Title: Team Leader – Protection – Child Protection and Early Childhood Care and Development (CP&ECCD)
Location: Dima
Reports to: Protection Manager
Grade – G
Start of Contract & Duration: up to November 15, 2021 with Possibility of Extension
Posting date: June 22, 2021
INTRODUCTION
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region, and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender-based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.
OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE JOB
Working under the direct management of the Protection Manager , the Child Protection & ECCD Team Leader will be responsible for contributing to the technical supervision and implementation of DRC’s child protection and ECCD program in Dimma. The Child Protection Team Leader will be responsible for the day to day management of the child protection & ECCD unit covering the areas of child protection and ECCD Programming as well as supervise the Child Protection and ECCD Officers and Assistants. The Child Protection Team Leader will collaborate with the Protection Team Leader – GBV and Youth to ensure effective, relevant and holistic protection programming delivering activities in line with protection standards. Furthermore, the Child Protection Team Leader is expected to provide support to the project cycle management, proposal development and program strategy.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:
· Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
· Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
· Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
· Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
· Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.
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