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Job Title: Child Protection Team Leader FSR # 472

Location: Zarqa and Karak CP Centers

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and management to a team of Child Protection Case Managers
• Provide effective leadership by modelling positive behavior and working in partnership with the Child Protection Technical Team and other IMC departments
• Assist and provide guidance to Child Protection Case Managers to complete all steps ofChild Protection Case Management including comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring and overall evaluation of individual children's needs
• Supervise and endorse the assessments, care plans and case closures of individual cases allocated to Child Protection Case Managers
• Ensure involvement in the development and review of care plans, related to strengthening families and promoting a child's safety, stability and development. Ensure that child protection case management procedures are in line with child protection minimum standards Advocate for and ensure that caseloads allocated to Child Protection Case Managers are manageable and permit high-quality planning, service provision, andevaluation of case management services
• Actively promote collaboration among colleagues and other organizations to enhance service delivery
• Identify the training and capacity building needs of team members, and communicatethese needs to technical support staff and program managers
• Evaluate client satisfaction and quality of care provided
• Ensure involvement of local authorities, community leaders, and community groups in creating community based protection mechanisms
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships, ongoing communication and successful negotiations with all key stakeholders both internal and external
• Take on team coaching and mentoring of team members.
• Take the lead on new hire orientation and on the job training of Child Protection Case Managers
• Provide regular updates and reports to senior management staff as required; contribute to donor reports and internal IMC reports as required.
• Ensure high quality documentation of case records, case reports and communication with other organizations
• Ensure appropriate and effective use of CPIMS+ for all case management records and document approvals.
• Perform other job-related duties as requested by Supervisor.
• This job description is subject to periodic review and adjustment to achieve IMC's goals in Jordan.
• Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily all inclusive.

Minimum Requirements

• Typically, a bachelor’s degree in related field e.g. psychology, social work, education. Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
• Typically, 3+ years of experience in child protection related area, ideally in humanitarian programs.
• Demonstrated commitment to core principles of child protection programming including the best interest of the child, child centered and family focused services, and confidentiality.
• Familiarity with child developments.
• Familiarity with government, NGO and CBO service providers.
• Familiarity with relevant child protection prevention and response standards, approaches, and tools.
• Experience in staff capacity building.
• Training and facilitation experience including experience in the development of training materials.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English and other local language as required.
• Good interpersonal and advocacy skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team, in a multicultural environment, prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and ensure high-quality work.
• Computer literacy with demonstrated experience in utilization of Microsoft Office- Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Child Safeguarding

International Medical Corps is committed to child safeguarding and expects all employees to strictly adhere to the values and principles of the International Medical Corps Child Safeguarding Policy.

Code of Conduct

It is our shared responsibility and obligation to prevent matters involving Sexual Exploitation & Abuse, trafficking in Persons, Child Safeguarding and any suggested violation to our Code of Conduct, which may involve Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption or Harassment.  If you see, hear or are made aware of any suggested activities then you have an obligation to report.

Compliance & Ethics

Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. Communicates these values to staff and to partners and requires them to adhere to these values.

Equal Opportunities

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.

This job description is subject to periodic review and adjustment in order to achieve International Medical Corps goals in Jordan, and any changes to the job description will be discussed and agreed

“I hereby certify that all the information provided through the application and CV are accurate and the supportive documents are available upon request, any false information provided will cause cancelation of the application and applicant will be subject to legal action”.

Our screening process will be on a rolling basis, once a candidate is selected the announcement will be closed.