16.06.2026

Consortium Child Protection Coordinator / Координатор/ка з питань захисту дітей

Vacancy_dfrfycsz(7) prostirjob — Consortium Child Protection Coordinator / Координатор/ка з питань захисту дітей

Plan International Germany is the consortium lead and will contract the Programme Coordination Unit members through Plan International Ukraine as host agency. This unified single programme coordination unit consists of the Consortium Coordinator, MEAL Coordinator, and the Finance Coordinator, as well as the Child Protection Coordinator and the Gender & Inclusion, Safeguarding and Participation Coordinator. The Coordination Unit does not directly implement programme activities but provides consortium-wide leadership, coordination, quality assurance, financial oversight, technical support, monitoring, and donor reporting for the programme.

This position leads on the technical quality and coherence of child protection programming across the consortium and provides technical guidance to ensure interventions are aligned with recognised child protection standards and best practices. The position does not lead on safeguarding systems, gender equality, inclusion, child participation, and accountability mechanisms, which fall under the responsibility of the Consortium Gender & Inclusion, Safeguarding and Participation Coordinator.

He/She will report to the Consortium Coordinator of the Coordination Unit.

Main Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership and Programme Quality

Provide technical leadership and oversight for the Child Protection and MHPSS components of the programme, ensuring a coherent and harmonised approach across consortium members and implementing partners.
Support consortium members and implementing partners to apply relevant international standards and guidance, including the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS), Inter-Agency Guidelines for Case Management and Child Protection, Alternative Care in Emergencies Toolkit, and IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings.
Provide technical guidance on child protection programming approaches, including case management, family strengthening, community-based child protection, child protection systems strengthening, and support for vulnerable children and adolescents.
Review programme approaches, tools, methodologies, and technical deliverables to ensure quality, consistency, and alignment with programme objectives and donor requirements.
Support consortium partners to identify technical gaps, implementation challenges, and emerging child protection risks, and facilitate appropriate responses.
Promote integration and coordination between child protection, MHPSS, safeguarding, gender equality, inclusion, and other relevant sectors.

2. Technical Coordination and Capacity Strengthening

Coordinate consortium-wide technical exchange and collaboration on child protection programming.
Convene and facilitate regular child protection technical meetings, learning sessions, and peer exchange opportunities among consortium members and implementing partners.
Create a technical platform for learning and exchange purposes (technical programme committee) on child protection, safeguarding, participation and gender and inclusion topics, in close collaboration with the Consortium Gender, Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator.
Provide technical training and capacity strengthening support to child protection staff and implementing partners.
Support partners to strengthen organisational and technical capacities in child protection programming, quality assurance, and implementation of technical standards.
Develop and disseminate technical guidance notes, tools, learning products, and good practice resources relevant to programme implementation.
Identify emerging technical priorities and facilitate access to specialised technical support where required.

3. Monitoring, Learning and Technical Quality Assurance

Conduct regular field visits and programme reviews to monitor the quality and effectiveness of child protection interventions.
Work closely with the Consortium MEAL Coordinator to ensure appropriate monitoring frameworks, indicators, and quality benchmarks for child protection programming are in place.
Review programme performance data, assessments, monitoring findings, and evaluation results to identify trends, lessons learned, and opportunities for programme improvement.
Support partners to implement recommendations arising from monitoring, evaluations, audits, and technical reviews.
Document and disseminate lessons learned, promising practices, and evidence from programme implementation.
Contribute technical analysis and recommendations to consortium-level reporting, learning, and adaptive management processes.

4. External Representation and Engagement

Represent the consortium in relevant child protection coordination mechanisms, technical working groups (including the protection working group), and stakeholder forums.
Maintain constructive relationships with government authorities, UN agencies, civil society organisations, and technical networks relevant to child protection and MHPSS.
Monitor developments in the child protection and humanitarian sectors and ensure relevant updates, guidance, and good practices are shared across the consortium.
Support technical engagement with donors and external stakeholders by providing technical inputs, evidence, and programme updates as required.
Coordinate closely with Plan International Germany technical advisors and consortium technical specialists to ensure alignment with organisational standards and sector developments.

The responsibilities outlined above are not exhaustive and may evolve over the course of programme implementation. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties, consistent with the role’s purpose and level of responsibility, as reasonably assigned by the Consortium Coordinator.

General

Ensure that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

Key Relationships

Consortium Coordination Unit, esp. Consortium Coordinator, Consortium Gender, Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator & Consortium MEAL Coordinator
Consortium Steering Committee
Programme Management Steering Committee
Plan International Ukraine as hosting agency
Technical Programme Committee
Plan International Germany, esp. Programme Specialist and Child Protection Specialist
Technical specialists of consortium members and implementing partners

Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge

Education

Post-graduate university degree in social work, psychology, child protection, humanitarian studies, sociology, community development, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.

Experience

Progressively responsible experience in child protection programming within humanitarian and/or development settings.
Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership and support to complex Child Protection and MHPSS programmes.
Experience working in multi-agency, consortium, or partnership-based programmes involving international and national organisations.
Experience supporting programme design, implementation, monitoring, quality assurance, and learning processes for child protection interventions.
Experience strengthening the technical capacities of staff and partner organisations through training and coaching, including remote capacity strengthening.
Experience working with local and national civil society organisations and promoting locally led approaches.
Experience coordinating with government authorities, UN agencies, clusters, and other humanitarian and development stakeholders.
Experience in the Ukrainian context, including knowledge of the child protection system and engagement with local actors.

Technical Knowledge

Strong knowledge of Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS) and related child protection frameworks and guidance.
Strong understanding of case management, child protection systems strengthening, community-based child protection, adolescent programming, and family strengthening approaches.
Knowledge of MHPSS approaches and their integration within child protection programming.
Good understanding of humanitarian principles, protection standards, Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS), Sphere Standards, and relevant inter-agency guidance.
Knowledge of results-based management, logical frameworks, monitoring and evaluation approaches, and evidence-based programming.
Understanding of gender equality, inclusion, safeguarding, and child participation principles and their application within child protection programming.
Knowledge of institutional donor requirements and reporting expectations is an asset.

Skills and Competencies

Strong technical advisory and problem-solving skills.
Strong facilitation, training, and capacity-strengthening skills.
Excellent stakeholder engagement, networking, and representation skills.
Strong analytical, assessment, data collection, analysis and data interpretation skills.
Excellent written communication and report-writing skills.
Ability to support adaptive management and translate evidence into programme improvements.
Strong coordination and collaboration skills, including the ability to build consensus across diverse stakeholders.
Ability to work effectively in complex and rapidly changing environments.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital collaboration tools.

Languages

Fluency in Ukrainian and English is essential (and eliminatory).

Behaviors

Role models Plan International’s values of accountability, integrity, inclusion, and child-centred programming in all internal and external engagements.
Demonstrates consistent commitment to a do-no-harm, anti-racist, safeguarding-aware, and gender-responsive approach in all aspects of work.
Promotes equality, inclusion, and meaningful participation of children, adolescents, and affected communities, ensuring their voices inform programming.
Engages respectfully and effectively with communities, partners, and stakeholders, demonstrating strong cultural sensitivity and contextual awareness.
Builds and maintains trust-based, collaborative relationships across consortium members, partners, and technical counterparts.
Works with a strong learning and improvement mindset, actively contributing to knowledge sharing, reflection, and adaptive programming.
Demonstrates openness to feedback, continuous self-improvement, and commitment to strengthening both individual and organisational practice.
Communicates clearly, appropriately, and effectively across diverse audiences, adapting style to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Supports capacity strengthening of colleagues and partners through mentoring, coaching, and constructive knowledge exchange.
Thinks and acts in a way that supports broader organisational coherence, collaboration, and long-term impact for children and young people.

Plan International’s Values in Practice

We are open and accountable

We create a climate of trust inside and outside the organization by being open, honest and transparent. We hold ourselves and others to account for the decisions we make and for our impact on others, while doing what we say we will do.

We strive for lasting impact

We strive to achieve significant and lasting impact on the lives of children and young people, and to secure equality for girls. We challenge ourselves to be bold, courageous, responsive, focused and innovative.

We work well together

We succeed by working effectively with others, inside and outside the organisation, including our sponsors and donors. We actively support our colleagues, helping them to achieve their goals. We come together to create and implement solutions in our teams, across Plan International, with children, girls, young people, communities and our partners.

We are inclusive and empowering

We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge inequality in our programmes and our workplace. We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives. We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential.

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