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TITLE: Child Protection Manager
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Programme
GRADE: TBC
LOCATION: Diffa, Niger including travel to remote and insecure locations
CONTRACT LENGTH: 5 months
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; ore because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE
The overall aim of the Child Protection Manager will be to lead on interventions addressing violations of children’s rights to protection from abuse, exploitation, violence and abuse. The Child Protection Manager is responsible for ensuring that quality programmes are implemented and capacities developed to provide these kinds of protection to children in Save the Children’s emergency response. The Child Protection Manager will be expected, with limited support, to lead on sectoral assessment, activity design and master-budgeting, coordination, and support recruitment and procurement. The Child Protection Manager will also be expected to play a leadership role within a response team, through 360 o support to colleagues and work to ensure that broader sector coordination mechanisms are functioning effectively.
SCOPE OF ROLE
Reports to: Field Manager
Staff directly reporting to this post: Child protection staff
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
 Support lead advisor on Child Protection assessments using SC assessment processes and tools and the Inter-agency Child Protection Assessment Resource Toolkit. Adapt the Assessment Tool as necessary. Coordinate with other SC thematic areas and/or other external sector agencies, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific analysis of children’s needs.
 Work with in-country TA on the development of high quality concept notes and proposals.
Coordinate with the Child Protection Working Group on fundraising advocacy initiatives with donors.
 Lead on developing the child protection response plan and master budget and contribute to Save the
Children’s overall response strategy. From the strategy implement programming in the following areas: o Support to the psychosocial (physical, social, emotional) wellbeing of children and their families o Emergency family tracing interventions and alternative are options for unaccompanied and separated children o Prevention and response to child recruitment including advocacy and disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration initiatives o Prevention and response to the main risks for children’s exposure to physical harm o Prevention and response to all forms of exploitation including harmful child labour o Integration of child protection in other core sectors
 Prepare and oversee programme implementation to ensure timely delivery of programme activities
(for example, monitoring against log frames, individual performance management work plans).
 Prepare timely programme and donor reports on child protection project activities in compliance with internal SC requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.
 Working closely with the HR team, lead on induction and training of new staff.

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 Identify programme supplies needs and coordinate with the logistics team to put in place a sensible phased procurement plan.
 Working closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation team put in place an M & E plan, ensuring this links to reporting requirements, and capacity build child protection and M&E field staff in carrying out the work.
 Working closely with the Accountability lead put in place accountability mechanisms, ensuring that feedback is incorporated into programme design and learning disseminated to the wider sector.
 Ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the
Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Settings, the Sphere Charter and Red Cross
Code of Conduct.
Capacity Building:
 Develop learning needs assessment and capacity building plans for both SC, Government and partner staff, linking capacity building initiatives to wider opportunities identified via coordination and networks.
Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:
 Help shape broader child protection sector strategies through influence of and leadership within inter-agency coordination forums, ensuring the specific needs of children are being addressed.
 Take the initiative in developing an evidence-base, documenting lessons learnt, best practice and case studies to shape in-country strategies and programme approaches, and contribute to broader learning within child protection.
 Pro-actively identify advocacy opportunities, case studies and research opportunities which link with wider organisational and sectoral strategic objectives, and turn these into action.
 Play a leadership role in shaping communications and media priorities in line with thematic priorities.
General:
 Demonstrate leadership in relation to Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our 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

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Essential
 Prior experience of working in an emergency response or fragile state
 Education to Masters level in Social Work, Human Rights Law, International Relations, Development
Studies or similar, or equivalent field experience
 Thorough knowledge of and experience in using established inter-agency standards and guidelines in child protection.
 Extensive experience in capacity building and in strengthening various duty bearers understanding of and response to child protection
 Previous experience of programme management across multiple locations including staff management
 Commitment to, thorough understanding of, and able to train staff in child protection, participation and accountability approaches
 Demonstrated ability to use monitoring & evaluation systems
 Demonstrated ability to set up learning and development processes
 Proven ability of mentoring and coaching
 Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
 Excellent communication skills
 Proven ability to influence change at an operational and strategic level
 Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
 Commitment to and understanding of child rights, the aims and principles of SC, and humanitarian standards such as the Sphere Charter and the Code of Conduct. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support
Desirable
 Working knowledge of the Inter-Agency Child Protection Information Management System and Inter-
Agency Assessment Toolkits
 Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/contexts
 Specific experience of managing major donor projects
Date: June 2015
 A high level of written and spoken English and French
 The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.