Position: Social Worker
With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience the fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Employee Contract Type:
Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)
Job Description:
Major Responsibilities
- Assist the project officer in situational assessment, operational planning, implementation, and monitoring of the IDP activities.
- Provide individual and group psychological first aid/psycho-social support to children and women affected by the conflict to enable them to restore their safety, dignity, and hope.
- Facilitate consultation and discussions with beneficiary populations, making sure they are involved in needs assessment, delivery of protection/assistance, and development/implementation of durable solutions.
- Closely work with local authorities and relevant government sector (women and children affairs, education, social affairs, schools, etc) to facilitate recovery and reiteration of the affected population.
- Coordinate and manage the establishment of child-friendly spaces in collaboration with schools, local authorities, and faith leaders
Required Professional Experience
- At least one year of relevant experience in child protection and related areas,
- Knowledge and experience in Gender Based Violence programming an asset.
- Knowledge of and ability to implement integrated CP responses, including Gender Based Violence.
- Awareness of or interest in community-based protection mechanisms.
- Direct case management and experience working with children and adolescents is an asset.
- Demonstrated flexibility and creativity in planning and problem-solving
Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification
- First degree in Social work, Sociology, Psychology, Education, or other eleven fields.
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
- Knowledge and skills of and ability to implement integrated CP responses, including Gender Based Violence.
- Awareness of or interest in community-based protection mechanisms.
- Knowledge of and ability to implement integrated CP responses, including Gender Based Violence
- Awareness of or interest in community-based protection mechanisms in an emergency context.
World Vision is a child-focused organization that is committed to safeguarding all children as well as adult beneficiaries and has zero tolerance for incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with our work. Therefore, World Vision does not hire staff whose background is not suitable for working with children or vulnerable adults, even if their role does not interact directly with them.
Disclaimer: World Vision Ethiopia is a reputable organization that values transparency and fairness in its recruitment process and does not solicit any money for any job application. We encourage all job seekers to be cautious of any job ads that require payment or personal information upfront. If you have any questions or concerns about our job ads or recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us directly.
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only
Position: Child Protection & Gender Based Violence Prevention Officer
Employee Contract Type:
Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)
Job Description:
Major Responsibilities
- Compiling and analyzing data, and related information on overall IDP, returnees, and humanitarian crisis in the target area, with a specific focus on child protection/GBV, and preparing written inputs accordingly to inform effective program planning, development, and management.
- Undertakes regular protection service delivery for vulnerable women, girls, and children to recover from the traumatized experiences caused by conflict and forced displacement.
- Collect information; identify problems and constraints to ensure effective project delivery. Participate in meetings with relevant coordination forums, local authorities, other actors, and donors to discuss and represent WVE’s work.
- Facilitate training for various community groups on relevant topics of child protection and gender-based violence sector in partnership with civil society and government actors.
- Monitor, analyze, and evaluate project results to ensure achievement of objectives and take corrective action when necessary… Ensure application of standards, guidelines, and good practices for children and women protection in emergency-related activities
Required Professional Experience
- A minimum of three years experience in child protection, Gender-based violence, and related areas, program/project development, and management in an emergency context are required.
- Proven experience in designing and implementing child protection and GBV training for a variety of stakeholders.
- Direct case management and experience working with children, women, and adolescents is an asset. Knowledge and experience in Gender-Based Violence programming including prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) and assets.
Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification
- University degree in Social work, Sociology, Psychology, Public health, and relevant fields of social sciences.
- Extensive training in the fields of CP/GBV, psycho-social well-being, case management, and application of international technical guidelines and standards in Child Protection and GBV.
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
- Knowledge and skills of and ability to implement integrated CP responses, including Gender Based Violence. Awareness of or interest in community-based protection mechanisms.
World Vision is a child-focused organization that is committed to safeguarding all children as well as adult beneficiaries and has zero tolerance for incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with our work. Therefore, World Vision does not hire staff whose background is not suitable for working with children or vulnerable adults, even if their role does not interact directly with them.
Disclaimer: World Vision Ethiopia is a reputable organization that values transparency and fairness in its recruitment process and does not solicit any money for any job application. We encourage all job seekers to be cautious of any job ads that require payment or personal information upfront. If you have any questions or concerns about our job ads or recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us directly.
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only
Employee Contract Type:
Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)
Job Description:
The GESI Coordinator will be accountable for the formulation, design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of WVE-supported emergency programming, with a focus on child protection, GBV prevention and response, and GESI interventions. This work will be undertaken within the context of the broader WVE response to the IDP and humanitarian crisis work. The GESI coordinator represents the CP and GBV roles that will support the coordination of other emergency programming (health and nutrition, education) as relevant within the
WVE response to emergency crisis work.
- Leads the preparation of ongoing situation reports, periodic updates, and analyses, by compiling and analyzing data, and related information on overall IDP, returnees, and humanitarian crisis in the target area, with a specific focus on GESI, child protection/GBV, and preparing written inputs accordingly to inform effective program planning, development, and management.
- Provide technical support and guidance for the implementation of project-specific GESI interventions and support.
- Produce periodic reports on the situation of internal displacement and its effects on the lives of children and women.
- Strong partnership established and communication maintained for valuable contribution to regional level GESI responsive project.
- Conduct regular monitoring visits to intervention woredas to ensure the progress of project implementation on a good track develop mechanisms to monitor and evaluate the impact of the project implementation in different locations, and ensure learning is integrated into future program design.
- Facilitate documentation of best practices and challenges to generate materials for the strategic direction of further implementations of GESI, CP & GBV projects.
- Improved efficiency and increased quality effect of project implementation.
- Monthly /Bimonthly travel, monitoring, and engagement plan.
- Quality documentation was ensured GESI sensitive standards quality monitoring and evaluation were conducted, and results and lessons were shared.
- Establish effective working relationships with the government counterparts,
- implementing partners, private and public sectors, consultants, and other development organizations and target populations in the program operation. And Work with the implementation partners to identify and address potential capacity-building and/or support needs. Participate at Zonal and Woreda Level monthly GESI, CP, and GBV cluster meetings as required.
- Collaboration and networking established with stakeholders
- Protection cluster reports.
- GESI-related regional coordination platforms representing WVE i.e. regional alliance to end CM and FGM.; as well as internal GESI platform.
- Ensure effective information sharing and learning across the agencies through
- preparing monthly and quarterly report updates on project activities for internal and Donor consumption, regularly tracking budget versus actual execution of budget including monthly FFR review together with field finance, and taking timely corrective action on irregularities.
- Quality documentation and report ensured.
- Procurement, budget forecast, and budget document enhanced
- Provide technical support including capacity-building training on GESI, GBV prevention and response, and MHPSS for CPGBV officers, social workers, MHPSS specialists, and key government stakeholders
- Ensure Program implementation is in line with international GESI, Child protection, and GBV minimum standards.
- Monitoring report
- Compliance with child protection standards.
- Adhering to International minimum standards.
KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE Required Professional Experience
- A minimum of five years experience in child protection, Gender-based violence, GESI, and related areas, program/project development, and management in an emergency context are required. Proven experience in designing and implementing child protection, GBV, and GESI training for a variety of stakeholders.
- Direct case management and experience working with children, women, and adolescents is an asset.
- Knowledge and experience in Gender-Based Violence programming including prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) an assets. Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification
- Extensive training in the fields of CP/GBV, psycho-social wellbeing, case management, GESI, and application of international technical guidelines and standards in Child Protection, GBV, and GESI.
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
- First degree in social work, Sociology, Psychology, Gender, Child protection, Public health, and relevant fields of social sciences and five years of work experience or master’s degree in these fields and one-year relevant work experience.
- Knowledge and skills of and ability to implement integrated CP responses, Gender-Based Violence, including GESI. Awareness of or interest in community-based protection mechanisms.
Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement
- Frequent travel to the project sites and to NO as needed Physical Requirements
- Project sites Language Requirements
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only