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Child Protection in Emergencies

Organization: Terre des hommes Foundation Child Relief
Closing date: 21 Apr 2018

We are looking for our delegations in Bangladesh, Kenya, Iraq, Nigeria and South Sudan :

Child Protection in Emergencies employees

Contexte :

Context Terre des hommes – Humanitarian Aid Division :

Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss child relief agency, improving the lives of millions of the world's most vulnerable children. Through our health, protection and emergency aid projects, the organisation provides assistance to over three million children and their families in over 38 countries each year.

The Humanitarian Aid Division (DAH)’s objective is to provide aid as quickly as possible to children and families affected by natural disasters, epidemics and armed conflicts. The intervention model of the DAH is organised around a direct, integrated, multi-sector approach, focused on covering priority needs of the crisis-affected children and their care-takers immediately and efficiently (e.g. non-food items, shelter, WaSH, health, protection, CCCM) to guarantee access to basic healthcare systems and provide a protective environment. The emergency measures are followed up by long-term development projects. Besides, the DAH’s intervention strategy is to work in hard-to-reach areas.

For further information on Tdh’s humanitarian interventions, please follow this link: https://vimeo.com/253387418

Tdh’s Humanitarian Aid Division currently operates in Bangladesh, Kenya, Iraq, Nigeria and South Sudan, and actively follows the evolution of a number of crisis-affected countries worldwide aiming at deploying its knowhow in additional crisis-stricken zones.

To fuel its emergency roster, Tdh launches a recruitment campaign for different levels of experienced and skilled personnel.

Responsabilités principales :

We are looking for qualified professionals at different hierarchical levels of responsibility to plan, manage and coordinate the implementation of child protection programs/projects in humanitarian contexts and to contribute to the development and expansion of child protection programming.
Depending on the level of responsibility, s/he will contribute to the design and implementation of Tdh’s child protection strategy in the country. Depending on the role, different levels of responsibility might apply in the areas of logistic, financial and security management. S/he will be line managing the personnel under her/his direct responsibility.

Conditions Générales:

For all positions, please find the conditions applied by Terre des hommes:
Swiss salaried contract. 25 days annual leaves, local accommodation and transportation, health insurance, accident and medical repatriation insurance, return flight.
JPO positions:

  • 2’200 CHF (~1’900 €) < > 2’400 CHF (2’100 €) net /month x 13 times.
    Manager positions:
  • 2’950 CHF (~2’550 €) < > 4'300 CHF (~3’700 €) net /month according to experience x 13 times.
    Coordination positions:
  • 3’400 CHF (~2’950 €) < > 4’750 CHF (~4’100 €) net /month according to experience x 13 times.

Fonction details :

Main responsibilities :

The child protection personnel is expected to have different levels of proficiency in the following tasks (the list is not exhaustive):

  • Develop, implement and monitor quality child protection emergency program/project(s), in accordance with its multiple objectives, activities and targets as outlined in donor proposals and in line with projects’ budget, work-plan and logical framework.
  • Monitor the child protection situation in the intervention area(s), the impact of the project’s activities and propose adjustments of the project strategy if needed.
  • Create and implement a communication and visibility plan of the project(s) in line with Tdh and the respective donor’s communication guidelines.
  • Participate in designing strategies to improve the engagement, participation an ownership of targeted beneficiaries and stakeholders in the activities and enhance a project’s accountability mechanism by implementing a feedback/complaint mechanism in targeted locations, in close collaboration with the line manager and the country representative.
  • Ensure the capitalization of lessons learnt and good practices in formal documents.
  • Provide technical guidance and ensure capacity building of project’s staff in child protection through training, thematic workshop and on-the-job coaching Extend capacity building to other Tdh department’s staffers, implementing partners, relevant local authorities and community volunteers as required by the project(s) or directed by the line manager.
  • All Terre des hommes members commit to respect the Child Safeguarding Policy and to contribute to its design and implementation.

Child Safeguarding Policy:

  • Raising awareness within the Foundation on violence against children.
  • Providing guidance to employees and others and defining expectations when it comes to preventing, raising, denouncing and responding to issues of child abuse.
  • Reducing the risk of child abuse by selectively recruiting employees and others.
  • Reducing the risk of child abuse by developing a culture of open and informed leadership within the organization and in our work with children.

Profile :

JPO positions:

  • Education: degree in Accounting, Finance, Public or Business Administration, or related field or degree in another field combined with a professional qualification in accounting or finance.
  • Work experience: these positions are open to candidates without prior field humanitarian experience.
  • Language: proficiency in English is required, French is an asset.

Manager positions:

  • Education: degree in Accounting, Finance, Public or Business Administration, or related field or degree in another field combined with a professional qualification in accounting or finance.
  • Job experience: 2-3 years of relevant (international) job experience, of which and at least 1 year in a relevant field position for a non-governmental organization.
  • Language: proficiency in English is required, French is an asset.

Coordination positions:

  • Education: degree in Accounting, Finance, Public or Business Administration, or related field or degree in another field combined with a professional qualification in accounting or finance.
  • Job experience: 3-5 years of relevant (international) job experience, of which and at least 3 years in a relevant field position for a non-governmental organization.
  • Language: proficiency in English is required, French is an asset.

Please postulate on our website: https://tdh.luceosolutions.com/recrute/fo_annonce_voir.php?id=1057&idpartenaire=20007

We will only consider complete online applications corresponding to the required profile.

Your application must include a complete CV and a covering letter. Additional documents such as diplomas and work certificates will only be required in case of an interview.

If you are not shortlisted, your file will be destroyed by us, according to the rules on data protection.

If you face difficulties in applying online, please contact our HR department: rh@tdh.ch

Terre des hommes provides equal working conditions for men and women. Furthermore, for candidates with equivalent qualifications and for positions with responsibilities, applications from women are strongly encouraged.

The recruitment and selection procedures of Terre des hommes reflect our commitment for child security and protection.

What is Terre des hommes: https://vimeo.com/253387235

Please note that due to a high number of applications received we will not be able to answer any personal inquiries related to the recruitment process. In the event that, 6 weeks after your application, you did not receive a feedback from us, please consider that your application was not shortlisted.

If, at the end of the recruitment process (which consists in a series of technical tests and interviews), you have been selected to be part of our rosters, you will enter our database and will be contacted regularly and we will propose missions fitting your wishes and profile.


How to apply:

Please postulate on our website: https://tdh.luceosolutions.com/recrute/fo_annonce_voir.php?id=1057&idpartenaire=20007

We will only consider complete online applications corresponding to the required profile.


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