Outreach Technical Officer at Terre des hommes (Tdh)

Terre des hommes (Tdh) is a child relief Non-Governmental Organization with a presence in over 30 countries of the world and more than 90 projects. Our goal is to make a significant and lasting difference tthe lives of children in need.

We support children in areas of Child and Maternal health, protection, Water and sanitation and Migration. Our humanitarian services sector aid children in crisis situations across the world.

Tdh in Nigeria implements projects in Health, Wash and Child Protection sectors and is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Outreach Technical Officer

Location: Maiduguri, Borno

General Objective

• The Outreach Technical Officer is responsible for reinforcing the technical and operational capacities of the local partner in its implementation of the community-based outreach with an aim of strengthening the child protection prevention and response mechanism in Borno State areas.
• He/she will be responsible for providing an on-going technical support to the local partner through field visits, supervision, and capacity building workshops and trainings to ensure quality and relevance of the overall community mobilization strategy.

Responsibilities and Tasks
Technical and Operational Capacity Building of the Local Partner:

• Actively participate in the process of identification of capacity building needs in the field of community-based outreach and designing a tailored trainings plan
• Deliver capacity building workshops and trainings for the local partner on the CP-related themes
• Conduct regular field monitoring visits to 10 locations of the Borno State areas, organize technical follow up meetings, draft field visits reports, suggest the necessary improvements and monitor its translation intro reality
• Support local partner in designing an array of age and gender appropriate awareness raising events and educational activities for children, adolescents, caregivers, members of a wider community using Tdh existing tools and guidelines, including materials produced by the verified and reputable sources such as UNICEF, IASC, CPWG and others
• Support the local partner in mapping of the existent community-based protection networks
• Development of all the technical tools in the domain of community mobilization

Internal Coordination:

• Closely collaborate with the PSS Technical Officer on incorporation of psychosocial support into community-based outreach
• Closely collaborate with the Case Management Technical Officer to ensure that safe identification and referral of children of concern is incorporated into community-based outreach
• Closely coordinate with FTR Technical Officers to ensure that prevention of family separation messaging is incorporated into community-based outreach
• Closely coordinate with Deputy Child Protection Project Manager on the overall implementation of the CP activities and drafting the weekly and monthly reports for submission to the Child Protection Project Manager
• Closely coordinate with M&E Officer by providing a quality inputs into design and development of the monitoring system, participating in the needs assessments and evaluation processes for lessons learnt exercise and reporting purposes
• Ensure regular communication with the Child Protection Project Manager about updates, achievements and challenges through meetings, reports and ad hoc communication upon request and upcoming needs
• Carry out all the procedures connected with the accomplishment of the planned activities (administrative and logistical) through timely communication and collaboration with support departments
• Deliver any other tasks as assigned by the Child Protection Project Manager

External Coordination and Representation:

• Coordinate with other CP and non-CP actors on the ground to effectively contribute to the service mapping exercise and establishment of well-functional referral pathways
• Represent Tdh CP project in fora and meetings held at location or regional level in her/his field of expertise
• Contribute to development of a community network to facilitate the project acceptance and stake holder’s contribution and ownership
• Contribute to CP mainstreaming by providing capacity building trainings and workshops to a wide range of CP and non-CP actors on the Child Protection themes, including Child Protection Minimum Standards

Child Protection:

• Promote, and ensure project activities are in line with child protection principles and humanitarian principles
• Ensure the project activities are well-integrated into the Northeastern Nigeria child protection system and humanitarian coordination practices and guidelines
• Ensure Tdh Child Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection Minimum Standards are mainstreamed through all the programmatic activities
• Report serious cases of abuse committed against children to the Child Protection Project Manager. Strict confidentiality must be respected.
• Other
• Fully comply with Tdh Code of Conduct and ensure Child Safeguarding Policy is upheld at all times
• Ensure adherence to Tdh standards and quality requirements in all the project activities.

Mandatory Requirements

• Language Skills: Fluent in local languages and in English (speaking/reading/writing).
• Education Degree: University degree in Social Work, Social Studies, International Development, Psychology, Education or any other related discipline
• Work experience: Minimum 2 years experience in the field of child protection / protection/ PSS/ community outreach
• Knowledge & skills: Excellent analytical and writing skills
• Computer skills: Good knowledge of the MS office software
• Other: Knowledge of child protection system in Northeastern Nigeria/Good capacity building skills/ Excellent knowledge of child protection issues and best practices / Previous experience in drafting awareness raising sessions and/or educational activities is highly desirable.

Assets:

• Other knowledge: Acquaintance with NGO' rules, procedures and regulations; Acquaintance with the Child Protection Minimum Standards
• Interest:
  • Work in relief or development sector
  • Strong motivation to help people in needs
  • Transversal skills
  • Honest and trustworthy
  • Reliable, rigorous and well organized
  • Motivated and dedicated to his/her job
  • Ability to take initiative to deal with difficulties encountered in daily work
  • Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation
  • Autonomy, neutrality, hard worker
  • Able to manage stress and pressure
  • Able and willing to learn to extend his/her scope of work
  • Able to manage priorities, take initiatives and work without constant supervision

Application Closing Date
11th April, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit copies of updated CV, Letter of Motivation and National ID card and 3 reference contacts to: [email protected] Please write "Outreach Technical Officer" in the subject line of your mail.

Note

• The position must be clearly indicated on the application.
• Only candidates who meet the selection criteria will be conducted.
• This position is open to Nigerian national only.