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Position: Child Protection Coordinator (National Applicants Only) Reports to: Country Director Duty station: Maputo Travel: Up to 75% Duration and type of contract: 1 year (with possibility of extension based on performance and availability of funds) Background: Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 250,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 25,000 families to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children. All STREET CHILD employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: Flexibility, pragmatism, braveness, sustainability, uncompromising and integrity. These attitudes and beliefs shall guide our actions and relationships. Our Approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: STREET CHILD recognise that every person is an individual and we value diversity across all levels of the organisation. We aim to hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our organisation stronger. We are committed to providing a safe and positive working environment free from any form of discrimination or prejudice in which staff and affiliates are able to realise their full potential. Street Child is committed to programming that addresses discrimination and promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the communities where we work and support. 1. Role and responsibilities The Child Protection Coordinator is responsible for providing technical leadership for Street Child’s Child Protection programming in Maputo. The position will ensure the quality of child protection interventions, strengthen case management systems, supervise technical staff, and build the capacity of partners and government counterparts. The Coordinator will work closely with country teams to ensure an integrated approach to supporting vulnerable children and strengthening community-based child protection systems General responsibilities Lead the implementation of Street Child’s Child Protection strategy and interventions in Maputo. Provide technical oversight to all child protection activities, ensuring compliance with national legislation, donor requirements, and international standards, including the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. Strengthen and oversee individual case management systems, ensuring children receive safe, timely, and appropriate services. Support the establishment and strengthening of referral pathways linking children to social welfare, education, health, justice, and specialized protection services. Provide technical guidance on safeguarding, child protection risk mitigation, and prevention of violence against children. Ensure child protection approaches are integrated across education, digital learning, livelihoods, and emergency programming. Lead child protection assessments and contribute to programme design using evidence generated from assessments and monitoring data. Support implementation of child-friendly and community-based protection activities. Capacity Building Develop and deliver training for Street Child staff, government counterparts, community facilitators, teachers, and local partners on child protection, sa