Child Protection Officer (re - announced)

 

 

We are looking for a highly qualified individual to fill-in the vacancy of Child Protection Officer to work in Damascus under employment contract.  

 

DRC has been working in the MENA region since 2003 and is currently one of the few international organizations registered and operating legally in the countries of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Libya and Jordan. Since 2013, DRC has been operating as the largest INGO responding to the Syrian crisis in Syria and Lebanon and has assisted over 1 million refugees and IDPs a year. DRC has been actively operating in Syria since 2008, mainly supporting refugees. In June 2012, DRC was authorized by the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) to expand its humanitarian efforts and provide assistance to IDPs and the vulnerable resident population countrywide. Since then, DRC activities have been focused on NFI distributions, Shelter, WASH, Protection, Education, Livelihood and Mine Risk Education in six Governorates (Damascus, Rural Damascus, Dara'a, Aleppo, Hama, and Homs). Protection/community service activities are provided to beneficiaries through 6 Community Centers. 

 

 

In consultation with the line manager, the child protection officer assumes full responsibility for the development of a framework within which a well-defined strategy is designed to ensure the governance of the following aspects: 

1. The presence of an ongoing assessment of the children’s needs, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and updating of information, with a view to establish relevant and meaningful responsive mechanisms; 

2. The presence of internal and external referral tools for follow up on individual cases with a view to verify, assess and put on records the outcome of DRC intervention. 

• Develop a weekly work plan through which, child protection monitoring and community center-based assessment of the needs and relevant activities are implemented in an effective and realized manner; and in accordance with the timeframe  
• Liaise with the social and legal teams to follow up on specific child protection cases, including children with special needs to initiate the required actions as appropriate  
• Ensure respect for Age, Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming “AGDM” in each intervention on behalf of children  
• Supervise the child protection assistant and establish regular coordination mechanism with a view to ensure complementarity of actions  
• Attend child protection sub-sector meetings organized regularly by UNICEF, and share DRC’s activities designed to ensure an adequate form of child protection  
• Coordinate with national and international humanitarian actors to get familiarized with the most pressing child protection issues, and the consolidated effort to address them  
• Organize child protection awareness sessions in close coordination with the community center coordinator and the community center director so that relevant themes are selected for the sessions  
• Collect and update information and maintain data on child vulnerability issues to feed into a regular monthly reporting exercise  
• Establish a coordination mechanism for internal and external referrals of vulnerable children, and identify children with special needs
• Whenever needed, maintain contacts with parents or legal custodians or caregivers to have a better understanding of the interfamily relationships  
• Keep a statistical record of children affected by: poverty, separation from families or legal caregivers, divorced parents, sexual abuse, exploitation and domestic violence, being out of school, being a worker, being recruited in armed groups  
• Maintain and update confidential records of individual protection cases, and explain to obtain consent on the referral pathway as reflected in the standard operating procedures “SOPs”;  
• Ensure a feedback from the beneficiaries and/or their parents or legal caregivers on the assistance received  
• Provide regular feedback to the supervisor on achievements, progress, lessons learned, gaps, other problematic issues  
• Liaise with the child protection national NGO  
• Advocate on behalf of the children and/or their parents or legal caregivers with relevant actors, be they national or international  
• Adhere to, and comply with the rules and regulations as enshrined in DRC Code of Conduct;  
• Maintain a collegial manner in dealing and interacting with DRC staff, and promote team work  
• Assume other duties as may be assigned by the community centre advisor.  

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:  

Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.  

Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.  

Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.  

Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.  

Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.  

 

To be successful in this role you must have: 

DRC will offer the successful applicant a six month contract, renewable dependent on both funding and performance. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for National Staff for the Officer level.  

 

Interested? Then apply for this position, go to https://drc.dk/about-drc/vacancies/current-vacancies, search for this vacancy and click on "Apply for position".  All applicants should send a cover letter and an updated CV in the same language as the vacancy note. Applications close on the 31st of January 2017.   

 

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact job@drc.dk  

 

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website www.drc.ngo