Field Assistant, Child Protection, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Field Assistant, Child Protection, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At most 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency
• Freshers are also encouraged to apply.

• Higher Secondary

HSC in any discipline from any reputed college/ institute

• At most 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency
• Freshers are also encouraged to apply.

Knowledge:

• Child Protection in Emergencies in humanitarian setting

• Child safeguarding policy

• Core Humanitarian Standard

• BRAC culture and values

Skills:

• Manage stress and emotions

• Be flexible and open to change, adapt to cultural differences

• Problem solving skills

• Creative way and decision-making skills, Reporting skills,

• Communication and networking skills, Compassion

COMPETENCIES:

• Learn to manage stress to release tension and act effectively. Use supervision to talk about stress and your work

• Candidate should have ability to solve the problem to determine the best interest of child.

• Ability to find creative solutions and show initiatives to protect the children and adolescent

• Coordination and collaboration with child protection actors, CiC, and government official.

• The candidate should be kindness and patience as they have to deal with vulnerable children and adolescent.

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh in 1972 that partners globally with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty to create opportunities to realise their potential.

In order to successfully implement the child protection service, the field assistant is responsible to conduct session on life skills-based session (LSBE), PSS session, out-reach based adolescent engagement activities. In order to that ensuring adequate services, this position will regularly connect with the children and adolescent as well as community

• Through home to home visit identify and registration of children and adolescent for the child protection services i.e. LSBE, PSS, adolescent and community led activities.

• Centre based and home based LSBE, PSS, social cohesion and resilience session and other curriculum-based session conduction and regular home visit

• Maintain attendance and follow-up the activity with the children and adolescent regular basis

• Conduct monthly meeting as well as ad-hoc basis meeting with youth group and adolescent group as well as CBCPC member and take proactive role to reinforce the child protection activities,

• Build up the awareness for the children regarding the protection and self-care,

• Develop the capacity of the Volunteer who is working inside the Multi-purpose child and adolescent centre and outside the centre or other assigned centre

• Timely reporting to the relevant authority regarding the activities.

• Recording and reporting the day-to-day status of the children and the drop-in care center.

• Ensure all child protection initiatives align with BRAC’s policies and procedures.

Safeguarding

• Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme`s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment

• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action

• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so

• Medical allowance,Mobile bill,Weekly 2 holidays

• Health & Life Insurance

• Health & Wellness Facility

• Paternity/ Maternity leave and

• Others as per Organisation policy