Plan is an international humanitarian child centred community development organisation without religious, political or government affiliation.
Plan International is committed to protecting and promoting child rights and to improving the lives and future of vulnerable children, their families and communities through a child-centred community development approach.
We are inviting applications for the following position:
Child Protection Advisor
Based in Nairobi, the position is a three-year contract reporting to the Child Protection Manager.
Purpose of the Job and Key Responsibilities: The purpose of this position is to provide strategic, technical leadership and support in the design and implementation of programs/projects that effectively improve and deliver on the well-being and rights of children in Kenya and increase effectiveness of child protection systems and mechanisms at family, community and institutional levels.
The key responsibilities are but not limited to:
- Promote and support integration of child rights and protection in all Plan Kenya’s programs, projects and proposals
- Support the rollout of relevant Child Protection (CP) policies, standards and framework.
- Support capacity development of implementation partners, communities, youth and children groups
- Develop and support strategic partnerships and alliances, at County levels and occasionally at national level
- Facilitate the development and nurturing of innovative child rights and child protection initiatives
- Promote inclusion and participation of marginalized minorities and vulnerable groups such as Orphaned and Vulnerable Children and children living with disabilities within Plan’s programs
- Participate and facilitate engagement with relevant government ministries and departments at different levels (national and county) on child protection and child rights in the absence of the Child Protection Manager
- Provide operational guidance and technical support on Child Rights programming (i.e. assessment, design, proposal development, project implementation, monitoring and evaluation and reporting)
- Facilitate and participate in sharing and learning of lessons drawn from our programs to enhance child rights programming and protection
- Support the reporting of child abuse incidences; documentation of programme experiences and good practices and disseminate the information to influence policy and practice
- Support and provide back stopping for case management at the PU level and whenever necessary work with relevant authorities to follow up such cases
- Participate and represent Plan in relevant clusters, TWG and child protection reference groups
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies, Law or International Human Rights (preferred) or related studies. A Master’s degree in the areas mentioned is an added advantage
- At least 5 years relevant work experience in, Child Rights, Child Protection and Advocacy with National/ International NGO or other institutions.
- Experience in rights-based approaches to development including engaging with government and multilateral institutions.
- Demonstrated knowledge of child protection systems and mechanism in Kenya
- Demonstrated work experience working with poor and marginalized communities and specific child related programming
- Demonstrated advocacy experience at a national and county level.
Plan International is a development organization uniting people to advance the rights of all children.
Accordingly, we are an equal opportunity employer and employment is subject to our child protection standards including appropriate background checks and adherence to our Child Protection Policy.
If you meet the above requirements, please visit http://plan-international-kenya.org/jobs/ to access the full job description and submit an online application.
The closing date of applications is Wednesday 10 June, 2015.
These positions are open to Kenyan Nationals Only.
We regret that only short listed candidates will be contacted.