Job Description : Child Protection Officer (Female Preferred)
Number of positions: 1
Duration: 6 Months with possibility of extension
Location: Duhok Governorate and Zakho independent district
Publishing Date: 24-Dec-2024
Deadline of submission: 4-Jan-2025
About Us
The Lotus Flower is a non-governmental organization which empowers vulnerable women and girls so that they are safe, have opportunities to learn, the tools to become financially independent and the freedom to lead change. We provide safe social spaces inside refugee camps and implement projects to help them rebuild their lives and earn a living. We run four women’s centers for the IDP, refugee and host community in Kurdistan
Our programs are based around pillars from the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals:
· Health & Safety
· Education & Livelihoods
· Peacebuilding & Human Rights
· Climate Change
Our centers implement much-needed livelihood training, language courses, computer training, mental health support, fitness and health training, and awareness sessions and advocacy on women's rights and gender-based violence.
We aim to provide the foundation for women to rebuild themselves, their families, and their futures. As local implementers, we work at the grassroots level to get right into the heart of communities, listening to local needs and employing local women to implement the programs. Our fundamental belief is that women and girls are powerful drivers of change, and we provide the support they need to reach their full potential and rebuild their futures.
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Provides necessary supervision and technical support to two child protection monitors in urban areas and one child protection monitor in Gawilan camp.
· Supervise the PSS activities, both structured and non-structured PSS activities in and out of camp locations and ensure the quality of PSS activities.
· Support and follow up the community volunteers in out-of-camp locations and link them with the government and other partners.
· Alongside the project coordinator, provide the Child Protection Mainstreaming training for the governmental entities.
· Design and conduct training needs assessment for the governmental entities as well as the CP project team.
· Provide training for the child protection team when required.
· Support the CP monitors in designing the PSS and community outreach activity planning and agenda.
· Design awareness raising tools for the community volunteers when required.
· Focus on the needs of an individual child and their family, ensuring that concerns are addressed systematically in consideration of the best interests of the child and building the child and family’s resilience.
· Provide monthly activity narrative report as well as the database to the project coordinator.
· Follow up and upload the activity Docs to google drive.
· Montier the monthly activity hard copies archiving.
· Participate in section and department meetings, work-related committees, and training.
· Participate in supervision/consultation.
· Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications & Preferred Skills
· Bachelor degree isa must. preferable fields include social and human right studies.
· Prior professional experience in a similar field at least for 2 years
· Previous work experience with children is a must
· Fluency in spoken and written English, Arabic and Kurdish is essential.
· Ability to work independently in a rapidly changing professional environment with a view towards establishing administrative procedures and protocol that will ensure optimal functioning of the operation.
· Good interpersonal, organizational, and time management skills.
HOW TO APPLY:
· Please send your updated CV to careers@thelotusflower.org, mentioning “Child Protection Officer” as the subject of your email.
· CVs that are in the form of pictures, and screen-shots will not be accepted.
· CVs that do not include the subject line will not be considered.
· Due to resources only, successful applicants will be contacted.