20 Animator/Educator jobs at Terre des Hommes – Child Care Organization

Brief Description:
Terre des Hommes (Tdh) is a Swiss child welfare organisation that helps and protects disadvantaged people all over the world. This organisation hires 20 animators/educators to identify the most vulnerable children for non-formal education and PSS activities based on pre-determined criteria, with the help of social workers, and to carry out recreational, psychosocial, and non-formal education activities with the kids.

Job details:

®    Closing date: March 25, 2022

®    Reference number: Tdh-019-2022

®    Employment Type: Full time

®    Nationality: Afghan

®    Number of jobs; 20

®    Duration: 8 months

®    Probation: 3 months

®    Experience: 3 years

®    Languages: Dari, Pashto

®    Education: High school

®    Location: Nangarhar, Laghman

 

Job Requirement

®    Identification of the outdoor and indoor games for all categories of children and adolescents properly.

®    Taking part into procure good quality materials relevant to PSS and non-formal educational activities.

®    Identify The Child-Friendly Spaces within the communities with the close collaboration of community volunteers based on Tdh CFSs selection criteria.

®    Identify proper and secure places with close coordination of social workers and community elders to organize PSS activities.

®    Regularly visit the targeted villages to conduct PSS

®    Building the capacity to raise awareness on child’s rights, child protection issues and COVID-19 pandemic.

®    Designing and implementing recreational and psychosocial support (PSS) activities, actively involving children and adolescents (with a strong focus on child’s specific needs and vulnerabilities)

®    Ensuring that children get all essential support during the activities and that rules and discipline are set up in a positive and constructive way

®    Preparing activities plan/schedule and arranging materials required for the activities on regular bases.

®    Collection of information (attendance sheets, questionnaires, etc.) and reporting the identified cases of children with specific needs/extremely vulnerable children are referred to the social workers

®    Keeping regular recording of the lessons learned and Success case stories and reporting them to the regional manager or Project Assistant to be considered in the donor reporting.

®    Arranging PSS training for Community volunteers with preparing all needed training materials.

®    Attending all required internal and external training and meetings properly.

®    Reporting weekly to the line manager on the progress of his/her activities.

®    Performing any other identical duty as assigned by line supervisor

®    Warmly receive children when they come to the activities

®    Ensuring to have enough recreational, educational materials at the CFSs and create local materials for smooth and adopted approach for PSS, educational activities with children.

®    Be careful not to offend any child in the course of your work (do no harm)

®    Data collection and maintenance of records on the children database and shared with Data clerk.

®    “Animation: Organize the children by age groups and implement the activities according to their needs:

®    Activities with a psychosocial aim, which includes organized and free games and sports,

®    Expressive activities, i.e. small group discussions on children’s concerns (in collaboration with the Social Workers),

®    Ensure the confidentiality of the data.

®    Preparation of the children to be integrated into formal schools already registered in CFSs whose age is from 7 to 13 years.

Child Protection

®    Child Protection: Use observation skills to detect any behavioral changes or specific vulnerability in children that may be a reason for concern and share these observations with the immediate supervisor and social workers team at joint weekly staff meetings to determine appropriate responses.

®    Ensure that all child protection related activities are in line with child protection minimum relevant standards and enhance program/activities based on CPMS.

Safeguarding Policy (Global Code of Conduct)

®    Undertake to adhere to the Terre des hommes safeguarding policy and the principles connected to children’s rights

®    Undertake to ensure the best possible practical implementation of the safeguarding policy (Global Code of conduct) and the management of operational risks in his/her area of intervention and within his/her team. 

Safety & Security

®    Strictly follow Tdh security policy and regional security plan.

Qualification and competences

®    Have Minimum High school certificate, preference will be given to Bachelor

®    At least 3 years work experience in a related field

®    Ability to Manage time and priorities, and meet deadlines

®    Cooperates and contributes to achieving goals

®    Supports and advises colleagues

®    Adapts communication to the intercultural environment

®    Respect for others

®    Well aware of the community of good and bad practices including the context of working and adopting oneself to the community norms.

®    Experience in applying Behavior Change Communication models.

®    Fluency in oral and written communication in Pashto, Dari, including representation, liaison and negotiation skills.

®    Previous experience in Terre Des Homes, or other international NGOs are an asset

 

How to Apply?

®    Applicants should apply online using the link below

®    Apply now

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