Protection Assistant (Community Based Psychosocial Support Assistant) - AL MIDAN

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

•    Ensure CB PSS is delivered in line with global minimum standards and national inter-agency SOPs/standards.
•    Identify safe spaces to provide community based PSS (CB PSS) that adhere to the quality checklists for center-based and outreach activities shared at the inter-agency level.
•    Identify vulnerable children and caregivers in need of CB PSS in line with inter-agency selection criteria, identify Community Focal Points and members of Community Based Groups to deliver CB PSS as facilitators.
•    Provide coaching, mentoring and training to CB PSS Facilitators during a 2-month training program on CB PSS curriculum for children and caregivers.
•    Deliver CB PSS to children and caregivers as part of the CB PSS Facilitators 2-month training program. Successively handing over the direct facilitation of sessions to the facilitator, deliver Parenting curriculum to caregivers of children attending the CBPSS
•    Follow-up on the capacity building of CB PSS Facilitators’ facilitation skills, adult and child learning and development basic principles and developing new sessions throughout the year using the methodology provided by the Community Based PSS sub-committee and incorporating key CP and GBV messages as necessary.
•    Ensure that CB PSS Facilitators and CBG members identify and refer children and caregivers in need of further specialized/non-specialized services is successfully happening (Focused PSS, case management, etc.), ensure the CB PSS Facilitators are trained to adapt activities and methodologies and take the needed steps to include children with special needs.
•    Review the training and coaching plan together with the Facilitator and agree on areas in need of strengthening on a weekly basis during the first month of the training program and on the final session during the second month of the training program.
•    Continue to provide support to community based groups to conduct sensitization sessions and events on child protection key messages in a participatory and empowering manner.
•    Support community leaders to form “Community of Change” networks to design and implement community campaigns on relevant social norms.

About you

•    To be successful in this role we expect you to have a Bachelor in social work, teaching, child development or other related field

Moreover, we also expect the following: 

Required 
•    1 to 2 years of experience in provision of Psychosocial support activities with children and caregivers
•    At least 1-year experience providing coaching, training and mentoring on PSS activities with children and caregivers
•    At least 1-year experience working with community based groups implementing protection activities
•    Excellent knowledge of child protection and GBV and PSS basic principles
•    Excellent knowledge of child development and adult learning techniques
•    Excellent communication and psychosocial first aid skills
•    Excellent facilitation skills
•    Excellent capacity building, training, coaching and mentoring skills

We offer
Contract length: till 30th of June 2019
Monthly Basic Salary: 800 USD
Duty Station: Zgharta, covering T5 districts: Tripoli, Batroun, Bcharre, Koura, Amioun, Dedde, Anfeh, Kfaraabida
Start date: first of April 2019

Application process
Interested? Then apply for this position by sending your CV to: [email protected]  
All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English
Closing date for applications: 31st of March 2019. Interviews are expected to take place on rolling basis.