Protection Assistant - Child Friendly Space Facilitator

The Protection Assistant - Child Friendly Space Facilitator will be responsible for ensuring quality implementation of Child Friendly Space activities in accordance with DRC's Child Protection Policy and Minimum Standards. The role involves organizing activities for children, supporting psychosocial support, community sensitization, and referral of vulnerable children, while adhering to protection and safeguarding policies.

Responsibilities

• Organize creative, educational, recreational activities on a daily basis for children, catering to the needs of children of different ages, gender and abilities.
• Design and implement psychosocial support activities for children (structured and unstructured) and support children's play activities.
• Support community events and awareness-raising activities conducted.
• Conduct community sensitization and mobilization with regards to child protection.
• Identification and referral of vulnerable children (unaccompanied/separated and children at risk) and referral to the Case management teams and other service providers.
• Ensure that children feel comfortable, safe, and respected.
• Participate in trainings and ongoing coaching with regularity and preparation; and incorporate relevant follow up and technical advice in day to day implementation.
• Facilitate group and community-based child protection activities per DRC activity guidance and technical feedback, ensuring developmentally and contextually appropriate service delivery.
• Conduct activities relevant for the development of the Child Protection and overall Protection programme per the request of the line manager in a manner consistent with trainings and technical guidance.
• In coordination with the Team Leader and Officer, use solid participatory approaches with attention to age, gender, diversity, and vulnerability criteria, to facilitate meaningful dialogues that enable participants to self-identify protection concerns that affect their communities.
• Adhere to DRC Child Safeguarding Policy and Safeguarding Policy Framework.
• Respect data confidentiality and protection at the highest standard.
• Ensure proper use of tools and online platforms provided for effective reporting, in adherence with orientation and coaching by the Team Leader and PIM officer.
• Collaborate with the MEAL teams in carrying out monitoring, evaluation, and feedback activities within the target areas.
• In coordination with senior staff, represent DRC to a range of stakeholders including individual beneficiaries and community groups, humanitarian agencies, services providers, local authorities, etc.
• Collaborate and integrate with other DRC sectors during field implementation as needed and advised by the Protection Team Leader.
• Ensure interactions by staff with individual beneficiaries and community groups take place in environments and in ways that respect and promote safety, agency and dignity in accordance with professional standards for protection and humanitarian work.
• Support the coordination of program activities as they relate to logistics, administration, finance, or security as relevant, in coordination with the relevant departments.
• Ensure compliance with the relevant internal policies and directives.

Requirements

• University Degree in the field of Pedagogy, Social Sciences, Sociology, Community Development, Humanitarian Affairs, or any other related field.
• An educational background specifically requiring work with children will be preferred.
• At least 1 year of practical experience in a similar role with International NGOs, donors or UN agencies.
• Experience in child protection activities within child friendly spaces and community-based approaches preferred.
• Experience in other Protection and humanitarian activities requiring communication with groups diverse in age and gender will also be considered.
• Demonstration of the competencies of the Child Protection in Humanitarian Action framework will be considered in the recruitment process.
• Familiarity with international protection and human rights legal standards, and Child Protection Minimum Standards.
• Demonstrated capacity to effectively represent a humanitarian organization with individuals and communities and build trust.
• Basic use of MS Office applications.
• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic.
• Good working knowledge of English.

Skills

• Child Protection
• Child Friendly Space Management
• Community-Based Approaches
• Psychosocial Support
• Humanitarian Protection
• Child Protection Standards
• International Protection Standards
• Human Rights Equality Standards
• Community Sensitization
• Referral Systems Knowledge
• Representation of Humanitarian Organizations
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Communication with Diverse Groups
• Child Protection in Humanitarian Action

Languages

Arabic, English