Child Protection Advisor

About the Position

Child Protection Advisor

Contract Length: 1 year with the possibility of an extension

Contract Type: Full-time

Starting date: ASAP

Line Manager: Protection, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Lead Advisor

Expected travel: 60-70% regular travel in DRC, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Syria

People in Need (PIN) is a Czech-based international non-governmental organization (NGO) that has provided humanitarian and development assistance across more than 20 countries since 1992. Today, PIN stands as one of the largest organizations of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe, supporting vulnerable communities in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. PIN empowers civil society, advocates for human rights, and promotes social inclusion both at home and abroad.

About the Role

The Child Protection Technical Advisor supports the quality, consistency, and integration of child protection programming across PIN Country Programmes.

Based within PIN’s HQ Programme Strategy and Impact Department (PSI), the Advisor works collaboratively with other technical advisors and Country Programme (CP) teams to strengthen programme quality and promote safe, equitable, inclusive, and accountable programming.

The Child Protection Advisor will be part of PIN Protection, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) team and will work under the supervision of the Protection and GESI Lead Advisor. The Advisor will contribute to strengthening PIN’s child protection programming across Country Programmes.

The role works in close coordination with the Education in Emergencies (EiE) team and contributes to PIN’s flagship integrated programming combining EiE, MHPSS, and Child Protection.

Responsibilities

• Child Protection, Protection Mainstreaming, GBV considerations, and GESI: Provide technical support to ensure the integration and operationalisation of child protection, protection mainstreaming, and GESI (including Safe Identification and Referrals) across all stages of the Programme Cycle Management (PCM), including assessments, proposal development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation, in line with PIN ProGESI approaches and global resources.
• Child Protection programming: Support Country Programmes in the design and implementation of integrated child protection interventions, including case management, community-based child protection, and prevention and response to violence against children, ensuring alignment with international standards and best practices.
• Protection partnerships: Support Country Programmes in assessing and establishing partnerships with specialised protection actors, including reviewing capacity assessments to ensure the relevance, technical capacity, and quality of services provided by partners.
• Resources development and adaptation: Contribute to the development, adaptation, and operationalisation of relevant tools and approaches related to child protection and ProGESI (including referral mechanisms), ensuring contextual relevance and alignment with PIN global resources, in coordination with in-country ProGESI Focal Points.
• Capacity development: Design and deliver trainings on child protection, protection mainstreaming, and GESI (including Safe Identification and Referrals), as well as broader protection topics where relevant, in line with PIN approaches and resources. Support project teams in conducting protection- and GESI-sensitive assessments and analyses.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible experience, with a strong focus on Child Protection programming in humanitarian and/or development contexts
• Proven experience combining field-level implementation and technical advisory roles in Child Protection
• Advanced degree in Human Rights, International Law, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, International Development, or a related field
• Written and oral proficiency in English is required (French and/or Arabic is an asset)
• Strong analytical, organisational, communication, and diplomacy skills
• Demonstrated experience providing technical guidance, capacity strengthening, and quality assurance to multiple programmes or country teams

We Offer

• Background and professionalism of the largest Czech non-governmental organization
• Salary according to the PIN salary scale dependent on the cost of living in the specific home location
• Laptop (also for personal use)
• Mobile phone with a company tariff
• Interesting and creative work in an international environment
• Flexibility with occasional home-office
• Open and informal organizational culture and interesting work in an international environment
• On-site child care club located on the ground floor of our building
• 25 days of annual leave
• 3 days of sick leave
• Free access to e-learning platforms and PIN Learning Hub
• PIN’s global Induction Training
• Tailored capacity-building opportunities
• Internal webinars support continuous growth and personal improvement
• Psychological consultations and coaching provided
• Opportunity to participate in events organized by PIN, including One World International Film Festival, knowledge-sharing sessions, etc.

About the Company

People in Need is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct. We are committed to promoting the welfare of children and adults with whom People in Need involves. People in Need expects all staff to perform job duties and responsibilities in accordance with People in Need code of conduct and key policies (available at: https://www.peopleinneed.net/key-policies-4142gp). People in Need Staff will undertake the appropriate level of training.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to Apply

If you are interested in this position, send us your CV and short cover letter via our application form.

Please note only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis and the vacancy will be closed when filled.