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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
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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
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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.
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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
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