National Child Development and Safeguarding Advisor

Job description

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National Child Development and Safeguarding Advisor

Layihə
Milli Ofis

Ünvan
Bakı ş., Nizami 137/1

Supervisor
National Programme Development Director

PAT
National Programme Development Director

Reporting
National Programme Development Director

Meetings
Programme departament meetings

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Under the direction of the National Program Development Director, the National Child Development and Protection Advisor is fully responsible for the development of children aged 3-14 within the Association, supporting and protecting the child's development. Partners with Program Department staff, Program Coordinators, social workers, psychologists, foster mothers, builds teams and supports key issues affecting child development. Its responsibilities include ensuring comprehensive high standards of child welfare.

The mission of the National Child Development and Protection Advisor is to ensure the implementation of Child Protection Policy and related policy support documents in all programs and to support procedures in order to reduce existing child protection risks for children and youth.

Main Respobnsibilities

Monitor the progress of annual and strategic planning and targeting under the guidance of the National Program Development Director (NPDD), and contribute to the implementation of the SOS Children's Village Program Policy and related policies, taking into account national legislation and context;

- Ensure the development of a National Child Development Strategy and the implementation of the National Child Development Guidelines;

- Develop a single program covering all areas of child development for children aged 3-13 in SOS Children's Village Programs;

- To support the implementation of Children's Village Programs;

- To ensure that children from the age of 10 can participate in projects and decisions (Child participation) that directly affect their (personal) lives in projects and that children are involved in the program;

- Develop the skills of caregivers and develop and implement programs and activities that promote children's participation;

- Work closely with colleagues and partners to discuss project implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and / or inform relevant stakeholders about higher-level interventions and / or decisions. Keep records of reporting and evaluation results, use them as examples of successful practices;

- Participate in monitoring and evaluation, program review and annual planning, as well as other partnerships to evaluate programs / projects and report on the steps required to implement the national child development strategy;

- Report critical issues and outcomes and monitor unresolved issues to ensure timely resolution by management.

- Prepare regular program / project reports for program management and donors and partners to inform them about the program development and progress;

- Contribute to the provision of integrated quality child development services based on the Association's SOS Care Promise, National Gatting Guide, National Reintegration Guide, National Day Care Center Project Guide, Child Protection, Early Childhood Development Policy;

- Coordinate the implementation of the Child Protection (CHP) policy and related child protection policy support documents in the Association;

- Submit Child Protection reports to the National Program Development Director and the National Director;

- Ensure that the Association and all programs implement the minimum requirements of the Association's policy support document on child protection reporting and response procedures and the policy support document on child protection research, and support UKP Child Protection teams;

- To conduct child protection audits in all programs of the Association;

- Maintain a register of national child protection cases;

- Track UM concerns, problems and incidents with the Child Protection Team in Children's Village Programs;

- Gather a database of positive results and existing challenges to ensure the planning and future implementation of appropriate preventive, awareness-raising and capacity-building measures;

- Ensure that relevant child protection documents and tools are available to team members at the national and program levels;

- Identify the need to increase child protection skills at the national level and in programs, and support the development and implementation of necessary training tools and processes in collaboration with IRC;

- To be a member of the regional network for child protection;

- Support the Program

Department in the implementation of other projects (if necessary).

Salary: 1,000 AZN gross (including taxes)

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 November 30, 2026 at the latest to [email protected] with the subject line “National Child Development and Safeguarding Advisor ”

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.