Deadline: 20 March 2016
Save the Children is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Child Protection Programme Manager in Greece. The duration of this post is 3 months.
Save the Children works to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Child Protection Programme Manager will perform the following functions-
- Responsible implementation will take into account the changing humanitarian situation in Greece and will be aligned with SC’s overall strategy in Greece, which focuses on enhancing the protection of children on the move in transit and/or temporarily living in Greece.
- Provide day to day supervision, guidance and on the job training for staff and NGO partners.
- Responsible to provide overall technical guidance for the child protection programme in Greece Education to Masters Level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- A valid European Union work permit is mandatory due to statutory Greek regulations. For non EU candidates.
- A university degree in Social Work, Human rights Law, International Relations, Development Studies or similar or equivalent field experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of child protection experience preferably in the context of mixed migration flows and transit populations, children on the move and children separated from their families.
- Significant management experience working in an emergency response contexts or fragile states.
- Good team leader and team member skills, including the ability to be part of and organize, support, manage and develop a small team.
- Good knowledge of and experience in using established inter-agency standards and guidelines in child protection, such as the Inter-agency Guiding Principles on Unaccompanied and Separated Children, IA Case Management Guidelines and others.
- Understanding and experience of working on Children on the Move issues and of putting in places responses to prevent and respond to family separation.
- Experience of working with partners and of using a participatory approach as well as of coordinating responses with a range of actors, including Government authorities, national/local organizations, NGOs, UN.
- Ability to achieve results and maintain consistent high standards of professional behavior and achievement, including when working alone.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
- Budget development and financial monitoring skills.
- Commitment to and understanding of child rights, as well as of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their CV and covering letter including their salary expectations for this role in English, as a single document, through online process.
For more information, please visit Save the Children.
