Deadline: 15 August 2015
The Save the Children is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Child Protection Advisor based in Erbil, Iraq.
The overall aim of the Child Protection Adviser is to assess, design and guide staff to initiate interventions to address violations of children’s rights to protection from abuse, exploitation, violence and neglect.
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children working 120 countries.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Child Protection Advisor will perform the following functions-
- Lead on child protection situation analysis, assessments using Save the Children assessment processes and tools and the Inter-agency Child Protection Assessment Resource Toolkit.
- Working closely with senior staff, support fundraising for child protection, including development of high quality concept notes and proposals, and engagement with donors’ technical advisers.
- Prepare and oversee programme implementation to ensure timely delivery of programme activities (for example, monitoring against log frames, individual performance management work plans).
- Contribute to donor reports on child protection project activities in compliance with internal Save the Children requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.
- Working closely with the HR and Program Operations, to identify child protection staffing needs (both national and international) CP programmes, and ensure rapid recruitment, induction and training of new staff.
- Working closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor to 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.
- Working closely with the Accountability lead put in place accountability activities for child protection, ensuring that feedback from all partners’ relevant stakeholders is considered in programme design.
- Ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Settings, the Sphere Charter and Red Cross Code of Conduct.
- Document lessons learned for wider dissemination.
- In collaboration with senior programme staff, develop child protection advocacy plans and support advocacy activities that target decision-makers at all levels.
- In collaboration with Save the Children Child Protection colleagues, feed in learning, experiences and evidence to relevant global child protection advocacy objectives.
- Identify opportunities and material to contribute to communications and media work, acting as a spokesperson when required.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- At least 8 years of work experience in child protection in both humanitarian and development contexts or fragile states
- Previous first phase emergency response experience is essential
- Education to MSc/MA/MEng level in Social Work, Human rights Law, International Relations, Development Studies or similar or equivalent field experience.
- Ability to identify the main gaps in child protection in the given context to inform a holistic response for children.
- Good knowledge of and experience in using established inter-agency standards and guidelines in child protection
- Previous project and team management experience
- 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 understanding of and response to child protection.
- Experience of representation and ability to represent Save the Children effectively in external forums.
- Experience of preparing successful funding proposals for donors
- Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
- A high level of written and spoken English
- The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted through online process.
For more information, please visit Save the Children.
