Child Protection Field Monitor

About IRC:

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 and disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

IRC has been working in Pakistan for approximately 40 years, managing and delivering large, complex programs to meet the needs in health, education, safeguarding, environmental health and livelihoods for displaced, poor and disaster affected communities. IRC works in partnership with local government and non-governmental organizations and is currently working across the country.

Job Overview/Summary: The CP Field Monitor will support the child protection manager in monitoring child protection situation in the targeted district. The candidate will regularly visit the project areas and coordination with the communities to identify key child protection risks and report those to the Child Protection Unit. Child Protection Monitor will maintain coordination with the service providers in the district and civil society organizations to identify key child protection issues in the district. The candidate will contribute in strengthening existing Child Protection & and Case Management responses for children vulnerable to Abuse, Violence, Neglect & Exploitation.

Major Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the Project Manager contribute to planning PSS (psychosocial support) and Outreach activites, according to the needs of children and their families.
• Support the CP Supervisor in the identification of child protection issues and trends, and communicate these in a timely manner, and with utmost respect for confidentiality and dignity concerns.
• Ensure that timely and appropriate action is taken to mitigate child protection risks.
• Ensure that timely and appropriate action is taken to mitigate child protection risks.
• Make sure that child safeguarding considerations are systematically taken into account in activity planning and implementation. Raises through appropriate channels of communication any child protection and child safeguarding concern that arises during the project period.
• Work with field staff, NGOs, and other stakeholders to ensure that district-level coordination with relevant government line departments is established (through an MOU) during project start-up phase.
• Ensure participation of children and youth, parents and the community in order to promote understanding and acceptance of CP activities.
• Promotes awareness of CP issues within the community and disseminate means to raise concerns and feedback.
• Work collaboratively with case workers, and other CP staff. Ensure that all interventions are in line with the IRC strategy, and CP Minimum Standards.
• With the support from Technical Coordinators, provide technical guidance and project implementation guidance to field staff for CP interventions.
• Promptly identify and recommend solutions to technical issues with support of IPC.
• Work with team to ensure projects are implemented in conformity with the IRC program framework promoting and protecting rights, participation, capacity building, partnership, and holistic planning.
• Support to coach, train, and mentor partner’s/NGOs, project staff and key stakeholders with the aim of strengthening their technical capacity, exchanging knowledge within the team and providing professional development guidance.
• Undertake regular field monitoring visits to assess progress and identify technical quality issues and/or other implementation issues, provide solutions and implement modifications as required. • Build strong relationships with relevant government departments, other government actors as appropriate, and other stakeholders, establishing IRC as a key factor in CP • Support in developing referral mechanisms in collaboration with partners, other NGOs, UN agencies and relevant government departments.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Position Reports to: Child Protection Manager

Close working relationship: Project Manager (Islamabad), Case Workers, Social Organizers.

Job Requirements:

• University degree in social work, psychology, health or a related field
• At least 3 years of experience in Child Protection in development contexts or emergency response.
• Demonstrated capacity in CP system strengthening, CPU establishment, strengthening CP structures community based and referral mechanisms CP Case Management, Child protection mainstreaming, life skills.
• Understanding of CP framework in Punjab

Excellent communication skills, cultural sensitivity, flexibility, ability to improvise, team player

The IRC Core Values and Commitments:

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 Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.

IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff is suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy.Level of interaction with children: Frequent direct contact with children

IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures, and actions demonstrate this commitment.