Central Protection Committee ToR Development Consultant

General Description of the Organization:

Orange is a non-governmental civil society organization devoted to alleviating the suffering and improving the sustainability mechanisms of the conflict-affected population.

Orange partners directly with affected Syrian populations delivering humanitarian and development programs, Livelihood, Education, and Protection, to enable them to improve their living practices and their sustainability mechanisms.

Orange also collaborates with national and international non-governmental organizations, local initiatives responding to the humanitarian Syrian crisis with capacity development programs, to be better equipped with the skills they need to prepare and respond to the affected population’s needs and to ensure that these communities where we work in are ready for any future disasters.

Overview

Manahel Program has been providing educational opportunities for children of primary school-aged in Northwest Syria since 2018. Nearly half a million children have benefited from this program by providing school-based, home-based, and after-school learning opportunities, as well as responding to children’s psychological, social, and protection needs. Manahel Program provides formal education in classrooms, structured psychosocial support, and play-based learning, in addition to creating a safe environment for children by strengthening child safeguarding policy and practices and activating reporting and follow-up mechanisms, besides focusing on community empowerment.

One of the main factors for providing high-quality education in Syria is the active participation of parents represented by the Parents’ Union which supervises the work of the community-based protection committees.

The community-based child protection committees established by the directorates of education in Aleppo and Idlib aim to;

1. Involve the community in supporting the educational process and ensuring the protection of children inside and outside the school, through monitoring and evaluation and participation in planning and implementation of various activities that would enhance the concepts of child protection in the communities that the EDs operate in.
2. Support and lead community initiatives that work to create the appropriate conditions for the protection of children in their schools.
3. Work to create effective channels of communication between the education directorates and education assemblies on the one hand, and parents and actors at the community level on the other hand.

So that the child protection committees are an integral part of building a solid societal foundation aware of the rights and well-being of children to ensure the creation of conscious generations capable of making a positive difference in Syria’s future and trying to prevent any form of violence, abuse, exploitation, or neglect and providing them with a healthy and safe environment.

Manahel Program aims to support the reinforcement of the organizational structure of the Parents’ Union by providing technical support for the development of the internal system in a way that clarifies the work methodology, approach, hierarchy, priorities, and gaps. Then, deal with all of these aspects to improve and develop the protection committees’ performance at all levels.

Roles & Responsibilities

The consultant will provide technical and leadership support for several determinants of the establishment of an internal system/law/guide notes/ToR relevant to the protection committees:

1. Provide support for the review and evaluation of current practices related to the community-based protection committees, in order to:
2. Conduct a preliminary evaluation of the current documents related to the current protection committees’ work and role.
3. Suggest areas that may require complementary additions and identify existing gaps after reviewing current practices and documents.
4. Differentiate between the elements of the internal system which is currently available and in force in protection committees that also consider (A) necessary and (B) unnecessary to ensure success.
5. Harmonize the amendments with specific protection objectives, if necessary.

Outputs: Offer an initial intervention plan with a clear scope and sequence, including information on items B and C above, and guidance notes with information regarding item A above. Both outputs will be supported by a brief and clear presentation presented to Manahel and Education Directorate teams clarifying the perception, reasons, and relevance to community needs and international and local standards, and other principles and guidelines related to children to guide the organization’s policy.

1. Carrying out three workshops with the administrative staff of the Directorate of Education and Central Committee. This task will require identifying and developing specific themes to support the creation of an internal system ensuring that it will be written in a clear and easy-to-understand manner and is published, promoted, and widely disseminated to all relevant stakeholders, including children and children with disabilities.

Outputs: Special headnotes and titles have been identified for workshops about content preparation led by the consultant, with an additional workshop to support the review of progress through the pilot process and final presentation to Manahel.

1. The first workshop: Identifying gaps and discussing challenges in implementation in the presence of the central protection committee, Manahel partners, and EDs in Idleb and Aleppo.
2. The second workshop: Covering and bridging the gaps in the current practices and developing appropriate tools and mechanisms, including for children.
3. The third workshop: Presenting the final outputs in addition to agreeing on a work plan to be handed over to the central protection committee for their implementation and follow-up.
4. Conduct a one-day workshop with members of the central committees and the committees of the education assemblies to develop the work plan for the protection committees at the semester level.
5. The title/theme of the workshop will be determined based on recommendations and stakeholder involvement, focusing on the work plan and setting priorities for the protection committees during the school year.
6. Providing the committees with the necessary practices and recommendations to ensure the success of the plan.

Outputs: a workshop in addition to a clear action plan approved by the participant members.

After developing the initial plan for the activities, Manahel field team will provide support in arranging for the workshops in cooperation with the Orange team.

Quality standards will be set by Manahel to present each output at the beginning of each stage in consultancy with the consultant.

Expected Timeline

The following table shows the schedule that the consultant should commit to, including the main activities, estimated duration of each task, and intended outputs;

Main Activity

Location

Estimated Duration

Outputs

1. 1. 1. Reviewing the current tools and legal rules related to the internal system of the committees.
   2. Provide the initial proposal and work plan.

Office / Remotely

4 Working days

2 Working days

Summary of the review with perceptions built from documents review, proposals, and comparisons

Sharing a testing/pilot report with Manahel and Orange

1. Hold 3 workshops in Arabic with a team consisting of central protection committees’ and education assemblies protection committees’ representatives.
   • After each workshop, the outputs should be shared, amendments and recommendations should be reflected.
   • Developing the final outputs within the internal system template and related tools.

Office / Remotely

For workshops;

9 Working days, distributed as 3 of each (arrangements, implementation, feedback)

For semi-finalization;

4 Working days

Approval from the representatives of central protection committees and education assemblies

The final draft of the internal system, as well as the implementation plan.

1. Handing over the final version of the internal system.

Office / Remotely

By the second week of December

Preparing the file after technical review and linguistic revision.

Request for final approval the central protection committees

1. Hold a workshop in Arabic with representatives of central protection committees and assemblies protection committees to set the work plan and activities for the semester.

Office / Remotely

3 Working days

(2 Working days for preparations, and 1 Working day for implementation)

* Estimated time is an approximate number of days to complete assigned tasks.

Institutional/administrative arrangements

• Technical and Administrative Reports: Safeguarding Specialist in Manahel.
• Follow-up and Progress-tracking: Manahel Program Focal Point in Orange.

Qualifications & Needed Skills

• The candidate is expected to have worked with community-based committees and protection committees in both development and humanitarian/emergency settings.
• The candidate must have also past experience in capacity development programs in both development and emergency situations and have extended field experience.
• Experience in facilitating and offering training to education personnel and staff.
• Academic degree in Social Sciences, Social Work, Human Rights or Rights and Law, preferably with a focus on Protection/Child Protection/Child Rights.
• 4-6 years of relevant experience will compensate for the lack of educational/academic background.
• Other required skills: ability to use the computer – ability to communicate – flexibility at work – ability to travel when needed.

Orange’s Values and Principles:

We believe that:

• Maintaining a positive, healthy, and trusting relationship is central to making the partnership a success.
• Appropriately trained and resourced staff and volunteers are key to effective and efficient service and program delivery in the development sector.

We are committed to:

• Shared responsibility, accountability, and decision-making in any partnership.
• Providing access to high-quality learning empowers people and professionals in the development sector, particularly in the developing world.
• Learning from each other strengthens and enhances the long-term sustainability of our services and programs for the benefit of the children and communities we serve.

Child safeguarding policy

Orange aims to create a safe organization for children but is also aware of the need to keep child protection concerns proportionate and to guard against over-zealous attitudes. Child abuse thrives in closed and secretive atmospheres. Orange’s best protection is to create an open and aware culture where people are not afraid to speak about their concerns.

Any employee, consultant, contractor, or supplier undertaking an activity on behalf of Orange must sign the Child Safeguarding – Declaration of Acceptance Form and comply with the Orange Child Safeguarding Policy, which is a statement of Orange’s commitment to preventing abuse and protecting children with whom it comes into contact.

How to apply

• Kindly submit your application through this link: https://apps.orange.ngo/jobs/apply/8db74635-2f83-4999-981b-69f160539c22

• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not have heard from us within two weeks after the application deadline, please consider your application as being unsuccessful.

• Please note that the position may be filled before the deadline of submission of applications