KREASI Child Protection Specialist

KREASI CHILD PROTECTION SPECIALIST

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Child Protection Specialist provides technical leadership and implementation support for KREASI’s school-based child protection approach, ensuring children are safe, protected, and meaningfully included in education systems. Working through local implementing partners, the Specialist supports the establishment and strengthening of School-Based Child Protection Committees (SBCPCs) in primary schools and the development of district-level coordination and referral mechanisms (SATGAS/POKJA) to ensure effective case management and access to services. The Specialist will lead the development and rollout of practical tools to support prevention, identification, response, and referral for child protection concerns in school settings, ensuring approaches are grounded in GEDSI principles. This includes development of training packages, case management tools, coaching materials, and SOPs to guide safe, ethical, and survivor-centred referral protocols. The Specialist provides technical oversight of the Provincial Child Protection Coordinator, who leads partner support and implementation of KREASI’s SBCPC approach at the provincial level. This includes ensuring high-quality rollout of training, coaching and mentoring, and peer learning structures for SBCPC committee members and district referral systems.

The Specialist will also provide technical advice across KREASI components to ensure child protection is integrated into education programming, including contributions to Teacher Professional Development modules such as Positive Discipline in Education and Teaching (PDET), and support for safe and child-friendly child participation across program activities.

Under the direction of the Education Manager, the role works closely with global technical advisors, implementing partners, and internal teams to ensure alignment with national education and protection priorities, donor requirements, and Save the Children’s global standards.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Technical Leadership and Oversight

· Provide technical leadership for KREASI’s school-based child protection strategy, ensuring alignment with national frameworks, GEDSI principles and Save the Children standards.

· Provide technical oversight of partners to ensure child protection activities are implemented with quality, consistency, and safeguarding integrity.

· Provide technical input to broader KREASI programming to ensure child protection risks and mitigation strategies are integrated across activities.

· Provide technical oversight of the Provincial Principal Professional Development (PPD) Coordinator, ensuring effective partner support, high-quality implementation, and alignment with national-level guidance.

· Promote a collaborative and learning-oriented culture across teams and implementing partners with regards to child protection and child participation activities.

Partner Support and Capacity Strengthening

· Provide technical assistance to implementing partners to establish, train, and support SBCPCs in target primary schools.

· Support partners to facilitate selection, orientation, and capacity strengthening of SBCPC members, ensuring representation and inclusion of relevant school and community stakeholders.

· Strengthen partner capacity to deliver training, supportive supervision, and coaching for SBCPC members.

· Support partners to establish district-level SATGAS/POKJA coordination mechanisms and strengthen linkages between schools and referral services.

· Support partners to build collaboration with district stakeholders including education offices, social services, health actors, and community-based protection structures.

· Provide mentoring and technical guidance to partner staff on ethical case handling, confidentiality, and survivor-centred approaches.

Development of Tools, Training Packages, and SOPs

· Lead development and adaptation of SBCPC training packages and modules, ensuring alignment with KREASI goals and national child protection standards.

· Develop practical tools and materials to support SBCPC functioning, including case identification forms, reporting templates, referral directories, and committee workplans.

· Develop coaching tools and supportive supervision guidance to strengthen SBCPC performance over time. · Support development of SOPs for safe referral pathways, including clear protocols for documentation, escalation, and follow-up.

· Ensure tools and training materials are accessible, child-friendly, and inclusive of diverse needs, including children with disabilities.

Coordination and Communication

· Coordinate with local partners and district stakeholders to strengthen referral systems and improve multi-sector collaboration around child protection.

· Support partner engagement with SATGAS/POKJA and other relevant coordination platforms to strengthen system-level ownership.

· Maintain regular communication with KREASI technical teams to ensure alignment between child protection and education interventions.

Monitoring, Learning, and Adaptation

· Support partners to monitor SBCPC functionality and track progress against program indicators, including prevention activities, referrals, and committee capacity.

· Support partners to document lessons learned and adapt approaches based on evidence and field realities.

· Ensure that monitoring approaches reflect safeguarding standards and do not compromise confidentiality or child safety.

· Contribute to analysis of child protection trends emerging from school-level implementation to inform program improvement and advocacy priorities.

· Facilitate periodic reflection and learning sessions with partners and district stakeholders to strengthen implementation quality.

Child Participation and Safe Programming

· Provide technical guidance to ensure children’s participation is safe, meaningful, inclusive, and aligned with Save the Children child participation standards.

· Support partners to facilitate child-led or child-informed initiatives, including campaigns and awareness activities on priority protection issues.

· Promote approaches that strengthen children’s voice in school governance and safe school environments, while ensuring safeguarding and risk mitigation.

· Ensure participation approaches are inclusive of girls, children with disabilities, and marginalized groups.

Reporting and Documentation

· Support partners to document implementation progress, outcomes, and good practices related to SBCPC and SATGAS/POKJA strengthening.

· Contribute to national-level reporting, including narrative updates, indicator tracking, and donor reporting inputs.

· Support development of learning products such as case studies, briefs, and success stories that demonstrate results and lessons learned.

Compliance and Safeguarding

· Ensure all child protection activities comply with Save the Children safeguarding policies, ethical standards, and do-no-harm principles.

· Ensure partners understand and apply safeguarding protocols, including safe handling of disclosures and mandatory reporting pathways.

· Support partners to strengthen safe feedback and complaints mechanisms that are accessible to children.

· Promote strong confidentiality and responsible information management practices in all case-related documentation.

QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE

· Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, education, public health, development studies, or a related field with at least 5 years of relevant experience; or Master’s degree with at least 3 years of relevant experience.

· Minimum 3–5 years of experience in child protection programming, preferably including school-based protection mechanisms and referral systems.

· Demonstrated experience developing training packages, facilitation materials, SOPs, and practical tools for frontline implementation.

· Experience supporting case management systems, referral pathways, and multi-sectorcoordination mechanisms.

· Strong understanding of GEDSI principles, including disability inclusion, gender-based violence risk mitigation, and equitable access to services.

· Experience working with local implementing partners and government stakeholders, including education and social welfare actors.

· Strong facilitation and coaching skills, including ability to build partner capacity through mentoring and supportive supervision.

· Strong written and verbal communication skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English, including reporting and documentation.

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and digital collaboration platforms.

· Strong commitment to child rights, safeguarding, and ethical programming.

Core Competencies

· Technical expertise in child protection systems and school-based approaches

· GEDSI-informed and inclusive programming design

· Capacity strengthening and partner support

· Coordination and stakeholder engagement

· Strong judgment, confidentiality, and ethical decision-making

· Monitoring, documentation, and adaptive learning

Location: Jakarta

Save the Children encourages qualified candidates to apply regardless of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.