Child Protection Training Officer at RefuSHE

The Child Protection (CP) Training Officer would be responsible for all capacity building trainings related to child protection. S/he should be an experienced technical expert in child protection and be comfortable leading trainings to community-based organizations and other community level structures on this topic. S/he should have ample experience leading capacity building trainings, developing curriculum, and working on training-focused programming.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead all program training activities to community-based structures related to child protection
• Develop high quality training curriculum on child protection
• Participate in and/or lead community events that create awareness of or address child protection
• Lead the capacity building assessment for community-based structures as it relates to child protection understanding, knowledge, and gaps
• Coordinate across teams and organizations to develop and implement child protection training schedule
• Provide technical assistance as new gaps in child protection emerge among community-based structures
• Participate in periodic, multi-disciplinary program reviews to identify challenges, opportunities, and needs of the program as it relates to child protection training and knowledge sharing
• Review the child protection policy and procedures to ensure it is relevant, current, and fit for purpose.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field of child protection.
• Raise awareness of code of conduct when dealing with children.
• Any other lawful duties as assigned by your supervisor.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, community development or other relevant field from a recognized and reputable institution is required
• At least 3- 5 years of direct experience in child protection
• Demonstrated and significant experience in capacity building and/or training at the community level
• Must have experience developing training curriculum and manuals
• Demonstrated experience working across teams, departments, and organizations to schedule and implement activities
• Comfortable and experienced working in fast-paced environments with tight timelines and little room for error
• Proficient in program data collection
• Experience working with highly vulnerable populations in required; experience working with refugees, conflict and post-conflict communities is an added advantage.
• Ability to remain flexible in a dynamic environment.
• Strong writing abilities for training manuals
• Detail oriented, high energy, and strongly self-driven
• Commitment to RK’s safeguarding and other policies on child protection.