Protection Coordinator Job Position at The International Rescue Committee
International Rescue Committee - Founded in 1933, the International
Rescue Committee is a prominent international organization working in
relief, rehabilitation, protection, post-conflict
development,
resettlement services and advocacy for those uprooted or affected by
violent conflict and oppression.
The International Rescue Committee is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Protection Coordinator
Location: Nigeria
Sector: Protection & Rule of Law
Employee Type: Regular
Employee Category: Full Time
Scope of Work
- The IRC is implementing a protection program featuring
protection monitoring, information sharing, referral services, capacity
building and access to justice/rule of law. The Protection Coordinator
will be responsible for the development and implementation of protection
programming in all three states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe where the
IRC has humanitarian presence.
- The Protection Coordinator will also be responsible in
contributing to increasing the IRC’s presence and potential leadership
role in the Protection sector by attending relevant working group
meetings, networking with state and NGO actors in the protection sector
and identifying potential partners for future programming.
- The Protection Coordinator will directly supervise various
Protection, Information, and Database staff who will also support the
program.
- The Protection Coordinator will work extensively with other
sectors, to ensure that protection principles are being incorporated
into the Nigeria sector programs, and in particular with the Women’s
Protection and Empowerment Coordinator, the Child Youth and Protection
Development Coordinator to strengthen the integrated nature of IRC’s
protection and assistance programs in Nigeria.
- S/he reports to the Deputy Director of Programs and will have
access to technical guidance from the IRC Violence Prevention and
Response Unit.
- He/she will lead the design of protection monitoring
methodology, M&E systems, and training materials for protection and
information project staff, set up and scale up of access to justice/rule
of law interventions and Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) regarding
the sharing of data with other actors.
- The Protection Coordinator will ensure the quality of protection
data collection and analysis and ensure that succinct and accurate
protection reports are utilized to inform programming and advocacy both
internally and externally.
Responsibilities
Program Management:
- Provide strategic direction and vision to the IRC’s Protection
programming in Nigeria, with an emphasis on maintaining program quality
during a period of expansion.
- Ensure that all interventions are in compliance with the IRC’s
protection mainstreaming framework, international law and protection
standards and national policies.
- Provide continuous support to and ensure targeted capacity building of staff.
- Participate in cross-departmental collaboration and coordination
in order to ensure that linkages between programs are made and programs
gain from protection best practice; in particular with regular contact
and coordination with Coordinators and Managers in WPE, CP, Food
Security (ERD), and Education.
- Ensure all designed protection projects use to the IRC theories
of change and that outcomes are evidence-driven and evidence-generated.
- Oversee implementation of the Protection Monitoring and
Information Dissemination through managing project work plans and
budgets (budget forecasting, development of spending plans and budget
follow-up), ensuring timely recruitment, quality implementation and
accurate reporting in accordance with IRC and donor regulations.
- Ensure that monitoring and evaluation systems are effectively
designed and integrated into all stages of the project; that output and
impact data are captured and that data is used to optimize program
quality.
New Business Development:
- Develop the Protection sector strategy for Nigeria in close
collaboration with the Protection Managers, DDP/CD, other protection
sector staff, and the VPRU Technical Unit
- Identify opportunities for, design and develop concept notes and
proposals for further protection programming and other protection
programming as requested
- Develop and/or input into protection assessments and protection reporting analysis for the purpose of program development
- Provide Protection input on proposals from other sectors to ensure protection is mainstreamed across IRC programming
Representation, Coordination and Advocacy:
- Coordinate with DDP/CD to forge connections with key government
counterparts at the ministerial level, UN, I/NGOs, human rights actors,
municipal and other sub-national government actors.
- Regularly coordinate with internal program and operational
stakeholders, the Protection/Rule of Law Technical Advisors, Women’s
Protection and Empowerment, Children’s Protection, Education and other
IRC colleagues.
- In collaboration with the DDP/CD and regional advocacy team,
ensure that the protection program delivers on advocacy goals as
articulated in the country wide advocacy strategy.
- Represent the IRC in high level and strategic meetings involving
protection actors such as protection working group meetings,
inter-agency coordination meetings, and bi-lateral meetings.
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in Law, Human Rights or a related field.
- 3-5 years’ experience implementing protection programming including experience in emergency or post-conflict project management
- Strong leadership, staff and budget management and capacity building skills.
- Excellent communication skills, cultural sensitivity, flexibility, ability to improvise, team player.
- Ability to live and productively work under stress and in insecure and harsh environments while maintaining a sense of humor.
- Demonstrated experience using international human rights standards in protection programming
- Demonstrated experience implementing M&E programs
- Strong strategic thinking and proposal writing skills
Desired:
- Experience implementing integrated programming which focuses on
meeting the unique needs of children, women and girls is desired.
- Regional experience and fluency in English
- Experience in implementing programming that utilizes ICT, including in the management and monitoring of SMS based systems.
Specific Security Situation /Housing
- The Protection Coordinator will be based in Maiduguri, Nigeria with travel throughout the country.
- The candidate should be prepared to implement programming in
insecure environments. This is a non-accompanied position. The
Coordinator will live in shared housing.
- The security situation in Nigeria continues to be volatile in the NE with the security level at 3 (orange).
How to Apply
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