CP Focal Person

Description:

• Function as the focal point for child protection and GESI within education activities;

• Report incidents as per as WVI safeguarding policy guidelines.

• Work closely with Facilitators to create an inclusive learning environment.

• Plan, organize and co-ordinate the CP, and GESI activities of the Education project under the technical support of the CP technical officer, and GESI coordinator;

• Make frequent centers and field visits to monitor staff performance in terms of applying CP, GESI and PSS skills and approaches, and provide reporting on performance;

• Provide recommendations to ensure that field-level activities effectively integrate international and national CP frameworks;

• Supervise and coordinate the work of staff involved in the education, psychosocial support, GESI and CP activities.

• Identify gaps and challenges related to implementation of CP principles in education projects and propose solutions to address them through a formal action plan.

• Identify gaps and barriers related to children with disability access to the education services and propose mitigation and practices to enhance the access and participation

• Participate regularly to coordination meetings with Education and GESI team to bring learning and best practices from CP and GESI into Education Program implementation.

• Regularly monitor the effective implementation of a center-based service mapping and referral system for CP and GBV cases, coordinated with CP and GBV service mappings.

• Refer beneficiaries requiring case management to relevant internal and external CP and GBV providers through RIMS, and follow up the referred cases conditions in collaboration with the Accountability Team;

• Regularly liaise with Education sub -Partners to ensure they implement World Vision policies and CP principles.

Capacity building related to CP in Education

• Provide guidance and direction for effective implementation and monitoring of PSS activities provided to vulnerable children and their families in education centers and local communities, in addition to other key project activities under Education Projects.

• In coordination with the Technical team, ensure that the facilitators have received training on the entire range of CP, Safeguarding, GESI and Accountability, and how protection concerns should be addressed.

• Participation in the learning circles and engage in CP discussions, share recommendations and best practices and provide solutions from a CP perspective, to share lessons learned and exchange experiences in terms of CP, GESI and PSS activities implementation.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

• Act as PSEAH focal point for WVI and Partners Education Staff to ensure implementation of PSEAH policy at field level;

• Oversight of referral tracking tools and mechanisms, including identification of challenges and supporting field teams improve referral reporting and follow-up;

• Assist in addressing and investigating complaints about the behavior of organization staff related to the infringement of CP policy, PSEAH policy & Safeguarding policy

External Representation

• Establish working relationships with other agencies operating in the mission area;

• Coordinate and participate and/or contribute substantively to general training programs, workshops and expert group meetings, at organizational and consortium level;

• Represent the agency/organization in meetings with other partners and other actors, to advocate and promote program goals and objectives, and communicate with major partners on policies (when needed);

• Liaise with other NGOs and /or CP under the accordance of consortium (when applicable) to ensure implementation of common standards and having common child protection lens.

• Participate in other field visits, assessment and monitoring missions, press and donor visits as necessary.

Reporting

• Reporting on sessions observation and coaching sessions provided (observation tools and logs)

• Tracking of identified referred case, and solved cases.

• Report safeguarding incidents.