Location: Oromia Region

Introduction:

Positive Action for Development (PAD) is one of the most vibrant, rapidly expanding, and results-driven civil society organizations in Ethiopia. Positive Action for Development (PAD) is currently scaling up its intervention to focus on humanitarian, NEXUS, and development activities. This includes expanding PAD intervention throughout the country, including Addis Abeba, Amhara, Oromia, Harari, Afar, Somali, Tigray, Benishangul-Gumuz, and Ethiopia’s southern regional states.

Vision and Mission of PAD

• Vision: PAD strives to see a community of hope, humane, and social justice.

• Mission: PAD brings people together to work in partnerships; Promotes hope humanity and social justice for every human, life in all its fullness; improves the livelihoods of the disadvantageous groups for Social and Inclusive Economic Growth through actively engaging in positive actions promoting responsive care and support and fight the causes of poverty in Ethiopia”.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Program Implementation

• Implement school-based GBV and child protection activities in targeted schools and communities.

• Facilitate awareness sessions on GBV prevention, child rights, and protection for students, teachers, and parents.

• Support the establishment and strengthening of school protection clubs and child rights clubs.

• Integrate Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) activities within school environments.

• Promote positive parenting and safe school environments to prevent violence against children.

2. Case Identification and Referral

• Identify children at risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation, or GBV through safe and ethical approaches.

• Ensure confidential referral of cases to appropriate services such as health, psychosocial, legal, and protection actors.

• Work closely with GBV caseworkers and social workers to ensure survivor-centered responses.

• Maintain confidential case documentation in accordance with protection standards.

3. Capacity Building

• Train teachers, school management committees, and community leaders on child protection, safeguarding, and GBV prevention.

• Support orientation on PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) and reporting mechanisms in schools.

• Strengthen school staff capacity to identify and respond to protection concerns.

4. Community Engagement

• Engage parents, community leaders, and local authorities to promote child protection and GBV prevention.

• Support community dialogues and campaigns on safe school environments and gender equality.

• Strengthen community-based protection mechanisms.

5. Coordination and Networking

• Coordinate with education offices, protection clusters, and other service providers to ensure effective referrals.

• Participate in child protection and GBV coordination meetings at woreda level.

• Update and disseminate referral pathways for protection services.

6. Monitoring, Reporting, and Documentation

• Collect and report program data related to school-based protection activities.

• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports.

• Support monitoring and evaluation of project activities and outcomes.

Job Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Gender Studies, or related field.

• Experience: Minimum 2–3 years experience in GBV, Child Protection, or protection programming.

Job Competencies and Skills

• Strong facilitation and training skills.

• Knowledge of MHPSS and survivor-centered approaches.

• Good communication and community mobilization skills.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and ethical standards.

• Strong report writing and documentation skills.

Core Competencies

• Experience working with schools and community-based child protection mechanisms.

• Knowledge of child safeguarding, GBV guiding principles, and protection standards.

• Commitment to child safeguarding and protection principles.

• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.

• Cultural sensitivity and ability to work with diverse communities.

• Accountability to affected populations.

• Knowledge of protection principles, GBV core concepts, and PSEA.

• Strong commitment to gender equality, inclusion, and child rights.

• Knowledge of protection principles, GBV core concepts, and PSEA.

How To Apply

Interested candidates must send the following application documents with the subject line, GBV/Child Protection Officer to the email address: E-mail: job@padethiopia.org

Motivation/Cover letter must not be more than one page; It is highly recommended to include your salary expectations and current salary in the application letter. CV (not more than 4 pages) and relevant documents (education certificates, experience, and others) (Please note that the certificates and CV should be in one single file.) If you are passionate about the above and have the skills and experience to contribute effectively, we encourage you to apply for this position.

Only selected candidates will be contacted.

Applicant(s) who don’t follow the procedures will be disqualified immediately.

Website: www.padethiopia.org

Telephone: 0948787677 / 0936280820

PAD is an organization committed to upholding a zero-tolerance policy towards all forms of abuse and exploitation while actively working to protect and defend the rights and well-being of individuals.

Job Requirements Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Gender Studies, or in a related field of study with relevant work experience. How to Apply Submit your application and CV along with supporting documents via email with the subject line, GBV/Child Protection Officer to the email address : job@padethiopia.org (Motivation/Cover letter must not be more than one page and include salary expectation and current salary in the application letter)