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Emergency Response Roster: Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA) Technical Advisor

Children’s lives can change in an instant in the wake of war, disasters and humanitarian emergencies. We see how vulnerable they are and how much they need our protection.

Joining our Emergency Response Roster means you can be a part of our response, providing immediate support when disaster strikes.

Here’s where you come in:

As a Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPHA) Technical Advisor in an emergency response, you will provide the strategic development and quality implementation of child protection programming in World Vision’s humanitarian responses. You will lead the designing and developing of proposals to mobilise resources for maintaining or scaling up of CPHA response programmes. You will also ensure child protection is mainstreamed in all operations and seek effective collaboration with other sectors to promote integrated programming.

You will provide capacity building for field staff and key stakeholders in the areas of CPHA, through training and coaching, contributing to improving knowledge and skills of World Vision and partners’ staff in addressing protection concerns of children in crisis. You will share global minimum standards, inter-agency guidance, best practices, etc. with the CPHA and other relevant teams.

To support positioning World Vision in external forums, you will represent World Vision and contribute actively to the work of the cluster/CP AoR at national and local levels. When appropriate, you will also contribute to advocacy efforts and research related to issues concerning the crisis-affected children.

Requirements Include:

  • Master's degree in social work, International Development, Child Development, International Relations, Humanitarian Protection, Human Rights, or other relevant degree.
  • Certification or other similar qualifications of capacity to facilitate trainings and provide coaching and supervision to key Protection, Child Protection technical packages (i.e. Case Management Training Package, Protection Mainstreaming Minimum Standards, Child Protection Minimum Standards, Unaccompanied and Separated Children Toolkit, Community Based Complaints and Reporting Mechanisms)
  • Minimum 7 years of experience in a technical position related to child protection in humanitarian settings.
  • Experience mentoring and coaching staff to improve CP technical quality, as well as mainstreaming in key sectors such as Education, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH, Health & Nutrition etc.
  • Effective written and verbal communication in English. Other UN languages such as French, Arabic, Spanish, and Portuguese, are preferred.
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.

How to Apply: 

Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position and apply online.

Please note: Applying to our roster is not for immediate employment. Acceptance to our Emergency Response Roster pre-qualifies you to work or deploy with us in future responses.

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.

Organisation
World Vision
Type of work
Consultancy