Save the Children Senior Child Protection Specialist Jobs in Rwanda
Save the Children Senior Child Protection Specialist Jobs in Rwanda
About the Role: The Child Protection Senior Specialist is an important member of the Program Development and Quality (PDQ) team for the Rwanda and Burundi Country Office.
Under the general direction and guidance of the Head of Sector Strategies and Child Rights Governance, the Child Protection Senior
Specialist will ensure that all child protection interventions are of a high technical quality and attract significant donor funding which contribute to Save the Children's strategic objectives; that monitoring processes are in place, and that programme quality and relevance is continually assessed and solutions quickly put in place to reflect changing contexts.
This specialist has an important role supporting and working with relevant Government institutions including the National Child Development Agency.
Senior Child Protection Specialist is expected to help build a high performing Child Protection team in both humanitarian and development settings, conducting trainings and providing technical advice and support to project staff, with frequent visits to the field to support high quality programme implementation and ensure programming objectives are successfully achieved.
This position is expected to support impact and change, particularly in coordinating relationships with relevant ministries and coordination platforms.
This position is responsible for identifying and pursuing, with guidance from the Country Office Senior Management Team, new/relevant CP opportunities and supporting the development of all new funding opportunities
in CP.
This individual will also be responsible for reviewing all CP donor and member reporting and ensuring quality of reporting.
Qualifications and experience
A Child Protection professional with a Master's degree in child protection, governance, law, social work or relevant field, or equivalent management experience;
Significant professional experience of at least 7 years, including experience working at a senior management or technical level in CP for NGOs
Excellent understanding of the CP sector, particularly issues related to child labour, violence against children, monitoring and reporting child rights
Clear understanding of the intersection of CP with other thematic areas
Proven representation skills.
Strong commitment to capacity building of national staff and partners with willingness to adopt participatory and consultative approaches.
Experience writing donor funding proposals
Ability to compile narrative sections and thematic budgets for proposals; ability to edit/write narrative reports, with reference to financial reporting
Highly developed oral and written communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets.
Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner.
Fluency in English and Kinyarwanda, verbal and written, required. French strongly desired.
Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children Senior Child Protection Specialist Jobs in Rwanda
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