Who we are
SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia is an International Non-governmental organization and a member of SOS Children’s Villages International Federation. We started our humanitarian work in Ethiopia with the opening of our first Village in Mekelle, Northern part of Ethiopia in 1974. Since then, we have expanded our programs to different regions where there are significant needs for intervention and where we believe we can work in partnership with all relevant actors to bring sustainable positive outcomes for children’s and young people.
Today, we have grown significantly to meet the persistent challenges that confront Ethiopian children who have lost parental care and those that are at risk of losing their parental care. Working in close collaboration with international donors, local government and community-based organizations
across seven program locations; we aspire that every child grows up with love, respect and security.
Why we need you?
We’re building a pool of great candidates for upcoming roles- come join the roster!
Your application will only be considered if you complete these MANDATORY SCREENING QUESTIONS and submit your resume through this portal. Incomplete applications will be automatically rejected.
What we provide?
An amazing work environment that promotes personal growth through providing professional space to grow and advance your career!
Your role?
As the FSCP Officer Child Protection, you will be responsible for supporting, the design, implementation, and monitoring of programs aimed at safeguarding children and youth while strengthening community-based child protection mechanisms. The role focuses on building the capacity of CBOs, youth centres, and caregivers, ensuring sustainable service delivery and psychosocial support.
Program Implementation
- Support the design, planning, and implementation of child protection interventions in line with organizational standards and project objectives.
- Strengthen community-based child protection mechanisms, ensuring the active participation of caregivers, youth, and community members.
- Facilitate the establishment and capacity building of CBOs and youth centers to provide sustainable child protection services and psychosocial support.
- Support the development and implementation of initiatives that enhance child well-being, safety, and access to essential services.
- Ensure interventions are inclusive, gender-sensitive, and responsive to the needs of vulnerable children and youth.
- Lead child protection and safety programming including assessment, program development, training f
- Organize discussions on child protection risks, concerns with stakeholders, children and young persons on community members
- Strengthen the Child Safeguarding through creating awareness with the woreda and community leaders.
Capacity Building
- Conduct training needs assessments for staff, partners, and community stakeholders to identify gaps in child protection knowledge and skills.
- Deliver training, mentoring, and coaching sessions on child safeguarding, psychosocial support, and community-based protection mechanisms.
- Strengthen governance and operational structures of CBOs and youth centers to enhance accountability, service quality, and sustainability.
- Organize awareness-raising sessions, trainings, and community forums (e.g., coffee ceremonies) on positive parenting skills.
- Implement the Parenting for Respectability (PfR) approach to enhance parenting knowledge and practices.
- Support caregivers through practical interventions, such as renovating dilapidated houses for selected vulnerable families..
Stakeholder Engagement
- Collaborate closely with government offices, partners, and community actors to coordinate child protection interventions.
- Participate in sectoral coordination forums, working groups, and multi-stakeholder meetings to align program activities and share learning.
- Establish and strengthen child abuse complaint and feedback mechanisms (CFMs), ensuring accessibility and responsiveness.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Develop and maintain M&E tools to track child protection outputs, outcomes, and impacts.
- Conduct regular field visits and supportive supervision to ensure compliance with quality standards and safeguarding policies.
- Collect, document, and analyse data to inform program improvements and evidence-based decision-making.
- Integrate community feedback mechanisms to improve relevance and responsiveness of child protection interventions.
Reporting and Documentation
- Document lessons learned, good practices, and success stories from child protection activities.
- Prepare timely progress reports for project management, partners, and donors.
- Support knowledge sharing, learning events, and advocacy efforts related to child protection and safeguarding.
Safeguarding
- Ensure adherence to SOS CV policies such as the Code of Conduct, Safeguarding Standards and others as well as the minimum standards of development program
- Ensure that all support is provided in the best interest of the child.
- Responsible for taking part in awareness-raising sessions and capacity building training in relation to Safeguarding and Code of Conduct and to protect children and young people from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination
- Support children, young people and program participants to make them understand the Safeguarding risks and protection mechanisms
- Ensure proper safeguarding procedures and policies are in place to protect programme participant children, young persons, adults and other stakeholders.
- Responsible for reporting any safeguarding suspicion, concern, allegation, or incident immediately, following the safeguarding reporting procedures.
- Responsible for ensuring behaviours and all relationships are based on safeguarding and in line with the Code of Conduct and adhering to it in every situation
- Be vigilant about any possible form of abuse/harm, neglect, harassment, or exploitation against, children, youth and adults in personal and professional lives;
- Report any Incident Management Team or concern within 24 hours to the Incident Management Team, focal person or concerned party through the defined channels for reporting the allegation
Up for the challenge?
Then check out our criteria’s:
Must Criteria
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in social work, Development Studies, Economics, , Community Development, or related field.
- Experience:: At least 3 years of experience in child protection or working with highly vulnerable children who lost their parents or are unaccompanied .
- Strong understanding of child safeguarding policies, child rights, protection standards, and ethical principles in program delivery.
- Experience in planning, implementing, and monitoring child-focused interventions, including community and school-based initiatives.
- Proven experience in training, mentoring, and coaching staff, community stakeholders, and caregivers on child protection .
- Experience collaborating with government offices, NGOs, CBOs, schools, and community structures to implement child protection interventions
- Knowledge of M&E systems, tools, and techniques for tracking outputs, outcomes, and impact of child protection programs.
- Ability to speak and communicate effectively in the local language relevant to the program area
Desired Criteria
- Education: Master’s degree in Social Work, Child Protection, Development Studies, or related fields..
- Experience: At least 5 years of experience working in similar projects in NGO.
- Experience working with multiple partners, consortiums, or community-based organizations.
- Experience in documenting lessons learned, best practices, and facilitating learning events.
- Proficiency in MS Office, project management, or M&E software tools
Competencies-Knowledge, Skill and Abilities
- Understanding the organization and commitment to its vision and mission: able to clearly communicate SOS Children’s Villages Who We Are (Vision, Mission & Values), “Living our Values” policies and strategies in all areas.
- Child rights & child development: Working knowledge in all areas of child rights, child protection, child development, family & community development, and rights-based programming in a developing country.
- Child Protection: experience on child protection initiatives, awareness raising and risk assessment.
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting: experience in preparing structured report and using evidence to support on the program.
- Community Engagement and Capacity Building: ability to build and maintain partnership with stakeholders such as schools, community and government stakeholders.
- Networking and Relationships Building: ability to build, maintain and leverage networks with local government, NGO communities leaders and other relevant stakeholders.
- Accountability and Result Orientation: ensure the ownership of task and meets deadlines effectively and monitor progress and communicate concerns proactively.
- Collaboration: driven to work with others, able to build partnerships and teamwork internally and externally.
- Integrity: able to state views openly and act in line with beliefs, maintain the organization’s values, maintain deadlines and commitments; have ethical standards, ability to gain the trust of co-workers, and desire to be of service.
- Communication: high-level written and verbal communication/presentation skills; ability to interact effectively with partners and staff at all levels; ability to represent the organization externally; exceptional ability to communicate consistently, clearly, and effectively with a range of stakeholders;
- Software: - Computer literacy (MS Office and MS Project, and other statistical softer wares such as STATA, and SPSS)
Core Competencies (these competencies are relevant for every co-worker):
- Kindness: Act with empathy towards everyone he/she works with.
- Continuous Learning: Make an effort to learn, understand and grow as a person, admitting your own mistakes.
- Inclusiveness: In any actions show respect and care for others.
- Initiative: speak up when things are not right, do not hesitate to act, and adapt to change when necessary.
- Results Orientation: look for solutions and focus on desired results.
How to Apply
Excited to take on a new Challenge?
MAKE SURE YOU CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE MANDATORY SCREENING QUESTIONS
Then send us your application (application letter, detailed CV containing contact details) electronically through SOS Children Villages Application portal (ICIMS)
Click to view our EVP Brochure
Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
SOS Children’s Villages in Ethiopia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conduct of sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection, and hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, and police clearance reference check processes.
SOS Children's Villages in Ethiopia provides equal employment opportunities to all co-workers & qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or class.
