Terms of Reference - Short Consultancy for Developing Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and Guidelines (CPP) at Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies (CHRIPS)

CHS seeks the services of a Consultant to develop a child protection and safeguarding policy and related procedures to support both CHS program implementation and overall organisational compliance with best practice while working with children.

The Consultant shall be required to review and understand CHS program strategies and operational arrangements of CHS with a view to identifying all the key contact points between the organisation and its staff, partners and collaborators on the one hand, and with the communities, families and children on the other. This review should capture practical insights based on previous or current CHS experiences in handling children targeted by its program interventions.

The consultant shall also carry out basic research on child protection and safeguarding guidelines among peer or similar organisations with the aim of supporting CHS to develop CPP Policies to be used by staff, consultants and downstream partners across the country where CHS implements its programs. The consultant shall undertake a comprehensive review of CHS programs with a view to identifying child protection and safeguarding needs, develop a sound Child Protection and Safeguarding policy and guidelines (benchmarked on full compliance with all relevant Kenyan laws and other international conventions and guidelines) to guide organisational and program operations in protecting children, particularly the most vulnerable ones. The consultant shall ensure that the policy meets the legal standards and other international standards and criterion for Child Protection Guidelines.

CONSULTANT PROFILE

Interested and qualified consultant(s) should have the following minimum requirements:

• Possess an advanced university degree in social sciences
• Demonstrate a good understanding of the CHS programs and policies
• Possess adequate field and leadership experience in working with children, preferably, one with real experience in leading a child-focused organisation
• Have experience in child rights programming and a deep understanding of key global child protection codes and Children’s Acts of the host country, Kenya
• Possess excellent writing skills

DURATION OF CONSULTANCY

This consultancy assignment is expected to be completed by Monday, June 25, 2018.