Protection Officer Job
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
Attractive
Job Deadline: 30 April 2025
Number of Jobs: 01
Hiring Entity: War Child Alliance
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| War Child Alliance |
Location: In Uganda
Job Details:
1. Program Implementation and Support
- Support local partners in implementing CP and GBV activities in line with project plans and quality standards.
- Ensure timely and high-quality implementation of activities, including case management, community-based protection mechanisms, and awareness campaigns.
- Support local partners to provide first-level support to survivors of GBV and children at risk, ensuring proper documentation and confidentiality.
- Facilitate case conferences and referrals to specialized services as needed.
- Assist in monitoring and evaluating program impact, ensuring accurate data collection and reporting.
2. Capacity Building and Technical Support
- Provide mentorship and coaching to partner case workers on GBV and CP prevention and response.
- Support the development and dissemination of CP and GBV tools and guidelines.
- Organize and facilitate training on case management and survivor-centered approaches.
- Strengthen community-based GBV and CP structures in collaboration with implementing partners for sustainability of interventions.
3. Coordination and Advocacy
- Participate in coordination meetings, including the CP and GBV sub-sector working groups.
- Establish and maintain partnerships with local service providers and authorities.
- Advocate for improved protection services and referral pathways for children and GBV survivors.
- Support the establishment of feedback mechanisms to enhance accountability.
4. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting
- Ensure partner adherence to CP and GBV quality standards and best practices.
- Work with M&E teams to collect and analyze data on CP and GBV services.
- Contribute to weekly, monthly, annual and donor reports, case studies, and learning documents.
- Regularly assess community needs and update program strategies accordingly.
Your profile
- Bachelor’s degree in social work, Gender Studies, Child Protection, or related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in CP and GBV programming, preferably in humanitarian settings.
- Strong knowledge of CP and GBV case management and survivor-centered approaches.
- Experience in training and capacity-building for local partners and community structures.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Fluency in English; knowledge of refugee languages in Uganda is an asset.
- Experience working in refugee or emergency settings.
- Knowledge of War Child’s programming and safeguarding policies.
- Takes responsibility for decision-making and resource management.
- Holds self and team accountable for program quality and impact.
- Builds and maintains strong relationships with teams, partners, and external stakeholders.
- Values diversity and promotes an inclusive environment.
- Develops and encourages innovative solutions in protection programming.
- Willing to take measured risks to improve program outcomes.
- Acts in a transparent and ethical manner, upholding humanitarian principles.
- Committed to War Child’s mission, child safeguarding, and protection policies.
MUST have the following;
- Familiarity with proGresV4, CPIMS+ and GBVIMS+ application and experience data management systems is a MUST.
- Knowledge and experience in using UNHCR (BIP) especially hands on administration BIA and BID a MUST.
- MUST know how to ride a motorbike and in possession of a valid riding license Class A permit
Application procedure
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Posting Date: 2025-03-28
