JOB VACANCY
ChildFund
is an international child focused development agency working in 33
countries to create lasting and meaningful change in the lives of more
than 10.5 million vulnerable, deprived and excluded children, families
and communities, regardless of race, creed, gender or national origin.
In Indonesia ChildFund has been operating for 34 years since 1973, in
areas where the need is the greatest and currently reaches out to
900,000 children and family members in partnership with 50 local NGOs
spread across 8 provinces. For more information please visit www.childfund.org.
ChildFund Indonesia is currently seeking:
Position
Reporting to : Program Director
Based in
Duration
Summary
The Child
Protection Specialist (CPS) position is responsible for mainstreaming
Child Protection principles and values into ChildFund Indonesia’s
program portfolio. The CPS is also responsible for leading the
implementation of our Child Protection in Emergency (CPiE) activities
and leads the development (and execution) of our Child Protection advocacy strategy.
The
CPS will be expected to lead proposal development efforts to expand our
portfolio of projects, network extensively with a diverse range of
agencies and represent the National Office/organization at
national/international forums.
The
CPS works collaboratively with the technical team and field-based
colleagues to support the development of our Local Partners program
designs as well as monitoring project/program interventions on regular
basis.
DUTIES/RESPONSBILITIES
Leadership and Management
- Provides technical assistance and technical leadership on all issues and projects related to Child Protection and Child Protection in an Emergency (CPiE). This includes the development of innovations, development of program designs and analysis of underlying causes of poverty in line with the organizational theories of change and pathways.
- Serves senior level representation functions for the organization as organizational representative to technical working groups, steering committees, and industry events.
Strategic Delivery
- Develops position statements, methodologies, and frameworks related to ChildFund’s Theories of Change and Child Protection program strategy.
· Supports
and integrates key Child Protection concepts and learnings into the
development of Local Partners Area Strategic Plans (ASP),
program/project, concept papers, proposals, and other organizational
initiatives and processes.
Grant Development
§ Leads the development of technical proposals and concept notes related to Child Protection.
§ Cultivates
relationships with major gift donors and foundations on behalf of the
organization, both as a subject matter expert and a relationship
manager.
Technicality
· Provides technical assistance to program and field-based
staff in understanding and internalizing child protection within the
Theory of Change (TOC) developmental pathways and program strategy for
all Life Stages.
Monitoring & Evaluation
· In
liaison with the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Specialist,
facilitate periodic monitoring of project activities and use findings to
improve and enhance the Child Protection program strategy.
Capacity Building
· Supports
the development of relevant capacity and individual capabilities of
staff and local partners on child protection for both development and
emergency work.
Representation & Partnership
· Develops partnership strategies to collaborate with Local Partners, government entities, as well
as with other key humanitarian actors for resource complementation and
collaborative activities in support of the child protection program
strategy;
Reporting & Knowledge Management
· Ensures
that lessons learned from program implementation and other relevant
activities are identified, documented and appropriately disseminated for
internal and external purposes, e.g. development of knowledge products.
· Ensure timely submission of and compliance to ChildFund reportorial requirements;
Others
· Other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE
§ Minimum 8 to 10 years of experience in Child Protection programming with a minimum of 3 years field experience required.
§ Demonstrated technical competencies in Child Protection program design, implementation, and evaluation.
§ Demonstrated technical competencies in Child Protection in emergency.
§ Demonstrated experience working with children experiencing Deprivation, Exclusion and Vulnerability (DEV) and their families.
§ Proven ability in participatory training and capacity building program design, delivery and assessment.
§ Demonstrated
experience with Child Protection proposal development, including the
technical strategy design and narrative writing.
§ Proven ability to provide high quality technical assistance, guidance and coaching to implementing staff and partners.
§ Proven experience with donor agencies and grant making processes.
§ Demonstrated
representation and networking experience with multilateral agencies,
foundations, and other institutions focused on Child Protection
programming for children and young adolescents.
§ Demonstrated
knowledge of and experience with operational research and program
evaluation methodologies, including quantitative and qualitative
methods.
§ Organized, detail-oriented, team player, self-starter and results-oriented individual.
§ Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, work well under pressure and meet deadlines.
§ Bilingual preferred (English with Indonesian).
§ Excellent presentation, public speaking and interpersonal skills.
§ Strong computer skills, with familiarity in using Microsoft Office suite applications (particularly Word and PowerPoint).
§ Significant Travel outside of Jakarta is required.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS
Master’s degree in field relevant to Child Protection, such as psychology or social work preferred.
This position is opened for Indonesian national only.
ChildFund requires electronic lodgment of applications.
To apply, please click on the following link:
(and look for career opportunities/International Operations/Child Protection Specialist - Jakarta-Indonesia)
Deadline for lodging applications: 15 November 2015
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