Senior CP Officer (Internal), Aden

Requisition ID: req58220
Job Title: Senior CP Officer (Internal)
Sector: Child Protection
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Aden, Yemen
Work Arrangement:
Job Description
BACKGROUND: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
The IRC responds to people's acute and longer-term needs with integrated programs that improve health and safety, prioritize children's education, foster economic wellbeing, and empower communities to regain control over their lives. Our work gives rise to some of the most pressing issues facing contemporary humanitarian action, including questions of access, conflict sensitivity, coordination, and impact.
The IRC Yemen began its programs in October 2012. Since establishing its presence in the South of Yemen, in the Red Sea Coastal city of Aden, the organization has grown from just an implementing small project to handling large scale emergency and relief operations. Following the war which broke out in Yemen in March of 2015 and the humanitarian disaster, which was crafted by the same, IRC launched one an emergency response program in the southern governorates of Aden, Lahj, Abyan, Shabwah and Al Dhale, and expanded later in Sana'a and Hodeidah in the North. Currently IRC Yemen is operating in eight governorates in the south and north of Yemen through direct programming and through local partnerships, in Health, WASH, Nutrition, Economic Recovery Development, Education, Child Protection, Gender and Women Protection and Empowerment.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has been working in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for more than forty years. Today, the IRC has more than 2,200 staff working across the region, including in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, and Yemen to support those affected by some of the world's most complex and protracted humanitarian crises.
SCOPE OF WORK:
This position will be responsible for ensuring accurate and quality delivery of CP interventions, providing supervision and support to child protection team in Abyan and integration between CP and other IRC sectors and partners. The Senior officer will lead of CP team , assistants, and case workers with general oversight of CP projects in West Coast . The position is based in West Coast , with travel 30% to Aden .
JOB SUMMARY:
This position will take lead in ensuring proper and quality implementation of CP interventions, Case Management, and other components of the sector in the center and mobile sites. They will need to ensure response to immediate child protection issues with simultaneous consideration of longer-term needs and possible scenarios.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Senior CP Manager to ensure that all child protection components are well integrated into other relevant sectors.
WORKING RELATIONS:
Supervise 4 Child Protection assistants, report directly to the Senior CP Manager, and work with health, Nutrition, ERD and WPE teams to cultivate collaboratio
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Program Management and Implementation: - Ensure team members have individual monthly work plans prepared in advance of that month and update as vital.
- Supervising the SHLS and CM team and PSS team in the mobile SHLS activities
- Work operations and grants to coordinate to ensure quality, timely, implementation and development of programs, including providing oversight over the budget versus actual, indicator tracking tools, and other grant management tools used by the IRC; contributing to the monthly grant review meetings; regular monitoring of internal program purchase request tools.
- Work with team to ensure projects are implemented in conformity with the IRC program framework promoting and protecting rights, participation, capacity building, partnership, and well-rounded planning.
- Share with CPM promptly and identify and recommend solutions to technical issues.
- Ensure interventions follow the IRC's program strategy, national policies, CP Minimum Standards, and SPHERE Protection standards as well as regular field supervising visits to assess progress and identify technical quality issues and/or other implementation issues, provide solutions and implement modifications as required.
Grant Monitoring and Reporting: - Support CPIMS officer to ensure all monitoring activities are fully documented, including detailed and timely data collection, and reporting as required under the grant and for IRC M&E purposes.
- Contribute to IRC and donor reports as per set schedules (monthly, quarterly, and annually) on grant activities, indicators, and achievements, and requested by Senior CP Manager.
Staff Management and Development
- Coach, train, and mentor staff with the aim of strengthening their technical capacity, exchanging knowledge within the team, and providing professional development mentorship.
- Coach and mentor direct-report staff, including presenting clear expectations, setting performance objectives, providing regular and timely performance feedback and provide constructive feedback and promote staff care and well-being; approve and handle all leave requests to ensure adequate coverage.
- Offer leadership support for successful adherence by staff to IRC's Global HR Operating Policies and Procedures.
Representation and Coordination
- Serve on coordinating bodies and represent IRC in relevant partner meetings such as the CP Working Group, and Case Management Working Group.
- Build positive relationships with relevant ministries, other government actors as appropriate, and other partners in Abyan, establishing IRC as a key factor in Child Protection.
Qualifications
REQUIREMENTS: (Qualifications, Skills and Abilities): Education:

• Technical diploma or degree in social work, human rights, or related degree preferred.

Experience:

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• Demonstrated understanding of working with children and particularly vulnerable children

• Personal qualities: Team leader, flexible, strong interpersonal skills with children, caregivers, analytical skills, network-builder, able to handle pressure well and work in cross-cultural settings.

Proficiencies:

• Proficiency in Arabic.

• Written and spoken English is an Mandatory.

Professional Standards: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, marital status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
IRC strives to build a diverse and inclusive team at all levels who as individuals, and as a group, embody our culture statement creating a working environment characterized by critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity for us to achieve our aspirations as a team and deliver the best possible services to our clients.
Commitment to Client Responsiveness: By committing to Client-Centered Programming, at the IRC Yemen, we place the people we serve - our clients - at the center of our programming and services. The IRC Yemen Staff have an important role to play in supporting the implementation of client-responsive programming through raising awareness among the community and clients about the existing feedback mechanisms and how to use them including the response processes, access, and eligibility to services, and contribute to building an institutional culture that prompts staff to listen to clients.

How to Apply

Senior CP Officer (Internal)