Programme Officer - CAAC Accountability at Save the Children

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Undergraduate degree in Social Sciences and thorough working knowledge in Child Protection in Armed Conflict and Emergencies;
• African/Regional level experience.
• Demonstrated professional working knowledge and experience on international human rights and humanitarian law relating to Child Protection and specifically CAAC and Peace and Security Programming.
• Solid understanding and engagement with the African Union Peace and Security Architecture.
• Solid understanding of armed actors' engagement and relations.
• Demonstrated experience working on accountability mechanisms in situations of armed conflict.
• Demonstrated capability to make decisions with creativity and independent judgment.
• Demonstrated experience in influencing to obtain the cooperation of others.
• Proven excellence in being a team player, and significant experience working in an international organisation.
• An appreciation and understanding of how to manoeuvre in a context of shrinking space for civil society, ensuring Save the Children's integrity and child rights are not compromised.
• Demonstrated knowledge of children's issues, rights-based program approaches, and child safeguarding principles.
• Strong skills and proven experience in program management processes; also from the knowledge and learning perspective.
• Able to work well under pressure and deadlines.
• Excellent listening, inter-personal, communication and networking skills; proven experience and effectiveness working across functional teams.
• High level of self-awareness and willingness to take feedback for growth and self-development.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Proven experience in drafting Terms of References and ability to design and review evaluation tools and approaches.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets.
• Exemplary level of spoken and written English

Desirable

• Fluency in French, both verbal and written, is desirable

Contract duration: 2 year