25 Blakenham Road Tooting London SW17 8NE In-Country Project Coordinator Child Protection Duration of post: 1 year Hours: Full-time – 5 days per week Remuneration: This is a volunteer position. Board, lodging and modest expenses are provided. This role would suit an early-career professional looking to gain more experience in international development and project implementation work. Supervision: Regular supervision will be provided by the MCT project coordinator(s) Moroccan Children’s Trust The Moroccan Children’s Trust (MCT) is a small UK-registered charity, with a board of directors drawn from the UK and Morocco. It aims to offer support and assistance to disadvantaged families across southern Morocco, based on community projects that empower local people to change their lives for the better. Taroudannt Street Children Project In partnership with a local charity, Fondation Amane pour la Protection de l’Enfance (FAPE), MCT coordinates a project which supports street-connected children and their families in and around the town of Taroudannt, in southern Morocco. The project currently employs a team of local staff based www.moroccanchildrenstrust.org * [email protected] UK Limited Company No 6647591 UK Registered Charity No 1127739 at a drop-in centre in central Taroudannt: two social workers, three teachers, an activities coordinator, a monitoring officer, an accountant and fundraiser, two legal caseworkers, and a centre caretaker. Adopting a holistic approach, the project supports the children and their families through relational social work, case-work in important areas such as securing ID papers and access to healthcare, women’s group, educational support sessions, a pre-school class and sports activities. MCT has also run a successful pilot project of an Identity Paper Project, working to secure birth registration for complicated cases, provide professional training in communities in Taroudannt province and raise awareness of the importance of birth registration in local communities. The team is now advocating a set of recommendations to make systemic change at the regional level. Child Protection Advocacy MCT’s vision is a Morocco in which all children can rely on effective and appropriate child protection. Since launching the SCP in 2010 in the city of Taroudannt, MCT and FAPE have taken on provincial and regional advocacy of the creation and implementation of a multi-sector child protection structure. This project focuses on working with local governmental and nongovernmental partners as well as international researchers, experts and practitioners. MCT consistently takes on research initiatives to analyse the needs of some of the most disadvantaged children and their families and to evaluate the best methods to implement a robust child protection system. One of these major current projects is a regional fostering service and a transitional care centre for children who are in abusive home environments. In-country project coordinator: main responsibilities (child protection) 1. Support the in-country team to implement Identity Paper Project advocacy plan. 2. Deliver MCT research initiatives in conjunction with local partners or international volunteers. The project coordinator will supervise the project from preparation and data collection to analysis and dissemination. 3. Support the development of new MCT initiatives in child protection in the Souss region, including the development of child protection recognition and response systems, and the development of new www.moroccanchildrenstrust.org * [email protected] UK Limited Company No 6647591 UK Registered Charity No 1127739 alternative care structures. The project coordinator will be involved in project design, scoping, implementation and evaluation. 4. Facilitate communication between the MCT teams in London and Taroudannt regarding developments in child protection work, including research and fostering projects. The project coordinator will meet at least weekly via Skype with the full London team and weekly with UK Project Coordinator to discuss the progress of the project and how it is being managed. www.moroccanchildrenstrust.org * [email protected] UK Limited Company No 6647591 UK Registered Charity No 1127739 PERSON SPECIFICATION Essential • English speaker • French speaker • Excellent interpersonal skills • Excellent organisational skills • High-level communication skills • Excellent writing skills • Understanding and experience of research methodologies in the social sciences • Able to use initiative and take on responsibility • Team player • Strong interest in social justice, particularly child rights • Experience of working with children and young people • Drive, commitment and a positive attitude • Flexibility • Dedication (able to work outside normal working hours when necessary) Desirable • Arabic speaker (any dialect) • Experience/knowledge of Arabo-Islamic culture (sensitive respectful of norms and values) • Experience in delivering a multi-sector advocacy strategy • Involvement in international collaborative research projects • Administrative and reporting skills www.moroccanchildrenstrust.org * [email protected] UK Limited Company No 6647591 UK Registered Charity No 1127739 and
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