We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Protection Officer
Requisition ID: req45436
Location: Gwoza, Borno
Sector: Protection and rule of law
Employment Type: Full-Time
Employment Category: Regular
Description
- Under the supervision of the Protection Manager, the Senior Protection Officer is responsible for the overall oversight and management (planning, implementation, and monitoring) of the UNHCR project.
- S/he will support the Protection Manager in managing and supervising staff. S/he is responsible for ensuring that projects run smoothly by providing technical leadership, supervising, training and mentoring staff, and coordinating the implementation of project activities.
- The Senior Protection Officer will contribute to the IRC Protection program development and proposal development.
- S/he is will play an active role in establishing and managing relationships with local partners, humanitarian actors, state authorities, beneficiaries and local/traditional leaders and contribute to the achievement of IRC Protection program and IRC vision 2020 goals.
Project Planning and Implementation:
- Responsible for the planning and timely implementation of project activities in Borno, ensuring adherence to IRC policies and procedures.
- Continuously monitor project quality; for example, strengthening data collection, reporting, accountability initiatives, and documenting the impact of IRC presence in the field.
- Ensure synergy between the Protection sector and other IRC sectorial activities in Borno in close coordination and consultation with other Protection staff.
- Work with the Protection Manager and Coordinator to contribute to new project development, including both narratives and budgets.
- Contribute and support effective monitoring, evaluation and learning processes and initiatives, and ensure effective data and information management for project.
- Develop monthly work plans focused on key outputs and outcomes in consultation with other Protection staff.
- Ensure staff contributions to project monitoring and evaluation requirements to ensure project quality, relevance and accountability to IRC’s target populations.
- Integrate community approaches, gender sensitivity, capacity building and mainstream protection into all activities as appropriate.
Reporting and Documentation:
- Ensure IRC has up-to-date information on the affected and targeted community and coordinate beneficiary lists and numbers with Reporting/Database Assistant and different stakeholders.
- Ensure the timely and quality delivery of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual project reports.
- Ensure high-quality IRC and donor reports on activities, indicators and achievements.
- Ensure that all reporting is disaggregated by age and gender.
- Keep proper records of all project activities.
Team Management:
- Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
- Support the Protection Manager in supervision, hiring and orientation new Protection staff as necessary.
- Contribute to IRC Protection sector team-building efforts, help solving arising problems and support the Protection Manager in the integration of all team members into relevant decision-making processes.
Qualifications
- University Degree in Law, Political Science, Psychology, Social Sciences or Social Work (Bachelor’s Degree as a minimum).
- Relevant experience in protection programming including focus on protection monitoring and responding to identified protection needs.
- Demonstrated experience using international human rights standards in protection programming.
- Knowledge of Project Cycle Management
- Experience of HR staff management of national staff
- Experience of working in IDP sites (camps and host communities).
- Experience with coordination of humanitarian protection activities essential. Skills in advocacy essential
- Ability to manage teams especially field teams in a challenging environment
- Ability and willingness to live and work in a challenging environment
- Good communication skills (written and verbal), cultural sensitivity, flexibility, ability to improvise, team player.
- Ability to live and productively work under stress and in insecure and harsh environments while maintaining a sense of humor
- Strong computer skills require (word and excel).
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Job Features
Job Category | Protection Manager |