Child Safeguarding Consultancy

**Saint Andrew’s Refugee Services, Cairo**

**Call for Applications: Child Safeguarding Consultancy**

Founded in 1979, StARS is a refugee service provider in central Cairo that works to enhance the quality of life for refugees and vulnerable migrants through five broad program areas: education, psychosocial, legal, community outreach and unaccompanied youth and children support services. We provide high-quality services meeting the unaddressed needs of refugees, and we provide a safe and inclusive space for displaced people to come together as a community. We work for refugees, with refugees, to make rights recognition a reality.

**StARS’ Mission:** Driven by a commitment to solidarity and human dignity, StARS works both as displaced people and for displaced people to support the resilience and leadership of individuals and communities in their pursuit of an enhanced quality of life.

**StARS’ Vision:** StARS envisions a future where displaced people and the societies they join stand in solidarity, recognizing the strength and leadership of refugees. In this world, the displaced thrive with dignity, claiming their rights and enriching our shared human experience.

**Standard of Professional Conduct:** StARS and all its staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in StARS’ Code of Conduct, Child Safeguarding Policy, and PSEAH policy.

**Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:** StARS is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. StARS expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.

**We serve** people from many places, including Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

To learn more please visit our website: www.stars-egypt.org or our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/standrewsrefugeeservices?fref=ts

**Overview of the consultancy**

The Child Safeguarding Consultant will assess StARS’ current child safeguarding policy, its practices, and general day-to-day activities, in order to update the policy and draft guidelines to ensure practical implementation of this updated policy. The consultant will assess the current site facilities and make recommendations for changes. The consultant furthermore will develop a permanent child safeguarding role, that will work to uphold the policy, assess the premises and practices, and ensure there is organization wide knowledge on child safeguarding. Lastly, the consultant will review and update the current child safeguarding training material and develop updated child safeguarding guidelines to be distributed to staff.

**Position Details**

Position Title

Child Safeguarding Consultancy

Compensation

No more than 5,000 USD

Work Location

Ideally, Cairo-based.

Length of role

Maximum of three months

Further information

N/A

**The Assignment**

StARS is looking for a Child Safeguarding consultant to assess current child safeguarding policies and procedures, review practices, and update the existing child safeguarding policy and framework. The Consultant will also be responsible for updating and developing resources, tools, and training modules to strengthen StARS’ Child Safeguarding Policies aimed at equipping staff with well-rounded child safeguarding knowledge.

The Child Safeguarding Consultant shall deliver:

1. Revised Child Safeguarding Policy
2. Child Safeguarding Officer JD
3. Revised and (possibly new) Child Safeguarding training material
4. List of recommendations to improve child safety around StARS

**Key Activities are likely to include the following:**

- Desk review: review of the current child safeguarding policy, procedures, and training material. As well as establishing a clear understanding of StARS and the context in which it operates.
- Observation: the consultant will be asked to observe and shadow several of StARS’ programs in their day-to-day work, to assess how child safeguarding policies and procedures are implemented in the regular day-to-day work, and where gaps are or where there is space for improvement.
- Conduct interviews: the consultant will be asked to conduct interviews, focus group discussions, and smaller group meetings to better understand the context in which StARS operates. It can also include focus group discussions with teachers, caseworkers, parents and/or clients when necessary.
- Draft: the consultant will be asked to draft recommendations to improve child safety around StARS.
- Create: the consultant will be asked to create a system in which StARS’ employs a full-time child safeguarding officer w