Job Title: Child Protection in Emergency (CPiE) Programme Manager
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Role Purpose
- We are seeking an experienced Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) Programme Manager to ensure quality and effective delivery of PLAN’s child protection and child survivors of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) portfolio through building the capacity of staff, partners and volunteers as part of Plan International Nigeria’s Response to the Crisis in North-East Nigeria.
- CPiE is one of the main pillars of Plan International Nigeria’s responses to the humanitarian crisis in North-East Nigeria and a crucial component of the Regional Lake Chad Programme Strategy of Plan International in West and Central Africa.
Dimension of Role
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- The position will ensure quality child protection programming across the states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.
- S/he will lead the capacity building and technical support of CPiE and child survivors of SGBV programs and interventions through the development of a CPiE capacity building plan and mentoring of staff, partners and volunteers.
- S/he will lead the development of programming tools and the contextualization of global standards and guidance. They will work closely with the Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist and the project team.
Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge
Essential:
- University degree in Social Work, a Social Science or another related field
- Minimum of 5 years (of which at least 3 in the field) of progressively responsible professional experience in child protection in emergencies work.
- Demonstrable technical expertise in implementing community-level child protection responses.
- Experience with participatory learning approaches.
- Experience of conducting child protection assessments in emergency contexts.
- Experience of training on child protection technical areas with a variety of audiences.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Demonstrated ability to network and liaise with major food assistance donors
- Excellent project design, participatory monitoring and evaluation skills
- Excellent communication skills: well argued plans for response that can be justified and delivered, persuasive of others.
- Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train local and international staff and also able to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.
- Excellent negotiation, representation, skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff in a very sensitive environment.
- Ability to operate at advanced levels of authority and manage significant activities, budgets, and resources to produce and take responsibility for results
- Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work cooperatively.
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Deadline: August 27, 2020
Job Features
Deadline | 27th August, 2020. |