Child Protection in Emergency Coordinator Full Time

The Opportunity

The position holder is responsible for facilitating the implementation of child protection in the emergency project in the targeted woreda in close collaboration with district & kebele key stakeholders. He/she is expected to ensure that the project is implemented with the Minimum Standard of Child Protection in Emergency and Plan International’s Child Protection in Emergency Policy and Guidelines

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Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that the team members under supervision are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

The Individual

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, Psychology, Social work, Law, Political Science & International Relations, community development, disaster risk management or other related field of social science studies.
• Strong experience, minimum 5–7 years of progressive experience in child protection, preferably in humanitarian emergencies (conflict, natural disasters, displacement) and in the child protection sector and technical understanding of CP data management, polices, conventions, etc