Child Protection Coordinator- Afghan Nationals Only

Program Management:

• Together with the Senior IP Coordinator and with inputs from the team, provide strategic direction and vision for the IRC’s CP programming in Afghanistan, while observing high program quality and ensuring alignment with IRC’s best practices.
• Oversee the technical aspects of the implementation and coordination of CP programs, including PSS for children and caregivers, community-based child protection, child protection awareness-raising and child protection case management
• Oversee the managerial aspects of the implementation of PRoL programs, leading on the creation and use of work, procurement, spending, and MEAL plans to guide implementation of approved grants.
• Support the CP deputy coordinator, CP specialist, CP managers and field teams in the implementation and monitoring of the work plans ensuring that activities reflect the commitments IRC made to the donor and the community.
• Develop and/or adapt technical and managerial tools to support day to day program implementation.
• Work collaboratively with the MEAL coordinator to ensure that monitoring and evaluation systems are effectively designed and integrated into all stages of the project; that output and impact data are captured and that data is used to optimize program quality.
• Participate in cross-departmental collaboration and coordination with Protection Rule of Law, Women’s Protection and Empowerment, Economic Recovery and Development, Environmental Health and Emergency colleagues to ensure that linkages between programs are made and programs gain from protection best practice.
• Ensure that all interventions follow minimum standards and best practices as well as national laws and policies and relevant international laws. Additionally, IRC’s protection mainstreaming guidelines will need to be observed during the implementation of all project activities.
• Support the field-based staff to put in place capacity building plans as necessary.
• Participate in grant opening, midterm review and grant closing meetings for all CP grants and ensure that the same process is implemented in the field.
• In collaboration with program and grants staff, set up a budget tracking system and review Budget vs. Actual expenditure for CP programs monthly with staff
• Review all reports prepared by the field staff and provide appropriate feedback to the concerned staff, and ensure that reports are written and submitted to concerned bodies in a timely manner
• Liaise regularly with the relevant HQ technical units.

Staff Support:

• Provide technical guidance, on-the-job mentoring and coaching for the CP specialist and CP managers.
• Ensure ongoing training and targeted capacity-building of CP staff in both technical and managerial skills. This includes staff training in program management areas such as reporting, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation, and supervision as well as facilitating protection training sessions
• Support Field Coordinators/Managers to ensure that the CP specialist and CP managers put capacity development plans in place for the national CP teams based on documented capacity needs assessments exercise.
• Provide continuous support to and ensure targeted capacity building of staff, including through the introduction of supervision structures
• Review performance of the Deputy CP Coordinator and CP Specialist and provide supportive approaches to address issues identified.

New Business Development:

• Ensure CP strategy is updated as required in close collaboration with the CP and Integrated Protection teams, Senior IP Coordinator and PRoL Technical Advisor.
• Identify opportunities for, design and develop concept notes and proposals to grow the CP portfolio.
• Ensure all designed protection projects use to the IRC theories of change and that outcomes are evidence-driven and evidence-generated.
• Coordinate and participate in the development of budgets for program proposals in conjunction with the grants and finance departments.
• In coordination with the MEAL coordinator, develop proposal log frames and indicators that will optimize program quality.
• Develop and/or input into child protection assessments and child protection reporting analysis for the purpose of program development.
• Identify opportunities for partnership and strategic collaboration.

Representation, coordination, and advocacy:

• Coordinate with Senior IP Coordinator to forge connections with key government counterparts, UN, I/NGOs, human rights actors, and other sub-national government actors.
• Represent the IRC in high-level and strategic meetings involving protection actors such as CP AoR meetings, inter-agency coordination meetings, and bilateral meetings.
• Regularly coordinate with the internal program and operational stakeholders, including the CP Technical Advisor and other IRC colleagues.