Save the Children recruits a Project Assistant (Case Managment)  (200003CU) in Sittwe

 

Key areas of accountability :

·Work closely with community members in addressing child protection cases through referral mechanisms and services provided while keeping into account community based mechanisms.  

·Train, coach and support community members in identification and monitoring activities for case management work.

·  Train, coach and support community members on existence of referral pathways and related service providers. 

· Follow-up on case referrals and work closely with case management staff from other agencies. 

· Use the system established by the interagency database team to file all open and closed cases, or if necessary, develop a system of filing to respond to local needs in coordination with the interagency database manager.

· Receive and verify information fed from the communities. 

· Ensure community mobilisation, and coordinate with the stakeholders at the assigned areas. 

· Assist supervisor in preparing and holding meetings & trainings as well as developing monthly work plan and budget estimation.

· Assign, monitor and evaluate the progress of the work with community members and outreach workers.  

· Develop monthly and quaterly reports on trends of CP cases identified and followed-up. 

·Assist supervisor in supporting the technical implementations of plans to facilitate CP related information and coordinate with other agencies when needed. 

· Keep records of activities, and report regularly and as requested on programme progress.  

· Perform project data collection regularly and assist in Monitoring activity and undertake regular monitoring visit in outreach activities and assigned cases.

· Take steps to ensure that the programme benefits the poorest and most disadvantaged children.

· Any other duties and tasks assigned by supervisor. 

Experience and skills

·Demonstrated skills and experience in implementing child rights programming.

· At least 1 year in implementing and working with children.

· Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles. 

· Ability to undertake case analysis, to document and submit case reports capturing key issues needed to inform programming for urgent response.

· High motivation to work with difficult circumstances. 

· A commitment to children’s rights, children’s participation and non-discrimination.

· Experiences in establishing networking and coordinating and strengthening referral mechanism. 

· Understanding of case management and referral pathways at a community, inter-agency and institutional level. 

· Experiences in community mobalization.

· Previous experience working for an NGO or other non-profit organization. 

· Strong analytical skills and organization skills, ability to work independently and productively in a fast-paced environment and the ability to manage a multi-facetted workload.

· Solid communication skills and attention to detail.

·Flexible work attitude: the ability to work productively in a team environment & independently.

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