Save the Children SGBV Assistant, Yobe Jobs in Nigeria

Save the Children SGBV Assistant, Yobe Jobs in Nigeria



Child Safeguarding

  • The SGBV Assistant is responsible for ensuring that quality psychosocial support services for GBV survivors are provided to internally displaced persons under the age of 18. Building staff capacity to provide direct meaningful support to GBV survivors. Mentor, supervise and monitor team activities and ensure effective coordination and networking system establishment to the rest of child protection team.

  • The SGBV assistant will provide support on child protection sectoral assessment, project planning and coordination with other actors of GBV clusters. In most circumstances, the post holder will be expected to mentor and/or build capacity of implementing partners in the field.

    Scope of Role

    Reports to:

  • Child Protection in Emergency Officer – Direct Line

  • Child Protection in Emergency Coordinator– Dotted Line

  • Staff directly reporting to this post: None

    Key Areas of Accountability

  • Support the CPiE Coordinator to conduct GBV assessments using SC assessment processes and tools and the Inter-agency Child Protection Assessment Resource Toolkit. Adapt the Assessment Tool as necessary to GBV survivors. Coordinate with other SC thematic areas, the national/district Child Protection AoR, GBV AoR and/or other external sector agencies, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific, disaggregated data analysis of survivors’ needs.

  • With support from the CPiE Coordinator and/or other senior programme staff, develop monthly and quarterly plans and costed plans, contributing towards an overall thematic programme plan. From the strategy initiate programming in the following areas as appropriate:

  • Ensure survivors of gender-based violence are timely identified and provided counselling and other appropriate response services.

  • Support to the psychosocial (physical, social, emotional) wellbeing of children with GBV survivors and their families.

  • Build volunteers’ capacity to provide direct and appropriate support services to GBV survivors

  • Ensure proper documentation of reported GBV incidences through the utilization of CPIMS/GBVIMS case intake, action, follow up and other case management forms appropriately.

  • Take lead in prevention and response to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and gender-based violence (GBV) in project communities.

  • Mentor, supervise and monitor of gender based violence implementation and draft monitoring action plan for quality control.
    Prevention and response to all forms of exploitation including harmful child labour and child trafficking.

  • Support the integration of GBV cases into other CP case managements process, CPIMS, CFS and PSS. Also support the integration of child protection sector into other SC emergencies core sectors on the field.

  • Ensure relevant referral forms are in place, implemented accordingly and coordinate monthly meetings including, parent’s forum and child protection committee and consistently update the referral pathway of project locations.

  • With support from the lead Child Protection Coordinator, identify project supplies specific to the programme and GBV Survivors’ needs and coordinate
    with the logistics team to put in place a sensible phased procurement plan.

  • Coordinate monthly meetings including, parent’s forum and child protection committee and provide essential psychosocial first aid support to children and adults when needed.

  • Monitor how the GBV referral pathway is working through making direct follow-ups with other organizations that are providing services to survivors.

  • With support from the Coordinator, supervise project implementation to ensure timely delivery of project activities (for example, monitoring against individual performance management work plans), prepare and review timely monthly reports submitted by partners and SCI Staff.

  • Work with the MEAL plan to ensure links to reporting requirements where possible, refer to the MEAL framework to build an evidence-base for child protection programming interventions including GBV survivors.

  • With support from the CRM/Accountability Officer put in place accountability activities for your project, ensuring that feedback from children and their families is considered in project design.

  • Ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Settings and the Sphere standard

    Qualifications, Skills and Experience

  • University Degree or equivalent in Social work, Social Science, Development Studies or equivalent combination of relevant training and experience.

  • Minimum 2 years post NYSC work experience in GBV and child Protection work, supervision, community mobilisation and distributions and solid understanding of the actual Nigeria Emergency context.

  • Proven ability to supervise a CP project with holistic approach and integrated to child protection right.

  • Have good communication skills and facilitate training to a wide and diverse audience.

  • Good data management, data analysis, computer literacy and excellent documentation and report writing skills.

  • Fluent in English.

  • Working knowledge of Hausa and/or other local language.


    How to Apply

    For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children SGBV Assistant, Yobe Jobs in Nigeria

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