Netherlands: Child Protection Advisor

Organization: War Child Holland
Country: Netherlands
Closing date: 19 Dec 2014

"An experienced Child Protection Advisor with excellent program development and training skills”

You

You have experience in Child Protection in humanitarian settings and preferably knowledge of Child Safeguarding. You have the responsibility to develop specific Child Protection methods, tools and projects. You work with the Senior Child Protection Advisor and other colleagues in head office and country offices to improve quality programming.

You are part of the Quality Accountability and Learning (QAL) department. You report to the Senior Advisor Child Protection, responsible for Child Protection programming in QAL. The department’s overall objective is to improve the quality of War Child programmes (including adherence to international standards). QAL ensures that War Child is equipped to deliver high quality projects contributing to the fulfilment of children’s rights in (post) conflict settings.

Your challenge

You support improved adherence to the strategy, internal policies and (international) quality standards on Child Protection Programming War Child is committed to. You support the development of Child Protection core interventions through development, testing, monitoring and sharing of programmes and building the capacity of staff to implement those. You support colleagues from Field Operations and/or the Institutional Fundraising unit in the development of proposals in your expertise area. You support capacity development of Field Operations colleagues in Child Protection programming and core interventions. You facilitate and support initiatives to encourage knowledge sharing, documentation and learning (between countries, countries and head office and in head office) in your expertise area.

Your profile

You have a relevant academic background (e.g. Social Sciences, International/humanitarian law, Development/conflict studies). You have at least three years working experience on Child Protection in humanitarian settings and preferably knowledge of and experience in Child Safeguarding. You have a proven track record in developing methods, tools, programs/interventions, as well as developing and delivering training. Good training development, facilitation skills and intercultural sensitivity is a must. Knowledge and experience in monitoring and evaluation is an asset. You have excellent communication skills in English (oral and written) and good working knowledge of French, Spanish or Arabic. You enjoy sharing knowledge and experience, and you are willing to travel (2-6 times per year) to the countries where War Child implements projects.

You are fulltime available and you are committed to invest at least two years in further developing this position. War Child offers a contract for one year with the intention to prolong.

The organisation

War Child works with conflict-affected children and their environment to strengthen their psychosocial well-being, protection and access to quality education. Through integrated programmes we can contribute to fulfilling the rights of (conflict-affected) children in an effective and empowering way. We aim to build and strengthen Child Protection services and systems using internal and international methods, tools, guidelines and standards of the highest possible quality in order to ensure the best results for children.

War Child is a young and dynamic organization. We try to keep an informal ambiance within our office, with a lot of room for creativity, inspiration and self-initiative from employees. We practice what we preach: dynamic, innovative, integrity focused and a drive to reach the highest possible results against the lowest possible costs. War Child offers a challenging job in an inspiring workplace in Amsterdam.

How to apply:

How to apply

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply before 19 December 2014.Make sure to use the following hyperlink to apply:http://warchild.onlinevacatures.nl/en/Vacancy/Apply/42845

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