ROLE PURPOSE:
Save the Children works in five of Haiti’s departments, reaching children and families with programming in the thematic areas of education, health (including WASH), child protection, child rights governance and child poverty. We have a current staff complement of over 120 and approx. $8 million budget for 2015. We are growing and refining our portfolio to provide quality impactful programs for Haitian children. In education we work closely with the Ministry of Education on literacy, community outreach and increasing the quality of education, as well as reduction of physical and humiliating punishment. We also have school health and nutrition and adolescent development programming. In child protection we work on strengthening national child protection systems, with a focus on community based extension of these systems in close collaboration with IBERS. We work on particular issues within child protection, for example children who are displaced, and children in domestic servitude.
The Child Protection Specialist will oversee the technical quality of outputs for a project targeting child domestic workers and children at risk of separation, provide technical guidance and management for on family reunification and prevention of family separation ensure timely implementation of project activities for child protection, support management of child protection project staff and act as deputy to the project manager.
Note that this position is contingent upon award of funding.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Project Manager
Number of direct reports: TBD
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Project Management
 Support leadership of regular team coordination meetings;
 Ensure the daily management of project activities with strict field oversight;
 Act as interim project manager if project manager is unavailable;
 Ensure the management of child protection activity budget lines;
 Ensure joint planning of activities with program and support staff;
 Ensure compliance of the team with all SC standards and policies;
 Ensure compliance of team with all donor regulations and standards;
 Contribute to the development of donor reports and other regular reports requested.
Program Development
 Oversee adaptation of current child protection curricula for children and adults and related trainings of trainers, and monitor for quality implementation;
 Analyze and mitigate for implementation of cash transfers for at-risk and recently reintegrated households from a child safeguarding perspective;
 Lead training of field office staff on organizing and facilitating child protection committees;, children’s clubs, community case management and conduct field-level monitoring and analysis of reporting data to ensure their sound functioning, coaching, mentoring, and taking corrective action with field staff as necessary;
 Seek supporting financing opportunities to support targeted beneficiaries;
 Contribute to the SC Haiti child protection strategy and overall country strategy;
 Propose and oversee continuous improvement to increase program quality;
 Participate in workshops/working groups to increase program quality.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)
 Support the finalisation of the design of household vulnerability assessments (survey) tool and implementation of this tool;
 Refine the methodology for participatory child-led identification of children at-risk of CDW;
 Support the implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities, including those related to research;
 With the Project Manager, supported by the MEAL unit, with the project team and partners, realise and document regular working sessions to revise data collected and adjust project planning accordingly;
 On a monthly basis, and in collaboration with the MEAL Officer, update and submit the different sections of the Detailed Implementation Plan (which include Indicator Tracking Table) to SC leadership;
 Assure the functioning of the beneficiary accountability system for the project;
 Support the project manager to organise at least quarterly information sharing meeting with community members and partners to explain project progress and findings.
Representation and Partnership
 Support liaison, field trip hosting and information sharing with the project donor as necessary;
 Represent the project and child protection sector in external meetings and working groups as necessary;
 Seek synergies, and in particular referral possibilities, with other potential partners;
 Support partner evaluations as necessary and apply SC partnering policies.
Advocacy, Communication and Child Rights Governance
 Contribute to the development and implementation of advocacy plan for the project;
 Contribute to the development and implementation of communication plan for the project;
 Contribute to SC child rights governance activities as required.
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 AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
 Degree in social work, psychology, social policy or related.
 Minimum of 5 years of field experience in child protection, specifically with case-management and psychosocial support to children and families as well as family tracing and reunification.
 Experience working with child domestic workers or other forms of child labor and/or households affected by them, or other types of orphans and vulnerable children
 Experience working with government level institutions and community based organizations.
 Experience managing work teams in dispersed areas.
 Experience managing qualitative and quantitative research.
 Experience ensuring compliance with child safeguarding policies.
 Fluency in Creole, French and English.
Desirable
 Experience working on household economic security
 Network of contacts in child protection in Haiti

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the role 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 in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

TITLE: Child Protection Specialist
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Program Operations
LOCATION:
Port-au-Prince with regular travel to field offices
GRADE:
CONTRACT LENGTH:
18 months

Les intéressés(es) sont priés de soumettre leurs dossiers complets (CV, lettre de motivation et copie des diplômes/attestations) au plus tard le 16 juillet 2015