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Overview
SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania is a local
non-government organization affiliated to Sos Children’s Villages
International, a worldwide child care organization that provides
orphaned and destitute children with a permanent home and educational
opportunities. Established 60 years ago, SOS Children’s Villages
International the umbrella organization, currently has Children’s
Villages and other projects in 135 countries around the world. Globally,
it runs the SOS Children’s Village Programme which has two main arms,
i.e. Family Based Care based at SOS Children’s Villages and Family
Strengthening Programmes supporting families in local communities.

SOS
has been working in the United Republic of Tanzania since 1991, and
implements its programs in the following locations Zanzibar, Arusha, Dar
es Salaam, Mwanza and Iringa.

SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania seeks to recruit suitably qualified candidate to fill the following vacant positions below….
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Job Title: Alternative Care and Child Protection Coordinator (1 Post)
Duty station: Arusha
Reporting to: Program Manager
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The
Alternative Care and Child Protection Coordinator supports program
development and planning, program management, monitoring and delivery of
results, innovation, technical and operational leadership to program
implementation, networking and partnership building in accordance with
the organization’s policies, strategies, and available resources for of
the alternative care and child protection project.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES.
1. Programme management and Delivery

Lead the planning and implementation of the alternative care and child protection project
Work
as part of a team with Lacal Government Authorities and civil society
organizations in the promotion of child protection and its integration
into the National Plan of Action
Contribute to general
capacity-building strategy for targeted service providers and other
local partners including participation in the development and delivery
of training workshops and other capacity building interventions related
to alternative care and child protection
Provide parenting program implementation technical support to community parenting groups;
Serves
as resource to the Program Manager by providing recommendations and
technical support related to designing and implementing Alternative
family based Care interventions.
Facilitate the rollout of SOS children’s Villages International Policies and Guidelines on implementation of Alternative Care.
Lead
the development of the program design, based on the findings of the
baseline assessment and analysis, and in line with the organization’s
policies, strategies and available resources. In doing so, ensure the
participation of key stakeholders, as appropriate.
Ensure the
annual planning process is carried out and plans are updated, according
to the policies and strategies of the organization.
Facilitate regular joint field visits as part of backstopping to partners to assist in implementing agreed workplans.
Support
community-based partners to develop a clear plan for child protection
and provide relevant support towards realization of that plan. This
includes building positive relationships with recognized community
leadership and local authorities.
Advocate for a comprehensive and sustainable care reforms and Child Protection systems at all levels.

2. Partnership and Community Relationship Development

Establishes
and maintains a collaborative relationship with the Local Government
Authorities and relevant stakeholders in Karatu, Arumeru, Arusha DC and
Arusha City in Arusha region
Formalize partnerships with
community-based partners, developing together with them a memorandum of
understanding outlining roles and responsibilities.
Ensure local
government leaders, community leaders and faith based organization
leaders in SOS Children’s Villages targeted areas are oriented and
trained on and support family based alternative care for children in
need.
Ensure to engage local government leaders, community
leaders and faith based organizations leaders to work as champions of
foster care parenting and ensuring community based support systems and
structures for foster care parents are in place.

3. Financial management and administration of the program

Ensure that the organization’s financial resources are used modestly and efficiently.
Implement
financial and administrative procedures, in line with the
organization’s policies/guidelines and in consultation with financial
support staff.
Ensure all program expenditure/resource usage is in line with the annual plan and budget.

4. Monitoring and Evaluation responsibilities

Work
closely with partners through the coordination units to identify and
monitor targets in compliance with M&E plan, maintain and facilitate
joint operational plans, and develop or refine methodologies to track
alternative care and child protection intervetion over time.
Maintain program database and indicator tracking tools to monitor progress in implementation;
Participate
in the preparation of the Strategic Plan and Annual Plan to ensure they
are aligned with government policies and strategies on alternative care
and Most Vulnerable children.
In collaboration with the M&E
team establish and ensure implementation of a strong MEAL system for
the alternative care and child protection {M&E plan, indicators,
performance tracking tables, monitoring tools, etc.)
Contribute
to baseline studies, formative assessments, mid-term evaluations, final
evaluations and other research studies as well as learning events as
part of annual DIPs.
Contribute to programmatic inputs for the
development of the ToRs of evaluations/baseline studies which include
background information and scope of work and proposed methodology.

5. Child Safeguarding responsibility

Alternative
Care Coordinator conducts herself in a way that safeguards children and
youth from all forms of discrimination, abuse, mistreatment and
neglect. Strongly support our values and our vision that “every child
grows in a family, with love respect and security”, and She will promote
children’s development.
Ensure that SOS Children’s Villages
Alternative Care and Child Protection work in Arusha is not putting
children at risk (or further risk); this means constantly scrutinizing
work through a child safeguarding lens and talking to children and other
stakeholders to identify about possible design/implementation flaws.
Be vigilant about observing possible child abuse/harm in their personal and professional lives.
Ensure
that all beneficiaries of our programme are receiving ongoing,
age-appropriate verbal or written information in relevant languages
about SOS Children’s Villages Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of
Conduct.
Preventing and mitigating all possible risks in the area of child protection and Safeguarding at your area.
Reporting immediately on any issue related to Child abuse/ violence/ neglect/ mistreatment.
Maintain high level of confidentiality while handling CS concerns.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCES:

Bachelor of Arts /degree in Social Work, Sociology, Child rights. Masters degree will be an added advantage.
6 years related experience out of which 4 years in supervisory position
Sound
awareness and understanding of relevant social development issues, such
as Gender, Child rights, Child alternative care and protection issues,
at national and regional level.
Knowledge of Project Cycle Management.

Job Title: Social Workers (2 Post)
Duty station : Arusha
Reporting to : Alternative Care Coordinator
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Social
Worker is responsible to work on social, psychological, and emotional
development of the children in Alternative Care and to follow-up the
health, and education matters of the children. Assist the Alternative
Care Coordinator in the efficient co-ordination of the social work
activities/tasks; and ensure that the Family Like Care is up to standard
in all its activities, adheres to the internal Gatekeeping guidelines and national child welfare and protection policies.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES.

Ensures compliance and high quality of procedures for Family Like Care program in accordance with the country’s legal laws.
Ensures
assessment of all children under our care, develop individual
development plans/care plans, and put in place immediate, medium and
long-term strategies for raising and supporting children.
Perform document review for completeness, accuracy, and clarity of documents submitted by District Social Welfare Officer
Attend,
prepare, compile, and presents individual child/youth reports to the
gatekeeping committee for reviews and decisions towards reintegration.
Takes
an active interest in and at least annually reviews the child and youth
development plans to assure the developmental and education needs are
met within the unit or within other programme units.
Ensure
assessment, tracing and preparation children, young people, and their
biological families for successful reunification/ reintegration.
Promote
strong collaboration, effective communication, and team work among
Mothers/Aunts and Child and Youth Empowerment Officer for effective
delivery of services.
Spends quality time with Mothers/Aunts in
order to encourage their long-term commitment to the children and youth
and ensure quality services delivered to the SOS Children and young
people.
Supports the Sponsorship Coordinator on getting all
necessary correspondences from Mothers, Aunts, Child and Youth
Development Officers, and any other staff for sponsors’ satisfaction.
Participate effectively in the Welfare Committees meetings and prepare reports accordingly
Collaborates
with different external offices on matters of common concern for the
provision of better services for the children, attends workshops and
meetings as assigned by the Alternative Care Coordinator.
Make
regular visits to all SOS house and schools taking notes of the progress
while highlighting concerns brought up in liaison with the respective
school teachers and SOS caregivers
Ensures that children receive
medical attention/ first-aid services if they are ill, injured and need
medical treatment, refers serious cases to clinics and follows-up
referral cases to hospitals.
Strengthen integration of
Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH), Psychosocial Support
(PSS), and Mental Health services into Family Like Care (FLC)
programming.
Be a source of counsel to the children and youth’s academic and career choices.
Supports the youth through their various transition processes or/and the re-integration processes.
Makes time to interact with children and youth on a regular basis, to get to know and understand them as individuals.
Develops creative ways for the successful socio professional integration of young people based on the local context.
Upholds
the Alternative Care monitoring and evaluation system to ensure
consistent quality of services are provided to the children/youth as per
standard by the responsible people.
Contribute to the preparation of annual project work-plan, budgets, performance reports, and quarterly reports.
Prepares and submits for approval long and short-term plans for social services.
Maintains
proper documentation of case management information system in line with
SOS Children’s Villages and National Case Management Standards.
At
all times ensures that personal data of donors, sponsors, SOS
Children’s Villages’ beneficiaries and their families as well as SOS
co-workers is handled confidentially and in accordance with prevailing
SOS-Kinderdorf International data protection laws.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCES:

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work.
At least three (3) years of relevant professional experience.
Experience in practicing case management, or in working with children/youth environment will be added advantage.
Ability to work independently, self-organize, use initiative, keeps commitments and meets deadlines.
The
candidate should possess the emotional stability to lead and guide the
large community of children and youth, by maintaining the required high
standards.
Mature personality (male or female), stable socially and emotionally.
Strong interpersonal and team skills.
Fluent in English and Swahili.
Computer literacy

Family Economic Empowerment and Youth Coordinator
Position: Family Economic Empowerment and Youth Coordinator
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The Family Economic Empowerment and Youth Coordinator support to
program development and planning, program management, monitoring and
delivery of results, innovation, technical and operational leadership to
program implementation, networking and partnership building in
accordance with the organization’s policies, strategies, and available
resources.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead the planning of the Family and Community Development Project
Coordinate
the baseline assessment and analysis of the situation of children at
risk of losing parental care within the targeted community(s).
Carry out a stakeholder analysis, to identify key stakeholders within
the selected community(s) including individuals, organizations,
institutions and authorities who are interested in or affected by the
planned program.
Define the interests and possible involvement
of key stakeholders in the various stages of program development
process. This includes making recommendations on the selection of
community-based partners (key implementation partners) to the national
director.
Lead the development of the program design, based on
the findings of the baseline assessment and analysis, and in line with
the organization’s policies, strategies and available resources. In
doing so. ensure the participation of key stakeholders, as appropriate.
Ensure the annual planning process is carried out and plans are
updated, according to the policies and strategies of the organization.
Coordinate the implementation of program activities
Coordinate the implementation of program activities, according to the
objectives, actions and time frames outlined in the annual plan. In
doing so, also ensure that the program operates in accordance with the
organization’s policies and procedures.

Guide and support the
development of sustainable community responses to the situation of
children at risk of losing parental care:

Formalize
partnerships with community-based partners, developing together with
them a memorandum of understanding outlining roles and responsibilities.
Support community-based partners to develop a clear plan for capacity
development and provide relevant support towards realization of that
plan. Build strong partnerships with other stakeholders, for the
provision of support services to the target group, with a view to
‘anchoring’ support services with the most appropriate service provider.
This includes building positive relationships with recognized community
leadership and local authorities.
Support the development of
strong local networks of relevant stakeholders, to provide for
comprehensive ‘safety nets’ of relevant support services, as well as
alliances for the promotion and protection of child rights.
Ensure that those children who are most at risk of losing parental care participate in the program:
Establish clear vulnerability criteria, to prioritize cases from within
the given target group according to levels of vulnerability; in
consultation with key stakeholders in the community (including children
at risk of losing parental care and their caregivers).
Review
initial assessments of the families of potential child participants and
put forward recommendations to the program management structure as to
whether the families should participate in the program.
Participate in the admissions committee for placement into SOS families,
contributing to decision-making from the family strengthening
perspective. Refer cases from the family strengthening program, where
children have already lost parental care and such a placement is in the
best interests of the child (with involvement of relevant authorities).
Review recommendations for the exit of families (or individual
children) from the program, and put these forward to the program
management structure

Guide and support the building of self-reliance in families:

Guide implementation of family development planning (FDP) process, with
a view to ‘anchoring’ this process with community- based partners. In
doing so, provide capacity-building support to SOS co-workers and
community-based partners, as required.
Ensure that the organization keeps its commitments, in terms of support services committed to in the FDPs.
Monitor the implementation of the FDPs, particularly in terms of the
achievement of agreed outcomes, and provide ongoing support towards its
effective implementation.
Support the youth to become socio economically empowered
Design and implement socio economic activities specifically adapted to youth from most vulnerable families;
Ensure that youth and adolescents participate in varied, quality, and age-appropriate life skills activities;
Establish Youth Clubs and ensure the meaningful participation of youth employability skills;
Support Youth Clubs in designing and implementing youth led community projects;
Financial management and administration of the program
Ensure that the organization’s financial resources are used modestly and efficiently.
Implement financial and administrative procedures, in line with the
organization’s policies/guidelines and in consultation with financial
support staff.
Ensure all program expenditure/resource usage is in line with the annual plan and budget.
Establish mechanisms for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the program
Ensure that monitoring and evaluation systems are in place and
functioning well, in line with the organization’s requirements. This
includes ongoing data collection from regular reviews of the situation
of families and community-based partners, data capturing in the FS
database, program self-evaluation, internal control reviews, audits and
other evaluations.
Provide direct supervisor with regular
up-dates on program activities and results, including regular written
reports, according to organizational requirements.
Secure
regular financial management reports, including budget vs. expenditure
reports, as required for the effective management of program resources.
Child Safeguarding and Child Protection responsibility
Alternative Care Coordinator conducts herself in a way that safeguards
children and youth from all forms of discrimination, abuse, mistreatment
and neglect. Strongly support our values and our vision that “every
child grows in a family, with love respect and security”, and She will
promote children’s development.
Ensure that SOS Children’s
Villages Alternative Care and Child Protection work in Arusha is not
putting children at risk (or further risk); this means constantly
scrutinizing work through a child safeguarding lens and talking to
children and other stakeholders to identify about possible
design/implementation flaws.
Be vigilant about observing possible child abuse/harm in their personal and professional lives.
Ensure that all beneficiaries of our programme are receiving ongoing,
age-appropriate verbal or written information in relevant languages
about SOS Children’s Villages Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of
Conduct.
Preventing and mitigating all possible risks in the area of child protection and Safeguarding at your area.
Reporting immediately on any issue related to Child abuse/ violence/ neglect/ mistreatment.
Maintain high level of confidentiality while handling CS concerns.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCES:

Bachelor
of Arts /Masters degree in Sociology, Community Development, Community
Economic Development, Management, Economics and other development
related discipline. Masters degree will be an added advantage.
6 years related experience out of which 4 years in supervisory position
Sound awareness and understanding of relevant social development
issues, such as Gender, Child rights issues, family strengthening, youth
empowerment at national and regional level.
Knowledge of Project Cycle Management

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Method of Application
Interested
candidates should send their application letter by email describing how
your experience, qualifications and competencies make you the right
candidate for this position. Enclose ONLY detailed and updated CV with
telephone contacts, email address and details of at least 3 referees.
Only contacted candidates for the interview will submit copies of
academic, professional certificates and passport size photo. This advert
can be obtained on our website http://www.sos- childrensvillagestanzania.or.tz.
To apply please send to;

The National Director SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
recruit.sostanzania@sos-tanzania.org

Please Note:
SOS Children’s Villages Tanzania is an equal opportunity employer and
committed to keeping children safe from abuse and harm, therefore
candidates applying for this post will be subject to child safeguarding
recruitment procedures and checks.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Closing date is 20th October, 2021.

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