Child Protection Specialist

Country: Türkiye

Organization: Save the Children

Closing date: 7 Jul 2023

The Opportunity

To provide regular technical supervision, training, and coaching to Child Protection and other sector staff and partners delivering CP interventions for earthquake-affected and other vulnerable children and families; to adapt and contextualise evidence-based CP training and intervention packages, in collaboration with the CP & MHPSS Technical Advisors and Regional CP and MHPSS Advisors, and in line with global and regional standards and guidelines, whilst ensuring their relevance to the needs in each program location; and to ensure compliance with good practice standards and SOPs in programme implementation, monitoring and reporting.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:
Essential

Advanced degree in Social Work, Social Studies, Psychology, or related field.
Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible professional experience in a similar capacity.
Work experience in humanitarian emergencies.
Proven capacity to train, supervise, and coach staff in CP technical skills and coordination, based on evidence-based approaches and intervention packages
Sound knowledge of Child Protection Minimum Standards, human rights, and protection in humanitarian contexts.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work within different cultural environments.
Excellent written and verbal communication and reporting skills.
Fluency in Turkish and English
Commitment to Save the Children values and Child Safeguarding.

Desired

Experience working with disaster-affected communities as well as other vulnerable children and families.

Position holder will be roving across earthquake affected locations, therefore legal right to work in Türkiye is necessary at the time of application.

The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Save the Children is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating discrimination. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve children better. Therefore all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

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.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.