Child Protection Technical (CPT) Officer

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity:

As the Child Protection Technical Officer (CPTO), you are responsible for the facilitation of child protection and gender sensitive activities of the P4G project. In this capacity, you will build the capacities of actors – including children and youth – for the protection of children and their effective participation in community development activities. It is also your responsibility to monitor the implementation of the child protection and gender standards of the project.

The Individual/About You:

As the CPTO, you will be responsible for the development and review of child protection and participation policies, programs and projects. You will also promote and enforce child protection and participation strategies at the Garoua Office level, support the improvement of partners’ knowledge on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (CADBEE). Ensuring the implementation of child protection initiatives with partners and monitoring the implementation of Community Based activities on child protection will also be key accomplishments of your role as CPTO.

To best meet up with your objectives, the below will be of key value to you:

1. Proven working experience with an organization or structure specializing in the promotion of human rights in general and in particular the rights of the child;
2. Proven knowledge of fundamental texts such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC), the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)… and national laws and policies in this area;
3. Commitment to safeguarding, gender equality and participation;
4. Good understanding of legal and institutional framework of child protection and youth women of Cameroon; 
5. Good understanding of Cameroon’s child protection system;
6. Good understanding of Gender and inclusion issues linked with child protection and youth women in Cameroon; 

Please, follow this link to review the full Job Description: JD CPTO Garoua

Location: Garoua

Type of Role: Fixed Term Service Contract for Five (05) Months

Reports to: Program Manager, and Program Lead: Child Protection

Grade: Hay Level 12

Closing Date: October 09th, 2024

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

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. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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