Overview
The Senior Child Protection Associate will provide operational planning and supervision for IOM Libya's child protection interventions, focusing on vulnerable individuals transiting through and residing in Libya.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in operational planning of child protection interventions.
- Supervise child protection staff, distribute tasks, set work-plans, and follow up on performance.
- Plan daily visits to urban areas, IDP camps, and detention centers.
- Review and assign cases, implement and follow-up on child protection case management plans.
- Review child protection assessments and check accuracy of information.
- Send family tracings and approve child protection cases before departure.
- Supervise caseworkers during the drafting of BID reports and revise BIDs.
- Support referral of child protection cases to relevant partners and IOM departments.
- Identify urgent protection needs and possible solutions.
- Flag and refer vulnerable cases for voluntary humanitarian return (VHR).
- Coordinate and follow up with VHR team, embassy representatives, and receiving office.
- Provide regular CP training sessions and mentoring to staff.
- Support partnership-building activities with key CP local stakeholders.
- Regularly update the CP service mapping for all locations under responsibility.
- Support the organization and convening of meetings, trainings, and community-based protection activities.
- Support logistical arrangements for protection staff under supervision.
- Assist in developing SOPs and reports.
- Coordinate with data management colleagues in maintaining protection-related records.
- Provide statistics and reports as required.
- Serve as a designated escort for individuals involved in protection cases and return movements.
- Adhere to and monitor adherence to protection principles, including Do No Harm, IOM gender, and PSEA policies.
Required Experience
- Knowledge and experience in supervising staff members.
- Experience in the field of child protection and humanitarian emergency response.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in international relations, Development; or Social Sciences, Business or Public Administration, Law or relevant field; with four years’ experience in a relevant field from an accredited academic; or,
- School diploma with six years of relevant experience.
