Child Protection and Gender Manager at Shining Hope For Communities

1 month ago

Nairobi, Kenya Shining Hope For Communities Full time

Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) is a non-profit organization based in Nairobi, Kenya and New York, NY that combats urban poverty and gender inequity in the slums of Nairobi. Kennedy Odede, who grew up in the Kibera slum, founded SHOFCO in 2004 with a focus on youth and gender empowerment.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:
 Oversight:

Develop a clear child protection/case management plan on identification of children in and out of school who are at risk of being harmed.
Set up/strengthen Rights of children clubs/safe spaces in schools and communities together with the team, including training and awareness raising on child safety and linking children to available services.
Take the initiative in developing an evidence-base, documenting lessons learnt, best practice and case studies to shape in-county strategies and program approaches, and contribute to broader learning within child protection and GBV response.
To provide technical guidance to the Child Protection and Gender team in coordination with the Head of department on implementation of activities successfully.

Technical Quality:

Provide technical and management leadership to the child protection case management programs, and the adolescent safe spaces programming in accordance with best practices and SHOFCO child protection policy.
Ensure that solid CP case management, referral and information management systems are in place for appropriate identification, responses and follow-up for children harmed or at risk of being harmed, and that these processes are happening in a timely manner.
Ensure the adolescent safe spaces programming are contextualized and supported with appropriate technical support.
Develop and implement capacity building plans for all areas of child protection programming within the county.
Ensure regular communication with the Head of department and the Child Protection and Gender team to integrate appropriate technical priorities in program design, in order to provide updates on achievements and challenges

Staff Supervision & Development

Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
Ensure timely completion and submission of monthly reports, probations reviews and annual performance reviews.
Assist with the recruitment of need Child Protection and gender staff, in coordination with the Head of department.
Ensure training, support and ongoing capacity building opportunities for staff on technical and project management skills.

Grant Planning & Implementation

Supports implementation and ensure adherence to grant work plans, spending plans and monitoring and evaluation plans.
Work closely and coordinates with, finance and grant staff to ensure timely and completion of program activities and expenditures; including active participation in grant opening/closing and review meetings.
Develop and maintain effective and efficient oversight, support, quality control and reporting systems and processes.
Ensure regular field monitoring and modifications as required.
Monitor and consolidate information collected from weekly and staff activity reports
Ensure high-quality donor reports on activities, indicators and achievements

Partner Management

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with child protection actors, government and children’s department.
Advocate with peer agencies, government and other stakeholders to promote timely and quality case management responses for children
Actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders.
Regularly attend coordination group meetings at appropriate levels to contribute to the case management responses across agencies.

Program Development

Contributes to the development of the CP sector strategic direction for responding to children issues across the county
Contribute to proposal development activities (narrative and budget) through planning and program design with relevant field-based staff and ensure technical standards are taken into consideration
Coordinate with other actors, government ministries to receive and provide input and support regarding responses for children.
Work with the existing community children’s structures to recruit children promoters, champions within the children officers to oversee and respond to children issues in the communities.
Work with SHOFCO MEL team in data analysis and information dissemination to the appropriate coordinating mechanisms, field teams and beneficiaries.

Requirements
Qualifications

Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in implementing child protection and Gender programs, preferable social work or case management, in humanitarian or informal development settings.
Bachelors Degree in social work, human rights, or related degree desired
Master’s degree in Gender studies, Development studies, Social Work, Project management or any related field.

Professional Qualifications

Any training certification relevant to the role

Other requirements (unique/job specific)

Previous experience supervising and managing a team in a cross-cultural setting
Demonstrated understanding of working with children from diverse cultures and environments.
Demonstrated experience in capacity building and mentoring of staff members.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders

Functional Skills:

Creative
Innovative
Business Leadership
Analytical and detail oriented
Presentation skills
Networking

Behavioural Competencies/Attributes:

Collaborative
Team leadership & governance
Inspirational
Persuasive
Self-Driven
Enterprising

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