Deployable Child Protection in Emergencies Specialist - Roster Recruitment

Role Overview

As a Child Protection in Emergencies specialist, you will lead and guide child protection programming during a humanitarian crisis, from initial assessment through delivery and evaluation. Working within the wider emergency response, you will help ensure programmes address risks facing children, integrate gender equality, and meet relevant child protection and gender-based violence standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess child protection risks and needs in the crisis context, and analyse findings to inform the response.
• Design and coordinate appropriate child protection in emergencies programmes as part of the broader humanitarian response.
• Guide programme implementation and monitor progress, quality and results.
• Support evaluation of interventions and use findings to strengthen the response.
• Provide technical leadership on work involving children who have survived sexual and gender-based violence.
• Strengthen the capacity of colleagues and partners involved in delivering child protection activities.
• Ensure gender equality is built into programme decisions and delivery, in line with applicable child protection and gender-based violence minimum standards.
• Promote safeguarding and the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment throughout the response.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Substantial experience working in international humanitarian settings, with increasing responsibility for designing, leading or coordinating child protection responses.
• Demonstrated expertise in supporting child survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
• Professional proficiency in English and the ability to work comfortably in Spanish.
• Strong commitment to safeguarding and the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.