Position Team Leader
No of Position (1 ) One
Location Sinjar
Department/Project/Region Protection Department/ Psychosocial support and Child protection project
Report to: Program Manager
Contract length 11 Months can be extended.
Purpose:
As part of CP and Psychosocial support project focusing on provision of Community based child protection to conflict
affected boys and girls in Sinjar city in Iraq. SOSD is working to mitigate the consequences of CP in conflicts and support
the displaced boys and girls to overcome their trauma, through Psychosocial Support Units and CP Mobile Team, in
addition to; engaging the community leaders and stakeholders to provision of community based child protection in
North Iraq – Kurdistan region and Ninawa. SOSD is therefore looking for Team Leader to work under aforementioned
project.
The Team leader will report to Programs Manager
Key Areas of Responsibility
PSS activities and manage the center:
• Management of community centre as well as PSS programmes, administration, Logistic requirement (PR’s).
• Ensure the development and implementation of work plans, setting clear targets and activity plan.
• Prepare inputs to reporting documents.
• Set schedule of centre activities and assign facilitators.
• Ensure that appropriate information management protocol is in place, particularly in terms of confidentiality of
data (including data base)
• Ensure regular communication with the Programs Manager on activities’ updates, achievements and challenges
through meetings and reports..
• Ensure proper use of equipment and other material resources available to the project.
• Organize evaluation process of project activities for lessons learned exercise and reporting purposes and
participate in field assessment whenever requested by the Programme Manager.
• Promote and ensure project activities are online with child protection principles and best practices.
• Respect and adhere to SOSD Code of Conduct child safeguarding policy
• Prepare monthly individual work plan and submit to Programs Manager.
• Offer awareness on various CP topics together with PSS Facilitator.
• Report work in a biweekly and monthly manner to Programs Manager.
• Any other task by line manger
Qualifications & Preferred Skills
• University degree in Sociology, Psychology, social work and at least one year relevant area work experience.
• Preferably, good experience in case managing work in general and CP case management in particular.
• Written & verbal proficiency in Arabic and Kurdish language also English is preferable.
• Good computer skills.
• Good understanding of the local context especially of the IDP/ Returnees situations in Iraq
• Understanding of humanitarian Response, especially protection concepts & approaches.
• Good interpersonal skills, good communication, organizational & analytical skills & ability to work well in a team.
• Good report writing skills, preferably in English.
• Familiarity of monitoring & evaluation tools & documents is preferable.
• Ability to travel independently, including to rural communities and work long hours in project operational area.
• Ability to multitask, handle pressure, improvise, and be a good team player.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
Additional Consideration
The Team Leader is to abide by the Child Rights, Child Safeguarding and PSEA policies and personal code of conduct by
the (SOSD) and represent the organisation in a loyal and responsible manner.