Child Protection Officer ( CM & PSS) X 2 - Deir Dalloum

Background

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933, the IRC offers life-saving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in more than 40 countries and in 22 cities in the United States, the IRC restores safety, dignity, and hope to millions of vulnerable individuals who are uprooted by conflict or disaster. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

In Lebanon, the IRC implements programs in education, protection, women’s empowerment and protection, economic recovery and development, and child protection sectors. In child protection, one of the IRC’s main objectives is to strengthen the national child protection system to provide a quality response to children and families facing protection issues both during and outside of emergencies. To reach this objective, the IRC partners with local child protection actors to build their capacities.

The Child Protection Partners projects work on creating a community space that enables vulnerable children, adolescents, and youth to have their own protected space to support their development and their physical, social, and emotional well-being through an integrated set of interventions. They are safe spaces that provide vulnerable children and their caregivers with a range of programs, including education, child protection, early childhood development (ECD), life skills, and youth engagement support through a community-based approach, to reach both Syrian and Lebanese vulnerable children in both host communities, collective, and informal settlements.

Job Overview/Summary:

The Child Protection (CP) Officer will be responsible for working in partnership with IRC Child Protection Partners, schools, and community stakeholders. Included but was not limited to designing, planning, and leading capacity-building activities for the partners and community stakeholders.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the CP partners implementing CP activities for children and caregivers in the areas of interventions.
• Schedule Weekly field visits to the CP partner’s offices and centers
• Attend and monitor the partner’s activities at the field level
• Design, plan and lead in training the CP Partners staff on implementing PSS activities for children and caregivers in the areas of the interventions.
• Design training package for community stakeholders from different backgrounds (non-CP aid workers, community volunteers, and networks, municipal police, camp representatives, etc.…) on different CP topics (child safeguarding, safe identification, and referrals, communication with the children, etc.….).
• Conduct TOT training of Trainers for CP partners on different CP topics (child safeguarding, safe identification and referrals, communication with the children, etc.….).
• Set timely training plans based on identified needs for the partners and community stakeholders in the areas of the intervention.
• Raise all the training materials and plans to the manager for review and approval prior to putting them into action.
• Conduct weekly monitoring visits to the partner’s activities sites, schools, and share documented feedback on the visits with the partners and to the respective management
• Provide technical support and on the Job coaching to CP local partners implementing PSS activities for children and caregivers in the areas of intervention.
• Ensure that partners are implementing CP activities with children and caregivers in accordance with IRC-CPs curriculums and standards.
• Ensure that partners are implementing the case management activties with children and caregivers in accordance with IRC SOPs and the national CP CM SOPs.
• Provide the case audit to the partners’ caseworkers
• Provide the coaching and monitoring on the child protection cases of the partners
• Support partners to set detailed implementation plans for CP activities in the areas of intervention to Ensure that the partner targets are met by the end of the project period.
• Liaise closely with the CP manager and senior Monitoring and Evaluation officer to develop M & E tools needed for training and other capacity-building activities, (pre/posttests, observation tools, database, training evaluation forms etc.…).
• Provide the proper observation and monitoring to the Child protection focal points inside the schools.
• Foster an open channel of communication with the teachers, directors, supervisors at schools/centers having CP implemented activities.
• Conduct regular monitoring and evaluation activities to assess the progress and impact of capacity-strengthening activities; ensuring they meet project objectives and timelines.
• Facilitate mentoring and coaching sessions to enhance organizational governance and technical capacities.
• Work closely with the Senior M&E officer to support the CP partner’s capacity on M&E. 

Reporting:

• Report on workshops conducted (inclusive of dates and times), names of staff documentation of attendants’ lists, discussions, observations/analysis, challenges, success stories, recommendations, and plans.
• Reports are to be submitted to the Child Protection Specialist following the data confidentiality protocol.  

Other Tasks:

• Liaise with the CP Support Manager to ensure that all logistical requirements for the training are finalized.
• Build strong relationships with local partners, by maintaining mutual respect and vision.
• Participate in the development of lessons learned and best practices.
• Assume full responsibility for tracking individual participants in training databases, and ensure data entered is accurate and up to date.
• Assume full responsibility for all relevant monitoring and evaluation activities (capacity-building reports, training evaluation reports, Pre – Posttest Analysis reports, etc...)
• Document all training, workshops, and field visits using the appropriate tools
• Report data and draft narrative report in a timely manner.
• Participate in team meetings and partner meetings with the CP specialist.
• Support with other training for other CP projects when needed.
• Other CP activities as requested by the supervisor.

Key Working Relationships:

• Position Reports to Child Protection Specialist
• Position directly supervises:  no direct supervision
• Indirect Reporting: Child Protection Coordinator – Head of Unit

This position is based in the IRC offices Deir Dalloum, North Area with 80% field level work and 20% office work.

Job Requirements:

• Education, bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in social work or related field.
• Work experience: 2 to 3 years working in child Protection.
• Strong experience in CP PSS and case management.
• Strong experience in delivering and facilitating training programs.
• Strong knowledge of Child Protection and of the Juvenile justice system in Lebanon.
• Strong communication skills.
• Fluency in English and Arabic, with excellent written and verbal communication skills in both languages.
• Staunch advocate of child protection and child rights.
• Proven experience in capacity-building initiatives.
• Familiarity with the Social Behavioral change component.
• Strong monitoring and evaluation skills, with the ability to measure and report on project impact.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships and networks.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality, and Accountability. with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.