Braima Sellu

Experience

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  Save the Children

  Sept 2010 - Dec 2012

  • Child Protection Programme Management• Providing overall management to the Child Protection Programme in Freetown;• Designing an overall operational plan for each project in consultation with Child Protection Adviser, CP programme staff, other programmes (e.g. Education and Health) and other departments (Logistics, HR);• Taking lead in the implementation of the agreed plan for all child protection projects in Freetown ensuring compliance with Save the Children strategies and priorities;• Producing high quality reports for Save the Children and donors to be sent to the Child Protection Technical Advisor for sign off, within agreed reporting schedules as required;• Preparing periodic financial forecasts as required by the country finance team• Provide training, capacity building and technical support to Child Protection staff and relevant ministry/partners.Representation, Coordination and Partnerships• Represent Save the Children in child protection fora, meetings and workshops as delegated by the Child Protection Program Advisor and strengthen and maintain links with relevant co-ordination mechanisms through attendance at meetings and through networking;• Review current, and develop new, strategic partnerships with civil society organisations, government, children, communities, UN and other agencies for Save the Children in Freetown• Advocacy to influence policy and practice at regional/district level:• Work closely with Child Protection Programme Advisor for identification of advocacy issues and the development of a national child protection advocacy strategy;• Ensure an integrated and joined up approach to advocacy and programme work;• Ensure that Save the Children advocacy issues are integrated into all core programming issues and are reflected during programme implementation. Show less Primary responsibilities include: participate in the preparation of strategic and operational plans designed to achieve the programme objectives and provide general supervision to Assistant Programme Officers under my supervision on administration, human resources and development; provide technical support and advice on the different project areas.Have provided immense support to the development of project implementation plans and ensured that plans are implemented in a timely manner.Led the initial selection of a CBO to partner work with and I’m strongly contributing to the process of developing a partnership agreement with the CBO.Have provided technical and professional support to Assistant Programme Officers which has increased their confidence level and the ability to work independently Show less

  • Child Protection Programme Manager

    Mar 2011 - Dec 2012

  • Child Protection Programme Officer

    Sept 2010 - Apr 2011
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  GOAL Global

  Feb 2015 - Jul 2022

  - As an experienced professional in the field of child protection and safeguarding you will provide leadership to the organisation in developing high standards of quality in our services and engagement with children, vulnerable adults and communities.- Provide technical advice and guidance primarily to GOAL-SL protection programmes and to other programmatic areas (Health, WASH, Livelihoods) and cross cutting departments (M&E, HR and Facilities) in mainstreaming child protection principles ensuring that minimum standards for safeguarding children in all our work are attained and integrated across the organisation.- Represent the organisation in national technical group meetings assuming a lead role positioning the organisation as a key player in the development of policies, strategies and practice with children and vulnerable adults. -Support the development of a ‘collective leadership ethos’ participating in internal management and coordination meetings and representing the department and organisation in relevant external forums.-Child Protection focal point leading mainstreaming activities. -Support the Protection Coordinator in the monitoring of programme activities and integrating learning from this in the development of internal policies, procedures and strategies and practice in general. -Work closely with MEAL and Internal audit teams in the development of quality assurance standards. Show less • Lead the programme team ensuring that the programme should be implemented with a clear emphasis on quality (quality referring to the long-term and sustainable improvement in the lives of beneficiaries) and an equally clear emphasis on what is achievable in terms of funding• Work closely with the Global Child Protection Advisor to share best practices on child protection interventions and implement technical recommendations• Ensure appropriate, timely and quality monitoring of programme activities as per proposal/logical framework documents including archival of final copies of project data, reports etc.• Work closely with the Global Child Protection Advisor to share best practices on child protection interventions and implement technical recommendations• Ensure appropriate, timely and quality monitoring of programme activities as per proposal/logical framework documents including archival of final copies of project data, reports etc.• Ensure the completion of monthly GOAL reports on DCYP activities and work with the PTU Programme Manager to ensure the timely completion of donor reportsCollaboration• Participate in national and district level coordination and consultation bodies and networks to ensure that GOAL’s child protection programming is in line with government policy and strategies and to contribute to national policy development, planning and implementation• Participate in sector specific NGO networks in education and child protection• With support from GOAL’s Roving Survey Advisor, contribute to the development of GOAL Freetown’s annual community survey, including planning and preparation, enumerator training, data collection and analysis, and report writing and disseminationStrategic Design• As part of the Senior Management Team, contribute to GOAL SL’s overall strategic development – in line with GOAL global strategies Show less • Provide strategic operational management and oversight to the Protection and empowerment team, ensuring Operational managers/supervisors have clear work plans, Job descriptions, and that systems for the monitoring of finance, HR, recording and evaluation of practice are complied with by the staff team.• Enhance the Protection and Empowerment team’s capacity through the provision of training on key technical areas relating to skills and knowledge required to support children, adults, communities and vulnerable groups.• Strengthen programme management across area teams, through facilitation and coordination of learning and development sessions for Programme Managers across area• Engage with stakeholders at a national scale to participate in relevant external forums such as the; PSS pillar meetings, FTR forum, case management and CPIMS assuming a leadership role as required looking for opportunities to contribute to the strengthening of various protection systems and structures.• To programme manage the Irish Aid and UNICEF Psychosocial Support Service grants, ensuring plans , reports (financial &narrative) , monitoring mechanisms are in place, understood and are implemented meeting donor requirements Show less

  • Assistant Protection & Empowerment Coordinator (Quality Assurance)

    Apr 2016 - Jul 2022

  • Children's Empowerment and Development Manager

    Dec 2012 - Jul 2022

  • Assistant Protection and Empowerment Coordinator

    Feb 2015 - Mar 2016
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  ChidFund Sierra Leone

  Dec 2016 - Aug 2018

  Child Protection Specialist

  Key Achievements: Coordinated and contributed to strong technical partnerships by reestablished membership between Child Fund and an array of child protection organizations and networks. Led the development of key strategic documents in ChildFund e.g. The partnership strategy that guided engagement with key child protection partners. I also contributed to the development of the country's Life Stage strategy ensuring it had the required Child Protection standards.  Contributed to the development of the regional community-based child protection mechanism manual and successfully facilitated key sessions to high-level child protection professionals across child fund operational countries in Africa to empower them to research current practices for preventing and responding to child protection issues by community members.  Provided oversight to the country sponsorship program including field monitoring visits and identification of potential audit issues and recommended solutions to address them thus reducing risk in the organization.Responsibilities: Lead the organization’s drive to expand and improve the quality of child protection work.  Provide support to senior leadership in the development (and assuring the quality) of a strong project component in its child protection, violence prevention, and advocacy drives. Provide technical support to the country sponsorship programme ensuring the sponsorship programme reflects high child protection standards. Show less

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  World Vision

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2020

  Child Protection Technical Programme Manager

  Purpose of the position:To lead World Vision National Office efforts in developing and rolling out an integrated child protection systems strengthening approach that assures all children, especially the Most Vulnerable are protected from abuse, exploitation and violence. The post will promote the adoption of a child protection systems strengthening approach among internal and external Stakeholders, support the World Vision NO in aligning Child Protection interventions to SDGs Goals 5 and 16 and providing leadership for the next global campaign on Violence Against Children (VAC) and the safeguarding policy roll out. The position exists to also build the resilience of children by equipping them with essential life-skills such that children are better able to protect themselves and their peers through safe child-led change initiatives. Show less

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  SOS Children's Village Sierra Leone

  Sept 2020 - Oct 2022

  Programme Development Manager

  Position summaryThe National Programme Development (NPD) Manager ensures the implementation of the SOS Children’s Village Programme Policy and drives the implementation of quality child development programmes (work with families of origin; SOS families and various programme interventions like direct essential services, capacity building and advocacy in the field of care and education) and projects supported by various funding sources. S/he monitors the implementation of a quality assurance system within SOS Children’s Village Programmes including monitoring and evaluation. S/he heads the National Program Development Department and works with his peers from other National Associations to ensure successful development of child-related programs and initiatives Show less

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  Trócaire

  Oct 2022 - now

  • Localisation and Partnership Manager

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Business Development & Compliance Manager

    Oct 2022 - Oct 2023