Protection Coordinator (Geneina) – NRC
Job Description
| Organization | The Norwegian Refugee Council |
| Job Identification | 14301 |
| Job Category | Protection |
| Location | Geneina |
| Posting Date | 03/13/2024, 11:58 AM |
| Apply Before | 03/24/2024, 11:58 AM |
| Job Schedule | Full time |
Generic responsibilities
- Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines
- Assist with the implementation of the protection function portfolio according to the plan of action
- Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
- Ensure proper filing of documents
- Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
- Provide overall support to all activities related to Community-Based Education and Jobs Skills training activities.
- Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and asses new and better ways to assist
- Development of holistic and needs-based programs, including cash-based interventions and market-based programs
- Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy
- Promote and share ideas for improvement and necessary changes in the activities
Specific responsibilities
Internal and External Capacity Building:
- Help design and deliver trainings, workshops, and other capacity-building activities for Protection and other Core Competency staff, as well as relevant community members and project beneficiaries, on, Protection of Civilians Child Protection, Community Engagement on Protection of Education and Civilians, protection integrated programming, negotiation and advocacy
- Contribute to the development and translation of training material
- Provide close technical support, including in-field assistance, on-the-job mentoring, and feedback, to field-based Protection staff (POs and PAs)
- Support in the identification of new project areas and subsequent context and conflict-specific assessments
- Support NRC and the Protection Unit with humanitarian access negotiations, about NRC protection programming activities
Programme Implementation, Monitoring and Reporting:
- Produce monthly progress reports on Protection activities to help keep track of main achievements, challenges, and planning priorities related to activities implemented in the field.
- Support negotiation and advocacy with local authorities, community representatives, and other relevant stakeholders based on project implementation priorities as communicated by management
- Participate in needs assessments, field research exercises, and lead data collection in the field, interact with community representatives and local stakeholders, fill out forms, and submit related reports
- Manage the Protection Officers and Assistants in Darfur.
- Representation of NRC Protection in relevant meetings at the field level as delegated by management
- Travel to project implementation areas on an equal basis, to support program implementation and capacity building
- Keep accurate project-based records of activities implemented and beneficiaries reached by updating relevant databases and fact sheets every month
- Raise Purchase Requests (PRs), launch procurement processes related to project implementation, and closely liaise with procurement, logistics, and finance colleagues throughout the process to ensure timely completion of the process and availability of the required goods and services.
Other Important Task:
- Ensure the inclusion of cash-based interventions and marked-based programs in the country and area-based strategies and their implementation across and within NRC’s core competencies
- Contribute to the development of budgets, proposals, and donor reporting.
- Any other responsibilities tasked by the supervisor
QUALIFICATIONS
Professional competencies
These are skills, knowledge, and experience that are important for effective performance.
Generic professional competencies for this position:
- Strong understanding of humanitarian response architecture, particularly in terms of emergency response and humanitarian protection
- Ability to write detailed reports in English
- Strong ability to deliver capacity-building training and mentoring
- The ability to travel regularly within Darfur.
Context-related skills, knowledge, and experience
- A University Degree in Social Science, BBA, Management, and Economics is required.
- At least 3 years of professional experience in the humanitarian sector with international organizations, ideally in an emergency response or field-based humanitarian protection role
- Strong understanding of risks, stakeholders, and dynamics relevant to humanitarian protection of vulnerable displaced persons in Afghanistan
- Demonstrated ability in English, Dari, and Pashto spoken language skills, and in particular strong English writing ability
- Strong interpersonal skills with both local field staff and international practitioners
Behavioral competencies
Planning and delivering results
- Being able to break down a project/activity into achievable tasks
- Ensuring that activities are relevant, well-planned, and implemented according to strategies, procedures, and donor requirements
- Completing assigned tasks according to deadlines
- Monitoring processes and adjusting plans if necessary
- Making decisions by analyzing relevant information, developing appropriate solutions, providing reasons for decisions, and taking action.
Communicating with impact and respect
- Communicating professionally; speaking and writing clearly, efficiently, and with respect
- Adapting communication styles to the situation and different people (e.g. with sensitivity towards their ethnicity, religion, culture, and/or gender)
- Presenting the actual situation by keeping superiors and teams informed about both positive and negative information, but always respecting confidentiality of sensitive information.
Empowering and building trust
- Creating an atmosphere of trust and confidence
- Delegating and authorizing responsibilities appropriately
- Being a role model by being accountable for decisions
- Showing awareness of own strengths and limitations.
Strategic thinking
- Assessing and analyzing humanitarian needs and identifying relevant actions for beneficiaries
- Developing appropriate strategies based on contextual and political understanding, assessments, and NRC’s governing documents
- Seeing beyond the status quo, always identifying new opportunities.
ABOUT US
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organization helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve the international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.
Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas, or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety, and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
