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Head of Child Protection & Safeguarding Job at Plan International

Head of Child Protection & Safeguarding Job at Plan International… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at Plan International.

Description;

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Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

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RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • This position reports to Team Leader Program Quality and is part of the Extended Country Management Team (ECMT)
  • Performs child protection and child safeguarding assessments, mapping exercises and evaluates external country level data to inform next steps.
  •  Contribute to the identification of best practices and lessons learned to contribute to the knowledge management on child protection, and safeguarding.
  • With support from MERL, collaborate with the project team, children, young people and other stakeholders to define, implement and monitor child-friendly, accessible and confidential safeguarding feedback and monitoring mechanisms.
  • With communications team develop and ensure dissemination of right messages on child protection,  and safeguarding.
  • Ensure that all data is disaggregated by sex, age and disability for children, adolescents and school-aged youth including regular analysis on trends
  • Contextualise tools, curriculums and policies related to child protection, and safeguarding to the Tanzania context.
  • Technically support the design of community prevention mechanisms to mitigate and respond to child protection and safeguarding to ensure the quality of the outcomes.
  • In collaboration and coordination with PA safeguarding focal person, conducts regular assessments to identify child safeguarding risks as well as guide partners in conducting assessments in the project implementation areas
  • Provide support and advice in dealing with alleged cases of safeguarding and PSEAH concerns by Plan staff, partners and visitors, as well as participate in fact-finding, investigation and related actions;
  • Lead the completion of annual safeguarding self-assessment for all PIT offices
  • Carry out assessment and complete documentation related to assessments, incident allegation reporting and case management, plans, needs assessments, risk assessment and mitigation efforts in a timely and ordered manner.
  • Compile documentation to be retained confidentially according to established guidelines, policy and Plan international requirement
  • Represent PIT in all internal and external fora and networks, including Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (PSEAH) taskforce groups and other inter-agency meetings.
  • This position has the role of designing child protection strategy and deigning project proposals for the child protection program thematic area in coordination witofile h the Business Development Unit
  • This position will also provide technical inputs to Program Quality initiatives related to strengthening project management processes and capabilities, ensuring proper guidance and tools in child protection programming.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

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Closing Date: 30th October 2023.

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