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Ref No: D190000MM
Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Role Purpose

• The CP and GBV Response Officer is responsible for ensuring that quality psychosocial support services for GBV survivors are provided to internally displaced persons under the age of 18.
• Build the staff capacity to provide direct meaningful support to GBV survivors, mentor, supervise and monitor team activities and ensure effective coordination and networking system establishment to the rest of child protection team.
• The Gender Based Violence Response Officer will be expected to support on child protection sectoral assessment, project planning and coordination with other actors of GBV clusters.
• In most circumstances, the post holder will be expected to mentor and/or build capacity of implementing partners on the field.

Key Areas of Accountability

• Support the CPiE Coordinator to conduct child protection and GBV assessments using SC assessment processes and tools and the Inter-agency Child Protection Assessment Resource Toolkit. Adapt the Assessment Tool as necessary to GBV survivors. Coordinate with other SC thematic areas, the national/district Child Protection Working Group and/or other external sector agencies of GBV, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific, disaggregated data analysis of survivors’ needs.
• With support from the Child Protection Coordinator and/or other senior programme staff, develop monthly and quarterly plans and costed plans, contributing towards an overall thematic programme plan. From the strategy initiate programming in the following areas as appropriate:
  • Support to the psychosocial (physical, social, emotional) wellbeing of children with GBV victims and their families.
  • Build the staff capacity to provide direct and appropriate support services to GBV survivors
  • Take lead in Prevention and response to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and gender-based violence (GBV) in project communities
  • Mentor, supervise and monitor of gender based violence implementation and draft monitoring action plan for quality control.
  • Prevention and response to all forms of exploitation including harmful child labour and child trafficking
  • Support the integration of GBV cases into other CP case managements process,  CPIMS,CFS and PSS
  • Oversee and coordinate the development and maintenance of data collection and analysis mechanisms and share timely quality information the relevant sector management.
  • Support the integration of child protection sector in to other SC emergencies core sectors on the field
• With support from the Child Protection Coordinator, supervise project implementation to ensure timely delivery of project activities (for example, monitoring against individual performance management work plans).
• With support from the Child Protection Coordinator and/or other senior programme staff, prepare and review timely monthly reports submitted by partners and SCI Staff.
• With support from the Child Protection Coordinator, identify project supplies specific to the programme and GBV Survivors’ needs and coordinate with the logistics team to put in place a sensible phased procurement plan.
• Work with the M & E plan to ensure links to reporting requirements where possible, refer the M&E framework to build an evidence-base for child protection programming interventions including GBV survivors.
• With support from the CRM/Accountability Officer put in place accountability activities for your project, ensuring that feedback from children and their families is considered in project design.
• Ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Settings and the Sphere standard
• Ensure survivors of gender based violence are timely identified and provided counselling and other appropriate response services.
• Ensure relevant referral forms are in place and implemented accordingly.
• Coordinate monthly meetings including, parent’s forum and child protection committee
• Provide essential psychosocial first aid support to children and adults when needed.
• Ensure partner staff are supervised regularly to ensure activities are carried out in line with minimum standard guidelines.
• Consistently maintain referral pathway of project locations.

Capacity Building:

•  Provide capacity to implementing partners that have less CPiE experience

Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:

• Ensure that Save the Children's work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and Government, and support Interagency Coordination forums including the State Child Protection Sub Working Group, advocating for the specific needs of children. This may involve supporting the coordination of working groups and sub-working groups.
• With support from the Child Protection Coordinator and/or other senior programme staff, assist in advocacy activities that target decision-makers in-country.
• In collaboration with the Humanitarian Technical Unit and Child Protection team, feed in learning, experiences and evidence to relevant global advocacy objectives.
• Contribute to communications and media work as required.

General:

• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
• Other ad-hoc tasks as requested by Line Manager.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential Criteria:

• University degree or equivalent in Social Work, Social Science, Development Studies or equivalent combination of relevant training and experience
• Minimum 2 years post NYSC work experience in GBV and child Protection work, supervision, community mobilisation and distributions and solid understanding of the actual Nigeria Emergency context.
• Proven ability to supervise a CP project with holistic approach and integrated to child protection right
• Fluent in English
• Working knowledge of Hausa and/or Kanuri
• Computer literate

Desirable Criteria:

• Female with high level of personal integrity, commitment and professional responsibility with GBV exigencies.
• Excellent communication skills,
• Team player with strong leadership skills
• Mature personality with life experience is an advantage
• Able to be a self-started and work in challenging contexts and fragile environment.

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically.

Collaboration:

• Actively listens to different perspectives and experiences of stakeholders
• Actively participates in networks to access and contribute to good practice
• Establishes and maintains clear communication and dialogue with disaster and conflict affected people and other stakeholders
• Establishes clear objectives with partners

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency
• Commitment to Save the Children Values

Understanding humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles:

• Ensure that programme goals and activities uphold the principles of the key national and international humanitarian frameworks, codes and commitments
• Integrates beneficiary accountability principles into the approach
• Participates in disaster coordination mechanisms and interagency cooperation mechanisms

Leadership: Action; Thinking; Self; Inspiring; Developing Others:

• Demonstrates approachability and trust by listening carefully to others and valuing their contribution, and making others feel comfortable by being open and honest about their thoughts and feelings
• Demonstrates self-development and management by taking responsibility for own development, and actively seeking out feedback to better understand their own strengths and weaknesses
• Makes positive statements about work
• Effectively influences others by understanding their interests and showing how they will be met by own preferred solution
• Gives constructive feedback to enhance capabilities and responsibilities to partners and others

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Job Ref: 190000MO
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employee Status: Fixed Term

Role

• This role will manage Child Protection projects in Maiduguri, Borno State within the Save the Children country program.
• The Child Protection Coordinator will have overall responsibility for project activities including supporting the coordination of effective and efficient planning, implementation and monitoring of the project at field level.
• The child protection program is currently focused on Case management, psychosocial support (which includes the provision of psychosocial support to children through community based child protection networks and child friendly spaces), community strengthening and capacity building for the staff and ministry staff.

Main Responsibilities

• In close collaboration with the Children CP Advisor, manage project field activities, ensuring project objectives are being achieved and ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of our field work.
• Working closely with the CP Advisor, ensure that the project implementation strategy is clearly understood by the implementing teams, and ensure that project plans and strategies are adhered to during implementation,
• Facilitate all trainings on case management for case workers
• Collate and compile all work plans and share with CP Manager weekly.
• Conduct referral and protection mapping (any other assessments)
• Lead the formation and initial training of foster parents
• Ensure meetings and activities hold monthly
• Ensure all documentation, reports, and records are maintained per agreed procedure, and information is provided on community activities as required.
• Facilitate mentoring and coaching of case workers on various topics, as outlined in the implementation plan.
• Ensure all cases are case managed with confidentiality clause adhered to
• Coordinate case conference meetings
• Daily supervision of the Child protection case workers.
• Ensure that case workers are trained on UASC and registration of the children
• Ensure the quality of the case management tools
• Participate in the CP assessment and analysis process
• In coordination with the CP team, support regular participatory activities with different groups of children to identify issues affecting children in project locations and assists team to develop appropriate responses.
• Must adhere to the child safeguarding and protection policies and reporting standards.
• Write and submit weekly activity reports.
• Other ad hoc tasks as requested by Line Manager.

General:

• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically.

Collaboration:

• Actively listens to different perspectives and experiences of stakeholders
• Actively participates in networks to access and contribute to good practice
• Establishes and maintains clear communication and dialogue with disaster and conflict affected people and other stakeholders
• Establishes clear objectives with partners

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency
• Commitment to Save the Children Values
• Understanding humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles:
• Ensure that programme goals and activities uphold the principles of the key national and international humanitarian frameworks, codes and commitments
• Integrates beneficiary accountability principles into the approach
• Participates in disaster coordination mechanisms and interagency cooperation mechanisms

Leadership: Action; Thinking; Self; Inspiring; Developing Others:

• Demonstrates approachability and trust by listening carefully to others and valuing their contribution, and making others feel comfortable by being open and honest about their thoughts and feelings
• Demonstrates self-development and management by taking responsibility for own development, and actively seeking out feedback to better understand their own strengths and weaknesses
• Makes positive statements about work
• Effectively influences others by understanding their interests and showing how they will be met by own preferred solution
• Gives constructive feedback to enhance capabilities and responsibilities to partners and others

Qualifications and Experience
Essential Criteria:

• Bachelors or Master's Degree in Social Work or relevant field experience.
• At least three (4) years post NYSC relevant experience in child protection programming
• Demonstrable commitment to a holistic vision of children’s welfare
• Substantial management experience, preferably in emergencies
• Excellent written and spoken English; local language skills a major advantage
• Demonstrable competence in report writing
• Experience of financial planning and expenditure monitoring as applied to grants management
• Experience of working with communities, and supporting their participation, ownership and empowerment
• Strong representational and communication skills sensitive to the cultural and military/political environment
• The ability to plan and ensure the implementation of projects, and to oversee the management and report on resources effectively.
• Able to work calmly under pressure in a rapidly changing context
• Proven team management skills
• Adaptability and flexibility; ability and willingness to live in the field
• Competent in Outlook, Word and Excel
• Commitment to upholding Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy, and other Global Policies.