Child Safeguarding:

Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.

ROLE PURPOSE:

Under the general direction and guidance of Child Protection Advisor, the Child Protection Specialist will focus on developing, implementing, and monitoring child protection initiatives, including the creation of prevention frameworks, community-based child protection structures, and positive parenting packages. This role involves coordinating with various stakeholders, contextualizing frameworks, and providing capacity-building support to ensure the successful roll-out and sustainability of child protection programs.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Child Protection Advisor

Staff reporting to this post:

Direct: No

Indirect: No

Budget Responsibilities: No

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Inform the Technical Working Group (TWG) about upcoming activities and developments.
• Adapt and tailor global prevention frameworks to fit the local context and needs of Pakistan.
• Facilitate consultations with stakeholders, including government bodies, NGOs, and community leaders, to gather input and refine the adapted prevention frameworks.
• Complete the development of the prevention framework, ensuring it meets all necessary standards and requirements.
• Organize and execute the launch event, promoting awareness and engagement.
• Create a detailed plan for implementing the adapted prevention framework.
• Refine and finalize the implementation plan based on feedback and practical considerations.
• Draft/revise Terms of Reference (ToRs) for community-based child protection committees or structures.
• Obtain approval for the ToRs and notify relevant stakeholders.
• Conduct orientation sessions to familiarize stakeholders with the ToRs and their roles.
• Design a comprehensive training package for community-based structures.
• Review and finalize the training package, securing endorsement from key stakeholders.
• Provide training and support to Civil Society Organization (CSO) staff on the new package.
• Provide ongoing mentoring and support to ensure effective implementation of the training.
• Adapt global tools and safe families’ resources to fit the local context and needs.
• Secure approval for the adapted training package.
• Conduct training sessions for CSO staff on the positive parenting package.
• Provide ongoing mentoring to support the effective roll-out and application of the training package.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-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 themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

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

Creativity:

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

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or Social Sciences.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in child protection, with a focus on program development and implementation.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and contextualizing child protection frameworks and training packages.
• Experience in capacity building and providing mentorship in a child protection context.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong representation and advocacy skills.
• Strong commitment to capacity building of CSOs staff and willingness to adopt participatory and consultative approaches.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels, taking into account cultural and language difficulties.
• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets.
• Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner.
• Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with humanitarian teams in the event of emergencies.
• Ability to demonstrate psychosocial and mental health resilience in stressful environment.
• Fluency in English and Urdu and an understanding of local languages will be added advantage.
• Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.

Equal Opportunities

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

Health and Safety

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

Additional job responsibilities

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

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.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.