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Child Protection Technical Specialist - World Vision Zambia (WVI)

Date Posted: Oct 22, 2021
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  • Location:
    Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia
  • Company:
  • Type:
    Full Time/Permanent
  • Shift:
    Morning Shift
  • Career Level:
    Operational level
  • Positions:
    1
  • Experience:
    5 Year
  • Gender:
    No Preference
  • Degree:
    Bachelors Degree
  • Apply Before:
    Oct 24, 2021

Job Description

Position: Child Protection Technical Specialist

Reporting to: Technical Programme Manager, Child Protection and Safeguarding

Location: Lusaka

Purpose of the Position:

The job holder will provide technical supporting in the delivery of World Vision Zambia ’s strategy to end violence against children and support the overall child protection programming portfolio, ensuring compliance with donor requirement, World Vision’s Global Child Protection Sector Approach(es) and the organization’s design, monitoring and evaluation cycles, as well as providing technical support in creating an environment that promotes safeguarding and protection of beneficiaries. Her/his role is to ensure that all child protection and safeguarding interventions are of a high technical quality in order to achieve the desired outcomes for the most vulnerable girls, boys and adult beneficiaries in Zambia.

Major Responsibilities:

  • Provide support in sourcing for adequate funding for child protection programs by providing technical input into the development of proposals and Child Protection programme designs for grant acquisition and other funding sources.
  • Ensure program planning, monitoring, and capacity strengthening for effective legal system and improved spiritual nurturing of children.
  • Develop quality interventions in Child Protection programming
  • Function as the primary capacity building and support specialist within the National office for AP’s for all Child Protection and Safeguarding processes.
  • Develop and support capacity building plans of staff and implementing partners working with children and beneficiaries
  • Lead integration of child protection into other sector’s technical approaches and programmes.
  • Set and enforce Child Protection standards to be adhered to by implementing staff and all partners.
  • Provide technical support for the assessment of competencies of Child Protection implementing staff at all levels and support the development of appropriate professional development plans.
  • Lead knowledge management for Child Protection & Participation by developing a process for capturing, sharing, and learning from programme progress and utilisation of evidence to improve programme implementation, strategy revision, Child Protection policy review and external publications.
  • Promote the development of innovations in child protection building on learning’s and evidence of good practice and informed by the unique challenges and needs of the context.

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience:

  • Degree in Human Rights, Law, Public Policy, Social Work, Policy Formulation and Analysis, Community Development or any related field.
  • At least 5 years of experience in related field.
  • Experience with donor-funded and community projects is preferable.
  • Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters.
  • Communications, interpersonal, analytical, conflict management, negotiation, and networking skills are highly desired
  • Ability to work in a cross-cultural environment, and must be a mature Christian.

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Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia

World Vision Zambia (WVZ) Limited is a faith-based organization dealing with relief aid, development, and advocacy dedicated to working with children, families, and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. WVZ is part of World Vision Internatio... Read More

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