Job Overview/Summary
The child protection Assistant Position will be responsible for implementing and supervising activities at the sites, supporting in training of community structures, conducting case management to vulnerable children, Facilitate group psychosocial support for children and adolescents, positive parenting sessions for parents and caregivers, and working closely with CP community-based structures to monitor and implement program activities. They will also work closely with the CP officer, CPIMS Officer, and CP manager to ensure quality data collection and management, report writing, and budget implementation.
Major Responsibilities
- Ensure vulnerability assessments are conducted for all Identified and referred cases, to identify vulnerable children and families and their needs, prioritizing the identification of children experiencing abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence including UASC and CAAC.
- Ensure quality case management through the development of individualized case-specific action plans for at-risk children and their families, emphasizing high-risk cases of children.
- Coordinate with respective governmental agencies and other key stakeholders on vulnerable cases.
- Develop daily and weekly activity schedules and draft progress reports (i.e., vulnerability assessments, Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), awareness-raising activities, as well as prevention activities to reduce exposure to risk for vulnerable children)
- Ensure data protection principles are followed when using CPIMS in managing sensitive personal data of children and their families.
- Coordinate communication and support for children and their families and link them to specialized services or other IRC sectors where needed to ensure integrated service provision.
- Develop creative engagement activities through SHLS for affected children and families, providing resilience-building opportunities to foster social and leadership development.
- Ensure regular communication with the CP manager for updates on achievements and challenges.
- Provide daily guidance on SHLS activities to the SHLS facilitators in accordance with the standard tools and procedures including weekly support supervision.
- Ensure there is regular interaction with community members and established community mechanisms like the CBPCs to support protection activities.
- Conduct service mapping in the location of implementation to support the establishment of a referral pathway.
- Work closely with the CBPCs to ensure safe identification and referral of children with protection concerns.
- Ensure monthly child protection monitoring is conducted.
- Ensure parents and caregivers of vulnerable children are enrolled in the positive parenting sessions.
- Support the establishment, management, and delivery of the SAFE approach by facilitators and engage in ongoing skills building using FMD/SAFE materials.
Staff Performance Management, Learning & Development:
- Work closely with the CP officer to Develop and implement a capacity building sessions to build the strengths of CBCPCs and SHLS facilitators
- Coach, train, supervise, and mentor CBCPCs and SHLS facilitators, including communicating clear expectations, providing regular and timely positive and constructive performance feedback on their roles
- Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing.
- Provide a measurable development plan including on-the-job learning with the aim of strengthening technical personal capacity.
- Look for opportunities and refer to the supervisor for support regarding career growth and development where appropriate. As part of the succession plan and foster sustainability, identify train, and develop the capability and capacity of CBCPCs/SHLS facilitators to successfully transition roles and responsibilities, by the end of the assignment.
- Adhere to and act in accordance with the IRC Global HR Policies and Procedures, and communicates through word and example a high standard of compliance with all applicable policies and regulations.
Coordination & Representation:
- Attend weekly, monthly, and quarterly meetings with the CBCPC and SHLS facilitators to review activities, successes, challenges and the way forward
Key Working Relationships
Position Reports to: Child Protection Officer
Indirect/Technical Reporting: The Child Protection Manager
The position directly Supervises: Community volunteers and incentive workers (CBCPC/SHLS Facilitators)
Key Internal Contacts: IRC sectors
Country Program:
Region/Global:
Key External Contacts: CP AoR, Partners, and relevant Government agencies.
Qualifications
- Education: A minimum qualification of a degree or HND in Social work, Psychology, Education, and any of the other social sciences.
- Work Experience: At least 2 years experience in implementing child protection programs in humanitarian or development settings.
- Demonstrated Technical Skills: Experience in supporting the delivery of group psychosocial activities, emergency response, child protection case management including family tracing and reunification, and setting up child safeguarding mechanisms.
- Demonstrated Managerial/Leadership Competencies: a team player, flexible, network-builder, time management, and ability to handle pressure well.
- Languages: Fluency in English required and in Hausa preferred.
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Job Overview/Summary
Under the supervision of the Protection Manager, the Protection Officer will work extensively with other sectors, to ensure that protection principles are being incorporated into the Nigeria sector programs, and in particular with the Women’s Protection and Empowerment Coordinator, the Child Youth and Protection Development Coordinator and the Food Security team to strengthen the integrated nature of IRC’s protection and assistance programs in Nigeria. The Protection Officer will be the focal point in conducting protection monitoring in target areas and will conduct case intake for individual protection cases. The Protection Officer will also ensure the smooth formation and running of community-based protection structures and mechanisms.
Major Responsibilities
Program Management, Technical Quality, and Strategy
- Take the lead in conducting protection monitoring (community and individual level) visits in target communities to identify protection trends.
- Establish, oversee, and ensure the smooth running of Community-Based Protection Structures or Protection Action Groups (PAGs).
- Identify, document, and report on key protection issues, concerns, and threats in the target location.
- Ensure that minimum standards of protection are consistently applied through community-based protection methods.
- In coordination with the Legal officer and Assistant, oversee and manage individual protection cases.
- Support Information Assistants in conducting community mobilization, awareness raising, and information dissemination activities.
- Support and participate in the organization and facilitation of Protection training at the community and state level.
- Identify and refer to the most vulnerable individuals to appropriate services and assistance.
- Ensure that all reporting is disaggregated by age and sex and that information is effectively shared
Program Development
Staff Performance Management, Learning & Development:
- Prepare periodic program reports in consultation with the Protection Manager, Reporting/Database Assistant, and other IRC Protection staff.
- Take part in the design, planning, execution, and monitoring of protection activities.
- Take the lead in budgeting and accountability for all community-based protection activities.
- Take part in developing monthly work plans and visiting the field sites, regularly holding FGD and community meetings
- Participate in data collection, vulnerability screening, and assessments such as needs assessments, baseline/end-line surveys, etc.
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with relevant stakeholders such as government authorities, community leaders, INGO staff, etc.
- Take good quality activity pictures and submit them to the Reporting/Database Assistant and Protection Manager
- Work together with the Training and Capacity Building Officer to build and strengthen the capacity of community-based structure and mechanism
- Keep a record of all protection activities and attend regular program meetings
- Carry out other tasks assigned by the supervisor
Key Working Relationships
Position Reports to : Protection and Rule Of Manager.
Indirect/Technical Reporting: protection manager
Position directly Supervises: Protection assistant and community engagement assistant.
Key Internal Contacts:
Country Program:
Region/Global:
Qualifications
- Education: University degree in Law, Political Science, Social Works, Psychology or any other related field.
- Work Experience: 1 year of experience implementing protection programming including experience in emergencies or post-conflict project management
Demonstrated Technical Skills:
- Demonstrated experience using international human rights standards in protection programming
- Good communication skills (written and verbal), cultural sensitivity, flexibility, ability to improvise, team player.
- Ability to live and productively work under stress and in insecure and harsh environments while
Demonstrated Managerial/Leadership Competencies:
- Experience in working in remote and hard-to-reach areas with limited amenities.
- Knowledge of the local language will be an added value
- Strong computer skills require (word and excel).
Languages: English and Hausa
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