Child Protection Extender

Job Summary:

The main purpose is

• To support the DOLSAMD & CPAN members in systematic capacity building of CPAN, regularization of monitoring and reporting mechanism for child protection issues in order to prevent and response abuse/violence, exploitation, and neglect against children and to ensure the protection of all children (boys and girls) in a given region.
• To support Department of Religious Affairs in planning, implementation, and monitoring of their awareness-raising activities through mosques 
• To support Departments of vital statistics in improving Birth Registration system at district and provincial level
• Objectives:
• To develop CPAN annual work plan including D-CPANs in coordination with relevant departments
• To ensure regular monitoring, reporting, and response of child protection cases at the provincial level.
• To ensure the use of standard child rights monitoring tools and reporting format for child protection issues.
• To strengthen provincial referral system/ mechanism among community and other relevant government and non- government organizations for the victim of child rights violation in coordination with DOLSAMD and CPAN
• To facilitate & coordinate the knowledge sharing and learning events in provinces
• To develop/strengthen referral mechanism
• To mobilize communities including religious leaders around child protection issue for prevention and response purposes.
• To mobilize community members for the prevention of child recruitment and use in armed groups and forces
• Improve coordination among CPAN members and ensure information sharing within the network
• Monitor implementation of other CP activities as requested by UNICEF CPOs

• Female qualified candidates are prioritized.

Skills Required:

Requires travel to provinces:

Skills Description:

• Analytical capacity and experience in project planning, implementation, monitoring and coordination
• Experience in community mobilization and sensitization
• Strong both oral and written communication, advocacy and negotiation skills, experience in training is an asset;
• Fluency in Dari with Intermediate level of English and Pashto language

Duties & Responsibilities:

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Under the guidance of UNICEF Western Region Zonal Office/Child Protection and in the coordination of line departments, the regional/provincial Technical Facilitator will be responsible to:
• Ensure that regular CPAN and Birth Registration meetings held in each province, minutes are sent out timely and action points are followed up before the next meeting
• Ensure there is a sound coordination mechanism in place between CPAN members and the service mapping is an updated on a quarterly basis
• Ensure that the children receive proper services through existing referral pathway and children are prevented from re-victimization.
• Ensure that the standard tools/forms for monitoring and reporting of child protection cases used and all child rights violations reported and responded appropriately.
• Ensure that community sensitization activities on prevention of abuse/violence against children especially child marriage and other harmful practices as well as the importance of Birth Registration, Girls Education, and Polio are in the annual work plan and implemented.
• Ensure monitoring reports of child rights violation are regularly recorded and submitted for trend analysis
• Ensure the continuance interactions between the district and provincial CPANs, and providing the required support at the district level.
• Ensure CPAN case management is active and proper documentation is in place in the filing system
• Carry out field monitoring of other CP activities in the districts as requested by UNICEF CP Section
• Travels to Districts and Provinces
• Ghor: to be based in Chaghcharan with frequent visit to villages in Chaghcharan district to Dwalatyar, Lal wa sarjangal, Tulak, Shahrak, and other districts if needed traveling is possible

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Qualifications:

• University degree in social sciences or other relevant areas
• Two years of work experience in child protection field related programs, knowledge, and experience in a given province preferred.

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