Iraq : Protection consultant for advanced child protection and education in emergency
Background on ACTED
ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Our interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context. Our 3,300 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable development.
Our teams in the field implement some 340 projects in 34 countries covering the following sectors emergency relief, food security, access to health, education and training, economic development, microfinance, advocacy, institutional support, and regional dialogue, cultural promotion.
Based on considerable experience addressing the needs and situations of vulnerable communities, ACTED contributes to the international agenda towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals, through a wide range of partnerships, innovative initiatives, and campaigns.
Country profile
- Capital Office : Erbil
- National Staff : 96 (December 2013)
- International Staff : 20 (December 2013)
- Sub-Areas : 2 (Sulaymaniyah, Dohuk)
- On-going programmes: 3
- Budget : about 7M USD (2013)
ACTED has been involved in protection activities in Iraq since the war began in 2003. ACTED began implementing emergency operations with a special focus on improving health and sanitation and shelter rehabilitation for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and vulnerable host populations, as well as improving their access to basic services. In 2007, ACTED opened a sub office in Erbil, Kurdistan, where it began implementing projects in the areas of capacity building with government authorities and local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).
Currently, ACTED in Iraq focuses predominantly on responding to the Syrian crisis in the North of Iraq (more specifically, in the Kurdish Region of Iraq). From the beginning of the refugee influx in KRI, ACTED has been involved in large assessment and mapping exercises through the REACH initiative, camp site planning and development and protection related activities specifically running a child protection program through ECHO’s Nobel Peace Prize grant. Since mid - 2013, given the sudden influx of an additional 60,000 Syrians into the region, ACTED has been mainly engaged in managing the two largest camps in Erbil Governorate, providing food assistance through a WFP supported program, large non-food item distributions, community mobilization and mass awareness campaigns through UNHCR support. The current stage of the refugee situation in KRI is still classified as an emergency with numbers of both Syrian refugees and Iraqi IDPs expected to increase over the coming period.
Position profile
ACTED invites individual consultants to submit applications for the consultancy aimed at:
- To enhance knowledge and capacity on peacebuilding/conflict resolution and child protection
- Development of a strategy paper for ACTED IRAQ, child protection sector, in order to improve monitoring, evaluation and implementing after the training
Objectives of the consultancy
To support ACTED IRAQ- child protection department in Domiz ACTED with support from the European Commission Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection Department through the Nobel Peace Prize
Tasks/Work assignment :
1. Meet the ACTED staff, representatives form MoLSA running the CFS and CPU, to present the training project (scope, workplan, participants) and modify/improve in case of discrepancy.
2. To meet local authorities and stakeholders in Domiz Refugee Camp to present the training project and modify/improve in case of discrepancy
3. Provision of trainings as established in the workplan
4. Develop a final evaluation for the trainings:
- Contents
- Methodology
- Quality and level of participation
- Level of interest
- Iimpact
- Possibility to implement what learnt potential for sustainability
- Constraints
- Recommendations
4. Develop a paper on advanced child protection, peacebuilding and conflict resolution trough recommendations of kind of further collaboration with all the stakeholders
Deliverables
1. Comprehensive evaluation report of training held with all the stakeholders.
2. The final report should comprise the description of evaluation methodology, including a discussion of the limitations. Also used for the evaluation data collection questionnaires or survey should be attached to the final report.
All submissions should be made in an electronic Word format.
Qualifications
- • Advanced university degree and/or academic background in a social sector;
- Minimum 10 years work experience in strategy planning and evaluation of child rights
- Proven very good knowledge on child rights and peace building
- Previous experience in evaluation would be an asset
- Proven very good communication skills with government and community members;
- High analytical and conceptual skills and ability;
- Fluency in English (written and spoken), knowledge Iraqi or Syrian Kurdish is an asset;
- Good knowledge of computer applications;
- Proven ability to negotiate/interact with senior level government;
- Ability to work within the international and multicultural environment.
Conditions
The consultant is required to submit a project proposal explaining the planned activities and envisaged budget - the actual fees will be calculated in accordance with the ACTED remuneration policy. ACTED does not provide or arrange health insurance coverage for consultants. ACTED will cover the travel costs.
Submission of applications
The applications should include:
- Detailed project proposal (incl. methodology, time schedule, work plan and envisaged detailed budget)
- CVs of proposed international consultant
- Proven record of experience in implementation in advanced child protection, peace building, conflict resolution and education in emergency related projects
The project proposals (and any inquiries related to this consultancy) please send by e-mail to jobs@acted.org
Please also apply on the call for tender process on the website.
The deadline for submission of project proposal is 1 December 2013
