Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Purpose Plan Kenya, Department of Children Services and UNICEF are partnering to operationalize the Child Protection Center (CPC) in Kakamega that will be a one stop facility for child protection services and referral center for children in distress and their families.

Duties for the Legal Officer Job

• Provide legal advice on matters relating to child protection issues and court representation for child protection cases at the CPC.
• Prepare child witnesses from the CPC for hearings in court.
• Watching brief in cases of defilement referred to the CPC.
• Develop a capacity building plan for partners and communities on child protection issues and court representation for child protection cases for CPC.
• In consultation with the project team, develop training materials for partners and community trainings on child rights.
• Disseminate Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials outlining legal instruments that safeguard children and their rights to partners and communities in the CPC.
• Training partners and communities on children rights and disseminating legal instrument that safeguard children.

Legal Officer Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Law and a Diploma from the Kenya School of Law.
• Must be an Advocate of the High Court in Kenya.
• 3 years’ experience working in child protection and/or child rights programming

Key Skills and competencies

• Good people skills
• Confidentiality
• Good report writing skills
• Experience in developing capacity building plans
• Experience in developing training materials for partners and communities
• Good facilitation skills
• Experience in developing policy briefs with a view to influence key child protection policies at the county and national level

How to Apply
Apply HERE before 27th January 2017.