Internship – Case and Incentive Workers Data Management ( 4 positions ) 140 views7 applications


INTRODUCTION

Save the Children is an exciting and dynamic organization that follows a holistic approach to achieve more for children and use its resources in an efficient and sustainable way. In every programming we aim to achieve results at scale, build partnership to influence others and increase our impact; look for innovate solutions to the problems children faces, campaign for better practice and ensure that Children’s voices are heard.

Save the Children is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behaviour towards children both in their private and professional lives.

Save the Children offers sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and development. If you are interested to work in an organization that is determined to achieve dramatic change for the most vulnerable children, we encourage you to look through the job profile below.

Job Purpose

The intern will help the Child Protection officers in implementing case management and Incentive workers data management activities. The child protection case management is currently focused on series of Case management steps: identification, registration, assessment, case plan, implementation and follow up of vulnerable refugee children. Successful, case closure after achieving the objective in the case plan and appropriate pre and post family tracing and reunification (FTR) is the result expected of the intern caseworker. It also includes components of psychosocial support to children through community-based child protection networks and child-friendly spaces.

The incumbent of this position represents Save the Children values and principles in interactions with staff and external audiences. These values and principles include a commitment to the mission of Save the Children international, team orientation, quality management and leadership development, introducing systems and procedures to strengthen staff motivation and productivity.

SCOPE OF ROLE

Directly Reports to: Child Protection Officer

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

  • In cooperation with camp based Child Protection officers identify and register vulnerable children for case management.
  • Establish strong referral mechanism
  • Conduct follow (home visits) to active cases
  • Develop and implement case management plan
  • Actively work on best interest assessment and determination processes.
  • Ensure that the case management actions are carried out effectively and efficiently with agreed time frame with line manager with high standard of quality, in accordance with SC’s policies, values and operating principles.
  • Provide assistance to the volunteers and project staff in running case management to ensure high service
  • Train incentive caseworkers on steps, principles, factors and toolkits of case management processes.
  • Support Child-led Clubs at Schools/CFS’s and develop Risk Maps for all locations.
  • Support & attend periodic meetings of Child Protection Networks and meetings and record progress and minutes.
  • Assist the project staff and volunteers to follow up on identified cases of separated and unaccompanied children and ensure appropriate case management throughout all stages of family tracing, including ensuring that immediate interim care needs, and material and psychosocial needs of children are met.
  • Supervise weekly coordination and case management meetings with case workers and facilitate the design of weekly work plans.
  • Proactively ensure synergies between all children protection activities, such as referral of separated children identified in CFSs to FTR Caseworkers etc.
  • Assist the Child Protection officers to organise and facilitate trainings and awareness-raising activities for volunteers, Child Protection Networks and partners’ staff on different topics as required.
  • Prepare weekly activity plans with volunteers and staff as necessary and ensure smooth implementation of these plans.
  • Provide weekly and month updates on case management.
  • Work with cultural sensitivity and respect the dignity of refugees and members of the host communities at all times.
  • Performs other functions relative to Child Protection activities and initiatives that may be assigned by Child Protection officer or coordinator.

Behaviors (Values in Practice)

Accountability

  • holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling 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

Job Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS  

  • University degree in Social Studies, Management, Information Technology, and related social science departments with a cumulative GPA of 2.75 and above.

 EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

  • Very good written and spoken English,
  • Basic understanding of child protection and community based approached
  • Computer knowledge
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Be able to prioritize tasks
  • Able to operate in extremely harsh living and working environment

Desirable

Knowledge of the Gambella region socio-culture and local language where the post is located

How to Apply

HOW TO APPLY

Interested applicants who met the MINIMUM requirements should apply through  Submit their application to Save the Children Gambella Field Office in person before June 07, 2020.

  1. A CV (not more than 3 pages)
  2. A cover letter (not more than one page)
  3. A one-page table summarizing your educational background, work experience (if any), technical skills and competencies to facilitate the screening process. Refer the vacancy announcement while doing this.

Please DO NOT SUBMIT copies of transcripts, academic degrees or recommendation letters with the application. You will provide them upon request.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU STATE THE CODE OF THE VACANCY ON THE SUBJECT OF YOUR EMAIL.

For hard copy applicants you can forward your application through Save the Children International Ethiopia Country Office P.O. Box 387; Ethiopia ensuring that the job title is clearly stated in the cover letter. All applications should be reserved within 10 days of this advertisement.

In the selection of its staff, Save the Children is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities.

 “We need to keep children safe and as such, our selection process reflects our commitment to ensuring that only those who are suitable to work with children are considered for these posts. All successful applicants will, therefore, be required to complete a Police Check and must sign onto our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.”

Qualified women are highly encouraged to apply.

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Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. Around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.

We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries.

It was established in the United Kingdom in 1919 in order to improve the lives of children through better education, health care, and economic opportunities, as well as providing emergency aid in natural disasters, war, and other conflicts.

In addition to the UK organisation, there are 29 other national Save the Children organisations who are members of Save the Children International, a global network of nonprofit organisations supporting local partners in over 120 countries around the world.

In 2015, we reached over 62 million children directly through our and our partners' work.

Save the Children has led global action on children’s rights for more than 90 years.

1919 Eglantyne Jebb established the Save the Children Fund to feed children facing starvation after the First World War

1924 the League of Nations adopted Eglantyne’s charter on children’s rights

1939–1945 During the Second World War, we worked to safeguard children directly affected by the war. We continue to do this in conflict-affected regions

1977 A number of Save the Children organisations formed an alliance to coordinate campaigning work to improve outcomes for the world’s children, sowing the seeds for Save the Children as a single global movement for children

1989 The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

194 countries have signed up to this legally binding convention

2004–2009 Save the Children’s largest humanitarian operation, in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami. Our tsunami response programme received funding of US$272 million, largely through generous donations

2009 Save the Children launched EVERY ONE, our largest ever global campaign, to prevent millions of mothers and young children from dying

2012 Our work once again touched the lives of over 125 million children worldwide and directly reached 45 million children.

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0 USD Gambella CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Save the Children

INTRODUCTION

Save the Children is an exciting and dynamic organization that follows a holistic approach to achieve more for children and use its resources in an efficient and sustainable way. In every programming we aim to achieve results at scale, build partnership to influence others and increase our impact; look for innovate solutions to the problems children faces, campaign for better practice and ensure that Children’s voices are heard.

Save the Children is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behaviour towards children both in their private and professional lives.

Save the Children offers sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and development. If you are interested to work in an organization that is determined to achieve dramatic change for the most vulnerable children, we encourage you to look through the job profile below.

Job Purpose

The intern will help the Child Protection officers in implementing case management and Incentive workers data management activities. The child protection case management is currently focused on series of Case management steps: identification, registration, assessment, case plan, implementation and follow up of vulnerable refugee children. Successful, case closure after achieving the objective in the case plan and appropriate pre and post family tracing and reunification (FTR) is the result expected of the intern caseworker. It also includes components of psychosocial support to children through community-based child protection networks and child-friendly spaces.

The incumbent of this position represents Save the Children values and principles in interactions with staff and external audiences. These values and principles include a commitment to the mission of Save the Children international, team orientation, quality management and leadership development, introducing systems and procedures to strengthen staff motivation and productivity.

SCOPE OF ROLE

Directly Reports to: Child Protection Officer

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

  • In cooperation with camp based Child Protection officers identify and register vulnerable children for case management.
  • Establish strong referral mechanism
  • Conduct follow (home visits) to active cases
  • Develop and implement case management plan
  • Actively work on best interest assessment and determination processes.
  • Ensure that the case management actions are carried out effectively and efficiently with agreed time frame with line manager with high standard of quality, in accordance with SC's policies, values and operating principles.
  • Provide assistance to the volunteers and project staff in running case management to ensure high service
  • Train incentive caseworkers on steps, principles, factors and toolkits of case management processes.
  • Support Child-led Clubs at Schools/CFS’s and develop Risk Maps for all locations.
  • Support & attend periodic meetings of Child Protection Networks and meetings and record progress and minutes.
  • Assist the project staff and volunteers to follow up on identified cases of separated and unaccompanied children and ensure appropriate case management throughout all stages of family tracing, including ensuring that immediate interim care needs, and material and psychosocial needs of children are met.
  • Supervise weekly coordination and case management meetings with case workers and facilitate the design of weekly work plans.
  • Proactively ensure synergies between all children protection activities, such as referral of separated children identified in CFSs to FTR Caseworkers etc.
  • Assist the Child Protection officers to organise and facilitate trainings and awareness-raising activities for volunteers, Child Protection Networks and partners’ staff on different topics as required.
  • Prepare weekly activity plans with volunteers and staff as necessary and ensure smooth implementation of these plans.
  • Provide weekly and month updates on case management.
  • Work with cultural sensitivity and respect the dignity of refugees and members of the host communities at all times.
  • Performs other functions relative to Child Protection activities and initiatives that may be assigned by Child Protection officer or coordinator.

Behaviors (Values in Practice)

Accountability

  • holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling 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

Job Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS  

  • University degree in Social Studies, Management, Information Technology, and related social science departments with a cumulative GPA of 2.75 and above.

 EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

  • Very good written and spoken English,
  • Basic understanding of child protection and community based approached
  • Computer knowledge
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Be able to prioritize tasks
  • Able to operate in extremely harsh living and working environment

Desirable

Knowledge of the Gambella region socio-culture and local language where the post is located

How to Apply

HOW TO APPLY

Interested applicants who met the MINIMUM requirements should apply through  Submit their application to Save the Children Gambella Field Office in person before June 07, 2020.

  1. A CV (not more than 3 pages)
  2. A cover letter (not more than one page)
  3. A one-page table summarizing your educational background, work experience (if any), technical skills and competencies to facilitate the screening process. Refer the vacancy announcement while doing this.

Please DO NOT SUBMIT copies of transcripts, academic degrees or recommendation letters with the application. You will provide them upon request.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU STATE THE CODE OF THE VACANCY ON THE SUBJECT OF YOUR EMAIL.

For hard copy applicants you can forward your application through Save the Children International Ethiopia Country Office P.O. Box 387; Ethiopia ensuring that the job title is clearly stated in the cover letter. All applications should be reserved within 10 days of this advertisement.

In the selection of its staff, Save the Children is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities.

 “We need to keep children safe and as such, our selection process reflects our commitment to ensuring that only those who are suitable to work with children are considered for these posts. All successful applicants will, therefore, be required to complete a Police Check and must sign onto our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.”

Qualified women are highly encouraged to apply.

2020-06-08

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