Protection Officer - Kyangwali

Professional competencies for this position:

• Experience of at least 4 years for working as Protection Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context
  

• A university degree in Law, Social sciences, Psychology, International Relations, Development Economics; Peace and Conflict Studies; or another relevant field
  

• Experience from working with partnerships
  

• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
  

• Documented results related to the position's responsibilities
  

• Experience working in coordination and liaising with external actors
  

• Experience developing and delivering protection training and good presentation skills in English
  

• Ability to multi-task and work with short deadlines
  

• Ability to work independently and proactively with limited daily support and supervision
  

Generic responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with NRC protection policies and procedures, handbooks and guidelines and/or propose new initiatives to bridge gaps and implement these
  
• Closely work with other colleagues to mainstream protection in all the NRC Core competencies.
  
• Line management of Community structures.
  
• Internalize protection related SOP’s and makes sure they are implemented accordingly
  
• Manage and implement delegated portfolio of Community based activities, within approved budgets and financial regulations.
  
• Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and assess new and better ways to assist
  
• Provide regular progress reports to TL in tandem with IPPT data uploaded.
  

Specific responsibilities

• Support the implementation of NRC’s Protection Policy and global protection mainstreaming standards within Field Office through working with programme management
  

• Develop protection mainstreaming tools and guidance and continually update protection mainstreaming action plans to ensure integrated and safe programming.
  

• Support the training, capacity building and mentoring of field staff and awareness raising of non-staff (Paralegals and other structures, local NGOs, contractors and incentive labour) on minimum protection standards
  

• Identify gaps in terms of field-based protection support and line manage any additional field-based protection staff (in settlements and urban settings) to ensure support to programme management on specific programme initiatives and staff mentoring.
  

• Work closely with ICLA and Education colleagues to ensure coordination, networking and Represent NRC at the field level in coordination meetings on ad-hoc basis.