Plan International Child Rights and Safeguarding Officer Jobs in Kenya

Plan International Child Rights and Safeguarding Officer Jobs in Kenya

Who We Are

Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation.

Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Our global strategy has an ambition of a world where all girls can claim and exercise their rights and live the life they choose. Plan International will work, alongside partners, to support girls in all circumstances, especially in fragile contexts, fighting injustice or facing crisis.

Accountabilities and Main Work Activities

Planning, strategy and policy

Coordinate the implementation of Plan International’s Global Policies on Safeguarding Children and Young People, and Preventing Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse (PSHEA) informed by the annual Safeguarding Self-Assessment exercise

Ensure Plan Kenya adopts a survivor-centred and rights-based approach in the prevention and response mechanisms established for all Safeguarding incidences

Facilitate strengthened integration of Safeguarding principles, procedures and practices in all programmatic and operational functions

Programme and project design and influence

Promote the adherence to and integration of Safe Programming Principles in the implementation of projects

Engage Program and Project Implementation staff to ensure that there is use of harmonized strategies on engaging/involving and/or empowering children and young people, including providing platforms for their meaningful engagement with Plan and other external stakeholders

Engage with the Media Relations and Communications Team, as well as the Influencing and Advocacy Advisor in defining, establishing and sustaining Plan Kenya’s strategy and practice on engaging children and youth

Facilitate interaction and engagement with partners and external stakeholders on good Safeguarding practice; sharing our policy and practice where relevant, and exploring opportunities to link and/or strengthen our Safeguarding mechanisms with the available systems and services for protection of children and youth

Develop, consolidate and/or provide input to periodic reports on the implementation of Safeguarding/PSHEA

Identify and support on strengthening points of integration with other thematic areas

Lead on co-creating innovative safeguarding solutions together with children, girls, young women and youth as well as the communities and other partners

Working closely with implementing teams, lead/support on the identification and documentation of safeguarding best practices, safe guarding champions and stories of change

Working closely with implementing teams, lead on generating concepts and proposal development ideas to raise grants to scale up on safe guarding and its integration in programming

Working in Partnership and resource mobilisation

Uphold the principles of Building Better Partnerships Approach, while ensuring Safeguarding principles are embedded in the assessment, on-boarding, and regular capacity building of partners

Contribute to strengthening good Safeguarding Practice among Plan Kenya’s implementing partners, specifically the community-based organizations and the youth led organizations, including supporting their development/enhancing their own Safeguarding policies

Participate in networks and forums (civil society, NGOs, Government stakeholders, Academic Institutions, etc) on Safeguarding and PSHEA

Engage in providing input and relevant information to flagged business development opportunities

Support in reviewing of proposals with a child safeguarding lens to ensure safe programming principles are upheld

Capability building and People Management

Support staff orientation and capacity building on Safeguarding and PSHEA, as need be

Drive regular learning sessions on topics relating to Plan’s Safeguarding Standards, with an aim of improving the appreciation/understanding and uptake of key Safeguarding principles among staff in different functions

Identify training needs and conduct capacity building trainings, sensitization sessions and briefings for program participants (including children and young people), partners,

and other external stakeholders

Support the coordination of the Safeguarding Focal Points

Develop and prepare materials for all Child Safeguarding related trainings including translations of IECs where need be

Develop child safe guarding messages for various groups of stakeholders and facilitate publication.

Provide technical guidance on child safeguarding to partners, volunteers, PIK representatives and other key stakeholders including consultants.

Financial Responsibility

Monitor programme performance and budget utilization of the KCO/National Protection and Safeguarding Project(s), on a monthly basis and provide information on corrective measures as needed

Support the quarterly and annual planning and reporting processes of the KCO/National Protection and Safeguarding Project(s), to ensure budgets are well structured, managed and utilized against planned objectives
Risk Management (10%)

Support the development and review of Safeguarding risk assessments for project activities, project documents, program proposals and partnership documents for both development and emergency related implementation

Compile partners’ activity documents, analyse partners risk assessment result and support on identified gaps

Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge

Qualifications/ experience essential:

A Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences or Development Studies

At least 3 years of relevant work experience in a child focused organization

Proven experience in child protection/safeguarding at all levels (community, county and national)

Good understanding of child protection systems in the country, with specific knowledge of case management and psychosocial support

A clear understanding of the strategies for engaging with children and young people in programme activities and advocacy

Experience working with civil society and community-based organisations, particularly in Kenya

Commitment to Plan values, with special attention paid to the adherence of Plan’s Global Policies on Safeguarding Children & Young People, and Prevention Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse (PSHEA)

Result oriented, good interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, coordination and networking

Ability to conduct trainings for varied audiences – adults, children, youth; Government representatives, CSO representatives, etc

Qualifications/ experience desirable:

Experience in designing and managing initiatives on Safeguarding and PSHEA

Good understanding of Safeguarding sector strategies

Demonstrated experience in child and youth participation

Experience in handling sensitive cases for survivors of violence

Experience working in emergency/humanitarian set-up

Languages required

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Knowledge:

In-depth knowledge of gender and inclusion and global/local development issues, with particular knowledge in girls’ rights and child rights, feminist movements, the key actors and institutions, and the power dynamics involved.

Competent understanding of key gender inequalities, gaps, barriers and opportunities at the national, regional and global level and gender and inclusion in programs, and especially for children and girls.

In-depth understanding of the policies, processes, institutions and organizations that shape the development and humanitarian context and standards within Kenya.

Understanding of the implications of working with a rights-based approach to development and is able to analyze the situation of children’s and particularly girls’ rights in his/her working context

In-depth knowledge on different types of partnerships and civil society strengthening and capacity building. Understanding issues, principles and strategies and their root causes and working with Plan’s principles and a range of strategies and approaches to improve outcomes

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Plan International Child Rights and Safeguarding Officer Jobs in Kenya

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