Lebanon: Child Protection Program Manager

We are looking for our delegation in Lebanon for a

Child Protection Program Manager

Position Start Date: ASAP

Duration: Until end of December 2018

Location: Tyre or Beiruth (to be confirmed) - Lebanon

Terre des hommes does not set closing dates for this position; recruitment is on-going until the position is filled

Contractual conditions:

Expatriate contract under Swiss labour code, 3’400 CHF (~2 950 €) < > 4’750 CHF (~4 100 €) net salary/month according to experience x 13 times, 25 annual leaves, local accommodation and transportation, health , accident and medical repatriation insurance, return flight.

Context:

Lebanon is the country with the highest per capita ratio of refugee worldwide, 1 inhabitant out of 3 being displaced from Syria or Palestine. According the UN agencies, Lebanon hosted 991,917 registered Syrian refugees in February 2018 – 1.5 million including the unregistered - along with more than 450 000 Palestinian Refugees. Most of the refugees live in 12 official camps across the country. This situation has impact at all levels, putting a significant strain on the local resources, infrastructures and services, exacerbating already limited capacities and deteriorating the social cohesion. In this context, major child protection concerns such as gender-based violence, child labour, early marriage, school dropouts and negative coping mechanisms are widespread and increasing.

Tdh opened its Lebanese delegation in 1977. After a few years out of the country in the 90’s, Tdh reopened an office in 2006 in South Lebanon to respond to the humanitarian needs generated by the 33-day war. Tdh soon became, and still is today, the main child protection (CP) agency in the South.

Tdh interventions over the past years included CP projects for the most marginalized. Currently, two main projects are implemented: the first aimed at Palestinian since 2006 and the second at Syrian refugees since 2012. Tdh core expertise in Lebanon includes Psychosocial Support (PSS) activities, Case Management, Community Based Interventions around CP and Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Research as well as Capacity Building of local government and civil society actors.

The Coordination office of Tdh in Lebanon is located in Beirut and there is one sub-office in Tyre in the South. The position is currently based in Beirut with frequent visits in the localities where projects are implemented (ie currently: South governorate (Tyr, Saida, Nabattieh), Mount Lebanon, Beqhaa and Tripoli)**.** The delegation is composed by 58 employees who are mainly based in the South where the large part of the activities are implemented. At the beginning of 2018 the global budget is about 2.5 million, thanks to several donors, of which UNICEF is the biggest.

Main responsibilities:

The Child Protection Program Manager will oversee two main projects, a child protection project supporting Palestinian refugees in camps across Lebanon and a project referred to as “Step Forward”, focusing on Child Protection and Gender based violence in children, in the South. New project developments are also ongoing to which the Child Protection Program Manager would contribute to.

Fonction details:

Management team

• Directly supervises two Child Protection Area Managers (one for the North and one for the South) (under national contract) and overall a team of approximately 25 staff
• Ensures that a daily support as well as punctual trainings are organized and provided in order to develop and strengthen the programmatic technical skills of the team implementing Child Protection Projects;
• Encourages effective team work, especially on issues related to cross-sectoral collaboration;
• Ensures the coaching of any collaborator under her/his responsibility, from the recruiting to the final collaboration reports. Uses the good practices so that her/his management respects the values of Tdh;
• Evaluates the staff under her/his direct responsibility on a regular basis and pass on the evaluations and recommendations to the Program Coordinator;
• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout Terre des hommes Lebanon. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of Tdh’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Communicates these values to staff and to partners and requires them to adhere to these values.

Internal Coordination

• Ensure the correct flow of operational information related to her/his program within the Operational department and also to the others departments in the delegation;
• Under the supervision of the Program Coordinator and with the technical support of Regional Migration Program Coordinators, collaborates to develop and implement the thematics strategy in line with the Tdh strategic commitments.

External Coordination

• In agreement with the Program Coordinator, ensures, her/himself or in determining the most appropriate person, a regular attendance of Tdh in relevant Coordination meetings at Local level and that a proper dataflow/information restitution within the Operational Departement, and with others Departements where appropriate, is done;
• Under the supervision of the Program Coordinator, s/he represents the organization locally to partners, donors, NGOs, International Organizations and local authorities, and reports interview findings to the Program Coordinator.

Projects Cycle Management (PCM)

• Overseeing the planning and implementation of the projects under her/his Program through the management and supervision of the associated ressources in her/his team;
• In collaboration with the Q&A Department, ensures the set-up of a M&E system (M&E plan, M&E tools, analysis) in accordance with her/his Program. Guarantees a monthly quality follow-up of data;
• In collaboration with the Admin. & Finance Department, ensures the correct financial management of projects or activities under her/his Program and the funds available for them. Guarantees a monthly tracking of budgets;
• In collaboration with all others Departments, contributes actively to prepare narrative, statistical and financial reports for donors as required, in a timely manner, as well as concept note and proposal for developing the portfolio.
• In collaboration with the Communication Officer, guaranteesa correct communication and visibility of the projects under their responsibility and the Tdh Foundation. Produce, jointly, awareness/advocacy documents;
• In collaboration with the Communication Officer, contributes actively to draftarticles or required internal reports on the programme’s activities for HQ ;
• In collaboration with the Q&A departement, contributes to the reporting on the project success, as measured by expected outcomes and indicators;
• Contribute to proposal development.

Programs Technical quality

• Ensure a proper and timely delivery of the projects under her/his Program, according to agreed outcomes, within budget and on time, by the project team;
• Provides technical support and guidance to her/his team, in order to ensure an excellent level of quality of the projects implemented, compliant with the international standards, but also to those of Tdh and donors;
• Oversee the proper monitoring of the Migration Program impact, assessment of the value of each activity in terms of its contribution to expected outcomes. Discuss and validate with Program Coordinator the proposed changes/adjustments in activities if needed;
• Ensure the harmonization of programmatic approach with appropriate processes, practices and tools.

Profile:

Education: University degree in relevant field

Language: Fluency in English and Arabic is an asset

Experiences and aptitudes:**Previous relevant experience and extensive knowledge of the relevant programs**

• (Child Protection in a longer-term approach/Gender based Violence/LRRD/protracted crisis/resilience/Juvenile Justice)

Previous relevant experience andextensive knowledge of project design and experience in project development (strong knowledge and skills in M&E is especially important)

• Large experience of major institutional donors (UNICEF; SwS; DDC; AFD, BPRM) and significant projects
• Strong knowledge and expertise in M&E
• Experience with budgets and budgeting

• Analytical and problem solving skills**Previous relevant experience and excellent competencies in** human resources management and good managerial skills (local and expat teams).

• Excellent team leadership

• Organisational and managerial skills

• Strong capacity and motivation for team work

• Ability to motivate and develop skills of others**Others personal abilities**

• Sound personal organisational skills, including time management, ability to meet deadlines, multi-tasking, prioritisation of tasks, and working under pressure

• Resourceful who likes to address challenges

• Communication of professional needs in a clear, concise and responsible manner

• Cross cultural awareness and sensitivity

• Tolerance and acceptance of diversity

• Flexibility and strong adaptation skills

Child Safeguarding Policy:

• Raising awareness within the Foundation on violence against children
• Providing guidance to employees and others and defining expectations when it comes to preventing, raising, denouncing and responding to issues of child abuse
• Reducing the risk of child abuse by selectively recruiting employees and others
• Reducing the risk of child abuse by developing a culture of open and informed leadership within the organization and in our work with children

Procedure:

Please postulate on our website: https://tdh.luceosolutions.com/recrute/fo_annonce_voir.php?id=1064&idpartenaire=20007

We will only consider complete online applications corresponding to the required profile.

Your application must include a complete CV and a covering letter. Additional documents such as diplomas and work certificates will only be required in case of an interview.

If you are not shortlisted, your file will be destroyed by us, according to the rules on data protection.

If you face difficulties in applying online, please contact our HR department: rh@tdh.ch

Terre des hommes provides equal working conditions for men and women. Furthermore, for candidates with equivalent qualifications and for positions with responsibilities, applications from women are strongly encouraged.

The recruitment and selection procedures of Terre des hommes reflect our commitment for child security and protection.

What is Terre des hommes: https://vimeo.com/253387235

Please postulate on our website: https://tdh.luceosolutions.com/recrute/fo_annonce_voir.php?id=1064&idpartenaire=20007

We will only consider complete online applications corresponding to the required profile.