Social Street Worker (8-POSITION)

ABOUT STREET:

Street Child started working in Liberia in 2013, helping street children in the capital of Monrovia.
When Liberia was hit with the Ebola crisis, we expanded our work to support the thousands of
children impacted by Ebola to go to school. We believe in supporting children in every aspect of
their school life: school environment, teachers, parents, the wider community and the barriers to
education they face.
Street Child is a principal provider and top performer of the Liberian Education Advancement
Partnership (LEAP), a flagship public-private partnership run by the Liberian Government’s
Ministryof Education, outsourcing the administration and management of public schools to private
providers in an ambitious effort to enhance learning gains.
Street Child is now working in four regions in Liberia: Montserrado, Margibi, Cape Mount and
Maryland, where our three main areas of focus are;
 Education
 Child protection, and
 livelihoods.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

JOB TITLE: Social Street Worker (s)
LOCATION: Monrovia – Montserrado County & Kakata – Margibi Cointy
PREFERRED START
DATE: July 1,2023
LENGTH OF
CONTRACT:

Annual (renewable based on satisfactory performance and funding)

ORGANIZATION
PROFILE AND
SUMMARY OF THE
JOB:

Street Child of Liberia (SCoL) – through its main partner Street Child UK – is implementing a four-
year Education For Every Child Today (EFECT) project nationwide. This project will target enrolling

and retaining 13,500 highly vulnerable primary school age children into education.
The project uses a child-centered approach and a combination of interventions to confront
compounded challenges. A strategic combination of social, economic, infrastructural, and
instructional support will be utilized to achieve increased access and retention in primary
education for 13,500 vulnerable children in Liberia.

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION:

The Social Street Workers (SSWs) will be responsible for the implementation and Monitoring of all
Street Work Activities at the field level. The successful candidate (s) will be roving across multiple
communities and will work directly with Out-of –Street Children (OOSC) to increase enrolment and
improve retention in schools
REPORTING TO: Head of Advocacy & Social Work Lead
RESPONSIBLE FOR: None
DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Provide awareness and social mobilization within communities on street connected related
cases including child labor.
 Identify, recruit Out-of – Street Children (OOSC) and enroll in primary public schools

 Conduct intensive school monitoring in schools of Street Child of Liberia (SCoL) beneficiaries
 Provides basic psychosocial and counseling support to street connected children.
 Provides advocacy for street children where needed including re-unification of families.
 Provides assistance of motivation to change risky lifestyle of street children.
 Work in collaboration with community leaders and stakeholders in improving the
wellbeing of the children self- esteem, confidence, security and self-being.
 Liaise local governance structures (CWCs, PTAs) relevant government line ministries and
agencies to support the recruitment, enrollment and retention of OOSC
 Report incidence, cases to the team leader when such need arises,
 Provide follow up routine, conduct formal or informal street corner education.
 Carry out any other duties as delegated/requested in the interest of the project
Other
Note: the duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may
be required to carry out additional duties within the reasonableness of their level of skills and
experience.

ABOUT YOU: We are looking for people with the right competencies and skills for the role, and who demonstrate the personal qualities consistent with Street Child Values.
QUALIFICATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL:

 Bachelor/advance degree in social sciences, or its equivalent, with a minimum of three
years’ progressive experience in a related field;
 Proven experience in community engagement and mobilization skills
 Proven knowledge and experience in identification, documentation, and case filling skills
 Minimum of two years’ experience in an International organization, governmental or local
organizations.
 Ability to build relationships with a variety of stakeholders including but not limited to
government officials, international funders, caregivers and vulnerable children
 Ability to work as part of a team to support the team in communities that may not be your
usual place of work
 Good knowledge on the rights of children and women, disability including the challenges
and opportunities in Liberia
 At least 2 years’ experience in an International organization, governmental or local organizations.
 Ability to build relationships with a variety of stakeholders including but not limited to
government officials, international funders, caregivers and vulnerable children
 Ability to work as part of a team to support the team in communities that may not be your
usual place of work
 Good knowledge on the rights of children and women, disability including the challenges
and opportunities in Liberia

DESIRABLE:

 Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills;
 Availability to contribute to the substantive development and increased capacity of the team
and willingness to share expertise;
 Ability to prepare briefing notes, presentations and other knowledge products;
 Ability to communicate technical concepts among many different stakeholders – government,
donors, civil society organizations and to understand the language of sectorial policy makers
 Gender sensitivity and knowledge to apply a gender equality approach
 Ability to positively influence decision makers.
 High sense of confidentiality & integrity
 Critical thinking and problem solving.
 Teamwork and collaboration.
 Professionalism and strong work ethic.
 Good oral and written communications skills.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Excellent spoken and written English

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCES:

 Organizes and accurately completes multiple tasks by establishing priorities while taking into
consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions, deadlines, available resources, and
multiple reporting relationships
 Plans, coordinates, and organizes workload while remaining aware of changing priorities and
competing deadlines
 Establishes, builds, and maintains effective working relationships with staff and partners to
facilitate the provision of support
 Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities
 Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view

CORE VALUE:

Street Child is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcomes applications from young people,
women, those living with HIV, disabled people, and other marginalized groups.
Safeguarding is the responsibility of an organization to ensure as far as is reasonably practicable
that its staff, volunteers, operations and programmes do no harm to children, young people or
vulnerable adults. It is the organization’s responsibility to ensure that it does not expose children,
young people or vulnerable adults to the risk of discrimination, neglect, injury or abuse (hereafter
referred to as harm), and that any concerns the organization has about the safety of children,
young people or vulnerable adults are addressed and reported to the appropriate authorities. The
organization also has a responsibility to protect its staff and volunteers when they are vulnerable,
for example, when ill or at risk of harm or abuse.

HOW TO APPLY?

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit their detailed CV with a cover letter
(maximum 2 pages each) and 2 references, one of which shouls be your current employer/line
manager along with other certificates to the email scoljobs@gmai.com and copy to:
atehmeh@street-child.org and dvafoley1976@gmail.com . You are requested to mention the title
of the position on the subject line of the e-mail while applying.
Street Child of Liberia reserves the right to accept or reject any or all CV(s) without assigning any
reason. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Absolutely telephone enquiries will not be
entertained.
DEADLINE: JUNE 12, 2023