Project Assistant (Child Protection) Job
Role
Purpose
To
effectively implement child protection interventions in Kakuma refugee camp.
He/she will ensure quality delivery of programmes and maintenance of high
professional standards of all project implementation. The role holder is
charged with maintaining accurate files for project records, beneficiary lists
and ensuring timely submission of all project reports and transaction documents
to relevant internal departments for processing.
Reports
to: Project Coordinator
Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief programmes delivered both directly and through local partners. Current programming focuses on child protection, child rights governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH. In 2012, as part of a global reorganization process, Save the Children combined the programmes of SC UK, SC Canada and SC Finland to create a single operation in Kenya. In Feb 2014, we completed a second transition, which saw us join forces with the British INGO, Merlin, and merge their health and nutrition programmes with our own. Save the Children now has an operational presence in Bungoma, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Turkana and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the country.
Staff
directly reporting to this post: TBD
Responsibilities
Program
Planning:
Program
Implementation:
- Conduct high
quality assessments including best interest assessment/determination for
vulnerable children and other children at risk and ensure presentations to
the BID Panel.
- Assist in
implementation of decisions relating to children made by the BID and
psychosocial panel.
- Planning and
implementation of child protection project activities- Planning for
purchase requisition, beneficiary selection and record keeping.
- Support in the
monitoring and identification of beneficiaries in the project
implementation sites.
- Maintain
up-to-date individual case files, data and information relating to refugee
child protection and progressively generate appropriate periodic reports
on trends and activities.
- Liaise with and
support partners in refugee child protection through activities such as
capacity building and inform and participate in relevant network and
coordination forums
- Identify and
strengthen Community structures through engaging community leaders, camp
management and other stakeholders to ensure that the survivors receive
adequate support at the community level.
- Lead the
implementation of the counselling including training and provision of
ongoing counselling support to the targeted beneficiaries.
- Ensure that
project activities are implemented in accordance with the approved work
plans and with the involvement of partners and concerned stakeholders at
all levels.
- Ensure project
activities are implemented in the most efficient, effective and
sustainable manner
- Assist the
Project coordinator in the development and implementation of a modality of
strengthening and improving management of school’s committees and pupils
through community mobilization and improvement of training materials and
programs
- Ensure
effective and efficient distribution of textbooks and other instructional
materials to target schools
- Conduct regular
data collection using existing tools in order to track project performance
on indicators and measure overall impact and for donor reporting purposes
and make recommendations on the improvement of these tools
- Ensure that
good practices and lessons are documented and shared with the MEAL team
and the education team for replication and wider dissemination
- Travel to all
project sites to conduct regular monitoring of projects quality together
with other project team members
Reporting,
Monitoring & Evaluation:
- Ensure that
field-based monitoring data and information is collated regularly and made
available to Protection Coordinator and the MEAL Team for reporting and
monitoring purposes.
- In
collaboration with the MEAL Team, focus on project data collection to
generate practical information that can be used for ongoing program
decision-making while also capturing results at the impact level
- Assist the
Protection Coordinator in preparation of periodic progress reports in a
timely manner for both internal and external use
Program
Support Operations:
- Coordinate with
other departments to ensure operational systems are in place to support
field activities including logistics (transport, warehousing and asset
management), procurement, security and administration
- Coordinate with
other SCI programs/sectors to ensure integration and that the project runs
smoothly and efficiently and draws from best experiences and lessons for
improved programming
Skills
and Behaviors (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Holds
self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
- Holds the team
and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving
them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the
necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate
consequences when results are not achieved
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious
and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes
responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to
do the same
- Widely shares
their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- Future
orientated, thinks strategically
Collaboration
and Collaboration:
- Represent SCI
inter-agency coordination meetings when the Child Protection Coordinator
is not available
- Establish good
working relationship with respective local authorities, implementing
partners, school managements and target communities.
- Work with the
ministry of education officials.
- Teachers
Training institutions on the school-based teacher training for future
engagement to train teachers in a more efficient and effective way
- Build and
maintain effective relationships with the education team, other
colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
Creativity:
- Develops and
encourages new and innovative solutions
- Willing to take
disciplined risks
Integrity:
- Honest,
encourages openness and transparency
Safety
and Security:
In
close collaboration with the Safety and Security Manager and the Dadaab focal
point, proactively monitor the political, military and security situation at
local level and regularly report on its potential impact on SC’s activities.
Qualifications
- Minimum of
Bachelor’s Degree in (Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Counselling
Psychology)
- Must have in
depth technical expertise in case management and psychosocial support
-paediatric counselling to children at risk including Unaccompanied
children and separated children (UASCs)
- Experience in
providing trauma counselling
- Experience and
technical knowledge in establishing community-based child protection
networks including foster careers, committees etc.
- Knowledge of
international and national child protection standards and
instruments
- Excellent
analytical and writing skills; cultural sensitivity and respect for
diversity
- Excellent
interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective and
working relations with local partners and other stakeholders
- Strong
self-starter, able to take initiative and adapt to changing circumstances
and priorities
- Positive
attitude towards community work with emphasis on the ability to learn from
communities and support participatory, innovative approaches to problem
solving
- Excellent
communication skills and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive
and empathise with all children and their carers
- Fluent in
written and spoken English, Kiswahili and the local language in the camps
and the host community
- Good report
writing skills
- Commitment to
Save the Children’s Child Protection Policy.
How To
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