International Committee of the Red Cross
Non-profit + 1 more
Description
Education & Experience Required
- University degree in law, humanities, social sciences or a similar area of study
- At least 5 years of professional experience
- 3-4 years of protection experience or in a similar field
- At least 1 year of working in the area of child protection, specifically.
- Experience within the RCRC movement is strongly desired; experience in ICRC PROT departments is an added value
- Excellent command of English, Hausa and Kanuri.
- Strong understanding of child protection and good knowledge of child safeguarding
Responsibilities
- Coordinates individual responses for complex child protection cases, in collaboration with other ICRC departments and/or external service providers.
- Supports/participates in focus group discussions with children at the field level – or supports other colleagues to do so.
- Coordinates (and when required leads) multidisciplinary community-level projects/responses to child protection issues like the Bama Child Protection Project, as prioritised by the Sub-Delegation. (If/when CP-led projects take place, they will constitute a large proportion of the Child Protection Specialist’s work.)
- Compiles project reports and analysis for projects where child protection leads the response.
- Proactively compiles and analyses information on child protection issues in NE Nigeria, such as trends of humanitarian consequences and alleged IHL violations impacting children across the Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe.
- Identifies training needs and contributes to the development and delivery of context-appropriate training materials (primarily focused on internal capacity building across métiers)
- Represents the ICRC, develops and maintains contacts vis-à-vis communities, individuals, authorities and weapon bearers, explaining ICRC’s mandate and activities.
- Undertakes other tasks (e.g. administrative, logistics, finance-related), as required.
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