Child Protection Coordinator

About RI:

Relief International is a leading nonprofit organization working in roughly 20 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty. Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach — which we call the RI Way— emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.

Position Summary:

The CP Coordinator will design and develop the foundations of the CP specialized services interventions for RI in Syria, particularly will have a key role in building the team capacity on both response services such as case management and community based activities implemented in RI Protection Centers/protection spaces in health facilities and at community level, while ensuring culture and practice of high-quality CP programming in emergencies.

Essintial Responsibilties and Duties:

• Coordinate closely with the hub-based protection managers on overseeing the implementation of the CP program activities including technical support to RI hub, field teams and local partners.
• Provide technical guidance, oversight, and support to the CP Officer on the hub level and the CP team in the provision of quality case management to ensure the needs of children at risk and their families are met in a timely and consistent manner and ensuring safe and ethical data monitoring.
• Lead development and oversee implementation of community-based child protection activities to engage all community members including women, girls, men and boys in child protection prevention, and response.

• Contribute to ongoing analyses of program and service delivery data for problem identification, program planning and advocacy purposes, and help identify trends and gaps in case management and service provision.
• Lead the development of capacity building plans for Child Protection staff and act as the master trainer for Child Protection staff, in line with capacity building plans.
• Based on the country and protection strategy, actively contribute to the creation and implementation of CP strategy to meet the needs of children at risk in the target locations, and lead assessments to inform program priorities for assigned geographic locations. Proactively identify programme gaps and propose new activities and services to address them.
• Develop CP resources including manuals, tools, and SOPs and oversees the utilization of these resources.
• Support proper use of the M&E tools and systems and provide input on to track indicators to measure progress.
• In coordination with health program, support integration between health and child protection through building capacity of health team, implement joint and integrated CP activities within HFs to ensure integrated, safe and confidential support to children.
• Support the field-based teams in assessing the protection centers’ needs/gaps as well as regular community assessments.
• Coordination with PSS Coordinator and GBV Coordinator in Amman and the Hub level Protection Mangers for joint activities and support/capacity building.
• In coordination with the Protection Advisor, review the function of the CP staff at the field level and advise on changes/adaptation as needed.

• Contribute to the internal and external progress reports as well as development of concept notes and proposals, ensuring respect of deadlines.
• Participate in all grant opening, mid-term and closing meetings, and ensure compliance with donor regulations during implementation of projects in close coordination with the protection Advisor. Participate in technical coordination meetings as requested by the line manager.
• Any other task assigned by the line manager.

Qualifications and Requirments:

• This position demands a dynamic individual with a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a demanding and fast paced environment. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or competency required.

• Relevant university degree in social sciences, education, Psychology, development, or other relevant field (relevant and significant work experience will also be considered).

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with at-risk children and families through direct implementation for case management, or PSS for children.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in the field of CP response with supervisory responsibilities, preferably working with conflict affected populations.
• Proven Experience in designing and delivering trainings of child protection.
• Strong understanding of CP case management.
• Proven staff development skills
• Strong communication and analytical skills and ability to present ideas effectively.
• Ability to communicate sensitively and without judgment, good diplomatic skills.
• Emotional maturity and stability to resolve conflicts in non-violent way and maintain appropriate boundaries.
• Familiarity with principles and practice of monitoring and evaluation
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email/internet software.

Language skills

Fluency in Arabic and Very Good spoken/written English

RI Values:

We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:

• Inclusiveness
• Transparency and Accountability
• Agility and Innovation
• Collaboration
• Sustainability

Professional Standards

All Relief International members (staff, volunteers and interns) are committed to the RI policies such as, RI Code of Conduct, Child Protection Policy, Reporting Conflict of Interest, Reporting Misconduct, Reporting Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. All new comers are expected to adhere to all these policies.

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