Protection Officer ( role based in Burkina Faso)

PROTECTION Officer – Burkina Faso Country Office (Consultant)

Background and Rationale

The humanitarian situation in the country remains critical, with a constant increase in security incidents. Non-state armed groups (NSAGs) focused their attacks on defence and security forces, but in recent months, they have been increasingly targeting civilians, causing further displacements. As of 31 December 2020, over one million individuals have been forced to displace in the country.

Location and Duration of Assignment

The Protection Officer will be deployed to WFP Office in Bamako, Mali. She/He will report directly to the Deputy Country Director and she/he will work under the technical guidance of the Regional Humanitarian Policy advisor based in Dakar.

While based in Bamako, the Protection Officer will need to travel extensively to other regions and programmes sites in the country. The initial duration of the assignment will be 03 months. She/He will receive a briefing at the starting of the mission and will provide a debriefing and a hand-over report highlight the progress and way forward for the outputs mentioned below

Responsibilities

Under the guidance of the Regional Humanitarian Policy Advisor, the Protection office will:

1. Identify the protection risks in WFP operations either direct implementation and partners’ implementation and will undertake analysis of Protection concerns, gauging the Protection risks to all assisted populations. To this end, the Protection Officer will conduct field visits and protection assessments and will consult protection actors on the ground to produce an comprehensive protection risks analysis;

2. Ensure the effective implementation of Accountability to affected Population, including through functional Complain and Feedback Mechanism, consultations and information provision. Develop new adequate channels based on communities’ preferences. Find avenues for inter-agency AAP coordination, in the framework of the Collective Accountability Framework, also to avoid duplications and maximize impact;

3. Integrate Protection in programme tools, as part of the protection action plan for the Country Office. The Protection Officer will work with relevant units in the Country Office to ensure the integration of protection considerations into relevant programme tools, including assessment, targeting, M & E, and reporting tools while ensuring the confidentiality of sensitive data;

4. Provide training/workshop and Supervision to WFP personnel and partners especially those who are field based, on protection mainstreaming, principled programming, accountability to affected populations, PSEA and their implementation throughout the project cycle;

5. Identify partnerships with other UN humanitarian agencies, National and International NOGs and other relevant actors on assessment and mitigation of current and emerging Protection issues, including SEA, and represent WFP in the relevant fora (clusters, working groups etc..)

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Social science, international law, human rights or public policy;
• 3-5 years of on the ground relevant experience;
• Fluent in French, working knowledge of English;
• Knowledge of Burkina Faso humanitarian and socio-economical contexts is a plus.