Child Protection Program Manager - Iraq

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance. ?The Child Protection Program Manager will provide technical and fiscal oversight of all areas of the child protection program, which entails providing community-based protection services to vulnerable IDP children and youth in Northern Iraq, overseeing implementation of youth life skills programming, and completion of assessments for development of future programming. Key areas of responsibility will include: recruitment, capacity development and supervision of child protection staff, ensuring regular submission of all required documentation and reporting, monitoring and evaluation of program activities, use of standard quality assurance tools, internal and external coordination, and day-to-day administration of overall program activity. Essential Duties: • Develop and deliver a capacity building strategy, adopting a competency-based approach, to IMC child protection staff and partners. • Provide day-to-day coaching on technical and program management skills to IMC Child Protection staff and volunteers, and support roll out of CFS and YEP. • Identify and provide learning and training opportunities for child protection staff and partners, and work as a mentor and role model for field staff. • Support the development and roll out of tools for assessments, baselines and evaluations • Ensure all programming incorporates Child Protection minimum standards and best practice • Contribute to the development of concept notes and project proposals in close coordination with logistics, finance and head of programs, ensuring participation of the field team in proposal development • Lead the mainstreaming of child protection across IMC program sectors of intervention including providing training and development of indicators and checklists • Ensure that all program activities are delivered on time, on budget and in compliance with donor regulations • Provide technical guidance, in all areas of Child Protection programming, ensuring that implementation methods are consistent with acknowledged good practice and achieve sustainable results • Monitor progress against both programmatic and budgetary targets, making adjustments to program design as necessary • Prepare timely and high quality program and donor reports on project activities in compliance with internal and external donor requirements. • Identify appropriate partners for implementation of the Child Protection activities as appropriate/relevant and undertake partner capacity assessment and capacity development inputs • Develop Monitoring & Evaluation and indicator tracking plans for all grants, developing additional M&E tools as necessary to monitor project progress, with support of M&E team • Ensure appropriate, timely and accurate data collection against agreed indicators to enable both internal and external reporting • Ensure appropriate staffing within the Child Protection team • Work together with all Sector Managers to ensure that Child Protection is mainstreamed into all sector activities • Ensure that referral systems between all sectors and different agencies working in the area are in place • Represent IMC in working groups and inter-agency coordination forums Required Qualifications: • Minimum of 3 years’ experience managing child protection programs in an emergency setting • Proven capacity to supervise, and coach staff in child protection technical skills including CFS and youth programs • Experience of, and commitment to, working through systems of community participation and accountability • Ability to analyze information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically • Familiarity with key international standards for humanitarian work (e.g. Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, SPHERE, MHPSS IASC guidelines, Inter-agency guiding principles on UASC, etc.). team player who is able to work collaboratively and with people of diverse backgrounds • Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy • Approachable, good listener, builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, team members and external partners including at community level • Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally. • Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions Desired Skills: • Language skills in Arabic • Experience or knowledge of working and living in relevant regions/contexts • Experience working and building the capacity of partners on technical issues