Save the Children is looking for a Child Protection Manager to work in its Kirkuk, Iraq office.
The Child Protection Manager will act as the technical lead on all child protection-related programming for the Save the Children emergency response in Kirkuk Governorate, which includes child protection case management, psychosocial support and community based child protection mechanisms. The Child Protection Manager will be expected to lead on child protection-related assessments, programme design and implementation and coordination with stakeholders, in collaboration with the Field Manager and Child Protection Technical Adviser. In addition, she/he will oversee the monitoring & evaluation of child protection activities and assist in relevant donor reporting. The Child Protection Manager will also be expected to play a leadership role within the Kirkuk team, supporting and building the capacity of colleagues and mainstreaming child protection across other sector of interventions.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- 3-5 years of experience working in an emergency response context or in fragile states.
- Proven experience in child protection.
- Ability to identify the main gaps in child protection in the given context to inform a holistic response for children.
- Previous experience of managing a team and of project management.
- 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.
- Excellent communication skills with a high level of written and spoken English.
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy.
- The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
- Commitment to and understanding of child rights, the aims and principles of Save the Children, and humanitarian standards such as the Sphere Charter and the Code of Conduct. In particular, a good understanding of Save the Children mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our work.
Desirable
- Language skills in Arabic and/or Kurdish
- Previous experience of working in Iraq / KRI
- Knowledge of Save the Children systems and ways of working
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