Deputy Child Protection Project Manager at Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh)

General Objective

• The Deputy Child Protection Project Manager will work in a close collaboration with Tdh Outreach Technical Officer, Case Management Technical Officer, PSS Technical Officer and FTR Technical Officers to provide an effective and efficient technical support, mentorship and capacity building to the Tdh local partner in Borno State areas.
• Under the direct supervision of the Child Protection Project Manager, he/she will contribute to strengthening of a community-based child protection prevention and response mechanism through delivery of capacity building trainings.
• His/her roles and responsibilities will be laid down along reporting, managerial, technical and operational dimensions.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Support overseeing the implementation of the CP project activities in Borno State Areas, in accordance with project’s documents to ensure that objectives are reached and indicators are adequately and timely measured;
• Support supervision and mentorship of the Outreach Technical Officer, Case Management Technical Officer, PSS Technical Officer and FTR Technical Officers to ensure that i) activities are carried out accountably and efficiently ii) gender is mainstreamed into activities and iii) beneficiary’s participation is included from the onset of the projects;
• Inform the Child Protection Project Manager of identified challenges and delays of project implementation and assist to identify possible solutions or mitigation measures;
• Provide valuable inputs to the M&E Officer for the development of monitoring tools to ensure that an effective and results-based monitoring system is in place;
• Perform service mapping exercise and contribute to establishment of well-functional referral pathways;
• Actively participate in the CP needs assessments by mobilizing community members, conducting interviews, administering surveys and producing quality needs assessments reports;
• Perform field monitoring visits in 10 Borno State areas on a regular basis providing quality supervision and mentorship to the local partner, producing field visits reports by analysis of the visits observations and suggesting areas for improvements;
• Prepare weekly and monthly internal reports for submission for the Child Protection Project Manager;
• Contribute to capacity building of the local partner, in-country CP and non-CP organizations on the CPiE-related themes;
• Contribute to capacity building of the CP program team and the local partner so as to strengthen their reporting, managerial, technical and operational capacities;
• Contribute to development of the context-relevant structured psychosocial support activities, recreational activities, awareness raising sessions which would target children, adolescents, and adult target groups and adhere to the best international practices;
• Assist Child Protection Project Manager in collaboration with support departments, i.e. HR, admin, logistics;
• In collaboration with the Child Protection Project Manager, identify potential additional needs to be covered in the field of CP, make recommendations, and ensure that appropriate action is taken;
• Take the initiative to conduct rapid need assessments, surveys or other action in the field of CP to inform about future areas of support and to maintain a very good level of understanding on uncovered protection needs in target areas;
• Deliver any other tasks as assigned by the Child Protection Project Manager.

External Coordination and Representation:

• Participate in the meetings of the Child Protection sub-Working Group and Case Management Task Force and liaise with other CP actors to increase understanding of CP issues in Nigeria and Borno State areas, identify uncovered protection needs for possible future interventions;
• Routinely coordinate with the CP and non-CP actors on the ground to effectively contribute to the service mapping exercise and establishment of well-functional referral pathways;
• Contribute to development of a community network to facilitate the project acceptance and stakeholder’s contribution and ownership;
• Contribute to CP mainstreaming by providing capacity building trainings and workshops to a wide range of CP and non-CP actors on the CP themes, including Child Protection Minimum Standards;
• Collaboration with the local authorities and a wide range of stakeholder for coordination and capacity building purposes.

Child Protection:

• Promote, and ensure project activities are in line with child protection principles and humanitarian principles;
• Ensure the project activities are well-integrated into the Northeastern Nigeria child protection system and humanitarian coordination practices and guidelines;
• Ensure Tdh Child Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection Minimum Standards are mainstreamed through all the programmatic activities;
• Report serious cases of abuse committed against children to the Child Protection Project Manager. Strict confidentiality must be respected.

Other:

• Fully comply with Tdh Code of Conduct and ensure Child Safeguarding Policy is upheld at all times;
• Ensure adherence to Tdh standards and quality requirements in all the project activities.

Mandatory Requirements

• Language Skills: Fluent in local languages and in English (speaking/reading/writing)
• Education Degree: University degree in Social Work, Social Studies, International Development, Psychology, Education or any other related discipline
• Work experience: Minimum 3 years experience in the field of child protection / protection / social work
• Knowledge & skills: Excellent analytical and writing skills
• Computer skills: Excellent knowledge of the MS office software
• Other: Knowledge of humanitarian actors/Good management and capacity building skills/ Excellent knowledge of child protection issues and best practices

Assets:

• Other knowledge: Acquaintance with NGO' rules, procedures and regulations; Acquaintance with the Child Protection Minimum Standards
• Interest:
  • Work in relief or development sector
  • Strong motivation to help people in needs
  • Transversal skills
  • Honest and trustworthy
  • Reliable, rigorous and well organized
  • Motivated and dedicated to his/her job
  • Ability to take initiative to deal with difficulties encountered in daily work
  • Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation
  • Autonomy, neutrality, hard worker
  • Able to manage stress and pressure
  • Able and willing to learn to extend his/her scope of work
  • Able to manage priorities, take initiatives and work without constant supervision