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Global Surge Team Roster: Emergency Child Protection Coordinator
International Rescue Committee | |
parental leave | |
United States, New York, New York | |
122 East 42nd Street (Show on map) | |
July 22, 2023 | |
Requisition ID: req38486 Job Title: Global Surge Team Roster: Emergency Child Protection Coordinator Sector: Emergency Response Employment Category: Occasional - Global Surge Team Employment Type: Full-Time Open to Expatriates: Yes Location: New York, NY HQ USA Job Description 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 or disaster. At work today in over 30 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC's Global Surge Team (GST) is a roster of esteemed and highly qualified humanitarian professionals who deploy on short notice to non-emergency and emergency contexts to support the IRC's mission. Members of the GST provide specialist support where talent is most needed for short-term deployments of up to three months. The GST is a flexible employment opportunity for staff, requiring members to be available for deployments only 50% of the year (with opportunities for additional deployments).
Job Overview: The Emergency Child Protection Coordinator, Global Surge is responsible leading child protection (CP) programming in acute emergency responses. This may include rapid assessment, program start-up, strategy development, proposal development, technical oversight, staff recruitment and management, budget management, grants compliance and local partner relations. A successful candidate will demonstrate track record working independently in fast-paced environments and applying creative, flexible design to child protection programming in humanitarian contexts. Major Responsibilities: Context evaluation * Following the onset of an emergency, identify areas with greatest impact, highest needs, and emerging CP risks * Conduct stakeholder analysis: continually review existing actor mapping with a view to identifying key actors and establishing partnerships with focused on the delivery of child protection services * Design and conduct multisector needs assessments Program design and management
* Support emergency CP staff to implement and monitor work plans ensuring that activities reflect the commitments IRC made to the donor and the community
Grant and financial management
* Develop high quality technical proposals and reports with relevant program staff in line with IRC and donor requirements * Collaborate with IRC grants and finance staff to finalize proposals and respond to any requests for additional information Staff management * Recruit, onboard, and supervise emergency CP staff, and provide ongoing training and targeted capacity building, including technical guidance, on the job coaching and supervision, and capacity development plans on technical and managerial skills * Comply with and ensure that new CP staff understand the IRC Code of Conduct and policies related to Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Child Safeguarding. This includes ensuring that staff and communities have knowledge of and safe, confidential access to reporting mechanisms and support services * 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 Coordination and representation
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Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers 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, and Anti-Retaliation. Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. #LI-GR1 |