Child Protection and Safety Officer at S-TEE Cambridge College

S-TEE Cambridge College - This is the Cambridge Arm of the Mainstream school (S-TEE Schools). Our students are tutored on the British Curriculum and Nigerian Curriculum in preparation for their Cambridge Examinations. We are located in Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos State. We work with highly trained educators, who most times are British Council certified.

The British Council certification and experience in tutoring Cambridge students is always a plus for any candidate looking for teaching job employment with our institution. Ability to work under pressure and submit records as at when due is also a very high requirement to joining the Academics Department of school.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Child Protection and Safety Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Provide support in the design of child protection activities, plan and implement programmes in these fields and monitor the impact and results of these activities
• Provide professional counseling services for children with protection concerns by addressing the child’s concerns
• Prepare Counseling reports, documentation of lessons learnt
• Document programme learning and ensuring it contributes to the organizational advocacy
• Maintain an up to date database on counseling students
• Ensure regular follow-up visits to monitor the students and document any changes identified
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with the students, and be approachable, good listener, easy to talk with
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically
• To undertake, where appropriate, other roles, which may arise either in the department or in the wider school environment.
• Any other duties relating to the job as required from time to time by the Director

Candidate Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Counseling or Psychology and other related field (i.e. education, legal, human rights and humanitarian law). with a minimum of 3 years’ experience working with children in desirable
• Registered with the child protection Nigerian Association
• Good communication skills with fluency in written and spoken English
• Past experience implementing child protection programmes at officer level and knowledge of community based protection approaches, preferably including experience in participatory approaches and child participation methodologies is desirable.
• Ability to use a wide range of child counseling methodologies and support innovative approaches to problem solving
• Strong self- starter, able to take initiative and adapt to changing and circumstances and priorities
• Experience in designing and facilitating training sessions and activities for the student and staff
• Commitment to save the children’s child protection policy
• Familiarity with protection mandates and other related international instrument.
• Knowledge of the latest, development and trends in emergency, human rights, child rights, child protection, children in armed conflicts, mine awareness, humanitarian affairs and related are areas.

Application Closing Date
11th March, 2024.