Requirements

Education

• Master's degree or equivalent in child protection, social work, international development, child development or a related field.

Experience (required)

• At least 5 to 7 years of work in child protection and safeguarding.

• Experience in a complex international organisation in the NGO or international development sector.

• Experience in project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and report writing.

• Strong experience in investigations and case management.

Knowledge and skills

• Knowing how to use a systems approach in child protection programming.

• Strong understanding of global strategies to end violence against children and of international child protection and safeguarding conventions.

• Strong planning, project management, negotiation, networking and donor engagement skills.

• Ability to work across cultures, and knowledge of national child protection issues.

Languages

• Fluent French (written and spoken).

• Fluent English (written and spoken).

Preferred

• Experience directly supervising team members.

• Able to work under pressure, flexible, innovative and solution-driven.

Other conditions

• Local applicants only.

• Willing to travel inside the country and abroad up to 50% of the time.