Child Protection and MHPSS Officer
Provide technical support for Child Protection and MHPSS programs.
Overview
Provide technical support for Child Protection and MHPSS programs.
You have:
- Experience in child protection and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programming.
- Strong understanding of the inter-agency guidelines and standards related to child protection and MHPSS.
- Ability to develop and deliver training and capacity strengthening activities.
- Experience working with communities and understanding the local context.
- Demonstrated proficiency in report writing and documentation.
- Experience in monitoring and evaluation of social programs.
- Strong communication skills in both written and spoken English.
With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Employee Contract Type:
Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:
Technical Support
- Provide feedback of Child Protection and MHPSS programme approaches, tools, methodologies, and technical documents to ensure quality, consistency, and compliance with organizational and donor requirements.
- Support implementation and application of relevant standards and guidance, including CPMS, Inter-Agency Case Management Guidelines, and IASC MHPSS Guidelines.
- Contribute to identifying technical implementation challenges and support follow-up actions agreed with Technical Advisor and project teams.
- Support integration of Child Protection, MHPSS, safeguarding, inclusion, disability, and gender considerations across programme activities.
- Track and sharerelevant Protection sector updates, guidance, tools, and good practices for dissemination to project teams and partners.
- Provide implementation information and lessons learned for proposal development when requested.
- Support engagement with partners, government entities, clusters, working groups, and other stakeholders.
- Support implementation of child and adolescent participation approaches within programme activities and feedback mechanisms.
- Support safeguarding strengthening initiatives and partner compliance with safeguarding requirements in collaboration with the Safeguarding Specialist.
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Project Implementation and Partner Support- Support partners in implementing project activities according to approved workplans, budgets, indicators, and donor requirements. - Monitor progress against targets and support timely delivery of planned activities and outputs. - Review partner reports and supporting documentation and ensure timely submission of quality reports. - Support development and tracking of implementation plans and activity schedules. - Monitor project risks, delays, and implementation gaps and support follow-up actions. - Provide day-to-day technical support to implementing partners and field teams. - Support budget utilization monitoring and alignment between planned activities and expenditures for partners and WVI activities. - Support partners to prepare reports (5ws, ITT, narrative monthly, interim reports - Develop and maintain operational implementation plans based on approved project designs and DIPsSupport coordination meetings with partners and relevant stakeholders as delegated by the Project Manager.
Capacity Strengthening- Maintain partner capacity strengthening plans in Child Protection and MHPSS. - Organize and support trainings, orientations and technical learning sessions. - Adapt and contextualize technical guidance, tools, and training materials for the Ukrainian context. - Support delivery of World Vision Child Protection approaches, project models, and technical methodologies.
Programme Monitoring, Learning, and Field Support- Support monitoring activities in coordination with the MEAL/OPS/TA team. - Conduct regular field visits and technical monitoring of partner implementation. - Review monitoring data, assessments, evaluations, and programme performance information. - Follow up on recommendations from monitoring visits, evaluations, audits, and technical reviews. - Document lessons learned, good practices, implementation challenges, and improvement actions. - Prepare technical monitoring updates and contribute to programme
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only
Potential interview questions
| Can you provide an example of a successful child protection initiative you have led or been part of? | We want to understand your hands-on experience and success in child protection initiatives. | Describe the initiative, your role, and the outcomes. |
| How do you ensure compliance with safeguarding standards in your projects? | This question aims to assess your understanding and application of safeguarding policies. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe how you approach stakeholder engagement in a multicultural environment. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What methods do you use to monitor and evaluate program effectiveness? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you discuss a time when you faced challenges in project implementation and how you addressed them? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you adapt technical materials for local contexts while ensuring they remain effective? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What role do you think child and adolescent participation should play in program design? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you keep yourself updated with the latest developments in child protection and MHPSS? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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Source:
wvi.org
