"SOS Children's Villages - Azerbaijan" Association was founded in 1999 according to the agreement signed between "SOS Children’s Village International” and Azerbaijan government. The main purpose of the organization is providing family based care to the children deprived from parental care as well as implementation of different activities aimed to provide children social welfare. Currently a number of social and educational projects successfully have being implemented within SOS Children's Villages Baku and Ganja.

“SOS Children’s Villages – Azerbaijan” has been implementing Child Protection Policy based on UN Convention on Child Rights.

We are now searching for a committed and strong personality eager to make a change for children by supporting our work in the position of a

 

NATIONAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT and SAFEGUARDING ADVISOR

 

Under the leadership of the National Programme Development Director, the National Child Development and Child Safeguarding Advisor is overall responsible for matters of children development aged 3-13 within the Member Association, promotes and advocates for the development of the whole child. S/He builds a partnership and team with Programme Department co-workers, Programme Coordinators, social workers, psychologists, SOS mothers and in supporting key matters that affect the development of children in the respective locations. Her/his responsibilities will include but not limited to ensuring a comprehensive range of high standard of child welfare. 

 

The mission of the National Child Development and Child Safeguarding Advisor is to coordinate and support the implementation of the Child Protection Policy and related child safeguarding policy support documents in the member association and all its programmes in order to mitigate existing child safeguarding risks for children and young people who are directly and indirectly cared for and supported through SOS Children’s Villages Programmes.

 

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

• Under the leadership of the National Program Development Director (NPDD), contributes to annual and strategic planning and monitoring of progress towards targets and to putting the SOS Children’s Villages Programme Policy and related policies into practice taking into consideration national legislation and context;
• Ensure the development of a national child development strategy and the implementation of the National Child Development Guideline
• Develop a holistic programme for children aged 3-13 in SOS Programmes that covers all areas of child development. 
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Ensuring that children from the age of 10 can participate (Child participation)  in decisions and choices that directly impact their (personal) journey to self-reliance throughout programmes and that children are involved in programme
• Build the capacities of care professionals related to child care and veloping and implementing programmes and activities that foster child participation
• Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and partners to discuss implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or to alert related officials and stakeholders for higher-level interventions and/or decisions. Keep records of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and lessons learned.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation, programme reviews and annual planning and other counterparts to assess programmes/projects, and to report on required actions/interventions at the higher level of programme management in regards of national child development strategy.
• Report on critical issues and findings to ensure timely resolution by management. Follow up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution.
• Prepare regular and mandated sectoral programme/project reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of programme progress.
• Contribute to the provision of integrated quality child development services, based on the SOS Care Promise, National Gatekeeping Manual, National Reintegration Manual, National Day Care Manual, Child Safeguarding, Child Protection and ECD policy of the Federation
• Coordinates the implementation of the Child Protection Policy and related child safeguarding policy support documents in the member association.
• Ensures that the minimum requirements of the policy support document on child safeguarding reporting and responding procedures in member associations and the policy support document on child safeguarding investigations are met by the member association and all its programmes, provide support to programme child safeguarding teams.
• Conducts child safeguarding audit in all programmes of the member association.
• Maintains the national Child Safeguarding Incident Register. 
• Follows up on reported CS concerns and incidents together with the programme CS team. 
• Collects lessons learnt as well as identified challenges to ensure that relevant preventive, awareness raising and capacity building measures are planned and further implemented.
• Ensures that relevant child safeguarding documents and tools are available to child safeguarding team members at national and programme level.
• Identifies capacity building needs on child safeguarding at national level and in programmes and in coordination with HR supports development and implementation of necessary training tools and processes.
• Participates in the regional child safeguarding network. 
• Suppor other projects from progrraming side (if needed)

 

YOUR PROFILE:

 

• Higher education in social sciences, psychology and/or pedagogy (early childhood education, child development, elementary education is asset);
• At least 2 years’ experience in social welfare field, preferably in the sector of child/youth welfare and family development programmes/experience in social development planning and management in child protection related areas;
• Experience in curriculum development and implementation; conducting staff training; and evaluating program effectiveness and child development outcomes against applicable standards, policies, and procedures;
• Must possess an in-depth working knowledge of national legislation and curriculum processes for early childhood or school age care programs and knowledge of legal issues relating to social welfare;
• Experience in interpreting policy and writing operational guidance;
• Motivation for work focused on children and families;
• Good knowledge of standards and current directions of development in the field of child’s rights approach, and social welfare systems;
• High level of communication and leadership skills;
• Good knowledge of written and spoken English;
• Experience in project management and planning is an asset;
• Experience and readiness to work in a team. 

 

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Full time employment contract- 5 days; 09:00- 18:00
• Area – Str.137 Nizami, Baku AZ1010 (orientation-Chinese Embassy) 
• Salary – (GROSS) 1300-1500 AZN (Will be determined during the final interview)

 

OUR OFFER:

Challenging assignment in an international NGO working environment where professional and human competence is in the foreground.

Interested? To apply please send your application (letter of motivation and CV) by October, 19, 2022 at the latest, to cv@sos-az.org with the subject line “National Child Development and Child Safeguarding Advisor”. Please, consider that only most competent shortlisted candidates will be contacted.  You can contact us at +994552274725 Note: Job announcements of SOS Azerbaijan are only published in azerweb.az and jobsearch. az websites