Protection Officer (Community Based Protection)

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Employment category: H

Reporting to: Protection Team Leader

Unit/department: Protection

Location: South Kordofan South Kordofan (Kadugli, Delling, Habila localities)

Authorization level: -

Overall purpose of the role: The Protection Officer CBP is responsible for managing and providing technical support to community-based protection activities, including the establishment and capacity building of Community Based Protection Networks, Protection Monitoring, awareness activities, design and implementation of Community Protection Assistance projects, provision of Individual Protection Assistance and support to local partner organizations. The Protection Officer CBP is expected to develop positive relationships with individual beneficiaries, community mobilizers and focal points and other stakeholders so as to ensure to the efficiency of DRC’s outreach strategy and overall intervention.

Responsibilities:

Programme

  • Organize and oversee the planning and implementation of programme activities related to community-based protection (CBP). To this end, with the support from the Team Leader, produce and update monthly workplans and implement programme activities accordingly.
  • Effectively use and comply with all the tools, forms and SOPs related to CBP as communicated by the Protection Manager. Comply with applicable professional standards related to protection and humanitarian interventions.
  • Contribute to the quality of DRC’s community outreach approach by effectively identifying and coordinating with the protection assistants, the community mobilizers/outreach volunteers (COVs), community-based protection networks (CBPNs) and other community focal points. To this end, ensure that community mobilizers and focal points represent a diversity of backgrounds, profiles and locations so as to support DRC’s capacity to reach the individuals who are the most in need of protection and assistance. Provide technical guidance to the protection assistants and oversee all aspects of the relationship with COVs and CBPNs members including identification and mobilization, onboarding and capacity-building, contractual and administrative management, coordination on field activities etc.
  • Ensure that individuals in need of protection services and/or assistance, identified through outreach and other activities, are timely and adequately referred to the relevant services either internally or externally. Conduct regular and systematized follow-up of all referred cases to ensure adequate service provision, reassess needs and potentially identify any new trends. Guide the Protection Assistants in protection risk analysis and the provision of Individual Protection Assistance to the most vulnerable individuals identified.
  • Organize and coordinate information dissemination, awareness and capacity-building activities with communities on protection risks, rights and available services among others, in safe and suitable locations.
  • Provide guidance to the protection assistants in engaging CBPNs in Protection Monitoring activies with the aim at collecting qualitative and quantitative data over the protection risks in the target areas and contribute to drafting regular protection monitoring reports.
  • Support the Team Leader and the Protection Manager in planning and carrying out joint activities with local partner organizations.
  • Under guidance of Protection TL, conduct rapid needs assessments in the field using tools and methodologies provided by DRC.
  • Under guidance of Protection TL and in collaboration with the Protection Assistants, map services providers in relevant project areas and maintain/update it.
  • Conduct protection needs assessments/direct observations to identify referral opportunities and additional assistance if required and as per DRC’s guidelines.
  • Participate in beneficiary selection processes through agreed criteria and guidelines to identify vulnerable/Protection cases and refer them for special assistance.
  • Support the MEAL department by acilitating the organization of Post Distribution Monitoring and satisfaction surveys (if required).
  • On request, produce basic reports on needs assessments and distributions for internal use.
  • Support Protection Team Leader on liaison issues and in establishing favorable contacts and links with humanitarian and non‑humanitarian actors in the field, including HAC and COR.
  • Conduct any other programme activities related to the provision of protection services and assistance as instructed by the Team Leader and the Protection Manager.
  • Monitoring and Reporting
  • Support the protection assistants in producing quality and accurate reports and supporting documentation on CBP and ensure their timely submission to the Protection Team Leader and the Protection Manager for review and internal information sharing. To this end, ensure that both the hard and soft copies of all activity reports are safely archived. Overall, effectively use the tools and comply with the processes related to monitoring and reporting, including through the use of shared drive and dedicated platforms for information management.
  • Representation and coordination
  • Represent DRC and the programme towards a wide range of stakeholders including individual beneficiaries, community mobilizers, community-based structures’ members and focals points. To this end, ensure professional standards and transparent communication in the external representation of the organization so as to build trust and ensure effective collaboration with all concerned stakeholders.
  • Ensure that all interactions with individual beneficiaries take place in an environment and in a way that respect and promote the individuals’ safety, agency and dignity in accordance with professional standards for protection and humanitarian work.
  • Operations support

    Support the coordination of programme support activities as they relate to logistics, administration or security as relevant, under the guidance and supervision of the Protection Team Leader and in coordination with the relevant departments. Comply with all relevant internal policies and directives.

Experience and technical competencies:

  • 3 years of professional experience in the field of humanitarian interventions, social sciences, human rights or community development, preferably with an international humanitarian organization
  • Experience in provision of psychosocial support and community-based protection activities
  • Knowledge of the humanitarian context in Sudan and of the issues related to conflict and displacement.
  • Knowledge of the targeted areas (Kadugli, Delling, Habila) and local communities is required.

Education:

University Degree in the field of social sciences, humanitarian affairs, international law, development or any other related field

Languages:

Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic

Key stakeholders:

Community members, community mobilizers, community leaders, government representatives, UNHCR, partner organizations.

Added 2 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: drc.ngo