Ref: ANP03/432/2022

ANPPCAN Somalia Chapter

Title: Child Protection Coordinator

Category and grade Level: National Coordinator

No of Posts: 1

Type of Contract: Temporary Fixed Term

Duty Station: Mogadishu

Date of Issue: 18-06-2022

Closing date of application: 30-06-2022

Qualified Somali applicants are invited to apply for the position of Child Protection Coordinator based in Mogadishu, Somalia. The successful candidate will be offered a Temporary Fixed Term Appointment. Further extensions will be based on organization needs, funding availability and satisfactory performance.

Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Terms of Reference (ToR) – Child Protection Coordinator

1. JOB OVERVIEW

The Child Protection (CP) Coordinator will be responsible for all aspects of ANPPCAN’s strategy development, program development and design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of all CP related activities within the ANPPCANSOM country program. The CP Coordinator will also ensure that those interventions are technically sound, taking into account international best practices, and are appropriately meeting the needs of the beneficiaries in target communities.

The Child Protection Coordinator (CPC) will be responsible for all aspects of ANPPCAN’s strategy development, program development and design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of all CP related activities and maintains strong relationships with a diverse range of Stakeholders that are important collaborators in ANPPCANSOM’s mission and Activities.

The coordinator has the responsibility and accountability to set the tone for ANPPCANSOM’s internal and external interactions by exemplifying values of high ethical standards, integrity, and fairness. The Child Protection Coordinator must act in the best interests of the organization in all contexts, and is responsible for ensuring this culture prevails across the organization’s employees and stakeholders and taking into account international best practices, and are appropriately meeting the needs of the beneficiaries in target communities.

1. Key Working Relationship

The Child Protection Coordinator reports directly; to the ANPPCANSOM Director of Programs. The Child Protection Coordinator works closely with the leadership of the Director of Programs and Depute Executive Director of ANPPCANSOM and other Management Group and the members of the Operations Group.

1. d. SCOPE OF WORK:

Brief description of the position’s role within the Project (s):
The Child Protection Coordinator will set up new or strengthen existing child protection and case management responses for vulnerable children, exploitation, neglect and violence (especially and oversee and support the implementation of case management responses and the operations and programming for Adolescent and caregiver focused programing.

1. Position objectives:

• To ensure children harmed or at risk of being harmed are identified and receive individual case management support by ensuring standard tools and procedures are in place and adhered to
• To plan and ensure the strategic building of the Child Protection sector and the implementation of daily field activities in relation to case management and focused adolescent and caregiver programming.
• To provide technical guidance to the Child Protection team in coordination with the Child Protection Coordinator.
• To coordinate with other child protection agencies on case management and referrals

Specific Responsibilities:

1. Technical Quality

• Provide technical and management leadership to the child protection case management programs, and the adolescent and caregiver focused programs in accordance with best practices and ANPPCANSOM policies.
• Ensure that solid CP case management, referral and information management systems are in place for appropriate identification, responses and follow-up for children harmed or at risk of being harmed, and that these processes are happening in a timely manner.
• Ensure the adolescent and caregiver programs are contextualized and supported with appropriate technical support.
• Develop and implement capacity building plans for all areas of child protection programming.
• Ensure regular communication with the Head of Field Offices, Director of Programs and the CP officers to integrate appropriate technical priorities in program design, in order to provide updates on achievements and challenges.

1. Staff Supervision & Development

• Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
• Ensure timely completion and submission of monthly timesheets, probations reviews and annual performance reviews.
• Assist with the recruitment of Child Protection staff, in coordination with the ANPPCANSOM Management staff.
• Ensure training, support and ongoing capacity building opportunities for staff on technical and project management skills. Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.

1. Grant Planning & Implementation

• Responsible for the overall achievement of grant which include case management programming.
  Supports implementation and ensure adherence to grant work plans, spending plans and monitoring and evaluation plans.
• Work closely and coordinates with ANPPCANSOM logistics, finance and grant staff to ensure timely and complaint program activities and expenditures; including active participation in grant opening/closing and review meetings.

1. Grant Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting

• Develop and maintain effective and efficient oversight, support, quality control and reporting systems and processes.
• Design, prepare, monitor and evaluate projects in Child protection in partnership with civil society, partners, Donor and Government actors.
• Ensure regular field monitoring and modifications as required.
• Monitor and consolidate information collected from staff activity reports by compiling, analyzing data and related information focus on Child Protection.
• Support data analysis and information dissemination to the appropriate coordinating mechanisms, field teams, beneficiaries and ANPPCANSOM implementing team accordingly.
• Ensure high-quality ANPPCANSOM and donor reports on activities, indicators and achievements

1. Partner Management

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with implementing partners. Participate inter-agency assessment on protection needs assessments within ANPPCANSOM areas of operation.
• Advocate with peer agencies, government and other stakeholders to promote timely and quality case management responses for children.
• Work closely with regional and local authorities in the respective areas, the Protection officers/managers, international organizations, UN and INGOs to advocate for remedies and solutions to protection problems.

1. Coordination & Representation

• Actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders, including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors
• Regularly attend coordination group meetings at appropriate levels to contribute to the case management responses across agencies.

1. Program Development

• Contributes to the development of the CP sector strategic direction for responding to children harmed and at risk of being harmed
• Contribute to proposal development activities (narrative and budget) through planning and program design with relevant field-based staff and ensure technical standards are taken into consideration.
• Coordinate with other ANPPCANSOM sectors to receive and provide input and support regarding responses for children harmed and at risk of being harmed.

1. Monitoring and Evaluation

• Develop and maintain effective and efficient oversight, support, quality control and reporting systems and processes.
• Manage staff that report into monitoring and evaluation systems in order to ensure data quality and timeliness in reporting.
• Ensure high-quality programming according to international minimum standards and best practices
• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of field teams; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to ANPPCANSOM management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for ANPPCANSOM programs.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop ANPPCANSOM programs.

Professional Standards

• ANPPCAN-SOM has a Staff Code of Conduct and Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy developed to ensure the maximum protection of children and Adult Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA). ANPPCAN-SOM also has an Anti-Bribery-and-Corruption-Policy and Whistle-Blower & Protection policy ensuring the non-disclosure of any information whatsoever relating to the practices and business of ANPPCAN-SOM, acquired in the course of duty, to any other person or organization without authority, except in the normal execution of duty and protect all employees to achieve compliance with various laws and regulations. Any candidate offered a job with ANPPCAN-SOM is expected to adhere to these policies, other ANPPCAN-SOM, and Donor rules and regulations.
• All ANPPCANSOM staff are required to adhere to the ANPPCANSOM Way Standards for Professional Conduct and the ANPPCANSOM country employment policies.