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• Support building of capacity and
  strengthening capabilities or skills of relevant staff in various
  functions and Local partners through mentoring, training,
  knowledge/information exchange, experience sharing and on-site technical
  expertise.
• Ensure that child protection interventions
  are informed by strong evidence of research and integrated with other core
  sectors particularly in education and lifelong learning.
• Offer technical support in the implementation
  of safer school models and strategies to address violence against children
  in schools
• Provide technical expertise on concept
  papers, program pipelines and proposals development and ensure child
  protection alignment
• Supports in development of programme strategy
  for children and young adolescents with strong child protection lenses and
  aligned to the organizational programme development and impact approaches.
• Supports in intelligence gathering,
  positioning of NO, rapid response to competitive bids, and general project
  development and negotiations with donors in support of grants acquisition
• Prepares and submits high quality programme
  reports that meet both organizational and donor requirements in a timely
  manner.
• The Child Protection Officer supports the
  operational research process with given consultants and other specialists
  and promote knowledge management and learning through production and
  sharing of learning briefs to inform programme effectiveness and
  efficiency.

• The ideal candidate for the ChildFund Child
  Protection Officer job should preferably hold a Bachelor’s degree in
  Humanities, Education or other relevant field.
• A minimum of five years’ experience in Child
  protection programming and systems strengthening with strong exposure and
  understanding of the local, Regional and International context.
• Significant experience in program development
  and Knowledge of education sector in Uganda and strong working experience
  with children and young adolescent.
• Previous exposure and experience in serving
  as a technical specialist in multi-cultural work environments focusing on
  program development and management.
• Proven ability to build, develop and foster
  relationships internally and externally.
• Excellent administrative, communications,
  negotiation and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to represent and
  interact with donors, Government officials, international organizations
  and NGO representatives.
• Excellent organizational, inter-personal,
  communication and report writing skills.

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