TITLE: Project Officer
Contract Type: National only
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Family Protection on Children
LOCATION: Guangzhou
GRADE: 5
CONTRACT LENGTH:2 years
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The role holder will be expect to assist the Lead of Operation- Family Protection to manage the core-trainer team on direct services; to develop and coordinate multiple stakeholders especially corporates to promote family protection in migrant population in China.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Lead of Operation- Family Protection on Children
Staff reporting to this post: None
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
l Assist the Lead of Operation- Family Protection on Children to lead the core trainer team to provide Training of trainers, course development, and knowledge management from the services of family protection.
l To lead the revision and upgrading of the procedure maps of family protection services, group sessions, contributes to the contextualization of Parenting without Violence Common Approach.
l To ensure accountability and quality of service delivery together with stakeholders.
l To contribute to the quarterly reporting, IPTT, and donor reporting according to the Parenting without Violence implementation.
l To contribute to the communications needs of the programme and organization, helping with online and offline campaigns, reports and case studies that will support policy advocacy, fund-raising or other needs.
l To work with other stakeholders (children, NGOs, Donors, Government Departments) engaged in Parenting without Violence activities in order to strengthen system building and to share technical resources in the interests of greater efficiency and effectiveness.
l To support the effective integration of activities into projects paying particular attention to Save the Children’s activities in child rights, child participation and protection.
l To comply with the requirements of Save the Children’s child safeguarding and other policies.
l To perform such other tasks and responsibilities as may be required from time to time in order to ensure the smooth running of the team.
l Be required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Accountability Procedure;
l Hold accountable to children and communities which includes providing regular, timely and accessible information to children and adults in the communities;
l Providing children and adults with opportunities to express their views and influence decision-making across the program cycle;
l Solving feedback or complaints received from Save the Children China Country Office’s multiple feedback and reporting channels if relevant and collect feedback from communities and report to MEAL team on a regular basis.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
· holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
· holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
· sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
· widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
· future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
· builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
· values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
· approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
· develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
· willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
· honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS
A professional qualification at least bachelor degree or equivalent in a related subject such as education, ccommunity management, communication, marketing and or other related subject. If Post holder has eexperience in family/adult education service will be priority.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
· A minimum of one years’ experience of communication / CSR / ESG etc. Fresh graduate with solid relevant internship experience is also considered
· Solid understanding of family education
· Good communication, and negotiation skills, and be willing to communicate with people of different backgrounds, including in rural ethnic minority areas
· Be a quick learner and innovator
· Not only a positive member in teamwork but a result-oriented leader to complete all work independently
· A flexible approach to work with good time management and project management skills and the ability to prioritize work and meet deadline
· Fluent in Mandarin both spoken and written, fair in English written
· Willing and be able to travel extensively and regularly
· An understanding of and commitment to, the aims of SC as an organization working for social change and active in the promotion of the rights of the child
· Able to carry out all appointed work in a non-political and non-discriminatory manner
· A commitment to support for cross-organizational initiatives and to team working and understanding of how to contribute to this.
Desirable
· Solid understanding approach of curriculum development, especially facilitation skills.
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Safeguarding our Staff:
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
If you are interested in this position, please read the Child Safeguarding first, then would you please click below link to fill in your job application form in SCI Recruitment System before 2022-8-17. If you have any questions about the job application, please contact us by email: beijingoffice.china@savethechildren.org
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