Position Duration: 1 Year (Possibility of extension depending upon performance)

Required number: One

Duty Station: CAD Jumla with frequent field visits

Salary: As per organization rule

Required Qualifications and Experiences:

• Minimum Master's Degree, preferably in Law, Human and Child Rights or any other relevant development studies,
  
• At least three years work experiences in designing/managing projects on child sponsorship (SP) and child protection (CP), especially elimination of harmful traditional practices such as child marriage, Chaupadiand CP system strengthening in child rights advocacy, GBV and other protection issues(child labour, trafficking etc.) 
  
• In-depth knowledge on child sponsorship, child protection and safeguarding issues along with the hands-on experience of mainstreaming those into programs
  
• Experience in identifying child protection risks and its mitigation in programming 
  
• Excellent communication, facilitation and presentation skills with the ability to multi-task and coordinate with multiple stakeholders
  
• Proven knowledge of latest debates, issues, research and practice in Child Rights programs and program implementation in a range of contexts – local, national and regional
  
• Knowledge of Policies and Program Priorities of Federal and Provincial Governments including Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens, 
  
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, a variety of team members and external contacts, through good written and spoken communication skills
  
• Have sound knowledge of team management and leadership 
  
• Have sound knowledge on coordination with government agencies, local bodies, media and community.
  
• Have sound knowledge on participatory situation analysis process.
  
• Experience in social audit and promotion of transparency.
  
• Have fluency in English and Nepali Languages (both oral and written)

Key Responsibilities:

• Support in development of annual operational plans and the regular internal programme planning and review meetings for effective of of Child Sponsorship, Child Protection and Safeguarding themes
  
• Provide technical support to schools, municipalities and wards to establish/promote child protection mechanisms
  
• Capacitate municipality officials on their mandate on Child Protection and advocate for allocating resources in annual and strategic plans of municipalities to address the issues of children, especially girls, CwD and Dalits
  
• Coordinate with thematic heads of Child Sponsorship and Child Protection program of Plan International Nepal for effective management of child sponsorship communication and CP related programs
  
• Support team members in carrying out project plan activities  and child sponsorship, Child Protection Policy risk assessment and developing mitigation measures in programs
  
• Provide technical input on all aspects of child sponsorship, child protection and safeguarding to staff, key government officials/local level authorities on policies, strategies, good practices, lessons learnt and approaches on child protection and safeguarding issues to support program development, planning, implementation and delivery of results
  
• Coordinate and work with program team at district, municipality and field level to identify and prioritize major issues on child sponsorship, Child protection and safeguarding considering its interrelationship. Prepare appropriate influencing plan and its implementation plan.
  
• Ensure participation and contribution of CAD in likeminded networks and alliances
  
• Collect and promote good practices and lessons learnt, contributing to the collection of replicable good practices for programming. Identify and document the success stories and failure experiences in approaches, strategies, processes and tools and its results and disseminate
  
• Prepare project report in time and submit to Plan International Nepal