Plan International,International Child Protection in Emergency Specialist Jobs in Rwanda

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Founded
over 75 years ago, Plan is one of the oldest and largest
children’s development organizations in the world. We work in 50
developing countries across Africa, Asia and th

e Americas to promote child
rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. Plan is independent,
with no religious, political or governmental affiliations.

Plan
International has been working in Rwanda since 2007 with a major focus on four
country programs: Right to Access Quality and Inclusive Education, Right
to Early Childhood Care and Development through United Communities, Right to
Youth Economic Security through Active Citizenship and Right to Protection.
Plan currently operates in Gatsibo, Kayonza, Rwamagana, Bugesera and Nyaruguru.
Plan International Rwanda has recently entered into partnership with UNHCR as
partner implementing Sexual & Gender Based Violence Responses and Child
protection in all Refugees Camps across the country.

Plan
has a strict child protection policy and guidelines that all staff must follow
at all times. All staff are expected to help ensure all Plan associates know,
understand and follow these and take an active role in the protection of all
children from abuse and exploitation.

To
facilitate the implementation of its activities, Plan International Rwanda is
inviting applicants from suitably qualified locally based Internationals
and/or Rwandan nationals with international experience to fill the
following vacant position:

Position: International Child
Protection in Emergency Specialist

Type
of appointment: Full
time Consultancy

Duty
Station: Mahama Refugees Camp

Deadline
for applications: 14th
June 2016

Job
summary

In
May 2014, Plan International Rwanda entered into a partnership with UNHCR and
MIDIMAR to provide child protection and SGBV protection response and prevention
services in all five refugees camps in Rwanda and for urban refugees in Kigali.
At the end of March 2015, Burundians began crossing the border into Rwanda to
seek asylum from harassment and threats due to the upcoming presidential
elections. In response, the Government of Rwanda allocated two sites to host
the refugees and in partnership with UNHCR asked implementing partners to
support the emergency response. Plan International Rwanda deployed staff to the
two reception centres and Mahama camp in addition to the 5 old camps.

Plan
International secured quite a number of Grant funded projects (with UNICEF, UN
Women, WFP, SNO, UKNO…) and recently an agreement with UNHCR to continue the
operation for 2016.

There
are now a total of 140,000 Congolese and Burundian refugees in Rwanda. Recently
new partners have been introduced to provide support to refugees such as Save
the Children, Legal Aid Forum and Handicap International to support the
protection and SGBV activities.

Given
the high rates of child abuse in the camps, the high number of unaccompanied
and separated children as well as continued high incidences of SGBV, there is a
need for further quality assurance of Plan International Rwanda’s Child
Protection and SGBV response and prevention services. While Plan has Child
Protection Coordinator and Officers, SGBV Coordinator and officers and
Community Engagement Coordinator and Officers in place to support interventions
for more than one year, most are in need further coaching on case management,
capacity building, and technical support in developing and implementing a
social and behaviour change strategy for prevention of child protection
incidents.

It
is against this backdrop that Plan International Rwanda is seeking a qualified
International Child Protection in Emergency Specialist (CPiE) with knowledge on
SGBV prevention and response to support the Refugee Protection Project.

Objectives,
Scope of Work and Typical Responsibilities

“What”
is done and “why”, but not “how”; include indicators for success

The
CPiE Specialist will provide technical support to the Refugee Protection Project
team in child protection and SGBV to ensure quality response and prevention
interventions.

Specific
objectives

Specifically,
the CPiE Specialist is expected to focus on the following areas of work:

Ensure
capacities of the Refugee Protection Project field staff is strengthened
on CP and SGBV prevention and response through the facilitation of formal
and informal workshops and training and by providing technical advice;
Review
of case files in the camps to ensure proper documentation and filing of
all child protection and SGBV cases, whether hard or soft copies;
Provide
technical advice and support to field staff with regards to case
management and unaccompanied children – this includes assessing their
situation, developing case plans and ensuring alternative (family based)
care and monitoring;
Support
the field staff in the camps on the development and implementation of a
community engagement strategy on Child Protection and SGBV.
Develop
programming guidance on inclusive psychosocial support activities for
children through CFS activities that can be adapted per camp.
Provide
technical advice and support to ensure quality provision of alternative
education to out of school refugee children.
Develop
and review any technical document such as ToR’s and technical inputs and
review of concept notes and proposals.

Methodology/Approach

The
CPiE Specialist is expected to:

Be
based in Mahama but with frequent travel to other camps. He or she will
work with field staff of the Refugee Protection Project on a daily basis.
Travel may be required to Kigali as needed/requested by the Project
Manager.
Work
closely with the Field Protection Manager for the Burundi response and the
SGBV and Protection Project Manager but will report on achievements and
updates to the PSM and Child Protection Country Program Manager.
Liaise
with MIDIMAR, UNHCR, UNICEF, implementing partners, and host community
actors as needed to improve child protection programming in the camp and
among the host community.

Monitor
and map key child protection and SGBV issues as needed for trend analysis.
Design
and facilitate trainings and workshops as needed for staff and partners on
child protection, SGBV and related areas.
Ensure
that all projects implemented are CCCD standards and levels “friendly”.
Function
as part of the Plan Protection Team, providing technical support and
guidance.
Work
with the field staff on cases that cut across both gender-based violence
and child protection issues to ensure a holistic, coordinated response in
the best interest of children and survivors.
Monitor
CP and SGBV case management and prevention activities to ensure a quality
response.

Expected
Deliverables

Work
plan and monthly planning of activities is submitted.
Capacity
building needs assessment and action plan for field staff developed.
Training
materials are developed for CP, SGBV and related topics are submitted for
approval.
Community
engagement strategy and work plan by camp, inclusive of any contextualized
tools produced and approved.
Programming
guidance on inclusive psychosocial support activities for children through
CFS activities produced and approved
Monthly
progress report provided to the Child Protection and SGBV Project Manager
according to ToR and work plan for review and approval by PSM.
Final
end of deployment report on achievements, lessons learned, challenges, and
recommendations to improve child protection programming for the Burundi
response.

Knowledge,
Skills, Behaviours, and Experience Required to Achieve Role’s Objectives:

The
ideal candidate will have:

Master
Degree or a long and strong experience in emergency response, humanitarian
and Disaster settings especially on Child protection with good knowledge
of SGBV.
Proven
expertise in CP and SGBV cases management
Experience
in Counselling
He/she
must have ability to communicate fluently in English. Ability to
communicate in French is an advantage.
He/She
must have knowledge of PLAN INTERNATIONAL or like organisations’ policies
and procedures, Sphere and the Red Cross/ NGO Code of Conduct.
He/she
must have at least 3 years’ experience in Protection program design and
implementation, including at least one year of international, humanitarian
experience.
He/she
must have proven knowledge and experience in developing and implementing
community mobilization projects.
He/she
must have the ability to remain flexible to a changing environment, to
make decisions independently and to work well with a cross-cultural team.
He/she
must have ability to effectively present information and respond
appropriately to questions from senior managers in the field and Country
Offices, counterparts, government representatives and others.

Level
of Contact with Children:

The
position involves High level interaction with children

How
to Apply

Please
hand deliver your applications at the Front Desk of Plan International
Rwanda Country Office in Kagugu, Plot number 821. Full Job descriptions
are available upon request at Plan Reception during working hours.

Your
application should include:-

A
covering letter (ii) A comprehensive CV (iii) Academy
Certificates (iv) Details of 3 referees, one of whom should be your
current employer (v) Copy of Valid Work Permit for International locally
based candidates

Deadline
for applications is Tuesday 14th June 2016 @ 5pm.

Please
note that applications which do not meet the specified minimum requirements or
are received after the closing date will be rejected. Only short listed
candidates will be contacted. Qualified Women candidates are particularly
encouraged to apply for this position. All application materials will not be
returned.

PLAN
IS COMMITTED TO AN ENVIRONMENT FREE FROM ANY KIND OF CHILD ABUSE.