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People in Need (PIN) are a Czech non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Prague, Czech Republic. PIN implements humanitarian relief and long term development projects, educational programmes, and human rights programmes in crisis affected regions internationally. Its director is Šimon Pánek. As of 2022, PIN operates in 33+ countries.

Job Information:

  • Job Title: Child Protection Advisor
  • Reports to: Deputy Country Director
  • Length of Contract: 3 months
  • Number required: 1 (one)
  • Salary: 1020 USD
  • Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Deadline for Applications: December 05/2025

Purpose of the Position:

The objective of this assignment is to provide technical expertise to lead and design child protection programming and mainstreaming approaches, conduct protection risk assessments, coordinate with partners, and contribute to the development of a strong, coherent project proposal. The specialist will ensure that child protection principles, safeguarding standards, and risk mitigation measures are fully integrated into programmatic planning and documentation.

Key Responsibility:

Program Design and Proposal Support

  • Support the development of needs assessments and the analysis of findings, with a focus on protection mainstreaming and GESI considerations.
  • Support the development of child protection mainstreaming strategies in education and other sectoral programming.
  • Contribute to the design of child protection activities and interventions.
  • Support drafting and quality assurance in proposal design related to child protection, safeguarding, and protection risk mitigation, including narrative, logical frameworks, and budgeting.
  • Ensure activity design and mainstreaming measures adhere to global minimum standards and are resourced appropriately.

Partner Coordination and Capacity Assessment

  • Coordinate with relevant partners to map existing capacities, programming, and resources in child protection programming and mainstreaming.
  • Support capacity assessments of partners to inform program design and identify technical support needs.

Protection Risk Assessment and Mitigation

  • Lead protection risk assessments relevant to proposed interventions.
  • Recommend and design appropriate mitigation measures and monitoring mechanisms to integrate into programmatic planning.

Qualifications and Experience:

Skill and Experience

  • Advanced degree or professional experience in Child Protection, Protection in Humanitarian Action, Social Work, or related field.
  • Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in developing and managing humanitarian child protection programming and mainstreaming.
  • Experience in multi-sectorial proposal writing for complex donors.
  • Experience conducting protection risk assessments and designing mitigation strategies.
  • Experience working with partners and in multi-stakeholder coordination.
  • Sensitivity and demonstrated knowledge of cultural and gender issues.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and relevant languages in PIN area of implementation.
  • Good knowledge of the principles of protection of sensitive data.
  • Strong analytical, proposal writing, and communication skills.

Values and attitude

  • Proven integrity, objectivity and professional competence.
  • Flexibility, ability to work under pressure and within tight deadlines.
  • Respect for frameworks and procedures.
  • Sensitivity and demonstrated knowledge of protection and issues.
  • Committed to gender equality and the rights of women, children and persons with disabilities.
  • Fluent in communicating on issues of protection (including child protection), safeguarding, SEAH, GBV, gender, and in using the required vocabulary.
  • Ability to make decisions in situations of high uncertainty.
  • Resilience to difficult and highly emotional situations.
  • Active listening and great ability to influence.
  • Empathy, caring and patience

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should send their application through Online [Apply-Now]. For more details visit official website: www.peopleinneed.net