Job ID
43395
Job Title
National Child Safeguarding advisor
To work for
SOS Children's Villages Syria
Country
Syria
City
Damascus
Field of Work
Administrative - Social Services - Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Finished or Exempted (For male)
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
Acts as an advisor to the National Director on the implementation of CS project in MAs with high risk
context
- 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.
- Ensures establishment of a strong and reliable CS reporting and responding procedure in the member
association.
- 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.
- Conducts mapping to identify key country-level contacts, national child protection legislation, existing
national child protection systems, with whom to work/network, potential resources for local advice and
possible victim response, etc
- Conducts a status quo analysis including existing resource and capacity, risk assessment involving all
cs 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.
- Is responsible for sharing status report, review of incidents and closure when CS incident is monitored
by or escalated to the IOR CEE/CIS with IOR CS focal person.
context
- 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.
- Ensures establishment of a strong and reliable CS reporting and responding procedure in the member
association.
- 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.
- Conducts mapping to identify key country-level contacts, national child protection legislation, existing
national child protection systems, with whom to work/network, potential resources for local advice and
possible victim response, etc
- Conducts a status quo analysis including existing resource and capacity, risk assessment involving all
cs 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.
- Is responsible for sharing status report, review of incidents and closure when CS incident is monitored
by or escalated to the IOR CEE/CIS with IOR CS focal person.
Qualifications
University degree education in social sciences or related field
- Minimum 5 years experience in social welfare field, preferably in the sector of child and youth welfare
- Good knowledge of international standards, legal issues and current directions of national
development in the field of child rights approach, and social welfare systems
- Good knowledge of written and spoken English
- Strong communication, negotiation and advocating skills
- Minimum 5 years experience in social welfare field, preferably in the sector of child and youth welfare
- Good knowledge of international standards, legal issues and current directions of national
development in the field of child rights approach, and social welfare systems
- Good knowledge of written and spoken English
- Strong communication, negotiation and advocating skills
Salary and Benefits
Salary: as per SOS salary scale
Medical Insurance
Social Insurance
contract: 6 months with the option of extension
Medical Insurance
Social Insurance
contract: 6 months with the option of extension
About us
SOS Children's Villages Syria, a nonprofit, nongovernmental association that is committed to responding to the social development needs of society's most vulnerable children and young people. We establish facilities and programs that aim to strengthen families and prevent the abandonment of children. We join hands with community members to provide education, protection, and alternative care services.
SOS Children's Villages Syria is a branch of the International Federation of Children's Villages, based in Austria and spread out in 136 countries worldwide. It was founded in Syria in 1975, and since then, we have been working to ensure that children and young people without parental care or at risk of losing it grow up with the needed support and care to become their strongest selves.
SOS Children Villages strives to maintain a recruitment process that is open and competitive for all candidates. SOS supports employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, ancestry, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, marital status or any other status protected by applicable law.
SOS Children's Villages Syria is a branch of the International Federation of Children's Villages, based in Austria and spread out in 136 countries worldwide. It was founded in Syria in 1975, and since then, we have been working to ensure that children and young people without parental care or at risk of losing it grow up with the needed support and care to become their strongest selves.
SOS Children Villages strives to maintain a recruitment process that is open and competitive for all candidates. SOS supports employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, ancestry, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, marital status or any other status protected by applicable law.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Jul 01, 2025
Expiry Date
Jul 16, 2025
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CV Language
English
