Community Protection Capacity Officer - UNHCR - Kharkiv, Ukraine - P3 - NORCAP
Support community protection capacity in Kharkiv as part of the 2025 Protection Strategy.
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Overview
Support community protection capacity in Kharkiv as part of the 2025 Protection Strategy.
You have:
- Demonstrated experience in protection programming and implementation in humanitarian and development contexts through community-based and other localization approaches
- Familiarity working in the IASC Cluster system and with Government coordination mechanisms, in particular at local levels
- Prior experience in training, building capacity and mentoring of community members, NGO partners and staff on protection knowledge and relevant skills
- Background in human rights, international humanitarian law and humanitarian protection work more generally
- Experience working in areas affected by armed conflict
- Legal background & solid knowledge of human rights and international humanitarian law, and relevant protection policies and tools (IASC and UNHCR ones)
- Strong command in English - spoken and written
Aim of the Mission
The aim of the mission is to support the community protection capacity as part of the shifts envisioned by the 2025 Protection Strategy in the Field Office in Kharkiv and drive the localization approach.
Mission OBJECTIVES
The following are the mission objectives:
- Support the implementation of the localization-driven shifts envisaged by the 2025 Protection Strategy with a particular focus on the hromada/community-level systems and community-based protection systems strengthening.
- Develop the capacity of the national workforce in the Kharkiv office through technical trainings, mentoring and coaching and empowerment.
- To enhance the protection capacity of national partners, as well as of operational partners through the Cluster system, in the Kharkiv area of responsibility of the UNHCR office.
Qualifications
PROFILE
Experience
- Demonstrated experience in protection programming and implementation in humanitarian and development contexts through community-based and other localization approaches
- Familiarity working in the IASC Cluster system and with Government coordination mechanisms, in particular at local levels
- Prior experience in training, building capacity and mentoring of community members, NGO partners and staff on protection knowledge and relevant skills
- Background in human rights, international humanitarian law and humanitarian protection work more generally
- Experience working in areas affected by armed conflict
Essential requirements
- Legal background & solid knowledge of human rights and international humanitarian law, and relevant protection policies and tools (IASC and UNHCR ones)
- Strong command in English - spoken and written
Personal Characteristics
- Maturity and level-headedness
- Strong inter-personal and relation-building skills with different audiences
- Ability to work and deliver in a fast-paced and pressured humanitarian environment
- Ability to work with people with different backgrounds and level of experience
- Teamplayer that shares humanitarian values
- Dynamic personality
- Quick learner and ability to easily adapt to the Ukraine operational context
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Head of Office and with guidance from the Country Office/Protection Unit, the Protection officer will:
- Support the Head of Office in the area of responsibility for protection and CCCM in the Kharkiv office with the implementation of the 2025 Protection Strategy.
- Focus on the implementation of the localization approach of the 2025 Protection Strategy with a focus on state systems at hromada/community-level and community-based protection systems.
- Work closely with the protection and CCCM team in the Kharkiv office and build their capacity through day-to-day mentoring and coaching.
- Jointly with the national workforce, accompany, guide and advise protection and CCCM partners in the roll out of the 2025 programming and alignment with the 2025 protection strategy.
- Develop and roll out a training curriculum for the area of operation of the Kharkiv office that is tailored to the needs of the national workforce and partner staff in the oblast, in close collaboration with the CO Protection.
- Jointly with the national workforce, engage with the UNHCR-led Clusters and the ICCG in the Kharkiv Oblast and provide protection advise and training to effectively mainstream protection in the overall response.
Potential interview questions
| Describe your experience in protection programming and how it aligns with community-based approaches. | To assess your direct experience related to the core mission of the position. | Provide specific examples highlighting your role and impact in programming. |
| How would you engage local stakeholders in the implementation of the Protection Strategy? | To evaluate your understanding of stakeholder engagement in humanitarian contexts. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you discuss a time when you trained or mentored someone in a humanitarian context? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What challenges have you faced while working in areas affected by armed conflict? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure that protection principles are integrated into overall humanitarian response? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe your familiarity with the IASC Cluster system and how it has influenced your work. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What interpersonal skills do you think are essential for this role, and how have you demonstrated them? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Discuss your understanding of human rights and humanitarian law in the context of this role. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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