Requisition ID: req45436
Job Title: Protection Officer
Sector: Protection and rule of law
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Gwoza, Nigeria
Work Arrangement:
Job Description
The International Rescue Committee has been in Nigeria since October 2012 and came in response to a widespread flood disaster. IRC’s Emergency Response Team, with local partner, Civil Society Coalition for Poverty Eradication (CISCOPE), implemented projects to support food security, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH in Kogi State. Beginning of January 2014, IRC shifted geographical location to the North East, in Adamawa state to provide humanitarian response to the conflict-affected populations. In the North East, IRC has three operational offices: Yola and Mubi field offices in Adamawa state and Maiduguri field office in Borno state-with the latter office opened in October 2015. In both states, IRC is providing humanitarian support to internally displaced populations hosted in IDP camps, camp like settings, host communities and returnee populations. Both Adamawa and Borno states have a combined IDP population of 1,658,030 people.
The IRC Nigeria country program is implementing multi-sectorial interventions in the sectors of: Health and Nutrition; Environmental Health; Child Protection; Education; Women’s Protection and Empowerment; Food Security and Livelihoods and Protection. Most of these programs are driven in partnership with strategic local NGOs.
SCOPE OF WORK:
The IRC is implementing a protection program featuring strengthening of community based protection structures, capacity building, protection monitoring, information dissemination and referral services. The IRC will also building capacity of government authorities, local organizations and local communities around protection mainstreaming and protection monitoring. The IRC will also include legal assistance and counselling services. The protection program is currently implemented in the NE states of Adamawa and Borno.
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 (bachelors 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).
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