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Social Worker Job Opportunity: African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN)

The African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) is a pan african child rights organisation
based in Nairobi, Kenya and has 24 national Chapters in Africa.

It seeks to promote the protective rights of children in Africa.

ANPPCAN is looking for a social worker to work in its child protection department.

ANPPCAN Head Office has a position of a professional Social Worker to be in charge of its proposed Child Protection Response Centre.

Due to the many cases being reported to ANPPCAN Head Office and to effectively respond to the needs of children, it has become necessary for ANPPCAN Head Office to create a small but functional response centre.

The Centre requires a trained Social Worker with the following requirements:

    * A University graduate in Social work with at least two years experience
    * Experience in project design and development
    * Be prepared to travel and live outside the country for at least 10 months
    * Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
    * Ability to co-ordinate, liaise, negotiate and work with others
    * Be able to organise meetings and make presentations
    * Self driven with capacity to mobilise and motivate groups
    * Computer literate with proven knowledge on use of several packages e.g. MS Word, Excel, Power Point, e.t.c.
    * Experience of working in the children sector will be an added advantaged

Position is available immediately.

Please send your CV and copies of credentials to:

ANPPCAN Head Office
P O Box 1768 – 00200
Nairobi

E-mail: regional @ anppcan.org