# Senior Child Protection Officer

**Company**: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Non-Profit

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## Description

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking a Senior Child Protection Officer to support the effective implementation of emergency projects. The successful candidate will have a solid experience in supporting the implementation of humanitarian emergency projects and good planning, monitoring, coordination, and communication skills.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Provide technical supervision and guidance to child protection teams

- Ensure quality implementation of child protection activities

- Establish and maintain relationships with local authorities and communities

- Provide coaching and mentoring to partners and team members

- Collect and analyse data on child protection issues

- Collaborate with other teams and stakeholders to ensure integrated programming

**Technical Qualities:**

- Train partners and community facilitators on child protection approaches (SAFE, EAE, IDTR)

- Provide technical support to ensure quality implementation of project activities

- Identify new needs and changes in the context affecting children and propose adaptations to the project

- Ensure ethical and meaningful data collection and confidentiality

**Team Management:**

- Supervise and mentor case managers

- Identify capacity building needs and provide solutions

- Follow up on progress and provide regular feedback

**Required Profile:**

- Degree in social sciences (sociology, rural development, community development, etc.)

- At least 5 years of professional experience in the humanitarian sector or with NGOs

- Experience as a team supervisor is an asset

- At least 3 years of experience in child protection projects

- Knowledge of IRC's child protection approaches (SAFE, Learn to Earn, IDTR) is essential

- Strong planning, organisational, and communication skills

- Excellent analytical, writing, advocacy, and presentation skills

- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize tasks

- Computer skills: Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)

- Fluency in French (written and spoken)

- Knowledge of national languages such as Swahili is an asset

## Skills

### Required
- Child Protection
- Project Management
- Team Leadership
- Communication
- Data Analysis
- French

### Nice to have
- Swahili
- SAFE
- EAE
- IDTR

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