Child Protection Deputy Street and Working Children Manager

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The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation. Please submit your application through https://rescue.csod.com/ats/careersite/jobdetails.aspx?site=1&c=rescue&i... before February 28, 2018 Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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Job Overview/Summary:

Under the overall supervision and guidance of the Street and Working Children Manager, the Deputy Street and Working Children Manager will be responsible for providing ongoing supervision and support to the street and working children team which consists of psychosocial (PSS), case management(CM) and apprenticeship/community development staff. While working closely with the Street and Working Children Manager, the deputy manager is responsible for attending external coordination meetings, drafting reports, working on proposals development as well continuing efforts/initiatives that are underway with national government counterparts on street and working children. The Deputy Street and working Children Manager will manage operational aspects of the day to day running of the project which includes supervision of staff, supporting the team to manage high risk cases, remain on standby for weekend emergencies, along with longer term child protection systems building work which will require extensive advocacy efforts. The overall aim of the position will be to receive guidance and support from the Street and Working Children Manager on how to manage a multi-donor Child Protection programme so as to gradually move into the Street and Working Children Manager position over time.

 

Major Responsibilities:

Program development & Coordination

  • Work closely with the CP Street and Working Children Manager to develop project proposals, ensure financial processes comply with internal regulations, prepare budgets;
  • Oversees appropriate documentation of the program (databases, Activity Info, weekly and monthly reporting internally and externally);
  • Assumes responsibility in ensuring the team delivers quality services for street children and their families (case management, apprenticeship, and PSS);
  • Attend meetings in coordination with the CP SaWC Manager;
  • Maintain regular contact with NGO’s involved in the field of child labour and  child protection;
  • Assumes responsibility in ensuring reporting is done on a timely and quality basis.
  • In close coordination with the CP SaWC Manager, seek opportunities for close coordination between IRC’s street children program and other IRC programs (education, child protection, economic recovery, protection and women’s protection and empowerment);
  • Program development: Based on existing gaps in the system (both national and humanitarian), identify opportunities for program development, coordinate closely with the CP SaWC Manager on the development of new project proposals
  • Under the guidance of the SaWC Manager and with the support of the SaWC team, design and implement an awareness raising campaign targeting the wider public on the subject of street and working children;
  • Advocate for the development of systems to protect SaWC in coordination with national counterparts and in close consultation with the CP SaWC Manager;
  • In cooperation with the CP SaWC Manager develop training curricula for relevant national counterparts;  
  • Ensure case management teams are consistently referring beneficiaries (where appropriate) to external bodies to access services,  including referrals for PCAP, resettlement, medical referrals, judicial reporting etc;

M&E

  • Coordinate closely with the Senior M&E officer, the ICT4P Manager to document weekly trends of street and working children and provide appropriate updates on a weekly basis this includes drafting and updating weekly Sitreps, trends forms (weekly basis);
  • Ensure adequate and accurate reporting of data-Activity Info, Sitreps, as well as quality M & E reporting at the output and outcome level within the team in close coordination with the M & E officer;

Staff management

  • Direct line management of staff will be agreed upon with the SaWC Manager but will include supervision and mentoring of direct-report staff, including communicating clear expectations, setting performance objectives, providing regular and timely performance feedback, and leading documented semi-annual performance reviews.
  • Support the recruitment of Child Protection staff by IRC
  • Coach, train, and mentor staff with the aim of strengthening their technical capacity, exchanging knowledge within the team and providing professional development guidance
  • Promote and monitor staff care and well-being; approve and manage all leave requests of the direct-report staff agreed upon with the SaWC manager to ensure adequate coverage.
  • Support the teams in the execution of administrative, logistic and financial tasks in coordination with the relevant departments (such as purchasing items, liquidating advances, filling in relevant documentation and records in a timely manner);
  • Provide daily technical support to the supervisors of the PSS, CM and Apprenticeship teams; 

 

Other

  •  Conduct weekly team meetings with the SaWC team;
  • Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of field teams; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to the SaWC Manager, Security officer and Security Coordinator and liaise with external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs;
  • Ensure that service provisions within the team are of a high standard by coaching and monitoring field team on a regular basis;

 

Professional Standards

  • All IRC staff are required to adhere to THE IRC Way Standards for Professional Conduct and the IRC country employment policies.

 

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to:  SaWC Manager
Position directly supervises:  to be agreed upon with the SaWC Manager

Indirect Reporting: Volunteers

Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal: Senior M&E Officer, CP Coordinator

External:  Other CP agencies, local authorities

 

Job Requirements:

Education:

  • University degree in  social work, human rights,  protection, law or other relevant field

Work Experience:

  • A minimum of three-five years working experience in the humanitarian/development field;
  • Experience of working on issues of exploitation, street children and trafficking ;
  • Experience of working in  Child Protection programs in emergencies;
  • Experience in proposal writing and budget development;
  • Experience in budget management;
  • Experience in managing and supporting staff development;
  • Ability to work with short deadlines and under pressure;
  • Personal qualities: Team player, flexible, able to handle pressure well and work in cross-cultural setting;
  • Staunch advocate and believer of child protection and child rights.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

  • Demonstrated experience in developing training manuals and tools;
  • Demonstrated experience in developing project proposals and budgets;
  • Demonstrated experience in report writing.

Language Skills: 

  • Fluency in English and Arabic

Desirable

  • Experience working with Lebanese, Dom and Turkmen communities, Palestinian and Syrian communities.
  • Experience in working in the region a plus.

 

Working Environment:  Office work and field trips

Expired

NOTE:

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Last modified: 
16 Feb, 2018
Intervention Sector(s):
Children & Youth
Application Deadline:
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Contract Type:
Full Time
Period of Employment:
End of July 2018 with possibility of renewal
Salary
N/A
Salary Range:
2000 to 2500 (USD)
Education Degree:
Bachelor Degree
Education Degree Details:
Social work, human rights, protection, law or other relevant field
Experience Requirements:
3 to 5 years
Arabic Language:
Fluent
English Language:
Excellent
French Language:
None