The Deployable Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE) – Sexual Violence specialist is part of the global Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA) unit and is deployable for up to 75% of time. As such, the CPiE-Sexual Violence specialist will have both global responsibilities and in-country responsibilities during deployments.

At a global level, the Deployable CPiE-Sexual Violence Specialist will be responsible for the global roll-out of Plan International’s humanitarian sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) programming framework and other key resources across global, regional, country and national offices. The Specialist will represent Plan International in relevant global fora related to child protection and gender-based violence (GBV).

The Deployable CPiE-Sexual Violence Specialist will deploy to priority emergencies (Orange 2 and Red level) to lead the CPiE response programmes and ensure that approaches to address SGBV against children and adolescents are embedded in Plan International’s humanitarian response.The Deployable CPiE-Sexual Violence Specialist is expected to lead resource mobilisation for CPiE including GBV funding, and provide hands-on technical support to child protection and other sector teams as well as implementing partners in the country they will be deployed to.

The Deployable CPiE-Sexual Violence Specialist is responsible for ensuring quality SGBV emergency programmes, including prevention and comprehensive response services for child survivors of SGBV, with simultaneous consideration of medium- to longer-term scenarios. The Specialist will need to take a very active role in technical coordination, support and advocacy with the country-specific child protection and GBV coordination groups and other stakeholders and technical agencies relevant to the sector.

Knowledge

· Significant progressively responsible professional experience in Child Protection in Emergencies and/or GBV programming with focus on children and adolescents.

· Demonstrable technical expertise in implementing GBV prevention, mitigation and response actions with and for children and adolescents in humanitarian settings.

· Experience in establishing and strengthening case management services for child survivors including delivering training and supervision to case workers in line with the Caring for Child Survivors guidelines.

· Experience in child protection including GBV data collection during assessments and situation monitoring in emergency contexts.

· Experience in training on child protection and GBV technical areas with a variety of audiences.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

· Excellent knowledge of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Sphere and the Red Cross/ NGO Code of Conduct.

· General skills in finance, administration, information management and telecommunication and proficiency in information technology/computer skills.

Skills

· Excellent written and spoken English. Proficiency in French, Spanish and/or Arabic is highly desired.

· Demonstrated ability to network and liaise with major child protection donors including Unicef, UNHCR and ECHO.

· Excellent project design, participatory monitoring and evaluation skills

· Ability to operate at advanced levels of authority and manage significant activities, budgets, and resources responsibly.

· Excellent communication skills: well-argued plans for a response that can be justified and delivered, persuasive to others.

· Excellent negotiation, and representation skills and the ability to work comfortably with diverse teams.

· Ability to work independently and as a team player.

· Ability to demonstrate leadership skills in complex settings.

· Ability to provide hands-on technical support to staff and partners in a sensitive and participatory manner.

· Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work cooperatively.

· Ability to work with limited supervision from line mana