International Rescue Committee (IRC) - Founded in 1933 at the request of
Albert Einstein, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to
the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people affected by war
or disaster to survive and rebuild their lives.
We commit to stay as
long as we are needed, helping survivors to heal, recover and rebuild
their communities to be stronger, more stable and more democratic. At
work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety,
dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure.
Building local capacity and self-sufficiency-and promoting human rights,
participation and accountability-are at the core of all of our
innovative programs. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Child Protection in Emergencies, Case Management Specialist
Job ID: #982756
Location: Nigeria
Country & Project Background
IRC began work in Nigeria in 2012 in Kogi State in response to the flood
emergency. It is one of the few international humanitarian actors
present in Nigeria's north eastern States. In the sector of child
protection, the IRC recently launched activities in Adamawa State in
2015, in response to intensified attacks by Boko Haram on civilian
populations in Nigeria. Since December 2014, over 350,000 have been
estimated to have been displaced with the number of IDPs having
increased by 78% in Adamawa State. It is estimated that 53% of IDPs are
females and 47% are males. More than half of the IDP population are
under 18 (56%).
Out of that number half are estimated to be five and younger according
to the IOM DTM report released in February 2015. Children have been
greatly affected by Boko Haram and the subsequent displacement,
resulting in children directly affected by recruitment and use by armed
groups, psychosocial distress, disrupted access to education, violence,
abuse and exploitation and family separation.
According to IRC's multi-sector rapid needs assessment conducted in
March, 2015, of the 27 communities that IRC sampled (89% of which were
host communities sampled), 85% of communities reported that there are
children in their community who have been separated from their usual
caregivers during displacement from Boko Haram attacks in the northeast.
Children who have been separated from their usual caregivers are at
heightened risk of abuse, violence, neglect and exploitation.
There is urgent need to strengthen the support systems, for
unaccompanied and separated children and to provide quality care and
follow-up for the most vulnerable children affected by the humanitarian
crisis in the northeast of Nigeria. IRC's child protection response has
mainly focused on Safe Healing and Learning Spaces, case management for
unaccompanied and separated children and the creation of community based
child protection mechanisms. Child protection activities are currently
funded by ECHO and Stichting Vluchteling.
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