CP & CRG P.O Ferizaj

Vacancy Announcement:
Job title: Child Protection & Child Rights Governance Officer
Duty Station: Handikos CBRC, Ferizaj Municipality
Project Duration: 2017-2021
HandiKOS (Association of Paraplegics and Paralyzed Children of Kosovo) was established in 1983 with
the main objective to achieve full recognition and participation of people with disabilities in society.
HandiKOS actively lobbies and advocates at local and central level for the rights of people with
disabilities. In behalf of its efforts to protect children with disabilities and improve the governance with
the rights of children with disabilities in Kosovo, HandiKos is seeking to engage a Child protection and
child rights governance Project Officer in Ferizaj Municipality.
HandiKos in partnership with Save the Children Office in Kosovo will support interventions that
contribute in realization and protection child rights of children with disabilities in Kosovo. These
interventions will focus on activities aimed at promoting respect for the UN Convention on the Rights of
the Child and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The project aims to support
social dialogue and strengthen the mechanisms for preventing violence, corporal and humiliating
punishment against children in any environment, as well as raising parents' awareness of how they can
support their children growth through positive discipline by ensuring a healthy development of children
based on the principles of child rights.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Mobilizing communities and encouraging participation in activities
- Identify advocacy targets, develop and implement advocacy strategies as needed.
- facilitate good governance of child rights through promotion of participatory, transparent,
accountable and informed decision-making
- Participate in different forums where municipal policies concerning children are developed to
promote the UN CRC.
- identifying community skills, assets, issues and needs & ensuring that local people have their say
according their needs and rights
- developing new resources in dialogue with the community and evaluating existing programmes
- building links with other groups and agencies in developing and implementing strategies
- helping to raise public awareness on issues relevant to the community
- preparing timely and high quality progress reports and policies
- liaising with interested groups and individuals to improve or set up new services

- mediating in matters of conflict and challenging inappropriate behavior
- recruiting and training voluntary staff
- planning, attending and coordinating meetings and events
- Coordination and registration of parents that will be part of the training on PDEP
- Support the facilitators in the preparation of the necessary materials for sessions
- Collection of Positive Discipline Data (monitoring and evaluation of the program)
- Supporting and assisting program staff in activities and work with parents, teachers, children
and other stakeholders
- Ensure proper documentation of monitoring and evaluation activities are held and delivered.
- Contribute actively to program development and the institutional memory
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- University Degree in Social Sciences, Human or Child Rights, development studies or other
related field.
- Understanding of the local administrative setting, including decentralized governance and
management at this level
- Strong knowledge and experience of work with child rights governance and child rights,
human rights and well documented experience from work with a right based approach.
- Be fully aware of national policies, strategies and other initiatives and developments by the
Government of Kosovo and other stakeholders relating to Child Protection (especially
Violence against children and Child Protection System), and critical intersections with child
protection, health and nutrition, child rights governance and child poverty.
- Proven experience and skills in advocacy and building work relationships with local/national
governments, civil society and influencing institutional, private and/or corporate donors
- Proven experience in project cycle management and monitoring and evaluation related to the
sector including writing up high quality project/donor reports
- Good participatory facilitation skills to support the process,
- Strong awareness raising skills to ensure maximum participation from the stakeholders,
- Knowledge on participatory facilitation methods
- Skilled facilitator with negotiation skills and a strong personality
- Knowledge on child development stages
- Knowledge on effective parenting child rights principles.
- Knowledge on child rights principles and rights based on the UNCRC
- Knowledge of work with parents and institutions responsible for child protection in Kosovo
- Strength in interpersonal and communication skills
- Fluency in written and spoken Albanian and English, Serbian is a plus.
Application: Interested candidates can apply via mail by submitting a short Motivation Letter, CV and
related references to albion.zeka@handi-kos.org or handikos@handi-kos.org at the latest on: 14th of
June 2017. Only short listed candidates will be invited for interviews. http://www.handi-kos.org
Please specify in the subject of the email, the title of the position you are applying for.