The Child Protection in Emergency Officer (CPiE-Officer) is responsible to ensure implementation of child protection activities designed to prevent and respond to child protection risks/concerns affecting crisis impacted children in target locations. He/she will coordinate project activities at woreda level and make sure that the project is implemented in target woreda/locations in line with the agreement entered with respective government line offices/signatory bodies. The post holder is expected to provide guidance, mentoring and coaching to Social Workers/Community Volunteers to enhance the quality of child protection case management and provision of psychosocial support services. In addition, he/she will ensure a periodic and timely reporting of project activities as per donor and PIE’s internal reporting requirements.

The Individual

Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Psychology, Social Work, Law, Community Development or other related fields of social science studies.

Minimum of 3 years experience in implementing child protection in emergency or other similar projects and clear understanding of child protection technical areas such as case management, PSS, CBCPS etc

Experience of working with child survivors and at risk children in NGO working system;

Experience in organizing and facilitating capacity building trainings on key child protection topics for a rage of target groups including government frontline workers and Social Workers;

Experience in community mobilization and conducting outreach activities.