Overview
The KREASI Provincial Coordinator: Child Protection role supports the establishment and functioning of School-Based Child Protection Committees in primary schools across target districts in a province. The role provides technical and operational support to local implementing partners to strengthen school and community capacity for child protection.
Tasks Summary
- Provide technical support to implementing partners to establish and operationalize school-based child protection committees (SBCPC).
- Support selection, training and coaching of SBCPC members.
- Provide guidance to ensure committees develop and regularly update school-level SOPs for identifying, documenting, and responding to child protection concerns.
- Build partner and SBCPC capacity on positive discipline, child participation, confidentiality, and survivor-centred approaches.
- Support implementing partners to mentor SBCPCs on basic case management, safe handling of disclosures, and appropriate referral pathways.
- Ensure linkages between schools and local child protection and social service providers.
- Support rollout of practical tools (forms, checklists, referral directories).
- Mentor local partners to provide supportive supervision and quality assurance visits.
- Coordinate with Provincial and District Education Offices.
- Help partners facilitate collaboration between schools, community leaders, and local service providers.
- Support regular coordination meetings between the implementing partner, districts, and relevant protection actors.
- Promote consistent messaging on positive discipline and safe school environments.
- Ensure clear communication channels for reporting and responding to protection concerns.
- Represent KREASI in provincial child protection and safe schools forums.
- Monitor establishment and functionality of SBCPCs across supported schools.
- Track key indicators such as cases identified, referrals made, campaigns conducted, and participation of children.
- Support the partner and SBCPCs to reflect on trends and improve prevention and response mechanisms.
- Document lessons learned and effective practices in school-based child protection.
- Facilitate periodic learning and reflection sessions with partners and committee members.
- Recommend adaptive improvements to SOPs, tools, and approaches.
- Compile and validate provincial data on SBCPC activities and results.
- Prepare regular narrative and quantitative progress reports.
- Maintain secure and confidential documentation of cases.
- Contribute case studies and examples of child-led action and positive discipline outcomes.
- Ensure timely submission of reports.
- Ensure all activities adhere to KREASI operational guidelines, financial and administrative procedures.
- Promote and uphold safeguarding and child protection standards.
- Ensure partners and trainers understand and apply safeguarding, inclusion, and non-discrimination principles.
- Report any safeguarding or compliance concerns.
- Support safe, inclusive, and accessible participation of teachers.
- Contribute to implementing partners being aware and actively involved in building and maintaining the Save the Children and KREASI brand.
Experience Requirements
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in project coordination or management, preferably within an NGO or development context.
- Demonstrated experience working on community-based child protection mechanisms.
- Knowledge of referral systems and multi-sector child protection services.
- Strong skills in facilitation, coordination, and partnership management.
- Experience in monitoring, documentation, and report writing.
- Familiarity with the local context and challenges within the province and districts.
- Proficiency in project management tools and software.
- Preferred: experience delivering and/or supervising training for school leaders.
Qualification Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Public Administration or a related field.
