Child Safeguarding Consultancy

Position description

Founded in 1979, StARS is a refugee service provider in central Cairo that works to enhance the quality of life for refugees and vulnerable migrants through five broad program areas: education, psychosocial, legal, community outreach and unaccompanied youth and children support services. We provide high-quality services meeting the unaddressed needs of refugees, and we provide a safe and inclusive space for displaced people to come together as a community. We work for refugees, with refugees, to make rights recognition a reality.

StARS’ Mission: Driven by a commitment to solidarity and human dignity, StARS works both as displaced people and for displaced people to support the resilience and leadership of individuals and communities in their pursuit of an enhanced quality of life.

StARS’ Vision: StARS envisions a future where displaced people and the societies they join stand in solidarity, recognizing the strength and leadership of refugees. In this world, the displaced thrive with dignity, claiming their rights and enriching our shared human experience.

Standard of Professional Conduct: StARS and all its staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in StARS’ Code of Conduct, Child Safeguarding Policy, and PSEAH policy.

Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: StARS is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. StARS expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.

We serve people from many places, including Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

Qualifications

The Child Safeguarding Consultant will assess StARS’ current child safeguarding policy, its practices, and general day-to-day activities, in order to update the policy and draft guidelines to ensure practical implementation of this updated policy. The consultant will assess the current site facilities and make recommendations for changes. The consultant furthermore will develop a permanent child safeguarding role, that will work to uphold the policy, assess the premises and practices, and ensure there is organization wide knowledge on child safeguarding. Lastly, the consultant will review and update the current child safeguarding training material and develop updated child safeguarding guidelines to be distributed to staff.

Position Details

Position Title

Child Safeguarding Consultancy

Compensation

No more than 5,000 USD

Work Location

Ideally, Cairo-based.

Length of role

Maximum of three months

Further information

N/A

The Assignment

StARS is looking for a Child Safeguarding consultant to assess current child safeguarding policies and procedures, review practices, and update the existing child safeguarding policy and framework. The Consultant will also be responsible for updating and developing resources, tools, and training modules to strengthen StARS’ Child Safeguarding Policies aimed at equipping staff with well-rounded child safeguarding knowledge.

The Child Safeguarding Consultant shall deliver:

1. Revised Child Safeguarding Policy
2. Child Safeguarding Officer JD
3. Revised and (possibly new) Child Safeguarding training material
4. List of recommendations to improve child safety around StARS

Key Activities are likely to include the following:

• Desk review: review of the current child safeguarding policy, procedures, and training material. As well as establishing a clear understanding of StARS and the context in which it operates.
• Observation: the consultant will be asked to observe and shadow several of StARS’ programs in their day-to-day work, to assess how child safeguarding policies and procedures are implemented in the regular day-to-day work, and where gaps are or where there is space for improvement.
• Conduct interviews: the consultant will be asked to conduct interviews, focus group discussions, and smaller group meetings to better understand the context in which StARS operates. It can also include focus group discussions with teachers, caseworkers, parents and/or clients when necessary.
• Draft: the consultant will be asked to draft recommendations to improve child safety around StARS.
• Create: the consultant will be asked to create a system in which StARS’ employs a full-time child safeguarding officer who is responsible to uphold the policy, assess the premises and practices, and ensure there is organization wide knowledge on child safeguarding.
• Create: the consultant will be asked to create training materials on child safeguarding that can be used for new staff, ongoing staff, and specialized material for staff working with children daily.
• Update: the consultant will be asked to update StARS Child Safeguarding policy to better reflect the changed context in which StARS operates. It should also incorporate the permanent child safeguarding position.
• Submission of finalized material and report
• Assessment: visit StARS sites especially Maadi and Naimo center to conduct an assessment of child safety measures and draft recommendations on enhancing these measures.
• Create: the consultant will be asked to develop creative multi-disciplinary tools and care plans for school-aged children who are subject to child protection concerns.

Key Selection Criteria

StARS welcomes and encourages applications from people who have lived experience of forcible displacement, or come from such a community but candidates of all backgrounds will be considered.

Experience

• Advanced degree in Social Work, Psychology, Human Rights, or related field.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in Child Protection and/or Child Safeguarding, with a focus on refugee and displacement contexts.
• Demonstrated experience in developing tools, resources, and training modules.
• Experience designing and implementing safeguarding systems in refugee contexts.
• Fluency in English required; Arabic proficiency strongly preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills, with ability to adapt to diverse cultural contexts.
• Experience conducting surveys with multiple stakeholders across contexts.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the refugee civil society landscape in the Egyptian context and familiarity with the major challenges and opportunities facing NGOs working with refugees in the region.

Skills

• Good qualitative data collection skills
• Ability to create technical toolkits
• A good command of Arabic is preferred
• Professional narrative writing skills
• Facilitation skills
• Excellent analytical, writing, and communication skills
• Ability to work in a diverse work environment

StARS is looking to fill the vacancy with the best possible applicant, even where that applicant may not precisely fulfil all requirements listed in this announcement, or where the applicant may demonstrate similar transferable skills. The role will require good humor, patience, optimism, and consensus-building skills, as well as a willingness to learn and grow into the role. StARS is interested in applications from people with a lived experience of forced displacement.

Compensation

Compensation is available in the amount of up to 5,000 USD. Compensation includes all travel and in-country expenses if the consultant is not based in Cairo.

Application instructions

Please submit a copy of your CV, a cover letter, workplan, and an initial budget for the consultancy. Please also include a budget for the work, indicating for which parts you would intend to be in Cairo. to [email protected] using the subject line “Child Safeguarding Consultancy”. All applications should provide contact information for two professional/academic reference (referees will only be contacted after interviews).

Note: Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for an interview.

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