War Child believes no child should be part of war. Ever. Children have the right to grow up in peace, free from fear and violence. To develop their full potential and become the person they want to be. War Child makes a lasting impact. By protecting children from violence and offering psychosocial support and education. We unleash the children’s inner strength with our creative and involving approach. And inspire as many people as we can to participate in our cause. War Child is both implementing its own programmes and cooperating with a variety of partner organizations in 14 countries around the world.
War Child Holland is looking for:
Regional Localization Specialist / Consultant Contract
War Child Holland, in partnership with the Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility
War Child Holland (WCH) is an independent and impartial international non-governmental organization investing in a peaceful future for children and young people affected by armed conflict. We strive to empower children and young people while enabling adults to bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of conflict-affected children and young people.
We are seeking to strengthen our team and we are currently seeking an enthusiastic Regional Localization Specialist to join our dynamic team of professionals
Established in 2007 by the Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) as part of the cluster approach, Child Protection is an Area of Responsibility (AoR) within the Global Protection Cluster (GPC). Led by the Global Coordinator and housed in UNICEF, the Global CP AoR is responsible for ensuring that national and international humanitarian efforts to protect children in Humanitarian Coordination and Early Warning settings are timely, well-coordinated, and achieving maximum coverage, quality and impact.
The World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) recognized that increased localization is fundamental to the delivery of a dignified and effective humanitarian response, concluding that humanitarian action should be “as local as possible, as international as necessary.” The associated Grand Bargain emphasized the need to make more deliberate and explicit efforts to better engage with, empower and promote the work of local actors. The Global CP AoR has been a leading actor on localization, and this is reflected in its strategic plan and the 2020-2024 workplan.
Key progress has been made since 2017, include the following:
The Global CP AoR, in partnership with War Child Holland as one of its SAG members, aims to decentralize localization support at regional level in order to provide contextualized technical support for child protection coordination group members in the Middle East and North Africa. This will also contribute to increased peer learning and sharing and to contribute to priority setting on localization within the region. Overall, improved participation of local actors in child protection in humanitarian action with strengthened capacity is critical to improving the quality and coverage of child protection interventions.
Purpose of the Assignment
The purpose of this position is to provide timely, dedicated and contextualized support on localization to child protection coordination groups and members in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Duty Station and Reporting
The Regional Localization Specialist will be based in Amman, Jordan, and will be working in War Child’s regional office. The role will report to War Child’s Regional Child Protection Advisor for daily support, coordination with War Child’s regional team and direct line management. Technical support will be provided by UNICEF CPAoR global Localization teams.
Scope of Work
The regionally recruited Localization Specialist, in collaboration with the Arabic Help Desk, will work to achieve the following across coordination groups in the MENA region:
These terms of reference continue to require a deployment with very specific areas of knowledge and experience, along with key competencies:
Education:
Experience and skills:
We Offer
Payment and working nature.
Maximum 15 working days in a month (8 working hours) with a daily rate of 250 JOD per day. The consultant will work form the organization office in Jordan – Amman
Contract and duration of contract
Local consultant contract till end of Dec 2023
Location
Jordan – Amman, with willingness to travel, including to emergency and hardship areas in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to upload their CV and a short cover letter (max 400 words), in English, no later than Feb 11th 2023, by using the following hyperlink: https://warchild.onlinevacatures.nl/job/262895/apply
No application will be considered through other platforms, interested candidate can only apply through the above link
N.B. War Child will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and reserves the right to close the vacancy if a successful candidate is identified prior to the deadline. Appointment of a successful candidate remains subject to funding.