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About the Role

The Child Protection and Child Rights Governance (CP/CRG) Officer will support the planning, implementation, monitoring, and quality delivery of NORAD Framework Child Protection and Child Rights Governance interventions within community-based projects in Puntland, Somalia. This role ensures meaningful engagement of children, caregivers, communities, and local authorities to strengthen child protection systems, promote child participation, and advocate for children’s rights.

Responsibilities

Support the planning, implementation, monitoring, and quality delivery of NORAD Framework Child Protection and Child Rights Governance interventions.
Ensure children, caregivers, communities, and local authorities are meaningfully engaged.
Strengthen child protection systems.
Promote child participation.
Advocate for children’s rights in line with Save the Children standards, national policies, and international child rights frameworks.

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years’ experience in child protection, child rights governance, or community-based programming in humanitarian and/or development settings.
Experience working with children, communities, local authorities, and civil society organisations.
Experience in implementing child protection case management and referral mechanisms is an added advantage.
Good understanding of child rights, child protection principles, safeguarding, and community-based approaches.
Selection process reflects commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Employment is subject to child protection standards including background checks and adherence to the Child Safeguarding Policy.

Skills

Child protection
Child rights governance
Community-based programming
Child protection case management
Referral mechanisms
Child rights
Child protection principles
Safeguarding
Community-based approaches

Location

Garowe
Puntland, Somalia

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Minimum of 3 years’ experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in social work, Sociology, Psychology, Law, Development Studies, Community Development, Human Rights, Education or a related field.

About the Company

Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children.
Works in 120 countries.
Saves children's lives, fights for their rights, and helps them fulfil their potential.
Inspires breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and achieves immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Has over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year.
Reaches more children than ever before through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection, and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
International programmes are delivered through a merged operation with 15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office.
Changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.

Equal Opportunity

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.