Overview
The Child Protection Officer will support the planning and delivery of youth sports programmes, develop communication materials, coordinate partnerships, and promote child-safe sport principles.
Key Responsibilities
- Support planning and delivery of youth sports programmes, clinics, and life-skills sessions.
- Assist sports federations and ministries to integrate drug-prevention and wellbeing messaging into coaching materials.
- Facilitate youth participation and consultation processes linked to sports initiatives.
- Develop youth-friendly multimedia content promoting drug-prevention, healthy lifestyles, and positive decision-making.
- Produce videos, infographics, and social media content featuring sports role models.
- Support dissemination of awareness materials through sports networks, schools, and communities.
- Coordinate with government ministries, sports bodies, youth groups, and NGOs.
- Support organization of youth forums, sports events, and community engagement programmes.
- Contribute youth perspectives across sector discussions including education, sport, health, and child protection.
- Support integration of child-safe sport principles and PSEA standards across sports organisations.
- Assist with training delivery on safeguarding, reporting pathways, and adult accountability.
- Monitor child-safety risks during youth sport activities and escalate concerns appropriately.
- Promote gender equality, respectful relationships, and mental-health awareness.
- Integrate "Seek the Ways" and "Laaha" modules into sports-based youth workshops.
- Facilitate sessions on emotional wellbeing, self-awareness, empathy, and conflict resolution.
- Maintain databases of events, meetings, training, and youth consultations.
- Document promising practices and generate reports, briefs, and recommendations.
- Use digital tools and AI platforms to support documentation and communication.
- Promote volunteerism and youth leadership in sports and community development.
- Support UNV knowledge-sharing activities, including International Volunteer Day.
Required Experience
- 1 year relevant experience.
- Experience working with youth in community, education, or sports settings.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Economic Development, International Relations, Social Work or Law.
