Coordinator – Child protection and Special Projects – WASHM Family Legacy

Family Legacy Missions Zambia (FLMZ) is a Faith based organization that upholds Christian values and morals in the education of the orphaned and vulnerable children it serves. The organization seeks to recruit suitably qualified, experienced, and competent individuals who will demonstrate commitment to FLMZ’s mission, vision, and values for the following positions:

1. Coordinator – Child protection and Special Projects – WASHM

Job Summary

The overall responsibility of the Child Protection and Special Projects coordinator will be to coordinate activities aimed at creating a safe and comfortable environment for students through the implantation of Child protection and WASHM initiatives. He/she will also contribute to child protection policy reviews and participate in developing and implementing child protection and WASHM strategic plans/programs. He/ She will ensure the implementation of FLMZ’s WASHM and Child protection strategy and program implementation, He/she will support the building of capacity of staff and stakeholders in WASHM and Child protection

Dimensions of the Role:

• Coordinates the implementation of Child Protection policy and WASHM project activities.
• Coordinates and facilitates Child Protection and WASH training.
• Responds to child protection cases and WASHM needs for schools
• Provide direction to staff with regards to Child Protection and WASHM in line with FLMZ’s priorities

Typical Responsibilities:

Procedures, process, and applications support:

• Coordinates the implementation of the Child Protection policy and other processes and procedures that center on the safety of a child and WASM initiatives

Child Protection

• Responsible for accompanying the child (who disclosed abuse) and the parents/guardians to all relevant and necessary law and health agencies; including but not limited to: UTH, local clinic, police station, etc.
• Primary liaison between Family Legacy, government agencies, and parents/guardians in facilitating the process of following Child disclosure.
• Coaching Family Legacy staff on how to handle initial reports of abuse (as per the Family Legacy Child Protection Policy)
• Working with staff, identifying and responding to Child Protection concerns.
• Attend abuse cases follow-ups from the relevant authorities such as hospitals and police stations
• Ensures that the child is safe during the investigation process.
• Ensure continual implementation of the Child Protection Policy
• Identify risks on the campus of child safety in collaboration with all departments and implement preventative measures/strategies to eradicate the said risks
• Risk assessments to be used as a regular practice in operations, people, and programs
• Identify and minimize unsafe situations in good time
• Respond to any campus staff concerns around Child Protection
• Ensuring responses to reports of child abuse are being adhered to.

WASHM

• Supports Head Teachers in addressing minor WASHM needs
• Coordinates with Designated School Hygiene Trainers to schedule Girl’s Hygiene training and kit distribution at LAs
• Support staff conduct Girls Hygiene training and kit distribution across LAs
• Partner with Community Development WASHM Champions to organize and facilitate WASHM training at termly parent/guardian meetings using the WASHM curriculum
• Partner with School WASHM Champions to organize and facilitate WASHM training at termly parent/guardian meetings using the WASHM curriculum
• Work in collaboration with the headteacher to support the Facility Worker(s) and Food Handler to ensure they maintain standards about health.
• Proactively monitors WASHM at their school and identifies areas of need/opportunity even beyond those currently identified in school standards
• Implement and maintain prescribed reporting systems to monitor and evaluate the objectives, indicators, and outcomes of WASHM

Program Development

• Support in developing and implementing strategies to address child protection, WASHM projects, and gender needs.
• Support in Educating and sensitizing Parents/Guardians, students, and staff on Child Protection WASHM and other project-related issues in collaboration with other departments.
• Support in building links with other relevant groups and agencies regarding the specific programs being developed for WASHM and Child protection
• Monitor the progress of different programs and initiatives across every school and community
• Assess the progress of the implemented child Protection and WASHM activities programs relevant across every Legacy Academy and Community
• Strengthening partnerships with relevant organizations/agencies
• Liaise with school administration and government officers to promote good behaviors and other practices in schools.
• Support schools to successfully implement special projects and child protection programs.
• Facilitate and support schools to develop their school improvement plans for various implemented activities.

Reporting

• Report all concerns and/or incidents of child abuse/ of WASHM within the cluster to the direct supervisor and work with designated staff on further investigations.
• Coordinate and conduct an initial investigation of child abuse allegations to determine if the perpetrator is within or outside the Organization.
• Report all abuse allegations to the police.
• Provide regular updates on all WASHM and Child Protection initiatives being implemented.

Records Management

• Regularly document child safety and WASHM matters in Legacy Academies and the community.
• Work in collaboration with Child Monitoring and Sponsorship staff and government field Officers to ascertain accurate knowledge on the safety of each child both on and off each campus.
• Maintain an updated caseload of high-priority follow-ups
• Ensure all findings of an investigation are recorded
• Submit disclosure report forms to the supervisor
• Document meetings held with LA staff and other partner organizations.

CAPACITY BUILDING

• Build the capacity of staff to respond to Child Protection emergency and WASHM initiatives
• Assist in identifying the WASHM/Child Protection training needs and propose training plans to the supervisor.
• Build the capacity and competence of FLMZ’s staff on both hardware and software components of WASHM.

Special Projects

• Engage student guardians and the local community in program design and execution
• Create accountability structures for staff and students to manage special projects at their schools
• Support a system for the long-term sustainability of all projects
• Establish measurable program goals to track program impact and continuation over time
• Facilitate roll-out support initiatives for all projects.
• Provide structure, ownership, and accountability for all projects being implemented.

Other Competencies and values:

• Demonstrate commitment to FL’s mission, vision, and values.
• Must have a good understanding of Family Legacy’s Child Protection Policy and associated guidance and procedures
• Must have no previous convictions of harm to a child.
• Must have under-gone training on Child Protection within Family Legacy and have a sound knowledge of child abuse, risk assessment, and protection measures.
• Share knowledge and experience.
• Actively work towards continuing personal learning and development and apply newly acquired skills.
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive constructive attitude.
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills.
• Remains calm, in control, and good-humored even under pressure.
• Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities.
• Responds positively to critical feedback and offers points of view.
• Solicits feedback from co-workers about the impact of his/her behavior.
• Ability to network and be relational.
• Ability to work as a team and be accountable for any decisions made.
• Adhere to all deadlines
• Exhibited high performance in a previous role in Family Legacy (for internal candidates).

Educational Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in water and sanitation, Public health, or relevant technical WASH specialization Or Diploma with 3 years’ experience.
• Full grade 12 certificate
• At least 3 years of work experience in a related field.
• Fluency in English spoken and written
• Competency in computer skills (MS Word, Excel, etc)
• Experience in WASH strategy
• Experience in Child safeguarding /Child Protection will be an added advantage