Child protection officer

Introduction:

Positive Action for Development (PAD) is one of the most vibrant, rapidly expanding, and results-driven civil society organizations in Ethiopia. PAD is currently scaling up its interventions to focus on humanitarian, NEXUS, and development activities. This includes expanding operations across the country, including Addis Ababa, Amhara, Oromia, Harari, Afar, Somali, Tigray, Benishangul-Gumuz, and Ethiopia’s southern regional states. As PAD expands its presence, it remains committed to promoting inclusive, equitable, and conflict-sensitive programming that respects the diverse realities of communities and contributes to peaceful coexistence and sustainable development.

Vision: PAD strives to see a community of hope, humanity, and social justice.

Mission: PAD brings people together to work in partnerships; promotes hope, humanity, and social justice for every human, life in all its fullness; improves the livelihoods of disadvantaged groups for social and inclusive economic growth through actively engaging in positive actions, promoting responsive care and support, and fighting the causes of poverty in Ethiopia.

Overall Responsibility

The child protection in protection and sustainable reintegration project is focused on Case management, psychosocial support (which includes the provision of psychosocial support to children through community-based child protection networks and child-friendly spaces), community strengthening and capacity building for project and government staff.

The Cp officer works in close collaboration with the project manager to ensure quality and effective implementation of the project activities at community level, organize and facilitate capacity building training workshops for partners, stakeholders and PAD staff; participate on various assessments including stakeholder mapping, baseline and end line assessment; monitor government partners and PAD implemented activities and discuss on success and challenges.

Specific Responsibilities

• Manage and support the individual case management process, including identification, documentation, and referrals.
• Provide problem-solving solutions to community workers.
• Coordinate with other agencies relating to interagency Child Protection and psycho social issues arising within the response region.
• Liaise with local authority leadership regarding Child Protection and psycho social issues to be addressed at the community level.
• Facilitate regular meetings with local community leaders (zone leaders) regarding community-based child protection and psycho social interventions and actions;
• Ensure the correct management of Child Protection Information Management System (CPIMS) CFS monitoring tools documentation at Woreda level;
• Facilitate participatory analysis and planning at Woreda levels to identify and prioritise risks posed to children;
• Provide CP community Workers with technical support regarding complex cases or specific technical difficulties
• Responsible for the overall project implementation, works with and supervises the activities of community-based CFS facilitators at the Child Friendly Spaces
• Supervise the woreda Child Friendly Space locations by visiting Child Friendly Spaces on a regular basis, ensuring that activities are implemented in an appropriate manner and according to schedule
• Provide technical capacity to CFS facilitators on basic concepts of CP, PFA, and PSS to roll out activities based on agreed minimum standards.
• Ensure that missing children are followed up on and that regular meetings occur between CFS and communities
• Produce timely progress reports, including both quantitative and qualitative information, on CP activities and input into regular situation reports.
• Identify and build links with other partners, ensuring that issues for child protection and psycho social support are raised and addressed.
• Comply with all relevant PAD and donor policies and procedures with respect to Child Protection, health and safety, equal opportunities, and other relevant policies

Additional job responsibilities

• The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within the reasonableness of their level of skills and experience

Qualification

• MA/BA Degree in sociology, Psychology, social anthropology, social work, social sciences, or other relevant fields

Experience

• Previous 3 years of experience working with vulnerable children and adolescents in an NGO environment, preferably CP & SGBV field

Additional Skills, Attitudes, and Attributes

• An excellent command of written and spoken English is essential
• Understanding of basic program management, financial management, and an ability to work with numbers are advantages
• Excellent computer skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• High level of interpersonal communication & negotiation skills
• Strong work ethic and ability to meet deadlines
• Understanding of the issues surrounding various charitable activities and understanding major policies/issues of large bilateral/multilateral donors
• Strong working knowledge of business practices
• Leadership skills – demonstrated ability to build effective teams
• Advanced analytical and organizational skills
• Proven strategic planning skills
• Inspirational and persuasive
• Collaborative approach to teamwork
• Strong personal commitment to the goals of PAD and to putting it into practice

No required: 1(one) Tsagbji woreda

Salary: As per the organizational salary scale

Duty Station: Tsagbji woreda of Waghimra Zone, Amhara Regional State

Female applicants are encouraged to apply

Equal Employment Opportunity

Positive Action for Development (PAD) promotes fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. We welcome applications from qualified individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of gender, age, disability, ethnicity, religion, or other personal status. Hiring decisions are made based on skills, experience, and suitability for the role.

We are committed to creating a respectful and inclusive environment where all staff can thrive, contribute meaningfully, and grow professionally.

Zero Tolerance for Misconduct

PAD has zero tolerance for any form of abuse, harassment, exploitation, or misuse of power. We take safeguarding seriously and expect all staff, volunteers, and partners to follow our policies and uphold our values at all times. All successful candidates will go through background checks and be required to follow PAD’s code of conduct and safeguarding principles.

Recruitment Flexibility

PAD reserves the right to recruit more than one candidate from this announcement or keep qualified applicants in our database for future similar roles.

Important Notice on Recruitment Fraud

PAD does not request any payment at any stage of the recruitment process. If you receive any suspicious messages claiming to be from PAD, please report them to our office through official contact channels. www.padethiopia.org.