Position: Kindship Care Officer (SOS Children's Villages of Cambodia)__Deadline:31-March

Location:  Prey Veng Province

Kinship Care officer  is responsible for supporting community events and relief efforts to assist beneficiary with their needs, providing them resources, and facilitating lifestyle programs. S/he coordinates with participants, suppliers, and sponsors for funding and promotions. She/he also manages the budgeting and allocation of resources for the programs, ensuring that the activities adhere to the state regulations and community benefits. S/he must have good communication and organizational skills, especially in writing progress reports and transactions

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leads the development of family strengthening programmes in accordance with the organizational mission, policies and strategies.
• Assists to develop programme activities and budgets and identifies partner organisations.
• Follow/ implement KC strategy and plans in cooperation with the Direct Supervisor, KC Coordinator, KC co-workers and other stakeholders.
• Initiates family strengthening programmes in line with agreed plans and objectives.
• Builds good contacts with family and children, in an appropriate attitude with them in order to develop good relationship.
• Learns about the backgrounds, the situation of the family and also about the problem of children, and causes.
• Provides advices to the family to improve security and comfort of child’s health, nutrition and caring.
• Monitors and technically supports children’s families in community for better knowledge improvement.
• Concentrates on the Family Development Plan (FDP) of each family, checks and collects data with compilation files.
• Work closely with Commune Committee for Women and Children (CCWC) and strengthening of Community Base Organizations (CBOs) and good relationship with local authorities, the other NGOs partners and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with related provincial departments/stakeholders to make agreement for trainings.
• Coordinate extra classes for children and follow up children study performance at schools.
• Record study result of children every semester and yearly.
• Prepare purchase request and quotation for buying uniform and study materials and provide to children for new academic.
• Follows the development of KC activities ensuring target numbers and participants.
• Coordinates mid-term and annual review of KC plans and activities.
• Uses software platforms and systems, including PDB2, RBM and Pro DiGi, but not limited to review and monitoring plan, execute and report on work progress and achievements.
• Provides regular monthly reports to Village Director, Assistant Program Director, and KC Coordinator.
• Attends corporate office meetings, activities, trainings, and events as required by the organization.
• Works in close cooperation with KC Coordinator and other key support co-workers to develop KC plans and activities.
• Fully supports efforts led by Village Director to create effective integration project locations.
• Responsible to raise awareness of the SOS Child Protection Policy principles and to prevent and protect children/young people from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence, discrimination and CS reports should be made to the CS team at program level and/or to the respective line manager.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree in social work, social science and community development or other related fields Management, education etc.)

Work History:

• Related experiences with NGOs, UN agency, or private sectors for 2 to 3 years
• Ability to plan in writing and implement quality outreach program
• Good knowledge of development of family​livelihood, community involvement in the village and community development work.
• Good in MS Office such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Good in spoken and written English and Khmer is a must.
• A good understanding of community development work and the social welfare system in the country.
• Good analytical, research and report writing.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English and Khmer is a must.
• Good knowledge of livelihoods, Shelf Help Group (SHG), Income Generation Activities (IGA) in families/ communities.
• Analyze and community involvement in the village, especially for advocacy, children's issues, children rights.

Please send CV and cover letter to
Email:      sos.recruitment@soscvcambodia.org
Phone:    023219190
Website: https://soscambodia.org
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