Child Protection and Violence Against Women and Girls Officer

About this role

Job Purpose : The Child Protection and VAWG Officer will support child protection, and VAWG prevention and response works including case management, ensuring survivors and vulnerable children receive appropriate services. She/Hewill mentor social workers on case management practices and lead capacity building for social workers, education officers, and other sector staff on protection-related topics. The officer will coordinate and facilitate protection coordination meetings, participate in needs assessments to identify risks and gaps, and strengthen cross-sector collaboration. Through training, mentorship, and coordination, She/heswill ensure protection principles are mainstreamed across WVE’s humanitarian response, enhancing accountability and impact Major Responsibilities : Actively participate in field-level assessments to identify protection risks, gaps, and vulnerabilities. Contribute to data collection, analysis, and reporting to inform evidence-based programming and advocacy. Provide direct technical support and mentorship to social workers handling child protection and VAWG cases, ensuring adherence to international standards and organizational protocols Monitor case documentation, follow-up, and referral pathways to guarantee timely and appropriate services for survivors and vulnerable children. Design and deliver training sessions for social workers and government stake holders on key protection thematic topics, including child protection and VAWG case management. Provide tailored training for education officers, health staff, and WASH teams on protection principles, safeguarding, and survivor-centred approaches. Organize and facilitate regular coordination meetings with sector leads, promoting joint planning and integrated protection responses. Collaborate closely with education, health, and WASH teams to mainstream protection principles into their programming, ensuring services are safe, inclusive, and responsive. Track progress of child protection and VAWG activities, including case management interventions, ensuring that outcomes are measured against project objectives. She/he will document lessons learned, best practices, and challenges from protection programming, and actively share findings with sector teams to strengthen cross-sector collaboration and improve future interventions. Prepare timely reports on protection activities, case management outcomes, training sessions