Save the Children seeks for:
- Child Protection Programme Manager
Essential:
- 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 organise, 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 in designing and delivering training on CP, including strengthening the capacity of key stakeholders to prevent and respond to child protection issues;
- 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 organisations, NGOs, UN;
- Ability to achieve results and maintain consistent high standards of professional behaviour and achievement, including when working alone;
- Ability to manage stress, be flexible and accommodating in difficult and frustrating working circumstance;
- 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.
- EU Residents or holders of valid EU work permit preferred (evidence will be requested)
- For non EU candidates a valid European Union work permit is mandatory due to statutory Greek regulations