Position: Child Protection and Education Project Manager - Iraq
Position Start Date: As soon as possible
Duration: 6 to 9 months
Location: Shirqat, Kirkuk, Anah - Iraq
Terre des hommes has not set a closing date to apply for this position; recruitment is ongoing until the position is filled.
Tdh:
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss organisation for children’s aid. Since 1960, Tdh has helped build a better future for deprived children and their communities, making an impact with innovative and sustainable solutions. Active in more than 45 countries, Tdh works with local and international partners to develop and implement field projects which improve the daily lives of over 3 million children and their relatives in the domains of health, protection and emergency relief. This engagement is financed by individual and institutional support, with administrative costs kept to a minimum.
Context:
Tdh has been present in Iraq since 2014, with NFI distributions in Dohuk Governorate. In October of 2015, with the support of Swiss Solidarity, Tdh launched unconditional cash assistance. Since then, Tdh has spread to eleven districts (Anah, Al-Qa’im, Haditha, Tal Afar, West and East Shirqat, Tikrit, Baiji, Hawija, Anah, and Tooz), across four Governorates (Salah al-Din, Anah, Nineveh, and Al-Anbar), with operations in the latter two districts since 2017, when Tdh joined the frontlines to provide emergency assistance. Tdh was the first INGO with field offices in Tikrit, Shirqat, Tal Afar, and Anah.
Tdh’s strategy consists of providing emergency assistance in hard-to-reach and newly-accessible areas. Tdh has an integrated emergency response to people affected by conflict that involves child protection, education, water sanitation and hygiene, and camp management and coordination. At the same time, it aims to build the capacity of its current response in areas where services are being re-established. In term of child protection, the activities are divided into the following main components:
• Child Protection Case Management: responsive, integrated service approach
• Psychosocial Support: structured PSS activities for children and adolescents focusing on resilience, well-being & life skills; Structured PSS activities for parents/caregivers
• Community Outreach: protection outreach, strengthening community-based mechanisms through mobilization, sensitization, and awareness campaigns
• Capacity Building: training local CP and Non-CP actors, protection mainstreaming.
• Juvenile Justice: access to psychosocial support and justice
• Education: rehabilitation, support for formal and non-formal education.
Current donors: ECHO, OFDA, OCHA, UNICEF, MoFA of Switzerland, MoFA of the Netherlands, Swiss Solidarity, HEKS, Alta Mane, DRL.
Operational field bases: Anah, Tikrit, Shirqat, Tal Afar and Kirkuk.
Coordination bases: Erbil and Baghdad.
Job description: The Child Protection and Education Project Manager works under the management of the field coordinator, and under the technical supervision of the child protection and education coordinator in Iraq, and the humanitarian child protection specialist at headquarters. He/she is in charge of the direct implementation and supervision of the Child Protection Project at his/her respective base.
He/she is supported by a Tdh CP coordinator, meal officer, logistical manager, admin manager, and database officer. Their aim is to supervise and reinforce the local-partner child protection team, and community capacities, through a progressive delegation of responsibilities.
He/she manages, supports and supervises the CP and education team in charge of the implementation of CP and educational activities. He/she works completely in line with the CP and educational program strategy defined for the country and each base of intervention. He/she works in close coordination with governmental and non-governmental agencies, and with the cluster system, to develop, monitor, and orientate the CP and educational projects.
He/she also acts as the technical lead on all child protection and education-related topics for his/her base. He/she is expected to lead on sector-related assessments, programme design and implementation at proposal and strategy level, as well as support on fundraising, recruitment and procurement – liaising and linking with other sectors in general, and child protection in particular. He/she oversees the monitoring and evaluation of child protection and educational activities, and supports the coordination of the CP and education working group. He/she is expected to play a leadership role within a response team to support and build the capacity of their colleagues.
He/she works with all of the relevant authorities at the district and community level (civil, religious, police, and all other services) for better implementation, acceptance, and ownership in improving the conditions to protect children.
Responsibilities:
Line Management and Human Resources Management
• Leads and manages Tdh staff, encourages effective team work, and provides supervision and guidance – including regular and constructive feedback.
• Leads on CP team recruitment and revision of job descriptions for the base
• Ensures the whole team has a clear understanding of Tdh’s CP and education mandate and projects.
• Reports incidents and difficulties encountered with any staff members to the field coordinator and country representative.
• Organizes and leads weekly team meetings, and provides a weekly program update and movement plan to the field coordinator and CP coordinator.
• Supports required actions by the administration related to protection team management and supervision.
Project Management
• Develops, implements, and monitors the Child Protection and Education Projects in accordance with multiple objectives, activities, and targets as outlined in current donor proposals, and in line with project budgets.
• Ensures that activities are appropriately monitored and evaluated, and proposes, when deemed necessary, amendments to the child protection and education strategy, in consultation with the CP coordinator, deputy country representative for the program, and humanitarian child protection specialist at headquarters.
• Conducts initial and regular assessments of the impact of Child Protection and Education Project activities.
• Forecasts and follows up on expenditures related to the Child Protection and Education Projects.
• Participates in budget revision exercises.
• Prepares timely purchase requests in line with Child Protection and Education Project needs.
• Identifies logistical and administrative support needs related to the CP and Education Projects and communicates these to the field coordinator, CP coordinator, and relevant log/admin support person.
Project Strategy and Planning
• In collaboration with the humanitarian child protection specialist based at headquarters, and the Tdh CP coordinator, participates in designing strategies and objectives for improved support to beneficiaries, and actively contributes to monitoring, evaluation and revision.
• Participates in CP and education assessments.
• Participates in reviewing the Tdh strategy for Iraq if requested.
Database
• Oversees the accurate implementation of database tools.
• Ensures correct data-protection procedures and filing.
Capacity building
• Coordinates and supports the capacity building for the CP and Education team, relevant local authorities, and community workers/community groups as required by the project, specifically on recreational and play activities, PSS, and case management.
• Provides technical support to CP and Education team members as needed.
Coordination
• Works in close collaboration and consultation with the CP Coordinator.
• Coordinates with other Tdh sectors to ensure implementation of standardized activities.
• Coordinates with other departments (program and support) as necessary.
• Works in close collaboration and consultation with available government structures, non-government actors, and cluster system and community representatives.
Representation
• Represents Tdh in CP and Education fora and meetings at community and local levels.
• Develops a network to facilitate project acceptance, stake holder’s contribution and ownership.
Reporting
• Provides compiled meeting minutes and reports to the field coordinator, CP and Education coordinator, and country representative, including movement plans.
• Ensures monthly data analysis reports are submitted.
• Upon completion of the assignment, submits handover notes to the relevant persons.
Other
• Undertakes all other duties that may be determined by the base or country management, and which are compatible with the job.
• Maintains and ensures a culture of strict confidentiality – both among Tdh staff, and between Tdh staff and non-Tdh employees.
Profile:
• Professional diploma or university degree in social studies, psychology, or any other related discipline.
• At least 2 years of experience in a similar project manager position at a NGO in the field.
• Good project management experience (management, planning, staff development, and training skills).
• Extensive technical experience in Child Protection and/or education programming related to psycho-social support and child protection case management, and/or Education programming.
• Extensive technical experience in Child Protection and/or education capacity building and coaching.
• Good knowledge of inter-agency child protection and education standards and guidance.
• Good knowledge and experience in logistics, administration and finance.
• Required qualities: organized, sense of human relations, diplomacy, good communication skills, ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to work in an intercultural environment and in insecure locations.
• Advance IT skills with Office.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Knowledge of Arabic is an asset.
• Previous experience in emergency response is appreciated.
• Knowledge of the Iraqi/Syrian context would be a distinct advantage.
Tdh Global Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies:
• Fully complies with Tdh’s Global Code of Conduct and systematically reports any breach to the Code through the whistleblowing procedure: raises awareness within the foundation on abuse and violence, and the rights deriving therefrom, and respecting the rights and dignity of children, members of the communities, and our own staff.
• Commits to respecting Risk Management Policies including: Safeguarding Policies (Child Safeguarding Policy, Policy on the Protection against Sexual Exploitation and the Directive on Staff Misconduct at the Workplace), Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption and Prevention of the Financing of Criminal Activities Policies.
• Commits to reducing the risk of abuse and harm by developing a culture of open and informed leadership within the organization, and in our work with children and the communities in which we intervene.
We offer exciting and varied work, which is useful and meaningful, in a team that wants to make a difference for vulnerable children.
Are you interested? Do you want take on this challenge?
Procedure:
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