INTRODUCTION

Save the Children has been working in Rwanda since 1994 in partnership with the Government of Rwanda (GoR) and local stakeholders to promote a bright future for children. We have experience working in all 30 districts across the country. The main areas of focus are education, child protection, child rights governance, and health and nutrition in humanitarian and development contexts.

GENERAL BACKGROUND

Save the Children (SC) is the world’s largest independent child rights organization, underpinned by a vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation. Our mission to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Save the Children implements both development and humanitarian assistance programs in Rwanda and Burundi.

ROLE PURPOSE: 

The Child Protection Officer is a member of Save the Children’s (SC) Child Protection team. Under the supervision of the Child Protection Programme Coordinator, the role holder will be responsible for implementation of the UNICEF funded Programme on “Strengthening Child Protection and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for All Children including within Schools” in the designated districts to ensure: 

• Schools provide safe, protective and inclusive learning environments for girls, children with disabilities and other vulnerable learners.
• Strengthened child protection system through the National Child Protection Case Management Framework.
• Increased capacity of frontline health and protection workers to provide MHPSS to affected children and their families 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Planning and implementing programme activities, and ensuring they align with the project programme objectives
• Coordinating with relevant stakeholders, such as Child Protection and Welfare Officers, and District Education Officers to ensure the programme achieves its deliverables
• Documenting, supervising, controlling, and monitoring planned activities
• Preparing analytical reports and presentations on the progress of the programme
• Work in collaboration with MEAL team to assess the programme progress and documenting success or impact stories.
• Under the supervision of the Child protection Coordinator, establish and maintain constructive relationships with other service providers for a smooth implementation of the programme, 
• Engage community-based structures like Friends of the Family (Inshuti Z’Umuryango) 
• Provide regular program reports, on time and with accurate data;
• Support and participate in programme monitoring and evaluation activities as requested.
• Ensure safety and proper management of project properties.
• Remain flexible in adopting additional responsibilities based on team and organizational needs, to be balanced with responsibilities listed above;
• Maintain positive working relationships with members of the team.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• University degree in Social Sciences. 

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

Desireable

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience working in child protection program implementation
• Ability to communicate in English and Kinyarwanda through verbal and written communication.
• Good technical understanding of child protection and project management
• Computer knowledge, good interpersonal and communication skills and ability to prioritize tasks
• Ability to work in tight deadlines and under pressure.
• Experience with community development, working with children and schools.
• The ability to think critically and to recommend good solutions to problems.
• Strong Organizational skills.
• Ability to conduct outreach at the community level.

BEHAVIOURS (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 their team to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their 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:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
• Always acts in the best interests of children

Application Link: Click here

Application Deadline: January 22nd, 2025

CHILD SAFEGUARDING

This position is Child Safeguarding Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY

We are committed to ensuring a safe working environment for all those who work for us and for all those who come into contact with our staff and representatives, including children and members of the communities with whom we work.

SCI takes a zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment and any other conduct that is discriminatory or disrespectful to others.

We need to keep children safe, so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

 *Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. *

*Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process.