PO - Child Protection, Participation and Safeguarding at World Vision Kenya

Key Responsibilities:

Program Planning & Implementation

• Participate in the development of quality project Annual Work Plans, budgets and Detailed Implementation Plan
• Develop activity plans and budgets for technical support activities related to child protection component of the project.
• Contextualize/adopt design guidelines and ensure utilization at Project/AP level.
• Empower Parents/Caregivers to be able to support their girls and boy’s livelihoods and life skills development and be able to protect them from all abuse, neglect, exploitation and any other form of violence.
• Support implementation of activities geared towards improving capacity of community based child protection and advocacy groups and structures in all contexts to champion child protection (especially protection of girls from FGM and Child Marriage) and participation at all levels
• Facilitate / participate in establishment of well-coordinated Anti FGM /GBV collaborative network among key government and non-governmental institutions
• Facilitate training of girls and boys on Child Accountability Framework (CRM) to improve reporting and response of violence against children and especially FGM and Child Marriage
• Support organized child friendly age appropriate activities at community and school level for children on responding and preventing VAC (especially FGM and Child Marriage)
• Support training for Children Adolescent & Youth (CAY) on foundational life skills
• Support training of Adolescent & Youth to acquire entrepreneur skills to help them build resilience against child abuse including FGM and child marriage
• Ensure timely mobilization and effective communication with communities and supervisors during the implementation
• Work closely with the Cluster manager and other project staff in identification of existing gaps in child protection, women and girls empowerment
• Work closely with relevant authorities to ensure all child protection interventions deployed in the communities are in alignment with Child Protection Standards.
• Work together with other staff to ensure that key trainings meet the standards required to facilitate, provide knowledge and reinforcement of desired child pro behaviour and practices.
• Participate in the review of DIP/budget and other key implementation tools and initiate innovative approaches that will open new frontiers for child protection in the area of operation
• In liaison with programs identify local needs and resources and take appropriate programming measures
• Participate in the project procurement processes to offer all the technical advice on Child Protection and Child Friendly procurements.

Quality Assurance - Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting, Learning and Documentation

• Develop monitoring plan with communities and partners agreeing on the required standards for monitoring.
• Ensure that business processes, standards and guidelines related to child protection initiatives are effectively applied in project implementation and monitoring
• Engage relevant CP actors including community leaders and partners in planning and monitoring activities
• Lead in timely mobilization and effective communication with communities and stakeholders during baselines, Monitoring visits, evaluations and other relevant programming activities.
• Provide regular feedback on project progress/child protection issues and Safeguarding issues in the project area and sustainability of project interventions.
• Ensure that project related findings and recommendations from various accountability mechanisms such as Peer Review, Operational and Finance Audits, Program evaluations, Program Capability Review, are acted upon in a timely and effective manner
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports for sharing with the respective offices.
• Support M&E role of child protection activities in coordination the DME officer.
• Build capacity of project resource persons and CSOs and other stakeholders (CBOs, CVA, AACs, community groups, children and youth clubs) on Child protection, women and girls empowerment.
• Identify other opportunities in an ongoing manner that will add value to the overarching goal of the Project.
• Track and prepare monthly, bi-annual, ad-hoc and annual progress reports related to key indicators; including documentation of key lessons learnt, best practices and successes stories
• Contribute to the development and dissemination of publications for learning.
• Develop and maintain a database of all Child Protection actors based within the Project implementation area.

Advocacy, Engagement, Networks & Partnerships

• Represent WVK in county, sub – county and local forums and networks on Child Rights for purposes of learning and sharing best practices and influence WVK agenda on partners.
• Work with community groups to utilize advocacy approaches such as Citizen Voice and Action (CVA) and Child Protection Advocacy (CPA) to enable service users and local partners to engage directly with local government service providers to improve the quality of government services for children and to generate information and evidence for use in national level advocacy work.
• Participate in the Annual County Government’s Planning and Budgeting process and influence resource allocation to the priority needs of the most vulnerable groups within the Project Area
• Ensure that Project participants and partners are kept informed of all the Government laws and policies in respect to Child protection
• Work with partners and coalitions to engage in advocacy activities with the government structures, County and sub county level to address the child protection needs of local communities and inform national level advocacy initiatives
• Mobilize the community for community contribution for project interventions
• Actively participate and contribute to County level technical working groups to learn, share and inform policies/strategies relevant to Child Protection
• Facilitate CAY to effectively engaging with local decision makers, opinion leaders including Government on child protection issues
• Collaborate with relevant ward and County government ministries and partners at the Ward/County and community levels to ensure integration and high level implementation of all child protection activities.
• Support establishment of well-coordinated child protection/Anti FGM collaborative network among key government and nongovernmental institutions

Resources Acquisition

• Participate in development of timely and accurate funding proposals in line with donor requirements and WVK standards in collaboration with Cluster Manager, other sector specialists
• Support development of technically sound funding concepts/proposals through provision of information & data and review in collaboration with Program Manager and other sector specialists.
• Provide information to inform fund raising initiatives for Child protection and participation.
• Support Development of timely and accurate funding proposals in line with donor requirements and WVK standards in collaboration with cluster Manager and other sector specialists
• Mobilize the community for community contribution for project interventions

Other duties

• Support any other duty as assigned by the supervisor
• Participate and contribute in committees and task forces which you may be appointed to
• Participate and lead devotions as appropriate

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

• A Bachelor’s degree in social sciences such as Social Work, Gender Studies, Development Studies, Community Development, Sociology or their equivalent
• Must have good oral and written communications and relationship skills
• Good computer skills in Ms. Office (Excel, word, PowerPoint) etc
• A minimum of 3 years working experience in GBV/FGM projects at community level with proven leadership experience
• A good understanding of International, Regional and National framework on human rights for women and children such as Convections on the Rights of the Child, Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, Africa Charter on the Rights and Welfare of Children, Prohibition of female Genital Mutilation Act, Children Act among others.
• Experience in working with partners including State Department of Gender affairs, Ant FGM Board, Children Department, local organization (CBO, FBO)
• Good understanding of GBV/FGM programming models, standards and guidelines, Child protection Information Management guidelines and Systems
• Proven track record as a staff and community trainer and capacity builder in Child Protection, GESI, Prevention and Response to Child Abuse/SGBV and other harmful cultural practices.
• Good understanding and working experience of Advocacy Approaches and referral systems
• Ability to take initiatives, team player who is able to work with minimum supervision