Coordinator of the “Children and Young People Concerned by Mobility” (EJM) program – Mauritania At Land of men

Entry into office: 01.06.2024

Duration: 18 months

Activity rate: 100%

Work location: Nouakchott, Mauritania

Status: Accompanied

Deadline for sending applications: Terre des hommes does not set an application deadline for this position, recruitment is open until the position is filled. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Tdh:

The Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh), headquartered in Lausanne and office in Zurich, is the largest Swiss organization for the defense of children’s rights. In 2022, we supported 2.6 million children and members of their communities around the world, focusing our efforts on maternal and child health, children and young people in situations of migration and access to justice. We trained people who in turn supported an additional 4.5 million children and community members.

Context :

The Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) has been present in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania since 1984 and enjoys great recognition and credibility among institutional and associative partners. Tdh develops its projects around strengthening the protection system, through its Access to Justice and Migration programs and Transversal Protection expertise. The actions implemented in Mauritania by Tdh are:

• Structural: through technical and qualitative support at the level of institutional and community protection actors, through knowledge of the system, the development of adapted training based on Standardized Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Direct: via support to beneficiaries (protective support for children and professional reintegration) and to Community Base Organizations (training, support, technical support). A privileged partnership with the Association of Women Heads of Household (AFCF), makes it possible to individually support children in need of protection. A new partnership with the Mauritanian Association for Human Rights (AMDH) supports human rights defenders (training and networking).

Main responsibilities:

• Under the supervision of the head of delegation and the Regional Coordinator of the EJM Program, she ensures the deployment of the program strategy of her field of expertise at the national level; As such, she/he is the guarantor of the national impact of Terre des hommes-Lausanne in her/his area of ​​expertise.
• She is in charge of the development and consolidation of the program in her field in her country of assignment. She is responsible for the development of new project proposals, monitoring programmatic indicators, collaboration with key partners, capacity building of EJM teams and contributes technically to the development of relationships with donors.
• Under the supervision of the Head of Delegation and the Regional Coordinator of the EJM Program, he/she is in charge of quality implementation of the TAWAFOUG Project [LL1] at the national level, in consortium with ACF and Save the Children, so that the objectives are achieved within the deadlines set with the lessor. He/she is responsible for producing annual reports and providing the necessary information to the lessor and partners.
• He/she is the main contact for this financing with the authorities, donors and any other actor involved in the field.
• Elle.He is responsible for the entire portfolio of EJM projects, supervising project managers.
• Elle.He is responsible for the management and supervision of the EJM team and compliance with Tdh HR Policies. The EJM Program team includes 4 collaborators under its hierarchical supervision. The number of team members placed under the responsibility of the EJM Coordinator may vary depending on the projects acquired or closed.
• He/she guarantees quality implementation of EJM projects, respecting deadlines and consistent with the standards and quality standards of the regional EJM program and within the framework of Tdh’s global quality and accountability standards.
• Elle.il contributes to securing the necessary resources (financial and human) in the delegation in conjunction with the support services concerned.
• Elle.il contributes to programmatic management by setting up and monitoring indicators, in particular concerning cross-cutting themes in its field.
• Elle.il develops and promotes innovation within the program in the country.
• She supports the implementation of the quality assurance and control system for the program’s projects in the country.
• She/he ensures the implementation of management and shares knowledge of her program in the country.
• She is in charge of the animation and development of the program’s strategic partnerships in the delegation.
• She/he is responsible and accountable to beneficiaries, collaborators and donors.
• Elle.il ensures that its teams and partners are aware of the security policies and the general code of conduct and respect them at all times.

The detailed job description will be shared with the selected candidates to begin the recruitment process.

Profile :

Education :

Master’s degree (minimum) in a relevant field such as political science, social work, migration, international relations, etc. from an institution recognized by Tdh.

Experience & Skills:

• Proven knowledge of migration and mobility of children and young people in Africa in particular and child protection in general
• Mastery of gender mainstreaming standards and the approach based on children’s rights.
• At least 5 years of experience in the areas of mobility (migration, IDP, refugees), protection, empowerment or (re)integration in Africa, knowledge of the Mauritanian context will be an asset.
• At least 5 years of experience in a program management or similar position, ideally in Africa or MENA.
• At least 5 years in program management and expertise development, including development, operational implementation, coordination, monitoring/evaluation and knowledge capitalization/management.
• At least 2 experiences in functional team management.
• Good knowledge of key players in the field of migration and prevention, protection, integration and reintegration of children and young people in migration.
• Solid experience in proposal development and donor engagement.
• Ideally, the candidate will have already carried out similar work in an NGO or in an organization working at the international level.

LANGUAGES:

• Excellent French language skills.
• Fluency in English or Spanish is an added value.

IT :

Mastery of the Microsoft Office package

Conditions :

• Expatriate contract under Swiss law,
• Gross monthly salary from 4,700 to 5,200.- depending on experience x13 (+ AVS deduction for Swiss candidate).
• Insurance, illness, accident, repatriation.
• 25 days off/year.
• AR plane ticket/year.
• Accommodation and local transportation.

Tdh Global Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies:

• Commits to respecting the Global Code of Conduct and systematically reporting any violation of the Code through the Tdh reporting procedure: raising awareness within the Foundation about violence and abuse, and the rights that result from it, towards children, community members and our own employees
• Commits to respecting Risk Management Policies, including: Safeguarding policies (Child Safeguarding Policy, Policy against Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Directive on Abusive Behavior at Work), Safety/Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption and Criminal Financing Prevention Policies
• Committed to reducing the risk of abuse by developing an open and informed management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate

We offer you exciting and varied work, useful and meaningful, within a team that wants to make a difference for children in very vulnerable situations.

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