Child Protection Coordinator

JOB DESCRIPTION The Child Protection Coordinator will work in cooperation with the relevant Sector, Program and Partnerships Coordinators. He/She will handle the below responsibilities: 1)       Being Accountable for the implementation of the child protection project; 2)       Advising Sector and Program Coordinators on mainstreaming protection in other sectors of intervention; 3)       Contributing to capacity building in the sector of protection for the staff; 4)       Attending protection related meetings with donors and partners, in cooperation with the relevant Coordinators; 5)       Monitoring the child protection activities at the field level in coordination with the protection field staff including social workers and psychologists; 6)       Providing technical support in the sector of protection to social workers and psychologists; 7)       Drafting field visit and monthly reports in addition to other reporting tasks as per donors and partners requirements; 8)       Contributing to the programming of protection projects; 9)       Identifying needs and gaps in programming and proactively suggest new activities to enhance the protection activities; 10)   Other duties as assigned. SKILLS 1)       Previous experience with NGOs or UN agencies in the sector of protection as a coordinator, psychologist or senior social worker; 2)       Previous experience in working with women, children and youth immigrants and/or refugees; 3)       Previous experience related to protection programs financed through UNHCR, UNICEF, ECHO and other prominent institutional donors; 4)       Previous experience in implementing psycho-social and protection programs (design of workplan, logframe, M/E tools, vulnerability criteria, reporting, etc.); 5)       Capable of applying his/her skills and knowledge in a range of capacities, including direct implementation, advisory functions, training and the transfer of technical skills to others; 6)       Excellent written and oral communication skills in English; 7)       Very good Arabic; 8)       Ability to work under pressure and to respect deadlines; 9)       Knowledge of the Lebanese and of the Syrian crisis contexts; 10)   Team work; 11)   Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite of application; 12)   French (Asset)