Technical Advisor II – Child Protection and Care System Strengthening
Postkazi · Kampala, Uganda
Job description
Serve as the project’s subject matter expert for Child Protection and Care System Strengthening. Provide technical guidance on child protection systems, care reform, case management, alternative care, social service workforce strengthening, and related reforms, in coordination with the global technical counterpart and drawing on specialized expertise as needed to ensure project strategies, tools, training content, implementation approaches, and partner support reflect current evidence, technical standards for program quality, and country context.
Provide technical assistance to strengthen systems serving children and families in Uganda. Support government, civil society, faith-based, and community actors to develop, adapt, and implement relevant policies, regulations, standards, standard operating procedures, tools, and guidance at national and targeted subnational levels.
Strengthen capacity and implementation quality within Uganda. Develop child protection competencies and training materials and provide coaching, training, supportive supervision, and technical troubleshooting to project teams, partners, and relevant system actors to improve practice and program results, support adherence to standards, and effectively and efficiently address performance gaps.
Support integrated project delivery across technical areas within the project. Work closely with the project team, global technical counterpart, resource partners, other subject matter experts, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL), and implementation teams to support coordinated, mutually reinforcing technical approaches within a cohesive project strategy.
Support MEAL, evidence use, and adaptive learning in Uganda. Work with the MEAL team to ensure technically relevant data are captured, interpreted, and used to inform programming, strengthen practice and accountability, document learning, and support continuous improvement.
Monitor technical quality, including national and subnational issues that may affect child protection and care system strengthening results, and support risk mitigation within the area of specialization in Uganda. Track safeguarding concerns, contextual risks, and implementation challenges related to child protection and care system strengthening, and recommend or support corrective action as needed.
Contribute to reporting, documentation, technical knowledge sharing, and relevant networks. Provide technically sound inputs for milestone reports, partner government and donor updates, learning products, briefs, and other internal and external communications; participate actively in relevant in-country and global working groups and networks; and help translate project learning into improved practice.
Skills
Bachelor’s degree in a related field required. Minimum of eight years of work experience required in departmental-specific area of specialization. Master’s degree Demonstrated working knowledge of: (1) Catholic Church organizational structures and (2) Catholic Social Teaching.
