Child Protection Coordinator

TITLE: Child Protection Coordinator TEAM: Programme Operations LOCATION: Kitwe POST TYPE: National Safeguarding: Save the Children does not tolerate any form of exploitation, abuse, or harassment against any person. It is the responsibility of all employees and representatives to protect all people who come in contact with our organization. Save the Children commits to applying the same standards to all its employees and subject them to the same processes regardless of their position, influence, or reputation within or outside of the organization. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Save the Children International’s Diversity Policy, aims to promote equal opportunity in employment and to ban any kind of discrimination based on sex, age, social class, disability, HIV status, religion, race and ethnicity ROLE PURPOSE: The Project Coordinator will coordinate and support the effective implementation of the Child Protection project, with particular responsibility for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland funded “The Protecting Zambian Girls and Boys Offline and Online – Phase II” project. She/he will work with the partner Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) to support planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and learning of the project, ensuring timely and quality delivery in accordance with approved plans, budgets and donor requirements. The project aims to strengthen child protection systems and improve protection of children from violence, exploitation, neglect and abuse in both physical and digital environments. It works with children, parents/caregivers, communities, service providers, government ministries and institutions and other relevant stakeholder in Ndola, Kitwe and Chingola districts, as well as at the national level by strengthening children’s ability to identify and respond to protection risks; promoting positive parenting; supporting communities to prevent and respond to violence and harmful practices; improving the quality, coordination a