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• Offer
  sectoral leadership and expertise in the assessment.
• Carry
  out initial rapid assessment of current situation in collaboration with
  local specialists and affected population; determine priorities and
  immediate activities and resources
• Intuitively
  review, assess and update the child protection situation in areas affected
  by emergency.
• Highlight
  protection issues requiring a response both immediate (less than 2 months)
  and medium term and make recommendations on specific Plan actions
  required. Ensure core commitments to children are taken into
  consideration.
• Represent
  Plan to child and other protection clusters, stakeholders and Governmental
  and non-Governmental agencies for the purposes of the protection aspects
  of the assessment.
• Assess
  in-country resources, human, material and financial for response with
  relevant staff and agencies and assist in capacity building of national
  staff.
• Identify
  potential partnerships to implement recommendations, assess potential
  partners where available or make recommendations on how to fill gaps.

• Define
  aims and objectives of the overall child protection program.
• Works
  in liaison with national and international Child Protection Actors, map
  current institutional response capacities including conducting a child
  protection specific 3Ws.
• In
  collaboration with Child Protection Actors, develop a realistic evidence-based,
  Child
• Protection
  program plan, including both programmatic and advocacy activities (results
• oriented).
• Design
  most appropriate child protection interventions based on the outcomes of assessments
  and the context.
• Ensure
  that issues of gender, education, DRR, and conflict sensitivity are
  factored into the program design.
• Ensure
  Plan’s guidelines and UN Child protection cluster standards are considered
  and any departures documented.
• Work
  in close collaboration with other program specialists to ensure that
  emergency interventions build upon each other and link in to longer term
  programming.
• Develop
  a child protection Program Plan, concept papers, and proposals in respect
  of the above.

• Work
  in liaison with the relevant implementation manager(s) to ensure that the implementation
  of relevant activities are planned and implemented in a phased and prioritised
  manner in full consultation and co-ordination with all relevant agencies
  both governmental and non-governmental.
• Offer
  technical guidance and direction to Plan for effective planning,
  implementation and monitoring of agreed child protection plans including the
  psychosocial recovery (care) and assistance (legal and social) to vulnerable
  children and their families.
• Make
  frequent field visits to all affected response areas to monitor
  implementation of activities, identify opportunities and constraints and any
  adjustments needed including additional staffing or staff training or
  other.
• Design
  and develop appropriate surveillance, monitoring and evaluation systems
  for child protection interventions.
• Support
  the Monitoring and reporting of child protection concerns and violations
  of child rights commitments embodied in the UNCRC, resolution 1612 and
  other legal instruments.
• Ensure
  early and rigorous implementation of quality and accountability
  mechanisms.

• Evaluate
  the implementation of Plan child protection activities and draft
  recommendations for
  improved program design
• Draft
  child protection interventions reports to serve as standalone deliverables
  or to be included in
  larger emergency response reports for both donor and internal purposes.

• Offer
  regular updates to Emergency Response Manager and emergency team on progress,
  priorities and constraints, verbally and in writing on an agreed
  frequency.
• Engage
  and follow up with relevant implementation manager(s)
• Represent
  Plan to governmental and non-governmental groups as needed and agreed with
  the Team Leader.
• Support
  the implementation of, and represent Plan in, child protection
  coordination mechanisms including any relevant cluster.
• Provide
  brief regular updates and reports on sectoral activities/strategies to
  donors and other stakeholders.

• The
  candidate should preferably hold a University degree in Law, International
  Law, political Sciences or related field with good knowledge of
  International Refugee, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
• The
  candidate should have a minimum of five years (of which at least 3 in the
  field) of progressively responsible professional experience in child
  protection, humanitarian affairs, human rights, and related fields
• Good
  working knowledge and understanding of DO NO HARM principles and
  established international child protection standards (especially UNCRC)
• Past
  exposure and experience with participatory approaches to protection,
  emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief management, or other
  related area. Experience in the country of potential assignment is an
  asset.

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