Child Protection Capacity Strengthening Advisor

Child Protection Capacity Strengthening Advisor

ROLE PURPOSE:

The overall aim of the Child Protection Advisor (Capacity Strengthening) will be to support the SC Partnership Team in working with the Child Protection Technical Advisor to identify new potential partners for SC programme implementation, and then assessing the capacity of partner organisations and Save the Children staff and volunteers, and leading in the design and delivery of appropriate training interventions.

Location: Inside Ukraine roving (Lviv, Dnipro, Chrnivitsi, Ushhgarod, Odessa, Kyiv or Vinnytsia)

Initial Key Deliverables:

Partners identification and assessment

• Work with Child Protection TA, Partnership team and SC teams to identify potential civil society organization and opportunities to partner with local administrations for SC programme implementation
• Meet the partners on the ground to understand their work and capacities
• Support the partnership team in developing partnership mapping
• Contribute to proposal development for partners implementation activities
• Continuously expand Save the Children’s network of strategic partnerships with local authorities, child/youth/women/disability/minority-led organizations and active child protection actors

Partners capacity assessment and strengthening

• Work with SC partners to continuously identify capacity gaps and opportunities
• Develop and regularly update capacity strengthening plans based on analysis of progress
• Integrate cross-cutting themes and humanitarian principles such as gender equality, child safeguarding, and disability and minority inclusion into capacity strengthening plans
• Design response-level capacity strengthening training resources (for both in-person and online) that can be adapted for specific partner needs
• In coordination with country office CP team and drawing on regional / global resources, design and facilitate training with SC staff, partner staff, and volunteers (both in-person and online)
• Ensure partnerships are based on mutual understanding of values, mission and goals that empower partners to take the lead in their own development
• Establish partner network that promotes exchange of good practices
• Work closely with the Humanitarian Leadership Academy to ensure appropriate resources are available in the online platform in Ukrainian language
• Capacity strengthening initiatives may include the following topics: Psychological First Aid for children, prevention and response to child protection concerns, integration of child protection activities with other sectors (health, education, cash), supporting family-based care of children, safe identification and referral
• Work closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation team to measure outputs and outcomes of capacity strengthening

Competencies for this Role:

1. Applying Technical and Professional Expertise
   Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the highest standards; promotes and shared best practice within and outside the organisation
   Level required: Accomplished
2. Delivering Results
   Takes personal responsibility and holds others accountable for delivering our ambitious goals for children, continually improving their own performance or that of the team / organisation.
   Level required: Accomplished
3. Problem Solving and Decision-Making
   Takes effective, considered and timely decisions by gathering and evaluating relevant information from within or outside the organisation

Level required: Accomplished

1. Leading and Inspiring Others
   Demonstrates leadership in all our work, embodies our values, and articulates a compelling vision to inspire others to achieve our goals for children.

Level required: Skilled

1. Developing Self and Others

Invests time and energy to actively develop self and others to help realist their full potential, and to build the organisation’s capability for the future

Level Required: Skilled

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

• At least 3 years management or advisor level Child Protection experience working in humanitarian contexts or fragile states, including first phase humanitarian response
• At least 2 years experience conducting assessments of partner’s technical capacity and developing capacity strengthening plans that include appropriate tools/ resources to meet the needs and measure progress
• Experience designing and facilitating trainings on child protection in humanitarian for local organizations staff and volunteers
• Excellent communication skills verbal and written, including fluent English language skills
• Ability to write clear, concise technical assessment and project reports
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances
• Education to MSc/MA/MEng level in Social Work, Human rights Law, International Relations, Development Studies or similar, or equivalent field experience
• Good knowledge of and experience in using established inter-agency standards and guidelines in child protection, such as the Inter-Agency Guidelines on Separated and Unaccompanied Children, the Paris Principles, SC Child Friendly Spaces Handbook, and the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
• Commitment to and understanding of child rights, the aims and principles of SC, and humanitarian standards such as the Sphere Charter and the Code of Conduct. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support.

Desirable

• Language skills in Ukraine and/ or Russian
• Experience working for child protection in conflict settings