Türkiye: Child Protection Consultant

“Hurras” is a Non-governmental Organization specializing in child care and protection, and it works on preventing any case of violence, abuse, and exploitation cases, that children are exposed to in all environments; by acting against these cases and eliminating them through several events, such as education, rights, protection, training, and psychological support.

Purpose of the Position:

Providing technical support and developing procedures related to child protection matters.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Develop the HRS child protection strategy further and lead its implementation.
2. Maintain an overview of existing child protection activities at all levels and network them to identify overlaps and leverage synergies.
3. Independently supervise cross-functional programs covering a wide range of child protection-related topics and monitor the progress of ongoing projects.
4. Regularly report on the progress of the organization’s child protection efforts.
5. Prepare TOC presentations as well as strategic explanations related to child protection.
6. Serve as an internal consultant/sparring partner on child protection-related issues.
7. Be the focal point for third parties involved in HRS child protection actions (e.g. CPHA, CPAoR, SRH, etc.).
8. Participate in compiling and publishing HRS child protection reports, including related correspondence.
9. Representation of HRS in events on the subject of child protection.
10. Communicate and report HRS child protection efforts to stakeholders

Required Work Experience and Qualifications:

• University degree in psychology, or any related field.
• 10 years at least of relevant work experience in a related field.
• Previous experience working for NGOs is preferred.

Required Skills :

• Excellent English and Arabic communication skills (oral and written).
• Excellent report writing skills.
• High level of computer literacy (MS Office Word, Excel..etc).
• Strong communication, organizing, and coordination skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good critical thinking skills.
• Ability to train and manage team capacity building.
• Ability to Collaboration and Good relationship-building skills.

General Terms and Conditions:

Hurras provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants.

Hurras believes in achieving diversity in its workforce by encouraging all qualified applicants, female and male, and People living with disabilities to apply for the vacancies announced.

All Hurras members (staff, volunteers, partners, and interns) are committed to Hurras policies such as the Code of Conduct, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding Policy, Reporting Conflict of Interest, Reporting Misconduct, Reporting Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

Child Protection Policy: 

Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children from abuse.
Hurras is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and applying a zero-tolerance approach toward child abuse and exploitation.

Hurras's employees and volunteers are obligated to assume their responsibilities to protect children from harm and abuse and to ensure a safe environment for them during the implementation of the activities.

Discrimination, Abuse, and Harassment Policy: 

Hurras is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment for everyone, free from harassment, abuse, exploitation, or misconduct during work.

Hurras's employees and volunteers are obligated not to practice sexual exploitation and abuse in exchange for their services.

How to Apply: 

Interested candidates should fill out the application via the following link: https://tinyurl.com/37rvwrrx

All applicants must send an updated CV must be in English.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.