Child Protection Technical Officer - Technical Lead

Afghan Women United Development Organization (AWUDO) is a non‑profit, non‑political, and non‑governmental organization committed to advancing the living standards of Afghans in alignment with the (SDGs). With a primary focus on women, children, orphans, and adolescent girls, AWUDO empowers communities through programs since 2011 in education, healthcare, nutrition, food security and livelihood, women’s empowerment, capacity building, WASH, child protection, and agriculture.

AWUDO envisions a world of hope, tolerance, and social justice, where poverty is eradicated and every individual lives with dignity. We aspire to be a national force and a partner of choice within the international partners dedicated to achieving the SDGs and fostering sustainable development across Afghanistan.

Overall Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership and quality assurance for Child Protection (CP) programming, including CBCPC capacity building, community outreach, safeguarding integration, CCC establishment/operations support, and child case management (including SoV and referrals) and systems use (e.g., CPIMS+). Ensure CP interventions are implemented in line with AWUDO standards, donor requirements, and child safeguarding principles.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership for all Child Protection activities across the targeted districts, ensuring quality, consistency, and adherence to CP standards.
• Lead technical planning and review of CP implementation, including the assessment of existing services and development of CP response approaches based on identified gaps.
• Oversee and quality-assure information outreach activities to ensure accurate, age-appropriate, and child-safe dissemination of available CP services and referral pathways.
• Technically support the training and coaching of CBCPCs to identify, prioritize, and respond to CP, SGBV/SoV, and disability-related protection issues.
• Provide technical guidance to community dialogues to ensure proper identification of protection issues, safe facilitation, and appropriate referral routes for at-risk children.
• Support the operationalization of child protection mechanisms through community-based structures, including ensuring clear roles and referral pathways for CBCPCs.
• Provide technical leadership for CBCPC-related activities, including monitoring participation support mechanisms.
• Lead and support “Community Dialogue Training” for project staff and ToT approaches for building staff capacity to facilitate dialogues safely and effectively.
• Lead technical support for “safe transition and continuity of CP services” in targeted districts, including technical coaching for continuity strategies and follow-up with CBCPCs and CCC structures.
• Provide technical guidance on positive parenting sessions for parents/caregivers of children registered in CCCs, ensuring content is appropriate and safeguarding-sensitive (in coordination with relevant actors).
• Provide technical guidance to CCC supervision structures (e.g., supporting CCC Supervisor roles and ensuring consistent implementation approaches).
• Lead technical inputs into case management quality and referral management for children and SoV cases, including:
• Support delivery and quality assurance of cash for protection assistance, including correct targeting and compliance steps.
• Oversee integration and correct use of case management systems (e.g., CPIMS+), ensuring staff understand required data fields, case documentation standards, and reporting consistency.
• Support the design and implementation of PSS/PFA capacity strengthening for facilitators and PSS counsellors (technical coordination to ensure alignment with CP referral and safeguarding pathways).
• Provide capacity building on case management including CPIMS+ to project staff.
• Coordinate closely with the Safeguarding Officer and other protection actors to ensure robust safeguarding/incident management processes and risk mitigation across all CP activities.
• Support quality control mechanisms such as field spot checks, technical reviews, case review sessions (where applicable), and coaching visits.
• Perform any other CP technical tasks assigned by the line manager to ensure effective project implementation.

Background/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in social science (BBA, LLB, Economics, Social work, international law or related field, a Master’s degree holder is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in child protection program as senior-level position with a National/International NGO or UN organization.
• Technical Expertise: Strong knowledge of child protection in emergencies, GBV prevention, and child rights.

Skills Required:

• Fluency in English (spoken and written).
• Fluency in local languages, Pashto and Dari (spoken and written).
• Advanced computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook).
• Strong communication and reporting skills.
• Leadership and team management abilities.
• Capacity to establish and maintain good working relationships with team members, local authorities, and community members.
• Ability to coordinate with other departments within the organization (technical and support departments

Qualified and interested applicants are kindly requested to submit their CV/Resume to hr@awudo.org  with a copy to awudo2011.ngo@gmail.com  Please ensure that the vacancy number and the position title are clearly stated in the subject line of your email.

Applications received after the closing date, or those submitted without the required subject line, will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates who meet the above criteria will be contacted for the written test and/or interview.

PSEA, Child safeguarding, anti-fraud and anti-corruption statements:
Under this project, the incumbent will work with children and at-risk adults. It is AWUDO top priority to ensure safety of children. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in all aspects of our work. AWUDO maintains a zero-tolerance policy for any behavior or practices that put children and/or vulnerable adults at risk of abuse or harm.
Successful applicants will be required to comply with and sign AWUDO Safeguarding Policy, Code of Conduct, Anti-fraud policy, Anti-corruption policy and PSEA-H Policy