Re-Advertised Protection and Rule of Senior Officer -Afghan Nationals Only

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Overview

Oversee protection programs and staff development in humanitarian contexts

You have:

• Bachelor degree in a relevant field (e.g. social work, sociology, psychology, law)
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience, including 1 year implementing humanitarian protection programs in emergency/conflict contexts
• Experience in regular report writing
• Experience with protection monitoring and case management preferred
• Good communication skills including ability to gain trust and build relationships with new communities
• High standard of spoken and written Dari and Pashto (depending on location) and English
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Word

Job Description

Staff Supervision & Development

• Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.

• Ensure timely completion and submission of monthly timesheets, probations reviews and annual performance reviews.

• Assist with the recruitment of protection staff, in coordination with PRoL Manager and Integrated Protection Coordinator

• Ensure training, support and ongoing capacity building opportunities for staff on technical and project management skills. Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.

Grant Planning & Implementation

• Responsible for the overall achievement of grant which include case management programming.

• Supports implementation and ensure adherence to grant work plans, spending plans and monitoring and evaluation plans.

• Work closely and coordinates with IRC logistics, finance and grant staff to ensure timely and complaint program activities and expenditures; including active participation in grant opening/closing and review meetings.

Grant Monitoring & Reporting

• Develop and maintain effective and efficient oversight, support, quality control and reporting systems and processes.

• Ensure regular field monitoring and modifications as required.

• Monitor and consolidate information collected from weekly and staff activity reports

• Ensure high-quality IRC and donor reports on activities, indicators and achievements

Coordination, Representation & Advocacy

• Actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders, including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors

• Regularly attend coordination group meetings at appropriate levels to contribute to the case management responses across agencies

• Advocate with peer agencies, government and other stakeholders to promote timely and quality case management responses

• Participate in, and as needed organize regional/provincial protection meetings/workshops

Program Development

• Contributes to the development of the protection sector strategic direction for responding to protection risks and needs

• Contribute to proposal development activities (narrative and budget) through planning and program design with relevant field-based staff and ensure technical standards are taken into consideration

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Develop and maintain effective and efficient oversight, support, quality control and reporting systems and processes.

• Manage staff that report into monitoring and evaluation systems in order to ensure data quality and timeliness in reporting.

• Monitor and consolidate information collected from weekly and staff activity reports

• Ensure high-quality programming according to international minimum standards and best practices

• Support data analysis and information dissemination to the appropriate coordinating mechanisms, field teams, beneficiaries and IRC implementing team accordingly.

Other

• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of field teams; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs

• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.

Qualifications

- Bachelor degree in a relevant field (e.g. social work, sociology, psychology, law) - 3 to 5 years of relevant experience , professional technical experience, including 1 year implementing humanitarian protection programs in emergency/conflict contexts - Experience in regular report writing - Experience with protection monitoring and case management preferred - Experience in designing and implementing surveys or assessments preferred - Good communication skills including ability to gain trust and build relationships with new communities - High standard of spoken and written Dari and Pashto (depending on location) and English - Basic computer skills including Microsoft Word

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Potential interview questions

Added 4 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: rescue.org