Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, February 01, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Vacancy: Project officer, Child Labour
About Investing in Children and their Societies (ICS SP)
We work towards a better future for children. Together with families, communities and other stakeholders we initiate programmes that create safe and nurturing environments for them. Visit www.icsafrica-sp.org  to see organizational projects and impact.

About the Child Labour Project
The Child labour project will be implemented by Terre des Hommes Netherlands in strategic partnership with Investing in Children and their Societies (ICS SP), and in collaboration with other key stakeholders in Busia County as well as at national level. The overall goal of the project is to prevent and respond to child labour with a focus on the service industry. The project is aligned with TdH NL strategy as it is designed to contribute towards the long-term goal of ending child exploitation (child labour). It will focus on improving prevention of and response to child labour while generating evidence, mobilising and strengthening capacity of key stakeholders including children to advocate for systemic change in the fight against children exploitation in Kenya. This project further aligns with ICS SP goal and strategy of creating safe and nurturing environments for children to reach their full developmental potential.

To achieve the anticipated goal the project seeks to achieve 3 main outcomes:
1. Children with increased opportunities to access education and acquire relevant life skills and skills for work
2. Families and communities with strengthened capacity to care for, protect and provide the needs of their children.
3. Strengthened implementation of child labour laws and policies in the service industry.
The project will be implemented for a period of three (3) years running from 1st March 2022 to 28th February 2025.
Job Function: Project officer, child labour
Location: Busia
Reports to: Project Coordinator, Child Labour

Purpose of function
ICS SP is currently seeking a Project officer, Child labour for an anticipated 3 Year child labour prevention project in Kenya. The project aims at exposing and eliminating child labour in all its forms in the service industry in Kenya and will be jointly implemented by ICS SP and Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdH NL) in Busia County.
Under the supervision of the Project Coordinator, Child labour, The Project Officer will be responsible for day-to-day timely, quality and successful implementation, monitoring and reporting of child labour project activities.

Roles and responsibilities
Project activity planning and implementation. In consultation with project coordinator prepare detailed activity plans, budgets and implement according to organizational values, guiding principles, strategies and project requirements.
Community mobilization, participation and capacity building. In collaboration with the project coordinator mobilize project stakeholders, identify gaps and facilitate capacity building trainings( to project resource persons, children, parents, caregivers, CBOs and local groups) , raise community awareness and conduct dialogue sessions and other support for local and community stakeholders on child labour. Ensure maximum participation of the community, children and partners in planning, implementation and monitoring.
Project activity monitoring and reporting. Conduct day to day monitoring and supervision of the planned project activities implementation, conduct routine data collection on the project specific output indicators, prepare activity reports and provide information for project reporting
Networking and partnerships. Identify and closely work with local stakeholders in the course of project planning and implementation and facilitate regular scheduled reviews of project with stakeholders. Represent the project and organization in meetings, conferences and networks as assigned
Financial management and reporting: Prepare project activity budgets, ensure that project activity funds are utilized well and accounted for in a timely manner
Support supervision and mentorship: Ensure that community facilitators, volunteers and local stakeholders, understand and are able to perform their roles based on the project objectives and expected outcomes
Technical support. Identify other opportunities in an ongoing manner that will add value to the overarching goal of the project and contribute to the development of project resource materials.

Requirements
· Minimum of basic degree in social sciences /development studies/ community development or related disciplines
· At least 3 years proven experience in community development work implementing child protection projects (with at least 1 year in child labour projects)
· Demonstrated understanding of relevant laws and standards on child rights, child labour and child protection
· Strong project implementation and administration experience
· Solid understanding and experience in community engagement with demonstrated experience in working with children, parents, caregivers and local authorities and committees
· Solid planning, budgeting and project reporting knowledge
· Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
· Able engage and supervise community change agents to ensure appropriate project activities are being implemented
ICS SP absolute priority is protecting children, vulnerable communities and our own staff. We have zero tolerance of incidents of violence or abuse against children and other people in the communities we serve, either committed by our staff or others connected to our work. Successful applicants will be required to sign and adhere to our safeguarding, child protection and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) code of conduct and policies.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
If you are a professional with a passion to make a difference in children and young people’s lives, send your application letter and resume to icsro@icsafrica.org  . Deadline for submitting applications is 14th February 2022. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please indicate the position you are applying for as the subject of your email.

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