Country: Senegal
Closing date: 01 Oct 2015
SOS Children’s Villages International is the umbrella organisation for over 130 SOS Children’s Villages associations worldwide. As a non-governmental social development organisation we help children without parental care and families in difficult living conditions through services in care, education and health. In order to further satisfy this responsibility, we are seeking for our ****Regional Office West and Central Africa (IO WCAF)**** a dynamic
Child Protection and Advocacy Advisor (f/m)
****Location: Dakar/Senegal****
****Mission:****
As a member of the Programme Development department, the Child Protection and Advocacy Advisor
- Provides technical leadership and advice for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Child Protection and Advocacy strategies, processes, projects and activities in WCAF region and MAs member associations;
- Provides support to MAs teams so that high-quality activities are implemented in a timely manner;
- Leads on developing proposals for Child Protection Programming and Advocacy projects;
****Tasks and Responsibilities:****
- Ensure development of clear regional strategies on child protection, advocacy and child safeguarding
- Coordinate, support and ensure the consistency of MA strategic and annual planning on child protection, advocacy and child safeguarding
- Liaises with partners, recommend, organize and prepare meetings with key potential partner organizations as agreed with the Regional PD Director
- Leads the development of tools, systems and structures to support child protection, advocacy and child safeguarding work
- Tracks and records the work within the MAs in this field of work, through reviewing progress reports & statistics, other monitoring & evaluation reports, and regular contact with relevant staff and country/programme visits
- Advises national focal persons on the development of required resources (tools, systems & structures), through relevant regional forums and processes
Required Qualifications and Experience:
- Master or Bachelor degree in Social Work, Human Rights, Child Protection or relevant field
- Extensive experience, progressively responsible, working in child protection programming, preferably in the Central and West Africa Region
- Extensive experience in building strong child protection systems and in delivering services to children, including in emergencies
- Proven representation and advocacy skills.
- Familiarity with key international standards for humanitarian work (e.g. Child Protection Minimum Standards, SPHERE, HAP Principles, etc.) and international documents related to children rights (e.g. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children).
- Excellent written and oral communications skills in English and French
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
- Commitment to SOS Children’s Villages values, including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Protection policy.
We offer:
- Diverse, creative and challenging tasks in an international working environment
- Possibility to make significant contribution towards the development of MAs in the Region
- Competitive compensation package and excellent development opportunities
In accordance with the organisation’s child protection policy, all employment is subject to applicable background checks, including criminal record checks
How to apply:
If you are interested in this position, please send your detailed e-mail application (CV+Cover letter ****IN ENGLISH****) by****1 October 2015 at the latest**** to:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
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