Overview
The Senior Child Protection and MHPSS Officer is responsible for the child protection and MHPSS components in the project, based in Aswan. The role involves leading the implementation of MHPSS interventions and providing technical guidance.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop monthly work plans in line with the overall project plan.
- Monitor the monthly planning and implementation of CP activities in different field sites.
- Provide guidance and build field teams’ capacities and provide the required technical support.
- Ensure Child Safeguarding standards are understood and met.
- Lead the implementation of MHPSS interventions focused on safeguarding within Community Learning Schools.
- Assess the training needs of teachers, school management, social workers, and psychologists.
- Plan, develop, and deliver SG and MHPSS training sessions.
- Ensure the integration of CP and MHPSS principles into the broader educational framework.
- Provide expert advice and technical guidance on safeguarding and MHPSS.
- Ensure the timely and efficient spending of the project funds.
- Contribute to the budget development.
- Ensure the provision of quality trainings and workshops to local child protection social workers.
- Attend one to one and group supervision meetings.
- Support and Ensures the fidelity of implementation of SCI Common Approaches.
- Work closely with other project’s teams and regularly share plans, feedback, and outputs.
- Strengthen SC working relations with key CP stakeholders.
- Strengthen relationships with government authorities and other actors.
- Review monthly reports provided by SCI CP Team.
- Monitor the project’s outputs on regular basis.
- Draft quality monthly reports.
- Develop and properly document capacity building materials.
- Compile concise quantitative and qualitative reports, case studies, etc.
- Regularly compile and share lessons learnt and best practices.
- Highlight general protection issues present in community to the project manager.
- Keep timely record of financial progress reports.
- Ensure that ongoing programme monitoring/learning feeds into alterations into programme design.
Required Experience
- Experience in child protection program operations.
- Minimum of 4-5 years of experience in development/humanitarian aid; previous experience in CP and MHPSS support field.
- At least 3-5 years of field experience, with proved experience in training, coaching, and capacity building in CP is required and preferably in child protection & child rights.
- Previous knowledge, training or experience in implementing SCI Common Approaches is as asset.
- Good understanding of rural development needs and challenges.
- Experience in working with local partners.
- Familiarity with national child protection mechanisms.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in development related fields or psychology is preferable.
