S/He will coordinate, monitor and evaluate activities as well as providing leadership and guidance to Assistants, Supervisors and community workers in the CWEC.

• The Child Welfare Centre officer will be responsible for the overall management of the Child Welfare and Education Centres in the refugee camps (Hagadera, Ifo, Dagahaley and Ifo 2) and the immediate host communities in Fafi and Lagdera districts.
• Establish/capacity build Child Welfare and Education Centre management committees and ensure they paly a key role in management of CWECs through active participation in the day to day running of the same.
• Support the development and implementation of a programme of training and capacity building for Child Welfare and Education Centre Supervisors and Community workers, ensuring that training needs are proactively assessed and built within ongoing design.
• Document programme learning from the “Desert Flower strategy”, ensuring it contributes to organisational advocacy.
• Participate in the development of emergency strategies for the wider child protection programme in Kenya.
• Comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to child protection, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies.
• Preparation and submission of monthly, quarterly and annual reports capturing activities in the Child Welfare and Education Centre implemented in accordance with “Desert Flower Strategy”.
• Conduct community sensitization campaigns on services available at the CWECs and the general refugee operations.
• Maintain an up to date attendance records and updated workplans of activities in the CWECs.
• Ensure timely implementation of budgeted activities in addition to budget tracking and control.
• Ensure strong links with the overall child protection and education work that SC is undertaking in the refugee camps.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency

• Good communication skills with fluency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili
• Graduate degree in Psychology, social work / social sciences or equivalent with preferably 2 year work experience in working with children and Adolescents in educational, recreational and psychosocial programmes.
• Knowledge of community based child protection approaches, preferably including experience in participatory approaches (PRA/PLA) and child participation methodologies.
• Good IT skills including the use of powerpoint, Word and Excel
• Demonstrable ability to adapt to changing programme priorities and emergency priorities that may arise
• 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 innovative approaches to problem solving
• Commitment to Save the Children’s Child Protection Policy.

• Experience and skills in management of staff
• Experience in designing and facilitating training sessions
• Understanding of the East Africa and the dynamics of the conflict
• Experience in working in an insecure environment