Main responsibilities and tasks

Coordination and support:

•  Contribute to the design of the protection strategy and provide technical support and assistance in the implementation of protection-related activities;
•  Contextualize and adapt internal and global directives, ensuring that they are deployed and known to staff members;
•  Ensure cohesion and harmonization of protection activities and services between the different mission implementation sites;
•  Deliver training and workshops to protection staff to build skills on specific identified protection topics
•  Organize training and workshops for non-protection staff to develop their skills and knowledge relating to protection principles and enable them to integrate protection into different sectors;
•  Regularly assess the protection needs and gaps of target populations in current and future areas of operations, periodically update the protection situation analysis and inform program teams accordingly;
•  Create opportunities for sharing experiences and learning within the protection team to strengthen cooperation and collaboration;
•  Provide strategic protection analysis and develop periodic trend reports (including aspects of conflict analysis, gender and risk management) based on program experiences to improve protection activities. development, implementation, policy definition and advocacy;
•  Ensure that protection data is collected, archived, processed, analyzed and disseminated ethically, in accordance with internal data protection protocols;
•  Carry out regular monitoring visits to the field and provide support tools to monitor the quality of program implementation;
•  Identify opportunities for new protection interventions and support assessments and development of new project proposals;
•  In cooperation with the Accountability Unit, support the development of complaints mechanisms for beneficiaries and ensure that complaints are handled properly;
•  In cooperation with the accountability unit, monitor the implementation of the Child Protection (PE) and Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (PEAS) Policies;

Supervision and Personnel Management:

•  Directly supervise, supervise and coach Protection Specialists and Protection Officers, and carry out regular performance reviews (IRPs)
•  Review the work plans of Protection Specialists and Protection Officers and define priorities with Protection Project Managers;
•  Organize ad hoc protection meetings with Protection Specialists, Protection Officers and Project Managers to share challenges and priorities, and develop action plans to address them;

Networking and Partnership:

•  Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with relevant donors, partners, project stakeholders and other organizations;
•  Maintain effective relationships with Protection, GBV and PE Clusters and related working groups at national level;
•  Ensure that protection specialists and protection managers maintain productive relationships with sub-groups in the field;
•  Ensure that key protection concerns are conveyed to relevant stakeholders to advocate for respect for human rights and minimum standards of protection;
•  Coordinate with other internal departments to ensure good collaboration; d8Bqw2k Dmtnia
•  Network with Protection Coordinators from other missions to share resources and best practices

Education

•  Minimum: BA in a relevant field (social sciences, psychology, social work, human rights, international humanitarian law or other fields related to social development and humanitarian work)
•  Master’s degree (MA or LLM) in human rights, international humanitarian law or related subjects desirable

Professional experience

•  Minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience in protection-related sectors, preferably within an international NGO
•  3 and experience in case of Masters / LLM

Professional requirements

•  Good knowledge of the international donor procedure, in particular UNHCR and (desirable)
•  Experience in implementing key protection interventions related to case management, PSS and community protection
•  Solid theoretical, technical and practical experience in protection
•  Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work and integrate into a multicultural team
•  Essential computer skills (word, excel and internet)
•  Ability to work under pressure, flexibility
•  Problem solver, dynamic, mature, proactive
•  Diplomatic skills in networking with partners, authorities and donors
•  Experience in a complex emergency context involving internal travel
•  Report preparation skills, experience with monitoring tools and systems, data collection and analysis

Languages

French and English (fluent)