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Requisition ID: req47248
Job Title: Protection Assistant – Child Protection
Sector: Child Protection
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Hagadera, Kenya
Work Arrangement:
Job Description
The International Rescue Committeehas been working in Kenya since 1992, providing essential services includingcomprehensive health care, gender-based violence prevention and response,womens protection and empowerment, peace-building promotion, access to water,sanitation, and hygiene, livelihoods support, protection and rule of Law andmulti-sectoral emergency response programming. IRC Kenya works with bothrefugees and local vulnerable populations, with approximately 300 national staffand 1,500 incentive staff in the country program. Within the Nairobiheadquarter office, approximately 40 program and operations staff members workto support the field teams directly implementing projects. The Kenya Programintends to establish a Child Protection unit as part of scale up of theprotection programming.
Job Overview:
The Child Protection Assistant isresponsible for implementing facility and community-based child protectionprogram in Hagadera refugee camp with limited support/ travel to the hostcommunity. They will be responsible for prevention and response activities ofthe child protection program that include working with the community,psychosocial support groups/activities and case management; They will also workclosely with the health and other sector staff to ensure CP is mainstreamed andintegrated within the other programs.
Major Responsibilities:
The post holder will beresponsible for the following duties and responsibilities.
Program Implementation and Quality:
Reinforcing adherence to the childprotection (CP) guiding principles throughout all CP and partners activities,specifically:
Other:
The post holder will also work onother duties such as;
Qualifications
Standards of ProfessionalConduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principlesoutlined in the IRC Way Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, andAccountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforcespolicies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, ChildSafeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation,Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.
Gender Equality: IRC iscommitted to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offerbenefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in ourworkforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols andother supportive benefits and allowance.
Kenyan nationals are encouragedto apply. International allowances are not available for this position. Salaryand employee benefits are compliant to the Kenyan NGO Sector.
IRC is an Equal OpportunityEmployer and considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard torace, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, maritalstatus, veteran status or disability.
Disclaimer:
Please take note thatInternational Rescue Committee (IRC) does not ask for any fees in connectionwith its recruitment processes.
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