Being Child Safeguarding Focal Point for the country office.
Qualifications and experiences:
· Master’s Degree in a relevant field (or equivalent experience).
· A minimum of 05 years management experience as a senior staff in a corporate or an NGO environment
- Solid project management skills and experience in :
· Child protection
· Program planning, implementation and reporting
· Design, monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning and research
· Financial management of programs (including budget development and financial monitoring skills)
· Partner management and sub-grants
- An in-depth understanding of and experience in child protection and child rights issues, preferably in Senegal and West Africa
- Ability to analyze information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically
- Previous experience of managing and developing a team and the ability to lead, motivate and develop others
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Fluency in both English and French
- Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours, and work with incoming teams in the event of major emergencies
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches.
If you want to make change for children, we want to hear from you !
How to apply:
HOW TO APPLY:
In order to apply for this position, please send your CV and Cover Letter to scidakar@savethechildren.org
PLEASE NOTE THIS POSITION IS A NATIONAL CONTRACT, UNDER LOCAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Child safeguarding
Save the Children is committed to ensuring that all our personnel and programmes are absolutely safe for children.
We undertake rigorous procedures to ensure that only people suitable to work with children are allowed to join our organisation and all candidates will be therefore be subject to this scrutiny.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Diversity
Our people are as diverse as the challenges we face.
For more information on Save the Children International you can visit our site: www.savethechildren.net
Please note that the closing date for applications is December 31st, 2017 at midnight.