Turkey: Child Protection Facilitator

INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS (IMC) is a global, humanitarian, non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programmes. International Medical Corps' mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in areas worldwide.

IMC is seeking qualified candidates to fill the role of the child protection (CP) program support officer who will be supporting IMC's CP program in Gaziantep, Turkey. The role of the program support officer is to coordinate and liaise with the support departments within IMC and to provide administrative lead for the CP department. This position reports directly to the CP manager.

Essential Job duties/Scope of Work:

• Adheres to the CFS child protection policy and code of conduct.

• Actively builds trustful relationships with children under his/her group.

• Accomplishes her/his duty of care in a child friendly manner and ensuring children under his/her care are not exposed to any form of stressful situation.

• Supports in building the children’s profiles, and keeps her/his children’s files updated.

• Plan activities she/he is assigned to facilitate based on best interest and needs of children.

• Understand that children are the main actors in their own development and encourage them in decision making of matters that affects them.

• Pays attention to children’s needs and feelings, shows empathy and utilizes participatory approaches in anticipated activities.

• Closely follows up on individual child participation in activities and identifies children with special needs.

• Reports any observed problem of a child to the social worker for necessary support or referral to other supportive network.

• Identifies materials required for activities preferred by children and requests for procurement.

• Actively attends supportive trainings.

• Sensitizes community members to key child protection messages.

• Accomplishes individual and collective assignments given by his/her supervisors.

• Reports to his/her supervisor as soon as he/she suspects, observes or is informed that a child or children are at risk of maltreatment or being maltreated.

• Ensures safety of children during group activities and avoids harmful exercises.

• Ensures activities are appropriate for the physical and mental capacity of children.

• Actively attends and participates in the meetings called by the supervisor, and adheres to time frames and deadlines.

• Acknowledges and respects gender issues, cultural and religious constraints.

• Documentation of all activities and outcomes

• Undertake other duties that may be determined by his/her supervisor and/or CFS/YEP Officer and maintain flexibility in response in an emergency setting

• Accomplishing an exhibitions including ancient civilizations and its heritage .

• Engaging the youth to learn vital handicrafts and doing sculpture on both wood and soap.

• Actively teaches drawing and caricature in addition to poetry , carpentry and blacksmith.

• Adheres to the YEP child protection policy and code of conduct .

• Actively builds trustful relationships with children under his/her group.

• Accomplishes her/his duty of care in a child friendly manner and ensuring children
  under his/her care are not exposed to any form of stressful situation.

• Supports in building the children's profiles, and keeps her/his children's files updated.

• Plan activities she/he is assigned to facilitate based on best interest and needs of
  children.

• Understand that children are the main actors in their own development and encourage
  them in decision making of matters that affects them.

• Pays attention to children's needs and feelings, shows empathy and utilizes
  participatory approaches in anticipated activities.

• Closely follows up on individual child participation in activities and identifies children
  with special needs.

• Reports any observed problem of a child to the social worker for necessary support or
  referral to other supportive network.

• Identifies materials required for activities preferred by children and requests for
  procurement.

• Actively attends supportive trainings.

Education:

• University degree preferred.

• Valid Passport.

Work Experience:

• 1 year experience in working with children (education, activities, ... etc)

• Implementing child protection programs,

• children development,

• psychosocial activities, preferable social work or case management,

• in humanitarian or development settings
  Experience in working in a cross cultural environment preferable

• Good experiences handicrafts, knitting & sewing.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Enjoying working in the field;
  Demonstrated understanding of working with children and particularly vulnerable children;
  Good communication skills;

• Flexible, network-builder, able to handle pressure; Team player;

• Preferred to be living in Kilis city .

Essential Criteria

• Syrian Nationality only.

• Work experience as animator/facilitator

Applications should include a detailed CV and a cover letter should be submitted in English with the subject title to following email address, respectively:

hrkilis@medicalreliefforsyria.org