• Plan, supervise and oversee provision of prevention and response activities for children and their families.
• Oversee the referral mechanisms, and lead on the maintenance and regular/timely updating of the service mapping and referral pathways, and training of referrals service providers on the referral pathway and appropriate referral
• Assess implementation progress and identify technical quality issues or other concerns, to be flagged to the CP Manager, and propose solutions.
• Identify material needs together with CP Officers / CP Case Workers / PSS Workers, and work with CP Manager and Integrated
• Protection Program Officer to make the necessary procurements, in consideration of budget limits
• Facilitate the program activities with the partner staff.

Budget management: ensuring the adherence to the IRC and donor’s financial policy and regulations maintained accordingly. And

• Ensure bulk PRs for the grants raised timely and procurement of supplies and services carried out in discussion with the SC and finance.
• Ensure budget utilization progress is healthy and as per the spending plan through conducting regular and periodic budget review session with the CP manager, Cp officers, finance and the SC and manage the under and overspending timely.

Program monitoring and reporting: Ensure all program activities and services are fully documented using agreed monitoring tools for systematic and timely data collection on activities, specifically:

• Support the maintenance of the IRC’s Information Management System(s) in line with data protection, collection and sharing standards, and CP guiding principles.
• Submit the updated weekly report and tracker on activities led, success stories, lessons learned, etc. to the designated IRC CP focal point on agreed-upon deadlines.

Staff supervision and development: Directly supervise CP staff by providing regular supervision, coaching, and guidance on CP prevention and response activities, specifically:

Directly supervise CP staff by providing regular supervision, coaching, and guidance on prevention, risk mitigation, and response activities in the field of child protection

Mentor and support staff’s professional development and foster a positive team spirit to encourage innovative and quality programming

In collaboration with the CP Manager, identify capacity building needs and support the organization and facilitation of trainings to meet those needs

Monitor field work to ensure staff meet program goals and utilize appropriate time management.

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

BA/BSC or MA or Diploma in Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Social anthropology, Human Rights, Humanities, and other related Social Science field.

Preferred experience & skills:

Required Worker experience for BA/BSC 2 years, for MA 1 year, and for diploma holder 5 years of work experience in implementing child protection programs in humanitarian or development settings.

Understanding of case management and PSS to promote healing and recovery.

Demonstrated understanding of and ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients/beneficiaries.

Previous experience leading teams on CP response strategies and demonstrated understanding of working with children, particularly vulnerable children.

Language Skills:

Language: Fluent in English required

Local language (Tigrigna) is plus.