Senior Officer Child Participation

JOB TITLE: Senior Officer Child Participation

TEAM/PROGRAMME: CP/CRG

LOCATION:  Islamabad

GRADE:

POST TYPE: National

ROLE PURPOSE:

As a member of the CP/CRG team, you will work with Senior Coordinator CP/CRG to ensure meaningful child participation in CP/CRG projects/programs as per the devised framework and contribute towards the effective implementation of CP/CRG program in Pakistan.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Senior Coordinator CP/CRG

Dimensions:

Staff directly reporting to this post: None

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

As a member of the CP/CRG team,

• Support and work closely with partners in the implementation of child led and child specific activities of the project and in documenting/linking the good practices at the field level to support meaningful child participation in CP/CRG program
• Support the implementation of the project activities involving civil society especially children at local, district, provincial and national level, on CP/CRG issues.
• Support program to implement the project activities with meaningful participation of Children.
• Assist CP/CRG team in assessing partner’s practices in child participation and identify areas of improvement.
• Develop quality benchmarks for child participation interventions and integrate into project activities.
• Develop and incorporate child-friendly methodologies to promote child participation in CP/CRG programme implementation.
• Contribute to capacity building and development of partners on child participation through oversight and collaboration
• Ensure input and support to periodic narrative reports where appropriate.
• Work with (as guided by the Senior Coordinator CP/CRG), MEAL unit to ensure that Child Participation in the CP/CRG programme is monitored against already developed standards and indicators.
• Coordinate with partners for collection of their work plans, MOVs and other programmatic information / documents required by program.
• Any other task assigned by supervisor

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds her/himself accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for him/herself (and team), takes responsibility for his/her own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares his/her personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Thinks strategically and is future orientated,.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with the team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Holds honesty at all times and encourages openness and transparency
• Shows commitment to Save the Children Values

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Preferably Master degree or above in social sciences or equivalent.
• 2-3 years’ experience, preferbally working on Child Rights/program implementation through partnership.
• Good understanding of children’s issues and child participation
• Willingness and ability to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies.
• Previous  experience  of working on child participation with a multi-cultural team and  the  adaptability to varied team dynamics
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English. 

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.