SOMALILAND: VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR Project Officer of the Strengthening Community Based Responses for Improving Care and Protection of Vulnerable Children in Somaliland IMPLEMENTED BY USWO NGO

 

UBAH SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION

Telephone/mob: 252-2-4402499 / 4404312 Email:ubaxswo@yahoo.com/uswo.ed@gmail.com

Website: www.uswosom.org

Hargeisa, Somaliland

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

EMPLOYER:	Ubax Social Selfare Organization (USWO)
JOB TITLE:	Project Officer
JOB TYPE:	Full-Time
LOCATION:	Hargeisa
REPORTING TO:	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:
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NO :	USWO/02/2013
ISSUED ON:	11 March 2013
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION:	25th March2013
POSITION TITLE:	Project Officer of the Strengthening Community Based Responses for Improving Care and Protection of Vulnerable Children in Somaliland (SCORE Project).
DURATION:	6 months with possible extension
ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES:	SOMALILAND NATIONALS ONLY
ANTICIPATED START DATE:	Immediately

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:
 

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.

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;

§  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
 

Only shortlisted will be contacted