Emergency Response Team Protection Coordinator (Child Protection)

About the role

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is recruiting an Emergency Response Team (ERT) Protection Coordinator (Child Protection) for its Emergency Unit (EmU). The ERT is a specialized group deployed to support existing country programs in emergency response or to launch new programs in crisis zones, and must be ready to deploy within 72 hours of notification, spending up to 65% of time in the field. The coordinator starts up and leads integrated protection and/or child protection programming in acute emergencies, then contributes to IRC's strategic objectives and technical workstreams for child protection and violence prevention and response in emergencies when not deployed.

Key responsibilities

• Identify areas of greatest impact and need, and emerging protection risks for young children, adolescents and families, and carry out stakeholder analysis and multisector needs assessments
• Lead the start-up, implementation and coordination of emergency protection programming, including emergency case management, support to unaccompanied and separated children, family tracing and reunification, cash for protection, rapid group MHPSS interventions, and community risk mitigation
• Develop a VPRIE strategy and contribute to the overall emergency response strategy and partnerships with partners and child protection actors
• Manage emergency grants and budgets, including recruitment, training, procurement, inventory planning and reporting
• Recruit, train and supervise emergency protection staff, ensuring they follow the IRC Code of Conduct and safeguarding policies
• Set up monitoring and evaluation systems, prepare technical proposals and reports, and hand over the programme to successors
• Represent IRC's acute emergency priorities in the global child protection team and coordinate with UN agencies, donors and other humanitarian actors

Required profile

• Fluency in written and spoken French and English; Spanish and/or Arabic strongly preferred
• Post-graduate degree in social work, psychology, international humanitarian law or a related field, or equivalent experience
• At least five years' experience in protection, child protection or WPE/GBV programming at coordinator level or above, with a track record managing multi-donor portfolios in acute emergencies
• Experience supervising staff, designing projects and managing budgets, and leading multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural teams
• Strong communication, writing and editing skills, including grant proposals and reports

Required skills

• Familiarity with donor regulations such as UNHCR, FCDO, BPRM and ECHO
• Experience coordinating with the UN, donors, INGOs and other humanitarian actors
• Digital literacy with MS Word, Excel and email/internet software