Child and Youth Safeguarding Officer

Vacancy

Child and Youth Safeguarding Officer

Job type: Full time 

Working days: 6 days in a week 

Venue: Godavari-10, Chapagaun, Lalitpur.

Job Summary: The Child and Youth Safeguarding Officer will be responsible for the safeguard of SOH beneficiaries. The officer will work closely with children and youth ensure their safety and security, help them to exercise the child rights and make them aware of responsibilities. The officer will make safeguarding system, child protection procedure and mechanism development and implement in SOH. He/ She is responsible to look day to day interventions to prevent and respond to any form of  abuse, exploitation and neglect.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct assessment of child and youth protection needs, risks and vulnerabilities in identifying priority areas for intervention.
• Establish and strengthen child and youth protection mechanism at SOH and project including child protection committees, referral networks, and safe space for children, youth and staffs. 
• Conduct and identify, documentation, and reporting of child and youth protection cases, including cases of abuse, exploitation, violence.
• Provide psychosocial support and parental guidance to each children.
• Monitor and evaluate the implementation of child protection activities, track the progress against objectives, and identify areas for improvement.
• Prepare reports, case studies, and advocacy materials to document program impact, lesson learned, and best practices of Project.
• Make annual activities plan along with budget plan. 
• Monthly, quarterly, semi annual and annual report writing and submission within deadline. 
• Maintain individual record of child and youth safeguarding related concerned in line with the policy. 
• Track the progress of child protection actions and implemented initiative and document it and shared to concerned person. 

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Child Development, Child Rights, Child Psychology, Law or a related field. 
• Previous experience working in Child and Youth Safeguarding, social welfare or related fields, with a focus on child and youth rights, Child protection system, or child welfare services.
• Knowledge of national and international child protection laws, Human rights, policies and frameworks, including the convention on the Rights of the child (CRC)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and collaborate with inter departments.
• Experience in conducting assessments, case management, and psychosocial support intervention for children and families.
• Ability to work effective in challenging and sensitive environments, with empathy, cultural sensitivity, and respect for confidentiality.
• Proficiency in both written and spoken English and Nepali languages.
• Computer literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc).
• Commitment to promoting child rights, gender equality and social inclusion.

Skills:

• Strong understanding child and its development.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
• Proficiency in both Nepali and English.
• Computer skill (Ms.word, excel, PowerPoint etc)

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Salary and Benefits: Basic salary will be 30000/month, SSF, Dashain allowance, communication and fuel will be provided. 

Note: Genuine passion for working with children and youth. Willingness to travel and work in odd hours when required. Two wheeler’s valid license is mandatory. For the above-mentioned position, candidate must be a Nepali citizen with 25 to 40 years of age.

This position is a reopening of the Child Protection Officer (CPO) role. The organization has reassessed the position and developed a new Job Description (JD) and Post. Candidates who meet the updated criteria are welcome to reapply for this position. 

Interested candidate who meet mentioned criteria can send a cover letter and updated CV on the email address application@waisenkind.de by no later than 13th November, 2025. 

Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted for further selection process. Please submit your application letter clearly mentioning the position applying in the subject line. No telephone inquiries will be entertained and any inappropriate recommendation will automatically disqualify the candidate from further processing.

The organization reserves the right to accept or reject any application, and to cancel or postpone the recruitment process at any time without any prior notice.