CP/GBV Team Leader (based in Beirut or Bekaa, with frequent travels between Bekaa, Beirut and M. Lebanon)

Terre des hommes- - Foundation (Lausanne) is seeking a qualified CP/GBV Team Leader. Within the project framework, the Child Protection/ Gender Based-Violence Team Leader will support 6 CP/GBV case workers on provision of specialized services to adolescent girls at risk and/or exposed to child marriage.

Within the project framework, the Child Protection (CP)/ Gender Based-Violence:

• Promotes, facilitates and encourages the achievement of the action plan objectives for each CP/GBV case worker Works directly in the field with girls, women, families and stakeholders of the project locations she is allocated to.
• Is a Tdh focal point in the community and represents the organization.
• Facilitates, collects and reports information regarding the overall situation of the girls and women and their families in the community, with specific attention paid to the project beneficiaries.
• Identifies, networks and connects CP/GBV resources to the females, community and community structures.
• Supports and assists in the network mapping of resources specific to the locations she operates in.
• Shares CP/GBV resources and information both within the Tdh staff structure and the community she operates in.
• Promotes and ensures the principles of CP/GBV are respected within the Tdh project and with identified CP/GBV resources.
• Informs her direct supervisor about any difficulty met in Tdh activities implementation.
• Ensures a strict adherence to Tdh Child Protection Policy at all times, including respect for confidentiality and child, survivor centered approach, and acts in the best interests of the beneficiaries.

Under the management of the Project Manager, the GBV Team Leader performs the following tasks:

Team leadership:

• Coordinates the CP/GBV team and ensures that objectives are completed in a qualitative and quantitative manner in due time.
• Liaises with the project manager for the CP/GBV team.
• Reports activities and needs to the project manager.
• Collects all data, reports, achievements, challenges…etc from the CP/GBV case workers and facilitators and communicates them with the project manager.
• Manages all PWARs and PSRs requested by the CP/GBV team, and keeps track of the purchasing and distribution of all the items and the submission of their delivery notes.   
• Keeps track and follows up on M&E deliverables.
• Coordinates with the local authorities and other stakeholders in the areas we are working in when needed.
• Coordinates with the local partner for the gender-based violence services.

CP/GBV Resources:

• Identifies, liaises, promotes, facilitates, coaches and when necessary delivers training to CP/GBV resources with a view to strengthening their capacity to respond to CP/GBV needs.
• Assists in the coordination and delivery of community CP/GBV awareness raising events as determined by project objectives.
• Assists in the production of a referral pathway tool, clearly identifying both formal and informal CP/GBV resources.

GBV Case Management and PSS activities:

• Assumes primary CP/GBV case management and PSS activities responsibility to project targeted girls and women.
• Ensures that risk assessment, case mapping and exit planning is conducted.
• Ensures a prompt and timely response to females determined and identified at ‘high risk’ through project activities.
• Promotes, ensures, and establishes the female as a central actor in CP/GBV case management practices.
• Links the female, her family and community to CP/GBV resources and networks of assistance.
• Attends and participates in regular CP/GBV case management and PSS meetings and takes MoM.
• Maintains CP/GBV case management files and PSS documents to a high standard, complete with up-to-date information.
• Acts in the best interest of the girls and women.
• Supports if needed the animators in their recreational activities.
• Ensures coordination with the rest of Tdh team for the provision of specialized services.

Relief Distribution:

• Participates in the identification of the beneficiaries.
• Participates in the monitoring of the lists.
• Participates in the organization of the distributions.
• Delivers the support to the intended beneficiaries.
• Organizes the distributions: sites planning, schedule, information to the stakeholders, governance actors, beneficiaries, and logistics arrangement with the logistics department.
• Delivers the relief items to the intended beneficiaries with respect and dignity.
• Ensures the proper recording of the distribution (filling of delivery papers, signing of distribution lists, returns forms…).
• Ensures the proper handling of the relief items on distribution sites, during transportation and the recording of each item’s movement.

Monitoring:

• Participates in the monitoring exercises in cooperation with the Technical Unit and MEAL Department.
• Performs home visits for post distribution monitoring, using questionnaires.

Reporting:

• Ensures data is collated to prove the achievement of project objectives.
• Assists in the design, maintains and uses data collection systems and punctual reporting to enable measurable results to prove the achievement of project objectives.
• Provide reports as required and directed by the Project Manager on the distributions, the monitoring, and the CP/GBV case management and PSS activities.
• Participates in the post-distribution monitoring reports.

Non-Violent Communication:

• Adheres to the principles of the NVC process while in communication with all project actors, including colleagues.
• Ensures that conflict is addressed with the principles and process of NVC with all project actors and colleagues.
• Supports and assumes responsibility, if necessary, for conflict transformation activities and actions.
• Assists the Tdh T&D department regarding identification, referral and intervention in GBV related conflict events, mediation, training and coaching of resources.

Project Neutrality:

• Ensures that Tdh’s project actions or activities are non-biased, neutral and inclusive of all actors present in the Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian refugee contexts.
• Reports any breach of neutrality, even if perceived but not true, to the Project Manager.
• Promotes and ensures that all actors, regardless of political or non-political affiliations, are aware of Tdh’s project’s neutrality and activities with all actors in the context.

Organisational Policies:

• Respects the Tdh’s Global Code of Conduct (GCD), Child Safeguarding Policy (CSP), Prevention from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Policy (PSEA) and Policy on Gender and Diversity and its principles of child protection, ensuring the policy’s implementation and prompt notification of the CSP/PSEA Focal Point with any information regarding potential breaches of the policy.
• Is aware of, abides by and promote the practices and values set out in all other Tdh policies and procedures such as the Internal Regulations, Standard Operating Procedures and other policies.
• Undertakes all other duties that may be requested by the line-manager and that are compatible with the job.
• Participates actively in weekly and monthly coordination meetings with the line manager.
• Supports other teams and the line manager.

Job Qualifications, and competencies:

Academic Background: BS in Psychology or Social Work or relevant studies.

Experience: 5 to 6 years of experience.

Professional Competencies:

• CP and/or GBV knowledge, international principles & standards and national Standard Operational Procedures.
• High level of planning, follow up and analytical skills.
• Representation: participation in working groups, representation/presentation skills, public speaking.
• Good communication and facilitation skills.
• Innovation and Development.
• Computer skills.
• Time management.
• Teamwork.
• Cultural Sensitivity.
• Availability to travel and monitor all the teams in three different locations (Bekaa, Beirut, M. Lebanon).
• Good Arabic and English skills (written and spoken).

Location/Travel: The person can be based in Tdh’s office in Beirut or Bekaa, but frequent travels are requested between Bekaa, Beirut and M. Lebanon at least once per week.

Tdh Foundation, Lausanne has a zero tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries.  Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, that enshrines principles of PSEA, always (both during work hours and outside work hours).  Familiarization with, and adherence to, the Code of Conduct is an essential requirement of all staff.