UBAH SOCIAL
WELFARE ORGANIZATION
Website:
www.uswosom.org
Hargeisa,
Somaliland
VACANCY
ANNOUNCEMENT
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EMPLOYER:
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Ubax Social
Selfare Organization (USWO)
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JOB TITLE:
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Project Officer
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JOB TYPE:
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Full-Time
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LOCATION:
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Hargeisa
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REPORTING TO:
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Reporting
directly the Executive Director of USWO NGO supported by the other key staff
including the administration, finance and field Technical leaders, the staff
member will undertake to support the following activities:
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VACANCY
ANNOUNCEMENT NO :
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USWO/02/2013
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ISSUED
ON:
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11 March 2013
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DEADLINE
FOR APPLICATION:
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25th March2013
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POSITION
TITLE:
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Project Officer of the Strengthening Community Based
Responses for Improving Care and Protection of Vulnerable Children in
Somaliland (SCORE Project).
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DURATION:
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6 months with possible extension
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ELIGIBLE
CANDIDATES:
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SOMALILAND NATIONALS ONLY
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ANTICIPATED
START DATE:
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Immediately
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Background:
USWO is non-governmental, nonprofit minority right
based NGOs, an initiative of a group of Somaliland outcast minorities students
in 2003. It was formally registered in 2004 as a non-government organization.
It is among the first national NGOs to exclusively champion the human rights,
environmental justice and socio-economic empowerment of Somaliland outcast
minority groups – the most vulnerable, disadvantaged and marginalized social
group in Somaliland.
In partnership
with Save
the Children and in collaboration with the Ministry of Rehabilitation
Relief and Reconstruction (MRRR) and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
(MOLSA), Ubax Social Selfare Organization (USWO) is implementing the SCORE
project in the IDP Camps of Daami in Hargeisa city.
The overall purpose of the project is to contribute to the protection rights of vulnerable children who have fled their families or communities into Somaliland and ensuring their rights are respected, promoted and fulfilled.
Targeting to reach a total of 2,700 IDP/street children through different interventions including direct services provision for the severely abused children, the project will specifically focus on the following outcomes/ objectives:
The overall purpose of the project is to contribute to the protection rights of vulnerable children who have fled their families or communities into Somaliland and ensuring their rights are respected, promoted and fulfilled.
Targeting to reach a total of 2,700 IDP/street children through different interventions including direct services provision for the severely abused children, the project will specifically focus on the following outcomes/ objectives:
a) Strengthened capacity of child
protection systems and structures to prevent and respond to abuse, neglect,
exploitation and violence against internally displaced children and children
living and working on the streets of Hargeysa town by December 2013.
b) 2,000 IDP and other vulnerable [Other vulnerable children will include
street children, children in conflict with the law and minority clan children
being discriminated in this project context.] children who have fled their families
and live in IDP Camps and the streets of Hargeisa have access to community based
care and protection services in a supportive and child empowering environment
by December 2013.
One of the key outputs of this project is ensuring an institutional framework that is responsive to the protection rights of children is in place. This is meant to be achieved through supporting the government of Somaliland through MOLSA to develop national guidelines on institutional care for children without appropriate care.
One of the key outputs of this project is ensuring an institutional framework that is responsive to the protection rights of children is in place. This is meant to be achieved through supporting the government of Somaliland through MOLSA to develop national guidelines on institutional care for children without appropriate care.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
§ Lead, ensure,
organize, plan, supervise and control the implementation of project day-to-day
child protection activities at all levels;
§ Draw approaches,
establish, reform and strengthen community based child protection structures
(CRCCs) at community/village levels;
§ Initiate ,
establish, promote and support problem solving, conflict management and
self-help initiates child-to-child and youth-to-youth groups;
§ Provide workshops
on youth conflict resolutions and management with community elders and youth
groups;
§ Conduct community
sensitization, mobilization and awareness on child rights and promotion of
community approaches to protection through workshops, sensitization meeting and
organizing CRC and CRP committees to raise the issue of child protection.
§ Lead the project
staff to support the establishment of parent support groups to improve
community based reception and rehabilitation of VC/children at risk;
§ Plan, organize
and conduct structured training sessions for PSSGs for selected parents on care
and protection of children and parenting skills;
§ Promote and support
the reintegration of children in their communities, including child conflict
with the law;
§ Facilitate and
provide direct support to abused children to access needed services through
provision of legal, medical and psychosocial counseling support to victims and,
or referral or other means;
§ Ensure timely
delivery of a quality project outputs to be produced within the project period;
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Submit monthly, or quarterly and annual
narrative reports to USWO executive director, project donors and partners
timely before deadlines;
Expertise
Required
The
following attributes are required for the selection of the suitable consultant:
Competencies
- Proven analytical, organizational development and inter-personal skills;
- Strong conceptual and analytical skills;
- Excellent oral, and effective presentation and report-writing skills;
- Excellent computers skills required;
- Ability to meet deadlines with minimum supervision;
- Proficiency in English and Somali, written and spoken.
Required
Skills and Experience
Education:
- Post graduate qualifications in the following fields: Public Administration, Development Studies or another related discipline relevant to the assignment.
- Postgraduate qualifications in social sciences or another discipline relevant to this assignment with a minimum of 5 years work experience.
Experience:
- At least five years of relevant professional experience including at least three years’ experience in human rights, child rights work;
- Substantial knowledge and understanding of internal displacement issues in the region ;
- Sound knowledge of local and international legal instruments governing the protection and promotion of children’s rights,
- Understanding of key working approaches and principles in Child Protection (Child Rights Programming and Child Participation frameworks)
- Knowledge of Somali culture and the social political dimensions of CP
- Evidence of quality previous work with Somaliland LNGOs and/or INGOs working with Children;
- Excellent documentation skills including analytical and report writing skills
- Experience of working with Government
Interested
and eligible applicants can send copies of their updated CVs, and motivated
latter to:
uswo.ed@gmail.com
uswo.ed@gmail.com
Only
shortlisted will be contacted
