Iraq: Emergency Child Protection Manager

Organization: Save the Children Country: Iraq Closing date: 30 Jul 2013 Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfill their potential. We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.6 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises. There are 30 national Save the Children organisations around the world. By the end of 2012 all our international programmes will be delivered through a merged operation with 14 000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better par tner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century. Role: The Child Protection manager will act as the technical lead on all child protection-related programming for the Save the Children emergency response in KRG and Anbar Governorates. The CP manager will be expected, with limited support, to lead on child protection-related assessments, programme design and implementation and coordination with stakeholders. In addition, she/he will oversee the monitoring & evaluation of child protection activities and assist on relevant donor reporting. The CP PM will also be expected to play a leadership role within a response team, supporting and building the capacity of collea gues. The role is based in Kurdistan Regional Governorates (KRG) with travel to Anbar Governorate, Iraq and for 12 months. Key areas of accountability: Programme Support: * Expand and update as needed the CP Program Strategy for KRG refugee camp and urban populations; refugees in Anbar Governorate. * Prepare and oversee programme implementation to ensure timely delivery of programme activities, including monitoring against log frames, individual performance management work plans, identifying programme supplies needs and coordinating with the logistics team to put in place a sensible phased procurement plan. Programmes to develop and implement include: * Construction and equipment of CFS/YFS across all CP Program locations (urban and rural) – with ongoing child and youth appropriate activities, including life-skills for youth; * Awareness campaigns in camp and urban settings on child protection issues; * Development of training materials and training and capacity building of SC, partner, volunteer and CFS/YFS facilitators in child protection and child resilience issues and programming, with a focus on psycho-social support. * Strategically plan staffing needs to implement the CP program activities and work with the HR team to recr uit in line with approved awards; assist in training CP staff and volunteers, and staff from key partner organisations. * Collaborate with CP teams in Iraq and neighbouring countries to use best practice and existing materials for CP activities. Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting: * Lead on child protection assessments as required, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a disaggregated analysis of children’s needs. * Working closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation team put in place a child protection M & E plan, ensuring this links to reporting requirements, and capacity build child protection and M&E field staff in carrying out the work. * Put in place accountability activities for child protection, ensuring that feedback from all relevant stakeholders is considered in programme design. * Prepare timely programme and donor reports on child protection project activit ies in compliance with internal SC requirements and any relevant external donor requirements Fundraising and Advocacy: * Working closely with senior staff, support fundraising for child protection, including development of high quality concept notes and proposals. * Ensure that Save the Children’s work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and Government, and take a leadership role within Interagency Coordination forums, ensuring the specific needs of children are being addressed. This may involve taking the lead in the Child Protection Working Group and/or sub-groups. Capacity Building: * Identify learning and training opportunities for Save the Children staff and partners and support and build the capacity of less experienced staff. * Save the Children is a dual mandate organisation and as such the Child Protection Manager is also expected to support the ongoing development work of the Iraq CO as the workload and needs allow. Qualifications and Experience: Essential * Significant experience working in an emergency response context or in fragile states * Proven experience in Child protection * Ability to identify the main gaps in child protection in the given context to inform a holistic response for children. * Previous experience of managing a team and of project management * Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability * Experience in monitoring and evaluating child protection programmes in emergency, transition and development contexts * Ability to work both in an advisory and a hands on implementation capacity * Experience in capacity building and in strengthening various duty bearers understand ing of and response to child protection. * Experience of representation and ability to represent SC effectively in external forums. * Excellent communication skills with a high level of written and spoken English * Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy * The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances. * Commitment to and understanding of child rights, the aims and principles of SC, and humanitarian standards such as the Sphere Charter and the Code of Conduct. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support Desirable * Experience of urban programming * Language skills in Arabic and/or Kurdish We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Please note that the closing date for applications is 30th July, 2013. For further information on this role, please see our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs How to apply: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: jobs.84211.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com