CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: CANADEM
Country: Liberia
Closing date: 01 Sep 2014

CANADEM is seeking individuals with previous UN and international experience who are available for an immediate deployment to Liberia with UNICEF for a 3 month contract ASAP.

Position Title:Psychosocial Specialist (Ebola Response)

Location:Monrovia, Liberia

Duration : 3 months

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Child Protection in Emergency Short term Contract (P3): Psychosocial Specialist

Reports to: Chief of Child Protection

Duration: 3 months

Based in: Monrovia (3 days per week in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Health).

PURPOSE

The psychosocial specialist will provide technical support to the UNICEF Liberia Country Office in the implementation of the response strategy to the Ebola emergency, specifically in the psychosocial support field.

BACKGROUND

The UNICEF Liberia Country Office is still scaling up its Child Protection component in response to the Ebola emergency. Technical and management support is required in the field and at the capital level. Oversight to ensure adherence to the CCCs of Humanitarian Action by the country office is a critical function during an emergency response. In parallel with the continuous emergency generated needs and protection concerns, UNICEF Liberia is currently developing a more sustainable and community based protection response which will be based on a large psychosocial approach for all its partners’ operational areas. The selected person will need to lead this process and therefore to work in strong coordination with all the other UNICEF’s response sectors as well as fostering an inter-agency approach.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The child protection specialist should focus on (i) design a community based multi sector psychosocial response programming for the UNICEF’s partners operational areas; (ii) mainstreaming of the psychosocial component in all UNICEF programme components;

SPECIFIC DUTIES

§ Provide technical support and assistance to UNICEF child protection staff and partners, including government and NGOs, to scale up the psychosocial component of their response programmes, including development or amendment of projects and partnerships in this sector, as needed.

§ Launch and coordinate national training programme for all UNICEF’s partners and national counterparts on how to develop inter agency psychosocial approach and tools.

§ Identify and use opportunities to work with other sectors to strengthen overall protections for children and women by integrating protection activities within all the sectors.

§ Represent Child Protection in Ebola-related meetings, as required.

§ Support the CP Chief with oversight and management of funds for the CP emergency response related to psycho social support, or any other tasks as needed.

§ Support and participate in assessments of the status of children and monitoring of impact of PSS actions, together with partners in the child protection sub-cluster and/or protection cluster using agreed inter-agency assessment tools.

§ Lead the transition from an emergency response to a more community based protection programming by mainstreaming principles of the psychosocial approach with a pilot programme in Monrovia.

§ Monitor and report on the trends and emerging evidence of child protection interventions and the response by Government in the psychosocial support provided to children and women, and contribute to the analysis at national level to improve the child protection response in the Ebola crisis.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES

§ Weekly updates to Child Protection Chief of section on progresses accordingly to the work plan.

§ PSS Protocols for the MoHSW developed and adopted, for all three levels of the moHSW planned response

§ Tools to monitor the work of PSS teams.

§ Training modules and on-the-job training tools for the PSS teams/staff providing PSS

§ Field monitoring monthly reports on the status of the implementation of project activities conducted by NGOs and other partners.

§ Report capacity development (both formal and on the job training) for UNICEF’s partners.

§ A clear training plan and reports on psychosocial support for protection actors.

§ Reports of CP assessments conducted during the contractual period.

DESIRED BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE

§ Advanced University degree in psychology, sociology, or any other related science, humanities, and Arts related field.

§ Minimum 6 years of progressively responsible professional work experience with INGOs, UN agencies, private sectors at national/international levels in Child Protection in Emergency (CPiE).

§ Strong knowledge of and experience in CPiE and strategies, as well as programming and procedures in IDP context and interventions.

§ Proven experience in child protection programming, capacity development, psychosocial support is required.

§ Ability to communicate concepts and ideas effectively orally and in writing including formal public speaking, to work in a team and independently, and to adopt consultative approaches including soliciting inputs of children.

§ Fluency in English.

§ Previous experience in UNICEF child protection programming in conflict and/or post conflict countries, including IDP’s response.

§ Must be flexible to live and work in difficult and environment.

How to apply:

If you see yourself in and have all of the above-mentioned skills, please register with CANADEM before contacting us. This can be done on our website at www.canadem.ca/register . Then send an email ASAP to pantiwa.naksomboon@CANADEM.ca with Subject Line: " UNICEF-Psychosocial Specialist (Ebola Response) - P3- Monrovia, Liberia" together with an updated resume, citizenship, date of availability and your current location and a phone number where we can reach you. Please also forward blank referee questionnaire that can be found at www.canadem.ca/rqf to two of your references (recent supervisors preferred). Full instructions on how to complete the forms are included in the document; also please send us any evaluation report that you may have about your field work. We will be considering applications as they are received.