Eastern Cape: Programme Coordinator (CFE) posted by SOS Children’s Village

The Community Family Empowerment (CFE) Programme is meant to transform family and community environments into safe, nurturing and loving environments for children and young people. It builds the capacity of parents and caregivers to ensure safeguarding, socio-emotional well-being of children in homes and community settings. It empowers parents with sustainable livelihood programmes to alleviate multiple deprivation situations in families. Within each CFE site, the Programme Coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day coordination, implementation and monitoring of Community and Family Empowerment (CFE) programme activities at community and school level. Working under the guidance of the Programme Manager, the Programme Coordinator supports families, children and youth through structured community engagement, school-based interventions and referral coordination. The role focuses on mobilising communities, supporting vulnerable families, coordinating school-based support initiatives and facilitating linkages to relevant services, while ensuring that programme activities are delivered in line with approved workplans, safeguarding protocols and organisational standards. The Programme Coordinator also ensures that beneficiary information and activity data are accurately captured, referrals are followed up, and reports are submitted timeously in accordance with CFE programme requirements KPA 1: Beneficiary, Family and Community Profiling KPA 2: Stakeholder Engagement and Community Linkages KPA 3: Programme Coordination, Planning and Administration KPA 4: Parenting, Family Strengthening and Livelihood Support KPA 5: School-Based Support and Learner Retention KPA 6: Risk Identification, Safeguarding and Food Security Support KPA 7: Monitoring, Documentation and Reporting KPA 8: Child Protection and Safeguarding Matric Certificate, Community Development certificate or related field. Minimum 3 years experience in youth, family strengthening, or community development. Knowledge of South African child protection legislation and UN Guidelines. Experience in trauma-informed care and psychosocial support A Valid South African Drivers Licence Minimum 2 – 4 years experience in community-based programme implementation, preferably within child, youth or family strengthening programmes. Experience working with schools, families and community structures will be an advantage. Experience supervising or supporting field-based programme staff will be an advantage. Demonstrated experience in trauma-informed care and psychosocial support.