Child Protection in Emergency Consultant Afar Region

Location:  Zone 3

Duration:  Contract 

Reporting to: Child Protection Specialist in Afar Field Office

No Required: 01

Background

The overall humanitarian situation in Ethiopia has significantly deteriorated since the beginning of the year, leading to increased humanitarian needs across the country. The cumulative impact of ongoing conflict and violence, climatic shocks such as prolonged drought, and, more recently, floods constitute the main triggers of such a rise. More than 29 million people were estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance and protection at the beginning of 2022, compared to 23.5 million people at the beginning of 2021, and 8.4 million people in 2020

1. CP-GBV AOR

The CP/GBV AOR in Afar requires more dedicated support to ensure ongoing reporting on results for children, including through training/mentoring to existing and new CP and GBV partners on the 4Ws and 5Ws tools, the Child Protection Assessments, and information analysis. Such information and analysis form the foundation for evidence-based advocacy and strategic programming, as well as justification for renewed resource mobilization in the sector. The CP/GBV AOR in Afar and its partners need to be supported on IM management and the 4/5Ws by the IM consultant.

 Justification

1.  Provide technical support and closely follow up on the establishment and strengthening of functional Child protection and GBV AOR coordination forum at regional, zone, and Emergency woredas
2. Support and coordinate the implementation of the CPIE Response action plan through the leadership of the regional and Zonal office of women and Children Affairs (ZoWCYA) to strengthen prevention, coordination, and addressing of the  needs of unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) based on agreed best interest determination standards in line with the National Case Management Framework
3. Support the establishment of community-based safe environments for women and children, including child-friendly spaces,  learning spaces, and other safe spaces, with attention to girls, adolescents, and their caregivers, and support the provision of psychological first aid and psychosocial support services.
4. strengthen referral pathways for children experienced and at risk of violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect by mapping different service provision outlets.
5. Strengthen the capacity of IPs to complete registration and documentation of the caseload of all unaccompanied, separated, and missing children in the IDP sites and host communities.
6. Ensure an appropriate and confidential filing system is maintained by social workers and case managers for all identified and registered cases of child protection in the woredas offices of BoWCA.
7. Assist BOWCA, ZoWCA, and WOWCA to facilitate family tracing,  verification,  and reunification efforts for unaccompanied and separated children in coordination with ICRC/Ethiopian Red Cross (ERCS) and community structures, where appropriate.
8. Assess alternative care options and ensure all the necessary safeguards are in place and ensure partners abide by the relevant standards and principles.
9. Support social workers and ZoWCY A/WoWCYA staff to timely and accurately enter all case management/FTR forms into the central case management database for all IDP sites managed by BoWCA.
10. 10. Identify stakeholders, services, and partners with the capacity to address violence, exploitation, or abuse, including GBV; and build the capacity of partners to provide multi­ sectoral response services (e.g., health, psychosocial support, security, and legal/justice) to victims and survivors.
11. Provide ongoing capacity assistance and monitor the implementation of the Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) for UASC in coordination with the BOWCA, ZoWCA, their woreda offices, and other implementing partners of UNICEF

• Follow up and support the implementation of the Regional response plan and Program documents with UNICEF-supported NGOs: Provide technical support to BOWCA, ZoWCA, and NGO partners to implement the overall CP/GBV regional response plans and PCAs and support rapid assessments as deemed timely.
• child Protection in Emergencies situations and response monitoring and reporting including regular Sit Reps and 5W reporting: On a monthly basis (and ad hoc requests as needed) collect, analyze information and report against the Ethiopia Country Office (ECO HAC Results framework and CP/GBV monitoring framework). Reports will be shared with the ECO through the Child Protection Specialist and Emergency Officer/ Specialist for quality assurance.
•  Reports: Ensure key reporting requirements are met including inputs for weekly/bi-weekly and monthly sitreps, donor reports, and systematic coordination of appropriate responses on child protection in emergency operational response plans, with other relevant sectors, especially health, education, and WASH.
• Capacity Building: Based on needs assessment, support and facilitate capacity building of humanitarian actors and front-line workers on child protection, GBV, and PSEA areas and report on results of the capacity building effort

•  Provide Technical support to regional BOWCA and ZoWCYA to lead the child protection and GBV Area of Responsibility (AoR) coordination, promoting and facilitating active participation from key actors,
• Work with DPRM, OCHA, the Protection Cluster led by UNHCR, and child protection actors to coordinate inter-agency needs assessment to map out priority child protection issues, and gaps and identify key resources and assets to avoid duplication and build complementarity of partner child protection response. Ensure that Child protection concerns are well addressed.
• Support the capacity development of the CP AOR members at the regional and zonal level and ensure that clear and effective communication occurs between federal, regional AOR, and zonal AOR and strengthen a more standardized child protection response across all affected areas.
• Co-led the strategic planning against identified child protection needs and response priorities with AOR members.
•  Promote  the  implementation  of the  Minimum  Standards  of Child  Protection  in Humanitarian

• Collaborate with the Protection Cluster lead and OCHA to ensure that key child protection concerns are well reflected in all documents and humanitarian initiatives.
• Coordinate and collaborate with other clusters such as the Health and Nutrition Cluster, Education, and WASH Clusters to ensure that CP is mainstreamed across sectors to meet the psychosocial needs of children affected by emergencies and promote multisectoral response to CPiE .
• Monitor the performance of the inter-agency CP/GBV  response against agreed indicators and monitor the core cluster functions.
• Represent the CP - GBV Area of Responsibility in humanitarian coordination meetings under the EOC; the Protection Cluster and other relevant meetings.

•  Conduct monitoring and evaluation activities in accordance with the set PROSPECTS project indicators and maintain strong relationships with implementing partners (Government and non­ government) for this purpose
• Develop an M&E work plan and tracking matrix in line with the project's thematic standards and practice
• Develop and manage tools for collecting, tracking, and analyzing data
• Ensure accurate and timely collection of program data from the field (all participating woredas)
• Provide regular updates and contribute to monthly, interim and final project reports with sound analysis and documentation of data
• Provide quality assurance, including data verification, on all reports and information produced by and for the project
•  Visualize and depict progress on the project and against targets and key milestones
•  Provide technical support and quality assurance to implementing partners on the collection, use, storage, and sharing of information related to project activities, results, and resources.
• Initiate data analysis and action planning meetings with the program team to review data trends and overall project performance on a monthly basis.