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Child Protection Manager - Anbar

Iraq

  • Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
  • Location: Iraq
  • Grade: Mid level - Mid level
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Children's rights (health and protection)
    • Protection Officer (Refugee)
    • Managerial positions
  • Closing Date: Closed

Requisition ID: req7438

Job Title: Child Protection Manager - Anbar

Sector: Child Protection

Employment Category: Regular

Employment Type: Full-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Iraq

Job Description

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, IRC offers life-saving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in more than 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted by conflict or disaster. IRC leads the way from harm to home.

CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND:

Working in coordination with the humanitarian community, the IRC currently addresses the needs of war-affected Iraqi internally displaced persons (IDPs), Iraqi returnees and Syrian refugees from several operational bases in the country and cross-border into northeast Syria with activities focused on education, protection and rule of law, women’s protection and empowerment, child protection, economic relief and development and health. IRC’s programs assist Iraqi and Syrian IDPs, Iraqi and Syrian refugees and vulnerable populations in host communities across multiple sectors: education, cash assistance and livelihoods, protection, women’s protection and empowerment and child protection.

Over 50% of the displaced population are children, including children separated from their parents or caregivers, and are at escalating risk of abuse, neglect, violence, and exploitation, including child labor and child marriage. Lifesaving, quality, and age-appropriate support and services for children is critical for their protection and recovery. The IRC’s Child Protection programme has been supporting displaced children and their families with a case management and community based child protection response since 2013.

Job Overview/Summary: The Child Protection Manager will be responsible for overseeing the start of up child protection programming throughout Anbar including working with child protection capacity building with local government partners and direct implementation of case management and community based child protection activities. The Child Protection Manager must become familiar with the context, critical needs and build relationships on the ground. They will work to strengthen the child protection response by capacity building a new team and working with other IRC teams so that integrated services can be leveraged to respond to complex needs.

Major Responsibilities:

Project Startup

  • Work with HR to conduct and finalize recruitment of all open Child Protection positions in Anbar.
  • Ensure all new staff have 90-day action plans and orientations.
  • In collaboration with Senior Officers, Child Protection Coordinator, and Field Coordinator, develop project work plans, spending plans, and procurement plans for all Child Protection grants.
  • Ensure all team members are oriented to the project outcomes and activities, and clearly know their roles and responsibilities.
  • Liaise with Child Protection Coordinator to ensure all staff are trained on their core responsibilities.
  • Work with Field Coordinator and Child Protection Coordinator to ensure that all governorate-level approvals are obtained prior to start of project implementation.

Program Management and Implementation

  • Ensure team members have individual monthly work plans prepared in advance of that month, and update as necessary.
  • Ensure that all interventions are in compliance with the IRC’s program strategy, national policies, child protection minimum Standards, and SPHERE Protection standards.
  • Work closely with operations and grants to coordinate to ensure quality, timely, implementation and development of programs, including providing oversight over the budget versus actual, indicator tracking tools, and other grant management tools used by the IRC; participation in monthly grant review meetings; and regular monitoring of internal program purchase request tools.
  • Work with team to ensure projects are implemented in conformity with the IRC program frame work promoting and protecting rights, participation, capacity building, partnership, and holistic planning.
  • Ensure donor compliance in program implementation and procurement.
  • Undertake regular field monitoring visits to assess progress and identify technical quality issues and/or other implementation issues, provide solutions and implement modifications as required.

Grant Monitoring and Reporting

  • Ensure all monitoring activities are fully documented, including systematic and timely data collection and reporting as required under the grant and for IRC M&E purposes.
  • Contribute to IRC and donor reports as per set schedules (monthly, quarterly and annually) on grant activities, indicators and achievements, and requested by Child Protection Coordinator.

Staff Management and Development

  • Supervise and mentor direct-report staff, including communicating clear expectations, setting performance objectives, providing regular and timely performance feedback, and providing documented semi-annual performance reviews.
  • Provide constructive feedback and counsel on appropriate career paths and professional development.
  • Promote and monitor staff care and well-being; approve and manage all leave requests to ensure adequate coverage.

Representation and Coordination

  • Build strong relationships with the Ministry and Directorate of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA and DoLSA), Ministry of Youth and Sports other government actors as appropriate, and other stakeholders, establishing IRC as a key actor in Child Protection.
  • Serve on coordinating bodies and represent IRC in relevant stakeholder meetings such as the Child Protection Working Group.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to:Field Coordinator, Anbar

Technical Focal Point: Child Protection Coordinator
Position directly supervises:
Senior Child Protection Officer, Senior Case Management Officer.

Indirect Reporting: Child Protection Senior Officers and Social Workers

Internal contacts: Finance department, supply chain department, education team, M&E team

External contacts:Child Protection Sub Working Group


Qualifications

Job Requirements:

  • A relevant University degree for example Social Work, Psychology or Education related.
  • Management level experience within NGO leadership working in child protection in emergency/humanitarian program implementation in conflict or immediate post conflict environments is preferred.
  • Competent in Windows, MS office programs, emails and relevant database.
  • Interpersonal qualities: Works well in and promotes teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure well.

 

Standards of Professional Conduct: 

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.

 

Gender Equality

IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including maternity leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Attention Returning National Candidates:

IRC strives to attract, motivate and retain qualified national staff in our programs. We strongly encourage national or returning national candidates to apply for this position. If you are a national of the country in which this position is based and are currently located outside of your home country and possess over two years of international work experience, IRC has introduced an attractive remuneration package. The package includes competitive compensation, return flight to post, shipping allowance, temporary housing and a relocation allowance. Certain restrictions may apply.



Notice to all Job Seekers

IRC implements an equal employment opportunity policy
and our recruitment process is based on merit.

Applicants and/or successful interview
candidates (both internal and external) are not required to pay any fees at any
stage of the recruitment process.

If anyone asks you for any financial or
non-financial favors to help you secure a job at IRC, kindly report to Iraqhr@rescue.org  

 

ملاحظة لكل الباحثين عن وظيفةتعتمد لجنة الانقاذ الدولية سياسة فرص عملمتساوية و ان عملية التوظيف لدينا تعتمد على الجدارة.

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اذا قام اي شخص بطلب اي خدمة مالية او غير مالية لقاءمساعدتكم في تأمين فرصة عمل داخل المنظمة ،يرجى الابلاغ عن ذلك الىIraqhr@rescue.org

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.



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