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Save the Children,Child Protection and Child Rights Governance Senior Specialist Jobs in Rwanda

Othuke Andrew Akpeli021 mins
Save
the Children believes every child deserves a future. Around the world, we give
children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from
harm.
We
do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis –
transforming their lives and the future we share.
Website: 
https://rwanda.savethechildren.net
POSITION
ANNOUNCEMENT
Rwanda
Country Programme, Kigali Rwanda
BACKGROUND:

Save
the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We
work in 120 countries. We work together, with partners, to inspire
breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and
lasting change in their lives. Save the Children works in thirteen districts in
Rwanda with a current staff complement of approximately 173 staff.
SC
Rwanda Country Office seeks to hire qualified, committed and experienced National
to fill the following position: 
Position:                                      
   Child Protection and Child Rights Governance Senior
Specialist
Place
of Work:
Kigali
with field visits
Reports
to:
Staff
directly reporting to this post:
Time
frame:      
Tentative
start date:                           
                                     
Programme
Development and Quality Director
CP
& CRG program assistant
Open
ASAP
 CHILD
SAFEGUARDING:
Level
3:  the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either
frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in
one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are
visiting country programs; ore because they are responsible for implementing
the police checking/vetting process staff.
PURPOSE
OF POSITION:
The
Child Protection (CP) and Child Rights Governance (CRG) Senior Specialist is an
important member of the PDQ team. Under the general direction and guidance of
the Programme Development and Quality Director, the CP and CRG Senior
Specialist will ensure that all child protection and child rights governance
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.
The
CP and CRG Senior Specialist is expected to help build a high performing Child
Protection and Child Rights Governance team, conduct training and provide
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. The position technically supports CP and
CRG program in both development and humanitarian context. The CP and CRG Senior
Specialist is also expected to providing technical advice and support to CP and
CRG implementing partners.
Current
thematic priorities include:
  • In
    Child Protection: Child protection systems and children without
    appropriate care, child labour (domestic work – preventing and responding
    to unsafe rural –urban migration of children) and violence against
    children (positive discipline).
In
Child Rights Governance: Monitoring and demanding Child Rights with children,
Good Governance delivering child rights and Public Investment in Children.
KEY
AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
General
management
  • Demonstrate
    behaviours that are consistent with Save the Children’s Mission, Vision
    and Values and ensure their broader application by staff across the
    programme.
  • Contribute
    to a conducive and productive work environment.
  • Contribute
    to the wider country programme agenda.
  • Participate
    actively in PDQ meetings, planning and review activities, providing
    enhanced insight into child protection and child rights governance
    programming.
  • Participate
    in any Donor visit to project(s) within the country office portfolio, as
    required.  
  • Carry
    out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects Save the
    Children’s commitment to safeguarding children, in accordance with our
    Code of Conduct and Child Safeguarding Policy.
  • Comply
    with and promote Save the Children policies and practice with respect to
    child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities
    and other relevant policies and procedures.
Programme
Quality
  • Overall
    responsible to ensure the programme quality of Save the Children’s CP and
    CRG programming;
  • Provide,
    or obtain from members/external sources, appropriate high level technical
    support on methods and practices to be rolled out within CP and CRG
    programming;
  • Lead
    the continuous assessment of CP and CRG needs and ensure that these are
    appropriately reflected in sectoral strategies and programmes;
  • Work
    collaboratively with other sectors on ways to integrate child protection
    and child rights governance with other programmes, in order to maximize
    impact for children and families;
  • Conduct
    regular visits (30% of time) to the CP and CRG programmes;
  • With
    the CP and CRG Program Managers and the MEAL team, collaborate on the
    development of tools to monitor and improve the quality of child
    protection work.  Where necessary provide technical training for
    staff and partners as required (assessment tools, programme quality tools,
    case management, etc.);
  • Lead
    the process of lessons learning to ensure high quality programming, with
    support from the MEAL Specialist, coordinating the collection of
    documentation across all the programme areas;
  • Improve/strengthen
    the coordination of Save the Children’s work with the relevant ministries
    on child protection;
  • With
    the Programme Managers and Awards Manager, ensure reports to donors are of
    the highest quality, that there is alignment between the narrative and
    financial, and that they are submitted in a timely fashion;
  • Ensure
    recognized international best practices and Save the Children policies are
    applied in the work with children;
  • Ensure
    program products and learning are maintained within the Save the Children
    country program.
  • Provide
    technical support to the ongoing humanitarian program.
Programme
development
  • Update
    the CP and CRG strategy, including the advocacy component of it, ensuring
    consistency with the Rwanda Country Office strategic plan SP 2016, Global
    Initiatives, and with Save the Children’s theory of change;
  • Ensure
    that the CP and CRG advocacy plan is implemented in timely manner and in
    line with the general Country Office advocacy strategy;
  • Support
    country strategic planning and annual reporting processes;
  • Define
    annual programme framework and master budget for the country programme;
  • Lead
    programme development for CP and CRG in close coordination with the
    Programme Managers and field managers, awards, finance and operations
    staff;
  • Grow
    Save the Children’s CP and CRG portfolio sustainably and strategically,
    consistent with the Country Strategy;
  • Ensure
    updated and accurate needs information for use in program development;
  • Lead
    on technical visioning of new programs and proposals;
  • Identifying
    opportunities and contributing to proposals for donors
  • Work
    with colleagues from other sectors to coordinate on and integrate
    programing to ensure children’s needs are met.
External
Relations
  • Maintain
    strategic links with key duty bearers and stakeholders such as
    governmental bodies, UN agencies, INGOs and other local NGOs and community
    organizations, identify opportunities and ensure Save the Children’s
    participation in key activities at  the national and local level;
  • Represent
    and advocate for Save the Children in CP and CRG working groups and other
    interagency fora to ensure Save the Children is seen as the lead
    international agency in terms of innovation and quality of implementation
    in Child Protection and Child Rights Governance;
  • Help
    to clearly articulate the CP and CRG advocacy messages for Rwanda country
    office;
  • Work
    with the Communication manager, CP and CRG Managers to develop the CP and
    CRG communication plan, package the communication message for CP and CRG
    and ensure that the program visibility is compliant with Save the Children
    standards.
Monitoring
and Evaluation
In
collaboration with the CP and CRG Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
(MEAL) Specialist:
  • Oversee
    knowledge sharing across the CP and CRG teams, and in coordination with
    other sectors, and ensure that monitoring and evaluation results are
    understood and used to improve programmes;
  • Review
    reports, lessons learned and extract for internal and external use;
  • Develop
    programme quality assurance tools, such as needs assessment tools,
    programme level indicators, quality checklists for use in spot checks,
    complaints and response mechanisms, internal review and programme evaluation
    work plans, and others;
  • Work
    with the MEAL team to ensure clear plans in place for monitoring and
    evaluating project activities in relation to the objectives and that
    lessons learnt are shared and capitalized on;
  • Ensure
    that projects are monitored regularly, and that data is collected on a
    weekly, monthly and quarterly basis;
  • Regularly
    visit project sites to ensure that teams are appropriately supported.
Capacity
building, team work
  • Work
    with program implementation department to ensure adequate capacity
    building and technical support to the field;
  • Support
    the recruitment, training and promotion of CP and CRG staff as appropriate
    and ensure availability of appropriate professional development
    opportunities for staff.
SKILLS
AND BEHAVIOURS (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:
  • Builds
    and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues,
    members and external partners and supporters
  • Values
    diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
  • Approachable,
    good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
  • Develops
    and encourages new and innovative solutions
  • Willing
    to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
  • Honest,
    encourages openness and transparency
QUALIFICATIONS
AND EXPERIENCE:
  • A
    child protection or Child Rights Governance professional with a Master’s
    degree in child protection, governance, law, human rights, social work or
    relevant field, or equivalent management experience;
  • Significant
    professional experience of at least 5 years, including experience working
    at a senior management or technical level in CP or CRG for NGOs;
  • Excellent
    understanding of the CP and CRG sector, particularly issues related to
    child labour, violence against children, child protection systems,
    monitoring and reporting child rights either in development and
    humanitarian context;
  • Clear
    understanding of the intersection of CP and CRG 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;
  • Commitment
    to Save the Children values, including willingness to abide by and enforce
    the Child Safeguarding policy.
CHILD
SAFEGUARING POLICY
Any
employee, consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on
behalf of SCI must sign the Child Safeguarding – Declaration of
Acceptance  Form] and comply with the SCIs Child Safeguarding
Policy which is a statement of SCI’s commitment to preventing abuse and
protecting children with whom it comes into contact. 
  • This
    extends not only to children with whom SCI and its partners work directly,
    but also includes children whom staff are responsible for.  SCI
    believes that the situation of children must be improved through the
    promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of
    staff. Save the Children International’s Code of Conduct sets out the
    standards which all staff members must adhere to.
Interested
candidates should send an application letter plus updated Curriculum Vitae in
English, including 3 names of professional referees to HR-Rwanda@savethechildren.org. The deadline for
receiving applications is 22nd May 2017.
     
Please mention Child Protection and Child Rights Governance Senior
Specialist as subject of your mail.
                                 
*Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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