Child Protection Officer NGO Jobs – Action Africa Help International (AAH)

Job Title:     Child Protection Officer
Organisation: Action Africa Help International (AAH)
Duty Station: Hoima, Uganda
Reports to: Protection Coordinator
About US:
In
1996, Action Africa Help International (AAIN) became Aktion Africa Hilfe e. V
(AAH) and was registered in Munich, Germany from where our founders in 2003
moved the organisation’s headquarters to Kenya. AAH-I now works with refugees,
host communities and other marginalized and vulnerable groups in Kenya, Uganda,
Somalia and South Sudan, where it operates across a range of sectors that seek
to bridge relief to development.
Job Summary:   The Child
Protection Officer will mainly coordinate quality, timely and effective
protection responses to the needs of children of concern, contribute in
designing and implementing comprehensive child protection strategies in line
with AAH Child Protection Policy and Donor guidelines.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Keenly review, assess and update the child
    protection situation in areas affected by emergency and other relevant
    circumstances affecting child vulnerability to violence, exploitation and
    abuse.
  • Highlight immediate and medium term child
    protection issues requiring a response and make recommendations on
    specific actions required.
  • Offer technical guidance and direction to
    other stakeholders for effective planning, implementation and monitoring
    of agreed child protection plans including the psychosocial recovery
    (care) and assistance (legal and social) to vulnerable children and their
    families.
  • Prepare documentation to feed into project
    proposals and reporting documents including updates of the overall
    situation of child protection.
  • The jobholder will make frequent visits to
    all affected communities to monitor implementation of activities, identify
    opportunities and constraints and any adjustments needed.
  • Organize / facilitate child protection
    coordination meetings involving government counterparts and other key
    partners.
  • Keenly monitor and implement actions and
    recommendations of the BIA/BID in line with child protection requirements.
  • Develop and implement child awareness and
    promotion campaigns geared towards child protection.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate for the Child Protection
    Officer vacancy should hold a Bachelor’s degree in social science, law,
    development studies, humanitarian affairs or other relevant field from a
    recognized institution.
  • Possession of a certificate in project
    planning and management or Monitoring and evaluation
  • At least three years’ experience, two of
    which in the field with progressively responsible exposure in, human
    rights, child protection, emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief
    management, rehabilitation and development, or other related area.
  • Computer literacy using relevant software and
    other applications, e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, internal
    databases, Internet etc.
  • Ability to organize and facilitate training
    aimed to building capacity of colleagues and partners.
  • Cooperates and works effectively with others
    in an emergency setting in the pursuit of common goals.
  • Promotes, practices, and helps others value
    and respect diversity of gender, culture, opinions, values, perspectives,
    ideas, skills, expertise, knowledge, and experiences.
  • Works effectively on multiple assignments
    simultaneously and adapts to changing demands and circumstances; adaptable
    and ready to travel with little or short notice.
  • Performs effectively in unstable, uncertain,
    or potentially dangerous environments while maintaining physical and
    mental health
  • Show commitment to the organizational values
  • Ability to ride a motorcycle with a valid
    riders’ licence will be an added advantage.
  • Excellent command of both written and spoken
    English
  • Languages: Fluency in Kiswahili is essential;
    Knowledge of the local working language of the duty station is an asset
    (Kinyarwanda, Rukiga, Runyakitara).
     
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications
(together with an updated (CV) with at least three referees with their
telephone contacts via E-mail only to 
recruitug@actionafricahelp.org 
addressed to:
Human
Resource Officer,
Action
Africa Help Uganda,
Plot
72 Ntinda Road, P.O. Box 10501, Kampala, Uganda.
NB: Please clearly mark in the email subject line the
job title of the position applied for and your salary expectations in your
application.  Only those selected for the
interviews will be contacted.
Deadline: 23rd June 2016

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