Animator (8) - Child Protection Program

Background: 

The Child Protection program has the aim of providing psychosocial support for children and their caregivers to enable them improving resilience and promoting positive coping mechanisms, facing hard situations and stressful events and incidents. It ensures that vulnerable people are supported and empowered in order to keep them safe. The animator will work under the supervision of the Social Worker and in close coordination with the Field Coordinator on the required and assigned tasks. The Facilitator will be based in Amel center as part of the Child protection team.

Main Role and Responsibilities

1. Project’s implementation

• Ensure a safe space for children to access, express and interact through the provided activities.
• Design the activities for children based on their needs, interests or disability if any; and problems while following the existing and convenient curricula.
• Support and provide help for children while taking into consideration the individual profiles/ characteristics. 
• Fill the monitoring and evaluation tools including assessment forms, attendance sheets and evaluation forms for children attending the activities.
• Ensure the activities are interactive, engaging and entertaining for building their physical and intellectual skills.   
• Ensure equal gender representation of males and females in the implemented activities.
• Ensure cultural sensitivity while adopting and implementing any activity.
• Identify cases at risk through observing signs, symptoms or acts and refer them to the Social Worker.
• Adopt a child friendly approach.
• Respect the code of conduct, CP policy, CP behavioral policy and the PSEA policy.

1. Internal coordination

• Coordinate with the Social Worker and other team members to implement the activities at the center and in surrounding areas.
• Ensure teamwork bonding when organizing events, implementing activities and dividing tasks.
• Participate in the team’s regular meetings with the Child Protection program.
• Participate in other internal meetings as required.

1. Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Ensure the development of the action plan for the activities during the cycle, in coordination with the team members and the Social Worker. 
• Ensure observation and evaluation of the implemented activities. 
• Ensure respect to the working hours and working days.
• Submit weekly reports for the admin assistant and reporting about the activities performed.
• Contribute to the writing of the narrative report on a monthly basis.
• Attend internal and external trainings when required for enhancing knowledge and skills.
   

Requirements, Qualifications and Skills: 

• University degree in social work, psychology, education or any other related field (preferable) or undergraduate student in any relevant field.
• A minimum of 2-3 years of working with children, preferably in the Social Work field.
• Good knowledge on the local context where the activities are being implemented.
• Good knowledge in the Child Protection core principles.
• Demonstrating professional facilitation skills and experience.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in collaboration with multiple stakeholders and staff members.
• Fluent in English and Arabic (oral and written).
• Experience in data gathering and analyses (Microsoft Office).
• Sharing of key humanitarian values with cross-cultural sensitivity.