The Opportunity

The Child Protection in Emergency Officer (CPiE-Officer) is responsible for ensuring the implementation of child protection activities designed to prevent and respond to child protection risks/concerns affecting crisis-impacted children in target locations. He/she will coordinate project activities at the woreda level and make sure that the project is implemented in the target woreda/locations in line with the agreement entered into with respective government line offices/signatory bodies. The post holder is expected to provide guidance, mentoring and coaching to Social Workers/Community Volunteers to enhance the quality of child protection case management and provision of psycho social support services. In addition, he/she will ensure a periodic and timely reporting of project activities as per donor and PIE’s internal reporting requirements

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Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

• Ensures that the team members under supervision are properly inducted on and understands their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;

• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.

• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

The Individual

• Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Psychology, Social Work, Law, Community Development or other related fields of social science studies.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in implementing child protection in emergency or other similar projects and a clear understanding of child protection technical areas such as case management, PSS, CBCPS, etc

• Experience of working with child survivors and at-risk children in the NGO working system; 

• Experience in organizing and facilitating capacity-building trainings on key child protection topics for a range of target groups, including government frontline workers and Social Workers; 

• Experience in community mobilization and conducting outreach activities.

• Fluent spoken and written English and Amharic languages. Knowledge of the local language of the project area will be considered an asset

• Experience in capacity building and mentoring.

• Good computer usage skills: e.g. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, et

How To Apply

The closing date for the application is June 08, 2025. Qualified candidates should submit their application with the links provided below.

• Internal Applicants:  Link
• External Applicants:  Link 

This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia.

Please note that:

• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• We are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated links.
• Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
• Female candidates are highly encouraged to Apply

More information about Plan International can be found on http://plan-international.org

References will be taken and background and anti-terrorism checks will be carried out in conformity with Plans Child Protection Policy. Plan operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all persons meeting the skills and experience required. As an international child centered community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realization of children's rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with. Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.