Child Protection Field Coordinator at Save the Children

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Child Protection (CP) Field Coordinator is responsible for management and oversight of Save the Children’s Child Protection technical interventions at the field level to address violations of children’s rights, and to ensure children are protected from abuse, exploitation, violence and neglect. CP Field Coordinator will be responsible to coordinate effectively with other humanitarian actors and the implementing partners (where required), and the teams in the field for quality assurance and smooth program operations. The position holder will support Manager CP/CRG in project matters at the field level.**

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Support Manager CP/CRG in development of implementation plans for the approved programs.
Support Manager CP/CRG in setting up Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) at the field level and supervise CFS interventions and provide guidance to CFS facilitators to ensure that activities are implemented in an appropriate and agreed manner.
Identify children with urgent child protection needs and support them in provision of age and culturally-appropriate information and case management and referral support (intra / inter agency)
Where there is an immediate risk to the child, immediately prioritize relevant interventions through a comprehensive assessment and develop a case plan for the required support.
Oversee all field level CP interventions including but not limited to children’s enrollment in CFS, referral mechanism / case management support, identification of Separated and Unaccompanied Children and their referral for family tracing and reunification, provision of Psychological First Aid, IEC material development and other advocacy initiatives.
Established and strengthen community and or camp-based child protection mechanisms (adult / child).
Ensure effective and coordinated response for children and work closely with Protection clusters, sub cluster and working groups for appropriate, timely and informed response.
Ensures that health and safety regulations are understood and followed and that health and safety incidents are logged.
Ensures the participation of all groups of children, especially children who are the most vulnerable in programmatic interventions.
Support in identification of capacity gaps and capacity building needs of staff through comprehensive training need assessments, and support implementation of capacity building plans
Coordinate with SC MEAL team for proper documentation, data collection and monitoring of project deliverables.
Support in preparation of assessments, evaluations, high-quality donor and other periodic narrative reports as and when required.
Include SC approach to child participation in all CP work, wherever practicable, and seek to develop and incorporate child-friendly methodologies to promote child participation in CP programme implementation.
Perform any other project related tasks assigned by supervisor.

BEHAVIOURS (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 their team to do the same.
Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

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

Integrity:

Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS

Post-graduate degree in Social Sciences or related discipline

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Minimum 05 years of experience in development organisations, and working on Child Protection in Emergencies including project management.
Good analytical skills backed by experience that spans areas such as field experience in Child Protection program management.
An in-depth understanding of development issues pertaining to children, sensitive to child protection issues.**
Strong communication skills both in written and oral in English.**

Desirable

Experience in advocacy at the level of communities, NGOs, and donor agencies.
Good understanding of Pashtu and Dari languages.
Skills related to participatory research methods, computer literacy and financial management.
Strong interpersonal and negotiating skills: tact, ability to accept criticism, tolerance, assertiveness, the ability to adapt behavioral style to the circumstances in order to achieve positive outcomes.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.