Vacancies

Project: Prevention of sexual and gender-based violence Barranquilla
Duty Station: Barranquilla (Las Flores)
Duration: 12 months, extendable according to performance and financial availability.
Type of contract: Provision of services
Remuneration: COP$4.333.000

Background
CCC has established an alliance with the Music for Peace program of the Reformed University Corporation (CUR) to incorporate a psychosocial component aimed at preventing sexual and gender-based violence with its participants.
CUR has worked since its inception for social transformation through musical art, with initiatives such as the Music for Peace program. For more than 20 years, CUR has demonstrated its commitment to culture, education and musical research.
Currently, in alliance with the Monómeros Foundation, CUR is developing the Música para La Paz Las Flores project in the Las Flores neighborhood of Barranquilla, aimed at children and adolescents between the ages of 6 and 17. The project offers artistic and musical teaching spaces and seeks to promote emotional development and life skills in the participants through artistic-musical learning in groups, creating protective environments.

The main objective of the project is to promote emotional development and life skills in the participants through artistic-musical group learning, creating protective environments.

Main responsibility of the position

• Coordinate and implement the activities of the psychosocial component of the CCC-CUR es agreement, contributing to the achievement of the project objectives.
• This professional will work closely with communities, governmental and non-governmental organizations to address risk factors for sexual and gender-based violence, promote safe environments and foster the emotional well-being of children, adolescents and youth (NNAJ).

Specific Responsibilities

• Adapt or design methodologies of psychosocial activities specific to the context of the program and the territory, aligned with the general proposal.
• Implement and coordinate workshops or activities with children, adolescents and other community actors Music for Peace.
• Co-design work plan contemplating times and goals according to the project guidelines.
• Lead work sessions with NNAJ of sensitization activities with management, teachers and parents on prevention of sexual exploitation and gender violence.
• Support the design of data collection instruments for the recording and monitoring of activities, in conjunction with the CCC program management and psychosocial direction of Music for Peace.
• Lead in the field the collection of information for the evaluation of the activities, in coordination with the CCC evaluation team and the team of interns.
• Support the teaching team of the music component in issues related to the psychosocial component.
• Coordinate the monitoring and supervision of the team of interns.
• Be the project’s safeguarding focal point.
• Participate in periodic project follow-up meetings.
• Prepare monthly project execution reports according to the parameters provided by the organization.

Skills and Experience
Indispensable

• Professional in Psychology, Social Sciences or related areas.
• At least 3 years of specific experience in working with vulnerable communities.
• Intermediate command of office tools and virtual platforms (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Google Meets).
• Excellent communication skills, including developing and maintaining a good working relationship with communities, partners and colleagues.
• Proactive, able to work independently and as part of a team.
  Knowledge and understanding of issues affecting child welfare in Colombia, including the national context.
• Conduct community needs assessments to identify risk factors and design prevention strategies tailored to the environment.

Desirable

• Specialization/Master’s degree in areas related to community work and/or prevention of gender-based violence.
• Experience in coordination of psychosocial projects.
• Specific experience in prevention of sexual exploitation and gender-based violence with children and adolescents at risk.
• Management of protocols for the activation of care routes for minors.
• Knowledge/experience in all or some of the following:
  Child participation.
  Child protection and safeguarding
  Programs with gender perspective / gender mainstreaming.
• Good command of English (written and spoken)

Child Protection
The selected person must accept and commit to comply with the Child Protection and Safeguarding policies of Children Change Colombia.
Diversity
CCC is committed to diversity and welcomes any applicant regardless of sex, gender, age, ethnicity or beliefs. Due to the logistics of the job, the selected person must live in the city indicated.

Application Instructions
If you are interested, please fill out the form and send it before October 15 to [email protected].

Only applications sent with the form will be accepted. Please put in the subject line. Psychosocial professional vacancy application.