Consultant - Child Friendly Spaces Review and Assessment at Save The Children

Duration: This assignment is expected to take place 14 working days

Job Summary
Child Safeguarding:

• Save the Children is a child rights organization where all its staff and consultants, associates, and vendors sign off Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy that aims to reduce the possibility of incidence of child abuse and exploitation.
• The consultant will sign and abide by Save the Children’s child safeguarding policy along with the agreement.

The Role

• In the current NE Nigeria Humanitarian Response Save the Children has established 20 Child Friendly Spaces and plans to expand to X more.
• Child Friendly Spaces (CFSs) provide children with protected environments in which they participate in organized activities to play, socialize, learn, and express themselves as they rebuild their lives. CFSs are designed to protect children from physical harm and psychosocial distress and to help them continue learning and developing both during and immediately after an emergency.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with child protection in emergency responses
• Demonstrated understanding of recovery and sustainability issues
• Critical and creative thinker, capable of analyzing complex information and producing creative solutions
• Experience in advocacy and development of new programming ideas
• Knowledge of Child Friendly Spaces.